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The Key
Yesterday's comments regarding Bicycle Stories, were amazing. One memory after another: Banana seats, training wheels, brakes, skid marks, accidents, while noting where you learned to ride, the color of…
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Giveaway
Okay so you liked the little turn of the century toy bikes as much as I did. They were cute weren't they! They certainly added a bit of…
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Because the French Brocante was not where it said it was going to be….A Tour de France Story in Honor of my Brother Mathew
I went over to Annie's yesterday afternoon, she was sitting in her easy chair watching the Tour de France. I pulled up a chair and sat along side of her.…
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Sunday Brocante
Thank you for the overwhelming response to the re opening of my online French Brocante shop. I will be adding more French brocante items later tomorrow afternoon (24th…
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Blogging the Key to the World
A constant flow of friends, family and guests have poured through our house since my return from the States. It has been one conversation, activity and meal after another.…
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Hanging Out with Marie Antoinette
My 101 year old friend Mr. H. paints, everyday. He is a tall, elegant, an aristocratic man who paints abstracts– Cubes, figures without facial expressions, and one eyed boomerangs in…
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Tour de France: Antiquing at a Used Bicycyle Shop
Glancing back at the table making sure everything is just right: Knives on the right and forks on the left is a big challenge for someone like me, who…
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France and Antiques and Having the Bug
Everyday sites. France is eye candy to my soul. Candy I never grow tired of. It is a doorway to my creative inspiration. Doorways, paths, shops, that I have…
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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…
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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…
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