Frenchy's Secret Garden

At this stage, the eBook favours all lovers of Apple gadgetry, optimised for the iBooks® app on the iPad®, iPhone®, or iPod touch®. (And for those whose devotion is wedded to other platforms, I’m assured these formats are on the way.)

So if you’re in need of a cheeky treat that can be conveniently hidden away from prying eyes, require a stocking filler for the holidays fast approaching, or want a little piece of her and her creations at your fingertips, this might be just the thing.

Well, guys and dolls, I have moved into my own place, a flat in an old house surrounded by a nice garden.  From my bedroom window, I have the view below.  A very calm place not far from the city center, but which is going to be destroyed in about 3 to 4 years.


I'm still not completely settled, developing new skills in working on the flat - lying a laminated wooden floor among other things.  Seeing the children once in a while, and already noticing a difference in attitudes, which is refreshing.

Learning to live on your own after over 20 years of a family life is very challenging because you have more time to think and not always in a rational or positive way.  You tend to find things complicated, or you get obsessed with things you did not even have time to think about when you were busy with your family.  I therefore understand that some elderly people, and not even so elderly, tend to get very complicated when living alone.

Anyway, you may ask, what about my Adventurer?  Well, after a lot of thinking and maybe also some persuasion from his partner, he decided to try and go back to his ex for the sake of his daughter's happiness beyond anything else and see how it works, but offered to stay in touch by email.  What this entails, I'm not really sure.  Of course, I was very disappointed, but then you never know what the future has in store for you.  In the meantime, I need to find self-love, to concentrate on living fully in the moment and in simplicity, which is far from easy at the moment.

I had a very enlighting conversation with hubby who still thinks he owns me in a way.  He told me he knew me so well that it is as if he had "made" me... Maybe that is what happens with old couples, but he also made me realise that "he thought that I needed to be protected" and there a lot of little light bulbs lit up in my mind.  It took me all these years to understand why he behaved in such a "selfish" way, always taking decisions unilaterally, always considering me as "inferior" to the point were I thought he had no consideration for my needs or thoughts, and that he always handled me as if I was "fragile".  I was just speechless and sooooo angry!!!!  Now he wants to find a young girl to protect...I am disgusted!

I will post more pictures of my Irish Summer, with some surprises... Soon.