Permanent Tourist

Being alpine native plants, succulents do exceptionally well on our balcony. We like mixing up alpine styles by getting old, inexpensive copper cooking pots from brocantes and using them as outdoor terrariums, choosing a couple of varieties of plant and then potting them with local stones to replicate a mountain landscape in miniature.

Although I managed to fit in a few very pleasant walks while I was in England in July, it’s been a long time since I’ve done what I’d call a proper hike. The main reason has been the heat: exerting myself when it’s already difficult just to be outside isn’t my idea of fun.

Today, though, the temperatures were only in the mid-twenties and there was a pleasantly cool ...

I’ve headed into the big list of drafts in the back end of my website because I’m in the mood for writing blog posts and sharing photos at the moment. This one, in particular, has been over a year in the making, so it’s about time I cracked on and finished it.

I’d wanted to be more practical and do things without using a computer or a camera for some time. So last y...

It feels as if I’ve been writing about our autumn holiday in 2024 for a very long time. As it turns out, I’ve just looked back, and I wrote the first blog post in the series, about