Sunday 20 May 2012

A walk around the gardens at Villandry



The gardens at Chateau de Villandry here in the Loire valley are one of the 'must see' visits of any trip to this beautiful part of France and very popular with our guests. Split on three levels, the ornamental garden, the water garden and the kitchen garden.The gardens change with the seasons... here a picture is certainly worth a thousand words...














































Thursday 10 May 2012

First guest at Les Balcons'



In preparation for our first guests arriving, from Tennessee, last week at Les Balcons is was necessary to continue working in the rain in order to get the outside space ready. Luckily (?) previous guests had left some sponsored rain wear in the house for me to use.Quite fetching don't you think?



Thank you 'Futuroscope'!



Fortunately on Wednesday, the day they arrived, the weather had picked up and we managed to get the house and garden ready - it makes such a difference if they arrive in sunshine.












 and I even got that gate painted - well under-coated anyway.