French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com French la Vie Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:13:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.frenchlavie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poppy-1-150x150.png French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com 32 32 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/09/07/what-do-we-see/ What Do We See https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968790764/0/tongueincheek~What-Do-We-See/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968790764/0/tongueincheek~What-Do-We-See/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=86448 It’s funny how you can see the same place over and over again and still never really see it. Then one day, someone points out one small, obvious detail, and you’re left wondering how you could have missed it all this time. That happened to me today. A friend asked me what I saw at […]]]>

It’s funny how you can see the same place over and over again and still never really see it. Then one day, someone points out one small, obvious detail, and you’re left wondering how you could have missed it all this time.

That happened to me today. A friend asked me what I saw at the top of a building I’ve passed countless times. I didn’t see anything. She had to point it out to me: the face of an angel, carved high above the street. It had always been there, quietly waiting, and somehow I had never noticed it.

Once I saw it, I found myself wondering: if I could miss something so obvious for so long, what else am I not see? Do we ever really see the whole picture?

Maybe it’s like that with most things. With places. With stories. With the images we build from what other people tell us, from our own observations, and even from the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. We collect fragments and mistake them for the whole.

My two cousins are here visiting, and I’ve been showing them the France I know and love—the streets, the places, the things I’ve come to cherish. Yet today I realized that even in a place I thought I knew so well, there was a beautiful detail I had completely overlooked. It made me wonder what details they’re noticing that I’m not. What stories will they leave with? What will they hold to be true about this place? What small, unexpected moments will stay with them long after they’ve gone home?

Perhaps we never truly see the whole picture. Perhaps all we can do is keep looking, knowing there is always another detail waiting to be noticed.

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He carries our stuff, loads it in the car, drives us around. Helps others. He is the Super Sherpa.

What did my cousin think of her first brocante? « How much can I carry in my suitcase? This is where all the magazines « homes find all their beau pieces! » « My God this is more than I imagined! »

The man at the brocante packed, carried, loaded the car, and drove us around. Happily!

and he bought this Marlboro man coat. Let’s see if he where’s it, and where. It is pretty cool.

Thank you honey xx

]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968555492/0/tongueincheek~The-Man-at-the-Brocante/feed/ 6 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/09/04/64/ 64 https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968545898/0/tongueincheek/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968545898/0/tongueincheek/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:00:31 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=86409 He has climbed the mountain Sailed the sea Squeezed through caves Flown like a bird Motorcycled nearly everyday Loved, shared, cared, extended himself freely towards others, Carried plenty suitcases up fjights of stairs for our guests Been a loving husband, son, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and brother. Here is too many more milestones, and shared […]]]>

He has climbed the mountain

Sailed the sea

Squeezed through caves

Flown like a bird

Motorcycled nearly everyday

Loved, shared, cared, extended himself freely towards others,

Carried plenty suitcases up fjights of stairs for our guests

Been a loving husband, son, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and brother.

Here is too many more milestones, and shared love xxx Happy Birthday!

]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968545898/0/tongueincheek/feed/ 22 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/09/02/my-cousins-are-coming/ My Cousins are Coming! https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968511503/0/tongueincheek~My-Cousins-are-Coming/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968511503/0/tongueincheek~My-Cousins-are-Coming/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:00:35 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=86400 My cousin Alma and her dear husband Mike arrive this evening to stay with us! We have talked about this trip for years, and now it is here! Every summer our families vacationed together, and as a child and into my teen age years I spent many overnights, and extended summer stays at their home. […]]]>

My cousin Alma and her dear husband Mike arrive this evening to stay with us! We have talked about this trip for years, and now it is here!
Every summer our families vacationed together, and as a child and into my teen age years I spent many overnights, and extended summer stays at their home. Our families are very close.
I am so happy, I think I spent most of my day running in circles in my thoughts and actions- guessing where their flight might be passing since they are coming from California. I tried to imagine what they might need and have it available. I must have arranged and rearranged everything in our home. You know how it is when you want everything to be just so!

Table set for drinks and nibbles… their coming!

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Le Train Bleu

We stopped inside for lunch,

The interior

was my dessert.

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