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What is on Top of Your Christmas Tree?
Because to day threatens to snow. Because we heat our house with wood. Because I am Cinderella keeping the fire burning. Because my online brocante needs attending to (many new items to post.) Because Annie wants me to cut her…
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Its a Bird, Its a Plane, Its… The French Antique Guessing Game Winners
The answer to the French Antique Guessing Game is….. It is a citrus press. Lil squeezed the truth out first by naming it so, and finding it on Christie’s. At the French brocante I saw…
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Who’s Your Neighbor? Mine is Italy.
Italy is less than two hours from our doorstep. My neighbor. Seductive enchanting Italy. I love that. Zip across the border, Italian enchantment rushes up, grabs me, Bacio qui! Limoncello in the afternoon, and back to oh la la France in…
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French Antique Guessing Game
French antique guessing game. The Rules: In the comment section, or on Facebook, or by email share your guess. The first person to correctly guess what it is wins a prize (this time a several 1800s iron keys). Also the…
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French Christmas: Yellow, Pink and Red….
Amaryllis at Christmas, is one of the more traditional flowers in France rather than the poinsettia. White and, or red. Each year I buy a few bulbs of each: A white…
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For the Love of French Antiques
French Husband had barely parked the car at the brocante when I jumped out. Having the brocante bug is not easy to control. Is there a cure? As soon as my eyes fell upon the thickly painted, white-ish grey cupboard/buffet,…