Stories Collected While Living in France

French la Vie

Some of the things that make my heart sing in the south of France

flowers 

Flowers on every window sill and they seem to be nearly always red.

French 

Old buildings with facades that speak of a past.

Brocante 

Brocantes as plentiful as the stars in the sky.

cafe 

Cafes… where the heart can take time to spill.

Colorful facade 

The color.

cassis 

The seaside.

fatima's 

Amazing door handles (small details count!)

provencal 

The open market especially when figs, olives, mushrooms, and chestnuts are in season.

French 

French countryside scenes to paint with memories.

Frenchhusband 

and a crazy in love French Husband who cracks me up with his silliness!

Comments

49 responses to “Some of the things that make my heart sing in the south of France”

  1. debra

    it makes me want to travel..

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  2. Diogenes

    Chanceuse.

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  3. Merisi’s

    *giggles*
    YOU crack me up, with your heart warming images and wit! Thank you for such sweet thoughts at the beginning of the day! 🙂

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  4. Amy

    aww…how sweet are you and FH! hee hee…. it is still (very) warm here….I think….I shall plant some more flowers. 🙂

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  5. herhimnbryn

    Love his hat!

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  6. Julie Ann

    These are all the things I love too (well except French husband but only as he is spoken for as he looks such a lovely man – very funny pic ) Thanks Corey x

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  7. le petit cabinet de curiosites

    Except FH (even if I like very much his “folie”) , we love the same things in the south of France

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  8. Suzanne

    My favorite is undoubtably… the last one!!! :o))) Too much crazy french husband and so sweet in love with you! :o)
    Hugs*

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  9. cat

    Corey, is it warm in there all year long?

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  10. Susan

    Singing, “these are a few of my favorites things.” Thanks for sharing.

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  11. My Mélange

    They would all be on any true francophiles list!! Thanks for the reminders of why we love France 🙂

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  12. Vicki

    Corey….thanks for the wonderful pictures and a reminder of why I love France and can’t wait to return. FH is so funny!!!

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  13. Miss Sandy

    What’s not to love? FH is a very amusing, I am sure he keeps life there interesting.

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  14. Ruth

    Just beautiful – but we all need to remember, we too can find those heart songs wherever we are!

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  15. anna

    If that isn’t a slice of paradise, I don’t know what is!

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  16. Jeanne

    Thanks for all the joy you share
    My heart always comes away singing
    Love you

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  17. susanna

    Oh, those ARE good things in the South of France. And look at FH – so cute!

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  18. michele

    O, corey~
    every time i look at your blog it makes me think of my years in provence and how much i miss it! you do such a good job of truly getting to the core of provence.
    i had 3 beautiful years there and my husband 15! he worked marche’s in aix, st remy and lour marin and he misses it so!
    the cafe’s, the people, the smells…vie!
    chow~
    michele

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  19. dotsie

    Your photos enrich my life!

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  20. Beachy

    Oh to be crazy in love in France!!!!

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  21. Dee

    oh my…memories of France are flooding my heart and mind this morning as I look at your photographs.

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  22. caren k

    Looks like FH is in a musical – he has just broken into song and dance – declaring his love for you! What do you think? Your pictures are oh so lovely!

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  23. Pat

    Corey, I’ve been away so long. I have so much catching up to do!
    I’ve enjoyed seeing many posts, I’ve missed these past weeks, months.
    As usual, your posts are amazing.

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  24. Star

    I love the flowers at the window…sigh.
    But the best is the picture of Yann 🙂 What a great guy that he can check propriety at the door and just have fun!

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  25. Rosemary

    Love silliness!! It’s so great!!
    Beautiful photos Corey. They look like they came out of some beautiful book.
    Have a wonderful day!
    Rosemary

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  26. Mo’a

    These are all the things I would love also.
    I loved you answer to me about Italy or France. I certainly would love to be your neighbor 🙂
    On my blog now I am talking about my trip to Italy last year…and a chestnut festival we went to in Buggio, Italy.

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  27. Marilyn

    All the things that would draw me back for more visits. Thanks for reminding me how beautiful all things French are. They indeed make the heart sing.

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  28. martina

    He did it AGAIN! Such beautiful photos and then there is FH making us all laugh and smile at the same time.

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  29. suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

    Yes! I love the color against the grey of the old stone buildings and the faded signs. But the best of all is the silly French husband. But you knew that.
    – Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

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  30. Jenny

    Oh, Corey, your blog is so beautiful, I just can’t look away. Gulp. Today’s post gives me pause to thank the Lord for many things. First of all the internet. That all the places my heart wants to travel, with your pics I am there. Thanks also to Him for your heart for sharing your loves and your experiences. Because I have always found that the best tour guides anywhere are those that live and love in the place I visit. And also most thanks that your words so lovingly inspire my dreams of possibly visiting your corner of the world one day. Ah, Provence.

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  31. Morgan

    France is just beautiful!!! I want to come visit sooo bad!! That picture of your “French Husband,” was just great!!!

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  32. Morgan

    France is just beautiful!!! I want to come visit sooo bad!! That picture of your “French Husband,” was just great!!!

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  33. ~Kim

    I love it all! The flowers…the buildings…the cafes…sigh. I hope to see it all in real life someday, but until then, pictures of YOUR real life will see me through! 🙂

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  34. Franca Bollo

    If you send any antique door knockers …

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  35. Franca Bollo

    Make that ‘see’ … I was getting ahead of myself when I typed ‘send’.

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  36. kris

    Hahahahaha. How funny the picture of french husband is. I love all of the photos but my favorites are the faded store facades and the cup of coffee. I think I may have to make myself a cup.
    Thanks for making me laugh. I love your blog.
    Kris

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  37. cheryl

    Why don’t Geraniums look like that in South Carolina?
    Oh, how I’ve tried…to no avail, since my visit in 2005!
    Perhaps it wasn’t the flowers at all, it was France~

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  38. jamie

    Your Posts Brighten my Days! Thanks, Jamie

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  39. DEB

    You are so lovely for sharing your life with us. Please know we send so Much Appreciation your way……..

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  40. Haley Stewart

    men, flowers, coffee, beautiful scenery… I don’t know if it get much better than this!
    -Haley

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  41. Gillian

    Hello sweetie pie…!!!
    What a fun bunch of photos. The last one is a knee slapper. Don’t you love people with a sense of humour, especially husbands? My own can make me laugh histerically like no one else.
    Your photos are gorgeous Corey.
    xoxo

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  42. Hasmin

    Dear Corey, lovely photos (including silly FH!) 😉
    Eyeing that lot of printers drawers…love them!

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  43. adi

    oh such a delighful collection of photographs
    🙂
    i nned not pine for visiting frnace one day in life! its all here in front of my eyes. and a france that’s so different from glossy tourist brochures and mainstream media. its the intimate details of everyday life that i like most in you pics.
    and yes, the last image is the most charming of all.
    what can a dollop of humor do to our lives.
    🙂
    convey my greetings to the FH.
    tell him, they’ve traveled all the way from India!
    lots of love Corey
    🙂

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  44. Claudia in New Jersey

    This post has put a MUCH-NEEDED smile on my face. You make my heart sing!

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  45. Terri

    Bold choice in head gear.
    LOL LOL

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  46. Irene

    A perfect-est post, Corey. I loved it. Thank you.

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  47. Cassoulet Cafe

    These too are the things that I love about the Sud.
    And that photo of Cheri FM 🙂 is hilarious!

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  48. the paris apartment

    Oh Corey, it’s been way too long since I’ve been here, what a life you’re having!
    I may go to Marseilles to meet Melanie next week, will you be around?

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  49. nel

    all those photos had me ooohing and aaaahing… until the last one and that just cracked me up!!!

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