Daily life in our home in the French countryside

[Music] Bonjour everyone. I hope you are all doing well. We are truly enjoying the last days of spring here. I can't believe it is almost summer. Time goes by so fast, but I am truly enjoying my garden this year. If you've been following me for a while, you know I have been working hard in the past years to create the garden that I had in my mind, in my head. I am not a talented gardener. I'm learning, but I am really enjoying how it is starting to kind of create itself. I'm going to do a video about it, I think, cuz there's a few things I learned about that. And the other thing that I am so happy with is that I seem to be able to create and find more slow moments for myself. Last year has felt extremely hectic and I was starting to miss the quiet and slow moments that we had when we just moved here. This year I feel like I am finally able to surrender to the gentle slower pace of life here in the countryside. And I am so enjoying the peacefulness that it's giving me, my body and my soul. And my lovely cat Tigret is always just such a good example. She is such a nice mentor and showing me to just, you know, take time, lie down, enjoy being in the present moment. I'm so grateful that she chose us as her home when we found her in the street a few years ago. [Music] [Music] [Music] Yeah. And here in You wonderful. show. [Music] What? The lights now. [Applause] Call me crazy, but it's in the middle of the night and I woke up because I keep hearing the sheep And it's raining, but they usually don't make that much noise. So, I'm see I hear a baby. I just wanted to add in the voice over why I'm going out. It has happened before that a sheep got lost. It got through the hedges into our field and then the other ones were calling him and it was a very frightening situation for the sheep and I was afraid this had happened to the baby. So that the baby was in our field and the mom in the actual field and I just wanted to make sure that that wasn't the case. I hear the baby and then the mom and she's now quiet. Maybe because she's seen my light. But something just feels wrong because they're calling each other all the time. I do have my boots though. I never go into this high grass barefoot or not dressed properly cuz they're not living in here. See, I just have no clue how I'm going to Maybe I can go up here. They're dark brown. There's no way I'm going to be able to see them. What's What's wrong, baby? What is her? What is her? So, in any case, it is not lost. They seem to be in the same in the same farm field still. So, I'm going to see if I can see from the other side. Let's go into the village and to the other end of the farm field. Still hear the baby, but I can't see anything. Oh, what's wrong? I mean, there is technically a thunderstorm. Maybe it's just scared. But look, it's crying all the time. Breaks my heart. Probably nothing. Anybody that understands animals will probably tell me this is normal, but I haven't heard it like this before. All kinds of animals out here in the evening. So, And since it's technically a thunderstorm, which is really far away, it's not very dangerous. But I might better not go into that field. Quiet. Okay. I can't see anything anyway. Yeah. See, I think I see the baby. I think I see the eyes. I can't see anything, but I think it's looking at me. I could see the reflection. So, it looks like they're just both in the in the farm field. Really? Yeah. That's your eyes, mama. And that's baby's eyes. So then I can't help you. I don't know what's wrong. Yeah, just go to sleep now. I'm happy you're both in the same field. Okay, back to bed. Everybody's fine. Oh, I'm such a city girl worried about animals that can perfectly take care of themselves probably. So, thanks for going on this night trip with me and let's go back to sleep. The sheep turned out to be fine in the morning when I checked. But a very exciting thing happened that next day, our farmer came to hay the field behind our house and I got to go on the tractor and actually mow the grass. That's not how you say it. I know, but I'm a city girl. I'm reminding you. It was so much fun. Huh? [Laughter] Good girl. What's up? [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] [Music] Oh, [Applause] This farm work, hay season, everything that comes with it must be one of the things I enjoy most about living in the countryside. The work on the farm, even though we do not live on the farm, but we have four farms in our little village, give structure to the year. There are predictable things that need to be done every day, every week, every month, and every year. And somehow I find so much comfort in it. I don't know. It It's one of the things I really really love. So, I was so grateful that John let me drive the tractor and give this a go. I've been wanting to do that for so long. So, who knows? I might be doing that again. Thank you so much for watching this video, for being part of my life here in the French countryside. I will see you again very soon with a new video.