Category: Living in France
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French Autumn and the History of Indienne Print Textiles
French autumn color designs: 1900s hand painted tile floors Provencal. New tiles with an old feel can be found here: Carocim http://www.carocim.com/index-en.htm Ravel Pottery http://www.poterie-ravel.com/en/ Brocante Pottery French Indienne Textile 1700s hand blocked…
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Autumn Scenes from Paris
Autumn scenes in Paris "In Paris there are more flower shops than days in a year" Flower shops that spill on to the streets, petal after petal, filling tender senses, vivid blooms with inviting perfume, instantaneously the…
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Mr. Must Dash
Sacha who has teased me about having a home full of old thinks is starting to look very 19th century-ish. He has a moustache that curls at the ends… yes it is very vogue now, I get…
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Admiring Cupcakes
Out of the blue, early in the evening the doorbell rang. Sacha opened the door to find the young (Thirteen? Fifteen?) neighbor girl standing there with a tray full of beautifully decorated cupcakes. From upstairs I could hear snippets of…