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Giveaway
Okay so you liked the little turn of the century toy bikes as much as I did. They were cute weren't they! They certainly added a bit of…
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Because the French Brocante was not where it said it was going to be….A Tour de France Story in Honor of my Brother Mathew
I went over to Annie's yesterday afternoon, she was sitting in her easy chair watching the Tour de France. I pulled up a chair and sat along side of her.…
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Sunday Brocante
Thank you for the overwhelming response to the re opening of my online French Brocante shop. I will be adding more French brocante items later tomorrow afternoon (24th…
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Blogging the Key to the World
A constant flow of friends, family and guests have poured through our house since my return from the States. It has been one conversation, activity and meal after another.…
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Hanging Out with Marie Antoinette
My 101 year old friend Mr. H. paints, everyday. He is a tall, elegant, an aristocratic man who paints abstracts– Cubes, figures without facial expressions, and one eyed boomerangs in…
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Tour de France: Antiquing at a Used Bicycyle Shop
Glancing back at the table making sure everything is just right: Knives on the right and forks on the left is a big challenge for someone like me, who…
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France and Antiques and Having the Bug
Everyday sites. France is eye candy to my soul. Candy I never grow tired of. It is a doorway to my creative inspiration. Doorways, paths, shops, that I have…
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Are You a Peach, Pear, or Plum?
Yesterday, Annie, Ladelle and I went to pick fruit amongst the many fruit trees at an abandon house. Sadly, most of the fruit had already gone bad and fallen…
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Provencal Clothing 1800s
Provencal clothing: Lace cap, a flat straw hat, with a black velvet choker with a cross attached, a provencal printed cotton scarf tied just so around ones shoulders, a…
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Green Beans on a Rainy Sunday Morning
Sunday morning, stringing green beans around the kitchen table. The simple act of being together, talking about nothing, sitting in our P.J.s, stringing green beans from the local market,…
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