Photo Source: Mr. Finch     Each Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart…

  French Brocante. Early morning. Sweet little find. Baby silver napkin rings. I have never seen such a thing.       French Husband has in the last few years followed me to the brocantes. Mainly because he knows I…

When the ground was rocky, dry, barren, and uneven. She bent down and tied a velvet ribbon around her ankle. "There!" she said, "That's better." Knowing where to focus can make a world of difference.  

  A stack of hand tinted engravings laid at the bottom of a trunk. I bent down, scooped them up and asked, "How much?" The dealer spent the next ten minutes counting them. When that happens it usually means the…

French Antique Fish Chocolate Mold, On April 1st the French give each other chocolate fish called: "Friture." The tradition has it that on the 1st of April children try to stick a homemade paper fish onto people’s backs without the person knowing…

  Keep Calm and Carry On As long as I am carry on at the Brocante I can keep calm for days on end, well, unless I see something I wanted sold for ten cents in someone else's hands. Make your…