Welcome to Petit Minou en Bretagne



I moved to this lovely part of Brittany at the end of the summer in 2008 with my husband and my two daughters

We have two holiday gites and hope to have lots of visitors in the years to come

Life here is slower than it used to be in England but my days are so much busier - looking after our two Ouessant sheep, our chickens, geese, ducks and seven cats; trying out new recipes using our freshly grown veggies, trying to keep up with the weeding and the the garden and keeping the gites in tip top condition ready for our visitors

If I have any spare time I make handmade greetings cards and gifts and have just opened an Etsy shop - visit it here

I also enjoy taking photographs and have recently joined Flickr so hopefully I will post some of my shots on here too

This is intended to be my blog about our new life here in Brittany - I really must try to make time for regular updates but seem to be failing miserably


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Wednesday 15 April 2009

65th Anniversary of 'D' Day



I always gaze upon what remains of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches les Bains with complete awe.  What was acheived in those few days following 'D' Day on June 6 1944 was incredible and still unbelievable 65 years on.  I wonder, with all our modern technology, if we could acheive the same today.



'Lest we should forget' we took our young nieces and nephew to the American Military Cemitary

 at
 Colleville sur Mer.  Over 9,000 crosses and stars stand serenely overlooking the now tranquil beach at Omaha








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