Month: July 2011
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Are You a Peach, Pear, or Plum?
Yesterday, Annie, Ladelle and I went to pick fruit amongst the many fruit trees at an abandon house. Sadly, most of the fruit had already gone bad and fallen on the ground. Annie remarked that is was a pity,…
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Provencal Clothing 1800s
Provencal clothing: Lace cap, a flat straw hat, with a black velvet choker with a cross attached, a provencal printed cotton scarf tied just so around ones shoulders, a white cotton lace chemise, with a floral printed over shirt,…
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Green Beans on a Rainy Sunday Morning
Sunday morning, stringing green beans around the kitchen table. The simple act of being together, talking about nothing, sitting in our P.J.s, stringing green beans from the local market, and preparing lunch while still having breakfast. That is…
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Garlic: Provencal Perfume of Perfection
Our Canadian blogging friends Denise and Vlad's feet had barely touched French soil, when they called us to come over and have lunch with them. French Husband and I didn't waste anytime and dashed over to their place in…
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He is Back
That boy-boy is back, I stuffed him with pasta and baked tomatoes, while he tried to get two words out between bite fulls. Papa listened more with his eyes than with his ears. I could see him measuring the…
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Bleu, Blanc, et Rouge: Bastille!
Celebrating Bastille Day in the South of France The fire was set up with oak wood to grill the sardines. Our friends layered the grill with a bed of thyme, laurel, and rosemary. The dinner was set up…