This sign made me smile! 

These beret clad old folk are so much cheerier than those on the British signs.

late salad

There's still enough bits and pieces to scrape together a salad from the garden.

It's such odd weather - warm verging on hot by day but very cold the instant the sun goes down. During the day doors and windows are open but then we light the fires in the evening and really need them. It's getting dark at sixish which is a bit of a shock...

holes!

A holey box I didn't buy at the brocante the other day! I imagine it's a foot warmer (which actually I could do with in my shed...)

walnut harvest

I feel justified in calling it a harvest this year as there are just so many! 16 crates full.

We've been drying them under the hanger  and just boxed them up and put them in the barn this morning. Our log delivery came and we have stacked it neatly and are waiting for some more this afternoon (everything stops for lunch!).

The daytime temperatures have dropped about 15º this week  - just like that we're lighting the stoves at night. The sky is still blue though and the air so clear - it's beautiful.

charcuterie

Tell it like it is!

autumn produce

The raspberries have been brilliant this year - about a pound every day or two for the last I don't know how many weeks. They're slowing down now but there are figs and chestnuts and it's a super mega bumper year for walnuts - my favourite of all the crops.

coffee time

Lots of new coffee cups in the shop this week!