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Category: 2008

More about the wildlife!
2008 Garden

More about the wildlife!

Mark Johnson August 16, 2008

From Gabor: Mark set me a challenge to photograh a buzzard.  This is my best effort.  Unfortunately my camera has too much of a delay between pressing the button and … Read More

Lac de Rouffiac
2008 Region

Lac de Rouffiac

Mark Johnson August 16, 2008

From Gabor:   Not far away is Lac de Rouffiac, a water-base adventure playground.  As well as a plage, about 200 metres of real sand, it offers a large lake … Read More

a walk in the woods
2008 Region

a walk in the woods

Mark Johnson August 13, 2008

From Gabor:   The Dutch neighbours own a large area of woodland running down to the river at the bottom of the valley. A walk in these woods is a … Read More

looking at the wildlife
2008 Garden

looking at the wildlife

Mark Johnson August 12, 2008

From Gabor: It’s raining, so I’ll tell you about the wildlife. Sitting outside, we regularly hear the calls of the local buzzards, who Mark tells me nest in the oak … Read More

we are being useful, honest!
2008 Garden

we are being useful, honest!

Mark Johnson August 9, 2008

From Gabor: It’s been a cool but pleasant morning, threatening to become warmer later.  We’ve taken advantage to make some use of the tin of Hammerite we were asked to … Read More

10-0
2008 Garden

10-0

Mark Johnson August 9, 2008

From Gabor: I’ve taken over as your Dordogne correspondent for the next week and a bit. First news is that the 10th mark has gone on the mole tally in … Read More

Old Barn walls
2008 Garden

Old Barn walls

Mark Johnson August 8, 2008

There are 2 walls of an old barn left standing by the entrance drive to the house and earlier this year I started hacking back the ivy to expose the … Read More

Year by Year…
2008 General

Year by Year…

Mark Johnson August 8, 2008

My favourite photo of the house from last year, and the background on my laptop until now, was this photo: Now a lot has changed in the past 12 months … Read More

The Terrace – Part 3
2008 Terrace

The Terrace – Part 3

Mark Johnson August 8, 2008

Ben completed the installation of the railings and we cleaned and started painting them. We had bought the Hammerite MetalMaster spray paint gun that is meant to give a 360 … Read More

The Storm
2008 Garden

The Storm

Mark Johnson August 7, 2008

Early Thursday morning we were woken by the sound of wind, rain and thunder. The noise was pretty deafening and as Sue got up to look out of the window … Read More

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