Category: Living in France
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If Babies are born in Cabbages…
If babies are born in cabbages then I am expecting many.Annie is showing me how to make stuffed cabbage leaves… and the house does not smell like chocolate…I'll show the details of our cabbage making this evening. From the looks…
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Watermelon Seeds
While threading the needle to sew Sacha's worn jeans I asked Annie if she had any tender memories of living during World War II? If there was any light in that dark passage. Anything that reminded her of beauty…
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Spring is in the air and our garden was in need of a haircut. French Husband, Sacha, and I set out with clippers after breakfast. We are amateur gardeners, who debate where and how much to trim. It is…
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Did you know that pulling out your hair helps roses to bloom?
I was up on a ladder, in my garden, trimming a rose bush when my friend Annie came over to visit. Looking up at me, then the rose bush she said, "How I wish I were up on that ladder!…
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Floral Art and Antiques make for the Sweetest Perfume.
Take an old, chair carcass, cover it with moss, set the chair on the table as a center piece. My friend Laure is a floral artist. Need a shelf? Laure uses an old bench as one, hooks it to the…
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Bottle top opener, Broken Rib, Bra, and Blog all start with the letter B.
This is a can/bottle top opener. Simple, straightforward, good design, about twenty years old and I brought it from America to France. Because, at that time I could not figure out how to use the even simpler French can opener…