First Frost

We had our first frost this morning, Brittany has avoided the frosts that have affected the UK in the year to date but today we had a proper white frost covering.

The cold weather brought the birds to the feeders in numbers this morning. I've got a new add-on for the camera; a radio controlled shutter release that allows me to set up the camera on a tripod next to the feeders and retire to the warmth of the barn with the control transmitter and pop off a few pictures whenever anything comes close.

Here are the first few efforts:

Advent at La Basse Cour

For the last three years we've been working right up to Christmas so our decorations have never seen the light of day. They've been securely stored away until this year when we've finally had a chance to decorate the house.

The Mairie has encouraged everyone in the village to put up a Christmas Wreath or Crown on their door for Advent. We're a bit short of evergreen foliage at LBC so we mounted a raid on Angela and Jim's tall hedge for some fronds, this took longer than planned as we were intercepted by Armand, who lives opposite, with a bottle of wine (it was 2:30 in the afternoon ....). Armand will be 83 shortly - if that's his secret I'm going to start drinking wine in the afternoon!

Here's our contribution to the Noyal-Muzillac Christmas wreath display:

And some more views of decorations inside and outside the Barn:

The old lantern niches in the barn illuminated again

The space under the stairs is perfect for our Cherry Blossom Christmas Tree

Our illuminated Christmas Star on the end of the Barn is attracting attention from the road