THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 22nd day of ADVENT!!! My aunt and I turn the chateau’s entrance hall into a floristry studio…
THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 20th day of ADVENT!!! My French aunt and I prepare French dishes for our Christmas gathering… If…
THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 18th day of ADVENT!!! Today I head to our local French town to get delicious food from…
THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 17th day of ADVENT!!! We decorate the dining room in preparation for our first Christmas evening with…
THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 16th day of ADVENT!!! We decorate the dining room in preparation for our first Christmas evening with…
THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 10th day of ADVENT!!! Escape to the summer with us, for a trip to Tuscany to choose…
THE CHRISTMAS DIARIES: 7th day of ADVENT!!! It’s time to share our new theme for Christmas 2021 – the Lalande…
Lalande is filled with fun and friendship as we all get together to celebrate Thanksgiving. Michael and I cook up…
Dan rules the kitchen, and the boiler room, and the garden, and the radiators (you get the gist) on the…
A Chatostraphe strikes as a ceiling collapses at the chateau… Thank you so much to the incredibly talented Tannis Slimmon…
It’s HALLOWEEN at Lalande! We prepare for a big party and I spend the day cooking with Dan in the…
I receive the preliminary plans for the new facades of Lalande, as 2022 will be the Year of Re-Rendering the…