Stories Collected While Living in France
A building was destroyed in Marseille.
I recuperated the carved stones.
The hunk stonemason created a fountain using the stone slabs.
52 stones stand strong smiling.
Stone by stone, thought by thought, hand and heart, we can rebuild something from the rumble.
photos of our stone fountain this morning. Click on Hunk and stonemason for part I and II of this adventure.
It’s gorgeous! Looks like it’s been there forever, as was the intent. You must be so pleased to come home to see your vision fulfilled! 🙂 Too bad we don’t have stonemasons like that rebuilding New Orleans.
Oh I bet it sounds wonderful in the garden. It does look like an icon thats stood there for centuries. Beautiful!
your garden must be a dream. I can just imagine sitting on some gorgeous, vintage chairs with a glass of wine, sipping and laughing!
Corey – each time I visit your blog – my heart sings. it truly does – I look, and look and look – I look so much sometimes that I forget to comment. But each time I visit, my heart stirs, you know that feeling in your heart when you feel that it is reaching down into your soul? those little red shoes in the previous post – the chocolate chip cookies – I love looking into your life! I am a better person for having ‘met’ you for sure xoxoxo
How charming. I can imagine you and French Husband out there with your glasses of wine. Enjoy.
Wow. This is a Very ancient and healing feeling fountain! It must have been the depth of heart behind it that made it so. Isnt that what we get so drawn to in the past, the deep heart we feel there? So maybe when we tap into that ourselves we bring some of that ancientness here with us…
what a classy recycling job. was he really a hunk?
this too makes me think of new orleans, a city that has captured my heart. stone fountains would look divine on rue dauphine!
Yes, there is always something that can be built from the rubble. That is a wonderful lesson, beautifully told. Thank you.
you carried 52 stones…wow
wonder woman de francaise!
Your fountain is a piece of art… just lovely !!!
It looks ancient and Roman. Beautiful 🙂
Awwww, I’ve been waiting to see the final product. To no surprise it is just stunning! I adore this and yes, it looks so old and so beautiful and well kept. You did a fantastic job! Now you just need a laptop computer so you can post to us from your garden while listening to this amazing fountain.
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oh lovely! i knew it would be beautiful… just knew it.
oh corey, it is stunning!! i. adore. stone!
I just think this turned out beautiful. It looks as if it is a piece of history. Love it.
Take care,
Connie
Oh, it really look slike it is old and has always been! That is neat. I love it.
🙂
Oh!
That stirs something in me.
What, I don’t know.
Déjà vu?
xoxo
I really like the simplicity of the bended pipes emerging from the wall without any decorative element. It very simply is what it is -a fountain.
The fountain is beautiful… send the hunk over.
So very lovely indeed.
Time began in a garden and is treasured here by many!
Enjoy every golden moment.
Love Jeanne ^j^
very Old World–makes it look as if generations of Yann’s family have listened to its melody (the fountain…not the stonemason)
Thanks Corey for sharing your beauty with others… a wellspring of love and eternal youth? The fountains’ simple lines remind me of an ancient temple. The water is renewal. I want to splash my face in it and be young again. Love to you!
Patina of age.
Worn by time.
Warmed by a French sun.
Tactile.
To sit on the edge with a glass of red.
And talk with a friend…..
I’ve been enjoying reading the saga of your garden fountain. What a gift – both in the builder (literally!- what fine specimens of men!) and in the final result. A lovely welcome home gift to you:)
The most beautiful fountain I’ve seen! Those cups too! Ahhh, your life!!!
What a great fountain especially thinking back to all the hard work and love that went into building it. It’s fantastic that you used reclaimed materials with history, it’s so you!
((cOREY))
THIS IS JUST GLORIOUS!
old stones feel and share the energy and stories of the past. How i wish you could do a short video so we could hear the sound of the fountain running.
I am back home and slowly re creating my computer world. Lots of pictures to come of– of course, you know who =)
XO
THAT fountain looks pretty “hunkie” to me..I can just see you, water urn on shoulder, babuska on head, going to fetch that water for the table and supper’s soup..Do you wash your clothes there too..against the stones etc?
Then you can hang them up with those clothespins 🙂
Oh finally the fountain! Wow! Indeed it looks antique! That’s fabulous Corey! What a refreshing feeling it must be sitting near it and listeing to the water pouring down in the bassin. Well done Hunk!
how beautiful…as if it were there all along!
so lucky!
xo, mary ann
So glad you shared the END RESULT with us! It was fun going through the process with you…….
Love the simple metal pipes against the huge stone slabs…looks great!
Ouissi x
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