Month: April 2017
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In Our Garden
The Judas tree's pink petals are dropping, pink snowflakes. "Judas Tree is a common name for a flowering tree, Cercis siliquastrum from which Judas Iscariot is reputed to have hanged himself." French Husband told me this about the…
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The Gift of the Sea
Before Chelsea left for Bangladesh, we celebrated Easter early. We gathered together in Cassis because French Husband had a surprise to share with us. We knew the surprise, but didn't really believe it, could it really be…
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Nouveau Recueil de Chansons Choisies = New Collection of Selected Songs
It never fails when I am at the brocante that I will be digging in some dusty old box, rummaging for books, the older the better. Criteria: 1700s, worn loved cover, paper or leather, engravings are a plus…
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Pink Pretty
Brocante in pink. I am not a pink girl. Rarely, when Chelsea was a wee one, did I dress her in pink. Though, spring with the many pink trees in bloom is just too beautiful not to give…
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The French Antique Guessing Game
Last weekend, at the brocante fair, at the old station in Carpentras, a brocante dealer unloaded his van that was stuffed with these baskets. As I watched him unloaded his van, I was curious thinking that I…