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It’s Maude.

Our new grey Toulouse goose. She’s more blue than gray for now, since her feathers haven’t grown in yet, but she’s already claimed her place as queen of the barnyard. Continue reading

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Ducks

New family members again! The poultry village in the backyard just seems to keep on growing… The sudden appearance of the ducks certainly has nothing to do with the Les Hérolles market we went to this morning… Actually we came … Continue reading

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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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Four Seasons

“The Road to Les Verrines” over the last year…

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Eule’s Poussins

The new arrivals just keep on coming in Les Verrines- Just a few weeks after receiving our wonderful Easter present, one of our poussins from last year has now become a mom! Eule hatched eight beautiful fluffy little chicks who … 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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Filou’s Igloo

Because snowmen are boring. Fighting long winter day depression.

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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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