MmeWilliamson
@mmewilliamson.bsky.social
Australian who ran away from home to open a 1690s B&B in Mayenne France. Beautiful content here during dark times 🇺🇦. With husband Matt at www.lhoteldehercebandb.com
Normandy escape from the modern world into somewhere else.
September 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Normandy escape from the modern world into somewhere else.
We are delighted 9.7 guest ranking on BDC. Exceptional is amazing.
June 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We are delighted 9.7 guest ranking on BDC. Exceptional is amazing.
It’s roses roses roses across the garden from palest pink to blood red!
June 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It’s roses roses roses across the garden from palest pink to blood red!
Matt had a huge day at the annual Brocante event. He worked with our clients, running their antiques buys to the trucks. It was a fascinating week hosting guests staying with us from USA in the region on an annual buying trip.
May 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Matt had a huge day at the annual Brocante event. He worked with our clients, running their antiques buys to the trucks. It was a fascinating week hosting guests staying with us from USA in the region on an annual buying trip.
New to us pair of vintage Louis XVI style chairs, fab find on FB marketplace this week, a country drive. Some serous strategy to get them high in our car and now it’s fabulous and enjoy time.
May 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New to us pair of vintage Louis XVI style chairs, fab find on FB marketplace this week, a country drive. Some serous strategy to get them high in our car and now it’s fabulous and enjoy time.
Entry to our Maison is via huge Carriageway gates into a covered cobbled drive, then you see this our secret courtyard garden hidden from the world. It’s our very own Secret garden to welcome you your B&B stay. Book now direct on the website for Kate summer and beautiful September.
May 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Entry to our Maison is via huge Carriageway gates into a covered cobbled drive, then you see this our secret courtyard garden hidden from the world. It’s our very own Secret garden to welcome you your B&B stay. Book now direct on the website for Kate summer and beautiful September.
BreaKfast table with camellias.
April 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
BreaKfast table with camellias.
One of my favorite places Vitré in Brittany. 1 hours drive away in Brittany. The air and vibe feels very old here and timeless. A medieval fortress fairy tale chateau, & 15thc cloth merchant town. With winding cobbled pedestrian streets lined with timber and stone town houses each unique.
April 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
One of my favorite places Vitré in Brittany. 1 hours drive away in Brittany. The air and vibe feels very old here and timeless. A medieval fortress fairy tale chateau, & 15thc cloth merchant town. With winding cobbled pedestrian streets lined with timber and stone town houses each unique.
Place where we live, Mayenne 53 France.
April 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Place where we live, Mayenne 53 France.
Shopping at the Tissue d’Avesnières annual factory sale. A treasure trove of luxury furnishing fabrics. I bought 2 fabric bundles €35 each. Stuffed with 13, one meter lengths. What joy unpacking the haul. Fabrics retail from €120 a meter, the best fabric buy in France.
April 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Shopping at the Tissue d’Avesnières annual factory sale. A treasure trove of luxury furnishing fabrics. I bought 2 fabric bundles €35 each. Stuffed with 13, one meter lengths. What joy unpacking the haul. Fabrics retail from €120 a meter, the best fabric buy in France.
Spring in our French garden
April 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Spring in our French garden
1804 Wordsworth - I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
1804 Wordsworth - I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Bodiam Castle, Kent England Exploring castles and Chateaux is how I spend my holidays.
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Bodiam Castle, Kent England Exploring castles and Chateaux is how I spend my holidays.
On holiday in England on a our very own National Trust Blitz tour. A grand time here is me is my happy place Hardwick Hall Tudor palace. Builds and paid for by Bess of Hardwick a woman of astute financial acumen in the male dominated Tudor world.
March 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On holiday in England on a our very own National Trust Blitz tour. A grand time here is me is my happy place Hardwick Hall Tudor palace. Builds and paid for by Bess of Hardwick a woman of astute financial acumen in the male dominated Tudor world.
My French garden is fragrant with plum & mirrabell blossoms in pink & white dancing in the morning breeze.
March 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
My French garden is fragrant with plum & mirrabell blossoms in pink & white dancing in the morning breeze.
Cloudy day with soft light, my kitchens echos its past. Timeless scene new season fruit in aged pottery dish glows on the oak table in shafts of light. Living in an 17thc home, I see glimpses, of those who lived here, fleeting & ephemeral calm, reassuring.A fraternity or echo of us who live here.
March 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Cloudy day with soft light, my kitchens echos its past. Timeless scene new season fruit in aged pottery dish glows on the oak table in shafts of light. Living in an 17thc home, I see glimpses, of those who lived here, fleeting & ephemeral calm, reassuring.A fraternity or echo of us who live here.
My antique Australian kitchen table, from my first ever house in Sydney. The 1900s kitchen had never been renovated. This table has moved with me across my life. Restored by a friend when it became too wobbly. Today sitting happily in the deep window recess of my French kitchen.
March 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My antique Australian kitchen table, from my first ever house in Sydney. The 1900s kitchen had never been renovated. This table has moved with me across my life. Restored by a friend when it became too wobbly. Today sitting happily in the deep window recess of my French kitchen.
What are you reading today? Escaping into a other world, via books is my lifetime passion. Where do you want to escape today?
March 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What are you reading today? Escaping into a other world, via books is my lifetime passion. Where do you want to escape today?
Friends gathered yesterday for French Wargames. The house echoed with laughter and happiness, what joy as 4 men became boys again, the ohh noooo 🙈🙈as the dice roll set them to defeat. A hearty lunch cooked by me. The great days are to be celebrated as they remind us who we are.
March 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Friends gathered yesterday for French Wargames. The house echoed with laughter and happiness, what joy as 4 men became boys again, the ohh noooo 🙈🙈as the dice roll set them to defeat. A hearty lunch cooked by me. The great days are to be celebrated as they remind us who we are.
Sis he ing my husband Matt the happiest of birthdays today. Life with you full of love, fun and adventures.Here we go again 😃😘😘😘
March 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Sis he ing my husband Matt the happiest of birthdays today. Life with you full of love, fun and adventures.Here we go again 😃😘😘😘
Place Saint Vincent, Mayenne ❤️
This evening - The values if life in France Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Beers with friends at the Tabac. We catch up on our week; Australians, French, Canadians, British, Welsh. After an intense week of world politics, fear War & loss of Democracy.
This evening - The values if life in France Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Beers with friends at the Tabac. We catch up on our week; Australians, French, Canadians, British, Welsh. After an intense week of world politics, fear War & loss of Democracy.
March 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Place Saint Vincent, Mayenne ❤️
This evening - The values if life in France Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Beers with friends at the Tabac. We catch up on our week; Australians, French, Canadians, British, Welsh. After an intense week of world politics, fear War & loss of Democracy.
This evening - The values if life in France Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Beers with friends at the Tabac. We catch up on our week; Australians, French, Canadians, British, Welsh. After an intense week of world politics, fear War & loss of Democracy.