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His tilted hat and sailor shirt. Somebody's great great grandfather. How I would love such a photo of mine.
A few tattered notebook pages found in a box with some mix-matched trinkets. Photographs are plenty at the French brocantes so I shouldn't be surprised by... Read the whole entry... »
 Roses with a Bee
 2019-08-19 21:29 UTC by
French la Vie
My hope was to take photos of what I found this week at the brocante. Though I ran out of daylight to take the photo of the item that I found. Sometimes my good intentions become clouded by either my forgetfulness, over-planning or a diversion of the path actually I am rarely on a path, and my forgetfulness plays havoc on most of my... Read the whole entry... »
Today was my first day back to the brocante since the end of June when there was a French la Vie. One-handed but I managed with Yann's help. Do you know that Yann started to help me at the brocante when I broke my wrist six years ago. I found many fantastic things, but I saw much more than I could buy. ... Read the whole entry... »
- Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
- Postcards that Tell a Story
- Wish List on the French la Vie
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- www.alpheran.fr
 Roses Sent me Off
2019-08-17 20:52 UTC by
French la Vie
Rose petals are love notes from the other side. They have to be as they are so simply lovely. This morning before heading to the brocante I saw the roses outside my kitchen are in their second time this year. 
Petal by petal. Word for word...... Read the whole entry... »
 Seeing purpose in all things no matter how small, or undefined. Each small task, minuscule, insignificant seemingly unimportant holds a reason for... Read the whole entry... »
Two Months Old Today  
Old papers carry stories, memories, personal messages that one day will be lost as we use less and less the written word. What will be passed on will not be touchable. One of my fondest things to do when I go home to my Mother's house is to sit at her desk and pull out the Rolodex and see addresses and phone number... Read the whole entry... »
Sweet Summer Days
2019-08-13 21:55 UTC by
French la Vie
Sweet summer days consist of being with this Butterball. Thank you for your many encouraging comments, thoughts, and prayers. I am appreciative of all of you. I hope I encourage you as much as you encourage me. My life is fuller because of this community gathered here. I have seen the power of friendship over and over through... Read the whole entry... »
This is us
2019-08-12 21:31 UTC by
French la Vie
This is us. After our friend's marriage at the church, before the cocktails and hours before the dinner where we would dance until three in the morning and be one of the first people to leave. While dancing I would miss Yann's hand on a move that we have done a hundred times before, which would send me sailing without a boat to a... Read the whole entry... »
Wrist Update
2019-08-11 18:37 UTC by
French la Vie
The very first thing I thought of was, “Oh no I won’t be able to hold Gabriel!” At least it isn’t broken. Painful more than when I did break it over six years ago. Has anyone had this happen before?  ...Read the whole entry... » - Postcards that Tell a Story
- Wish List on the French la Vie
- www.alpheran.fr
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- Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
 about last night
2019-08-10 20:00 UTC by
French la Vie
During a beautiful wonderful wedding, Yann and I were dancing, on one of our moves we missed each other's hands and I went flying backward landing most painfully on my hands. After several hours in the emergency ward, I have sprained badly my wrist that I severely broke several years ago the pin and plate are still there and that is why the sprain... Read the whole entry... »
Last night Annie came to me in my dreams and held my hand. Dreams have a way of healing us, I was sad yesterday after saying goodbye to Sacha. Annie walked with me along the river I had my hand in hers, she talked about roses and how I should pick some from her old garden. She leaned into me as I put my arm around her she... Read the whole entry... »
 
Where did that month go? An entire month passed about in seconds. Sacha returns to Seattle on Friday, but he is heading for Paris tomorrow. In fairness to time, I must say that a chunk of his time was spent in Italy. You see over a year ago he met a young woman on the family cruise we went on. She was on the cruise with her... Read the whole entry... »
As I am at the brocante more often than not I come across many varied beautiful pieces, some I know the origin, the history and or purpose, some I do not. Usually, when I do not know about something, I look things up, read about them, or ask other antique dealers what they know. The vast amount of knowledge goes beyond "this... Read the whole entry... »
 - Postcards that Tell a Story
- Wish List on the French la Vie
- French la Vie Summer Outings
- www.alpheran.fr
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 Life Unfolds
2019-08-03 22:22 UTC by
French la Vie
Being a kid in the country meant being free to do what I wanted to do pretty much all of the time. Unless I was at school or had chores to tend to. I grew up in a small rural town in California. Most people think of California as one long coastline with actors dotting the beaches and where everyone has a year-round tan. But California is more than... Read the whole entry... »
The Best Nap Ever
2019-08-03 21:02 UTC by
French la Vie
 The dates for the French la Vie 2020 Please join me on: April 7th - 14th over Easter 2020 ... Three places remain May 12th - 19th ... Two places remain September 8th to the 15th... Four places remain September 29th to October 6th... Four places remain If these dates do not correspond with... Read the whole entry... »
Worn, faded covers, tattered, spotted, aged, a page-turner in their day. Eighteenth-century paper-back books gathered, what do they say? I have no idea... I bought them for their covers. On the pages of my life, what is written? Do I like the story that is unfolding? Is the voice of the critic heard? Are there chapters I'd... Read the whole entry... »
Hands Up
2019-07-31 21:10 UTC by
French la Vie
The first photo with my new camera a Lumnix 100 that I did not ask for and was very surprised by my family who gifted me with it. Sacha said that he was tired of seeing photos taken with my cell phone. The camera is super small and very light and will take me a while to figure it out. Gabriel's hand at Six weeks. There in... Read the whole entry... »
French la Vie
2019-07-30 18:39 UTC by
French la Vie
soon I will post the dates for the 2020 French la Vie Journeys. If you are interested please send me an email. 
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 - Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
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- Heading Home
- Spring in Paris
- Wedding Planner and Gratitude xoxo
 
Martin's best friend since childhood is marrying today. Guillaume was Martin's best man at his wedding last year and Martin is his best man today. A French wedding usually starts in the morning at the City Hall since by law you must marry in the City Hall where you reside. Then and only then if you want can you marry in a... Read the whole entry... »
Homemade tomato sauce is what you do after you have eaten enough tomatoes to make ketchup go out of business. Annie always added hand-picked then dried Marjolaine to her homemade tomato sauce. She spoiled me by giving me a jar of her own dried Marjolaine each summer. Now I am on my own which means I am probably eating weeds.... Read the whole entry... »
 
The day started with Sacha making home made pancakes. Amylia came to visit us from California, she is the daughter of one of my most treasured friends... Erika. 
The pancakes literally made me gain two pounds. I had to eat them with maple syrup. Sacha’s pancakes are the bomb. ... Read the whole entry... »
One Word
2019-07-23 21:28 UTC by
French la Vie
When we find a place that calls our name in a way that it feels like a sacred song as if hearing poetry where the lines become arrows piercing our very being. ... Read the whole entry... »
This New Life
2019-07-22 21:27 UTC by
French la Vie
This is new life. This gift. This new little person has captured every bit of me.   - Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
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- Wedding Planner and Gratitude xoxo
- Heading Home
- Spring in Paris
 Seashells
2019-07-20 17:33 UTC by
French la Vie
First, I must say I use to collect seashells. But that is not why I gave Chelsea her name. Secondly, my daughter's prenom-first name is, "CHELSEA." My Father-in-law, a man of very few words, let alone English ones, said to me at her birth: "Chelsea is, "Sea-Shell, backward, non?" The French pronounce CH... Read the whole entry... »
Child's Play 1991 "What can I give her to play with?" My neighbor asked herself. Glancing around her beautiful apartment my eyes could only see one fragile object after another. "Don't worry, I have plenty of toys in my diaper bag." Though my reply fell on deaf ears, she continued opening buffets and shuffling things around. While I... Read the whole entry... »
Little sweet things collected over time and now going across the sea to new homes. I have been posting brocante finds on Instagram. If you are interested in seeing more please follow me under my name. 
Smelling the Roses
2019-07-17 20:46 UTC by
French la Vie
Smelling the roses wasn’t a hit. They do not have a scent that is why! wink,  
Sipping and savoring these sacred summer day moments without gulping down the deliciousness.  
of course, I knew that a baby would change everything. I thought I knew what everything meant. I knew my heart would expand that memories of my childhood and my daughter's childhood would all come back to me. That I would see life full circle a thanksgiving rich with memories of my grandparents, my parents, my... Read the whole entry... »
Hoarder: "Compulsive hoarding, also known as hoarding disorder, is a behavioral pattern characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that cover the living areas of the home and cause significant distress or impairment." ... Read the whole entry... »
- Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
- Heading Home
- Wedding Planner and Gratitude xoxo
- The Eve of a New Beginning
- Spring in Paris
 A Day of Newness
2019-07-13 15:41 UTC by
French la Vie
Early in the morning soon after Baby Gabriel breastfed I took him for a walk in his stroller to give Chelsea a needed few hours of rest. As soon as I stepped outside my senses turned towards imagining life through the senses of Gabriel. We walked along the babbling river with the century-old Plantain branches... Read the whole entry... »
Love is ...
2019-07-12 21:20 UTC by
French la Vie
One of you wrote in regard to having children: "You love your child, you fall in love with grandchildren" Oh how true. I am head over in heels falling in love deeper and deeper I go. Gabriel three weeks.  ...Read the whole entry... » 
We were dancing to Bob Marley because Martin sings his songs to the baby. As Martin had to work in Paris these last two days we played Bob Marley for the baby, but it wasn't quite the same. Chelsea took Gabriel upstairs to breastfeed and Sacha and I stayed downstairs and danced. Yes, I am standing on the coffee table because Chelsea and... Read the whole entry... »
 
When asked what I look for at the brocante I answer I look for anything that speaks to me, I look for things for our home, to sell, to give, to understand, to admire... Medals. But the thing is once I start looking at one thing it leads to another and then another and then it takes me on a quest to find one older or... Read the whole entry... »
Drinking in Life
2019-07-08 20:08 UTC by
French la Vie
Holding you in my arms the clock ticks Nights days blend into a motionless dance sung by church bells, the nightingale, the owl, the lark a stream of sunlight moves slowly across the floor. Sacredness interlaces us in a bond of undeniable rhythm. As my newborn drinks in life. 
Real Blooms
2019-07-07 08:39 UTC by
French la Vie
Real Blooms after years without much perhaps a stitch or pin to a hat or collar perfuming imagination no need for water or pruning, nor sunshine real blooms the unfolding beauty of age.  ...Read the whole entry... » - Memories of Scones Before I Ever Went to Ireland
- Wedding Planner and Gratitude xoxo
- www.lagunatravelguide.com/?page=mount-makiling
- The Eve of a New Beginning
- Heading Home
 And They Danced...
2019-07-06 21:01 UTC by
French la Vie
July 6th, 2018 One Year Anniversary. How they danced and are dancing still. A year later the two have made one.
This was one of my favorite moments, Chelsea and Martin entered the reception and instantly started dancing which lead to everyone dancing before dinner. Martin... Read the whole entry... »
There is a place between heaven and earth, between the mind and the heart, between ourselves and each other, a sacred place where the imagination grows, where the spirit expands, where life fully lives. The door is continuously open for any of us to enter, the risk is only in... Read the whole entry... »
Happiness Overload
2019-07-04 17:03 UTC by
French la Vie
Antiquing. Baby. Antiquing. Baby. Plus Yann, Chelsea, Sacha (who arrives in a few days for a month), and Martin not in that order as there isn’t a list of who is first just a full heart that is overflowing. A full circle. Chelsea is doing fine, breastfeeding which anyone who has breastfed knows it is a... Read the whole entry... »
 Motherhood
2019-07-02 21:30 UTC by
French la Vie
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