bienvenue

After a long but relatively uneventful journey, we arrived on Friday, precisely 24 hours after we set off from our old home in the UK.

the peace of trees

Yesterday we unpacked the van, and today we’ll finish setting up the temporary studio. The hamlet is peaceful and quiet. This morning all we could hear was the ticking of the clock over the wood stove and the purring of Timmy the tomcat who was asleep on the sofa beside us. We woke to find a world covered in snow.

winter calm

It is good to be back. It still hasn’t sunk in that this is home now, but I’m sure by tomorrow evening, after a day of sitting at my desk, it will hit me. For now I’m just going to enjoy a walk in the snow, a warm fire, and the company of old friends and new.