Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there, Thanks for popping in.  Mindful Wednesday Blog today. Mmmmm… Well, here’s the thing.  Early this morning, I lay in bed in the dark, wide awake,  and I was thinking. Thinking, thinking, thinking. Thinking about the poor people in Paris, thinking about what makes a person want to create so much carnage and destruction. Thinking about Clarity,  thinking about TV and where we are going,  thinking about this blog and you. Then with the first cup of tea,  and…

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Bonjour mes amis! Ça va bien? Il pleut chats et chien ici! Nonetheless, we had an adventure this morning. We went to an oyster farm, to buy some oysters, because this evening we are having a seafood fiesta with Elisabeth and Alain. When I think of oysters, I think ‘rich man’s food’, don’t you? You know, that échelon of society which has probably never savoured spam and salad-cream sandwiches, or pie and liquor. I mean, the man who queues up at…

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Bonjoir! Ça va bien? After a very wet “Eel Plurt” market morning in Auray, we came home to a log fire and to dry out! There’s only so much “It’s just a bit of rain” you can take, when it’s running down your nose and neck! Decided to go in the garden, gather up a few leaves,  and have a play with my Gelli Plate… Special deal on 6″x6″ Gelli Plate + megamount Click here This is just messy, experimental play,…

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Bonjour! Hope you are ok today? Dave and I spent the day exploring the coastline of Bretagne  with our good friends Elisabeth and Alain. The weather was great, and the scenery spectacular. It certainly helps when your guide knows where he is!! First stop, La-Trinité-sur-Mer. Fabulous harbour and phenomenal worldclass Catamarans. Millionaire’s playground, if you ask an old landlubber like me! So apparently the Jules Verne Trophy used to be awarded for  sailing round the world in less than 80…

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Hi there. Friday, 13th November. It will go down in history as a very, very sad day. Especially here in France.  We woke up to the country reeling from last night’s events in Paris. No, the world.  It was Grace in New York who flagged the massacre up to us. All the way from America. What dreadful, evil people there are in the world. To open fire on innocent people, to gun them down. I don’t know about you, but…

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Bonjour! Well, here we are in French France, back in Bretagne paradise, celebrating Dave’s 60th in style.  Nobody here except us and our friends, Elisabeth and Alain. The weather is glorious.  When we landed last night, we were given a warm and wonderful welcome. I think that’s why we keep coming back.  The place is idyllic, it really is. But I think it’s the energy of the couple who own it that is truly magic. When we were here in…

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Good evening everyone, Paul here posting on behalf of Barbara! Barbara and Dave are currently driving through France to enjoy some time out and have a bit of a break after a manic few weeks and to celebrate Dave’s Birthday. I must say that when I popped round to see them both on Tuesday evening, every room in the house was full of some amazing birthday cards – it was like walking into an art gallery – so much talent…

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Hi there. Thanks for making the time to read this blog today! You see, that already tells me something about you.  The fact that you take time out of your day to read my blog tells me you MAKE time for things.  This is something that I am having to learn;  to make time to do things other than work. And I bet I am not alone; hands up all those of you  who struggle with the Work / Life balance,…

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in. My day offish, hasn’t actually started yet – and it’s already 3pm!! I’m rubbish at this down time bit, aren’t I. But you should have been here in the kitchen last night, when we finally got in from the NEC. Made a cuppa, and lit a candle,  and then presented dear old birthday boy Dave with all the wonderful cards and gifts you sent him. He could not believe it. All I kept hearing…

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