Yesterday we went to the French brocante near Avignon. It was a perfect blue day without a cloud in sight and not at all cold. Which is surprising considering this is the first week in January. Unfortunately, the brocante was sparse. I suppose most the dealers were at home with their families having Gateaux des Rois since it was the feast of Epiphany. Or maybe after the holidays they didn't have much to offer at the brocante, either way it was a smaller than usual.
Imagine my thrill when I opened a dusty wooden box and found a bunch of hand carved eighteen century gilded wooden pieces, mostly flowers for a frame.
Instead of finding a "feve" in my Gateaux des Rois, I found one of the King's forgotten boxes.
What lucky find have you found recently?
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