Month: January 2006
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Growing up French
Living in France is different than living in California. My experiences of growing up in Willows, a small rural community in Northern California, are far different from my children’s experiences of growing up in France. The language is different:…
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Details of French antiques
Gold thread tassels hang on a painted blue armoire 19th century French armoire.
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French Antique
King of France, Prince de la Chicken Coop or just another pretty face? Who is this man? As I promised yesterday, here is Mademoiselle de la Chicken Coop’s, partner. His dashing red silk bow, and the details of gold, that…
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Who Is this French Woman
The French Mademoiselle I did not find this portrait in France. I found it inside a very small knick-knack shop in Northern California. A dealer of teacups and saucers, she had purchased an entire estate. The dealer told me that…
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Galette de Rois
The French tradition is to serve a gateau or galette de rois on, The Feast of Epiphany, which is today! I thought you might like to see the galette des rois that I made. Not a crumb left after the…
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Raphael and his Cherubs
POSTED: Two Chubby Children with Sweet faces, are needed to model for a painting Meet me at the SISTINE CHAPEL…Contact RAPHAEL. The painter, in his heavy linen stained smock, was very busy painting a woman holding a child.…