• Love Potion

                             Note: A perfume company in France is creating a new fragrance called: Potion d’ Amour (Love Potion.) They are looking for…

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  • Lessons from the Garden.

                             When my children were little, we had a magical, organic, vegetable garden. We had tomatoes until December, green beans that made…

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  • French-ness

                           The first day in May always finds France perfumed with Lily of the Valley. Yesterday, was no exception. The French tradition is…

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  • Tea in the Garden

    Today is a holiday in France. As it is a holiday, there are many antique markets happening around the area. I have set up tea for you in the garden.…

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  • Do What You Are

    The name on the green tag, holding purple thread said, "A l’Oranger." (Which means, "At the orange tree.") Instead of embroidering oranges, she created a plum tree. Chelsea will graduate…

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  • Love Unconditionally

    What is love? That famous question that seeks an answer, over and over again. The last time I saw my Grandmother, she stood behind me and embraced me. I laughed…

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  • Sending Roses

    An old-fashion rose from my garden. Blooming again! After yesterday’s overwhelming response to my post, I am at lost for words. I am never at lost for words. Who would…

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  • About Corey

    This is me, the one who does not like her photo taken. A number of you have asked me to put up photos of myself…and I love dares, and I…

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  • French Details of the Nineteen Century

    A collection of nineteen-century French lockets. Holding on to memories that no longer have names. One has a locket of hair behind the image. Where do you keep your memories?…

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  • Pompeii, Italy

    Pompeii: *He prayed. As we walked along the silent streets of Pompeii, history unfolded around us. Sacha was a wealth of information, telling me facts that haunted me more than…

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