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Afternoon Delight at Grange Rouge Brocante
Grange Rouge Brocante in Louhans. French Husband offered to take me to the brocante in Grange Rouge. He drove the six hours trip in our very old car that recently got a new engine put into it. We did not…
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No place like home, unless it is the Brocante
French Husband is driving me to my favorite brocante in all of France! Chapelle Naude, or Grange Rouge, the brocante in a cow pasture. Boots are a must. I never ever thought I would give away this secret of mine……
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………and the Winners of the French Guessing Game are:
The small wooden boxes with red wax seals where used to transport gold.People would buy gold (as a way to secure their paper money) and it was sent by mail in these wooden boxes. Also they were used to send…
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French Antique Guessing Game
Small paper boxes have a way with my heart. Old ones, that are battered with labels, ones like in yesterday's post that have memories tucked inside such as baby teeth, lockets, of hair, hooks and eyes… Little old boxes that…
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A Man with a Doll, An Umbrella and Frog Legs…some of the things I found at the Brocante in Leyment
The man with a doll. I saw this man and his son several times throughout the day and each and every time I saw them he had this over-sized stuffed doll in his arms…Pebbles was her name. Curiosity had my…
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The Way to Go to the Brocante in France
Photo of Leyment home of brocante heaven. Leyment Brocante Fair in France…twenty five miles long, two thousand dealers, over one hundred thousand buyers, once a year at the end of August. Photo of Nathalie in full gear early in the…