Rose.Petal.Bloom.   Thank you for your generous prayers. We are still waiting, hoping and offering our good intentions towards Lynn. Thank you for keeping Lynn and her family in your good thoughts and prayers. My cousin (Lynn's sister, Francabolla is…

    Every year my girl cousins, who call themselves the "Cabras", and my Aunts, on the Amaro side of the family go away for a long weekend to spend some Q. & Q. time together.     One year…

  After two amazing weeks at home in California, I am going home to France. It is bittersweet. It is too short, not enough, and yet I am grateful: That home is the source of all things good. That is…

Today marks the sixth year of my blog. Everyday for six years. Over 6000 photos. Brocante bug galore. A range of emotion, a scrapbook of my life, a sweet collection of blogging friends, and adventures I would have never known…