Month: February 2009
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Floral Art and Antiques make for the Sweetest Perfume.
Take an old, chair carcass, cover it with moss, set the chair on the table as a center piece. My friend Laure is a floral artist. Need a shelf? Laure uses an old bench as one, hooks it to the…
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Hot Chocolate
Hot chocolate like nothing you have ever tasted.In a sauce pan pour four cups of fresh whole milk.Add a drop of pure vanilla,and 200 grams of dark baking chocolatesugar to taste. Cook on low heat, let it cook slowly,…
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French Antique Photographs on Glass PART 2
French antique photographs on glass (1880 or there of more or less.)The glass photographs are 4 x 8. I found them at a Brocante (antique market) in the south of France. Shelley and Lilly, both commented yesterday on how I…
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Antique Glass Photographs
At the brocante market I found a box of antique glass photographs. Lifting one up at at a time towards the light I saw the images of a family, sitting outside, in front of a house.Though I noticed if I…
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Lent… a time set aside for us to look at who we are and give it away freely.
Each year when the season of Lent approaches I recall the time I spent living in a monastery. This year is no exception. Today is the first day of Lent, and with that the onset of hopeful promises…
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Scones made by an American in France. International House of Pancakes… Watch out!
School holidays are happening as I type. French Husband and Sacha went skiing. Chelsea came home with more books, binders, and notepads than laundry. She has finals and nothing else matters more than intense studies right now. My broken…