Category: Living in France
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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 seen over a hundred times but keep on surprising me…
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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 on the ground. Annie remarked that is was a pity,…
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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 white cotton lace chemise, with a floral printed over shirt,…
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Bleu, Blanc, et Rouge: Bastille!
Celebrating Bastille Day in the South of France The fire was set up with oak wood to grill the sardines. Our friends layered the grill with a bed of thyme, laurel, and rosemary. The dinner was set up…
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Noticable details when coming home to France after being in California: Iron gates, lanterns, stone walls, overgrown garden… Lavender fields in bloom, the neighbor's six chicken outside of my bedroom window. Sticky Cat sleeping on the window ledge. Church bells.…
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Passage of Time
Crossing the threshold from Willows California to France (back in 1988) was not easy. Even though I was in love, and starting the journey of married life with…