Month: April 2016
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How to Make Rose Jam… Since You Asked
Cutting the red roses was not an easy task. Their fullness, ripe fragrant, climbing up circling my son's bedroom window, gave an air of romance, made me dreamy, made me forget everything going on and with that, the idea of…
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How to Make Rose Jam… Since You Asked
Cutting the red roses was not an easy task. Their fullness, ripe fragrant, climbing up circling my son's bedroom window, gave an air of romance, made me dreamy, made me forget everything going on and with that, the idea of…
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The Cassis Update
Cassis is shaping up. In the photo above, the blue covered area will be a loft bedroom, the room below it is the bathroom. The windows look into the bathroom, and the stairs will come be on the right…
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The French Brocante
Are you ready for the weekly French brocante tour from the land of plenty. To see the juxtaposition of age, history, purpose, the charming and the invaluable all jumbled together for the pleasure of the discerning eye. And of course…
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Meeting the Original Owners of Our Apartment in Cassis
This is a "d'evier en pierre de cassis" a hand carved stone sink similar to the one in our apartment in Cassis. Most of the homes in Provence had them in the 1800s. In the last home…
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Victoria Magazine: Our Paris Apartment
ALL Photos via Victoria Magazine May/ June Issue 2016 Several months ago Victoria Magazine asked if they could publish an article about our apartment in Paris. I was thrilled, they set a date, and then I scurried to have…