Category Archives: The Region

Les Hérolles Market

A few photos from the Foire des Hérolles poultry market this morning. A somewhat surreal and overwhelming experience waking up at 5:00am and ending up surrounded by literally thousands of squawking chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens, quails, turkeys, and every … Continue reading

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A Look Back at Winter

Now that winter is officially over, here’s a quick look back in pictures…

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Snow in Les Verrines

Winter has been in full force in Les Verrines for the past few weeks… Dark days, lot of rain, and sometimes even some snow! After a week of unseasonably warm weather, the last week of February we found ourselves buried … Continue reading

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A Day in the Fog

Sometimes the fog seems to define autumn in La Creuse… but there is some kind of a haunting beauty to those really foggy days.

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Foire Agricole Dun-le-Palastel

It’s just one féte after the next in Creuse, and each one even more exciting that the last! Check out the Foire Agricole in Dun-le-Palastel… This was definitely a day of good wholesome entertainment. (And lots of cows…)

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Saint Sulpice en Fête

Yes, it’s that time of year again. August is time for les vacances, and it’s also the time of year when we Sulpiciens dust off our flea market table, oil up the rifle, tune up the tractor, grab a case … Continue reading

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“The Saints” in La Sout’

Brought to you by the 5th annual “Journée Estivale du Washboard” in La Souterraine… Who knew one could feel so close to home, so far away?

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Mass at Mas Saint-Jean

June 26 is the name day of Saint Jean to which the tiny chapel in Mas St. Jean is dedicated. Every year, once a year, on Saint Jean’s day, the chapel is opened up, dusted off, and a mass is … Continue reading

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Les Ternes (Pionnat): Or, five MORE reasons I love spring in the Creuse (edit)

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Market Day

Saint-Léger-Bridereix

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