VACANCES

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

***Juin se termine ... J'accueille Juillet avec espérance ......C'est le mois de mon mariage, des enfants, des rires au jardin, des dîners joyeux et des vacances. ... Bouquet de fleurs de courgettes du potager de mon amie A.... Aussi belles à regarder

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Clown Lady

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Since I moved to France eight years ago, I have lived in the same neighborhood. Prior to that, I moved every few years. It's good to settle down and get to know where you live and get to know your neighbors: people in the same apartment buildin

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Ancient Doors

Monday, 28 June 2010

The old part of Lyon, Vieux Lyon, has been around since Romans times when it was called Lugdunum. Vieux Lyon then had its own personal Renaissance 600 years ago. The buildings have a distinct Italian feeling in their design and their colorful yellows, pi

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Tete en bois

Sunday, 27 June 2010

Tete en bois or guele de bois translated, head of wood or face of wood = hangover.Oy!Gros bisous et a demain!Love, Charley

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Chronique d'un dimanche ensoleillé

Sunday, 27 June 2010

***Il n'y a plus de roses dans mon jardin ?Elles refleuriront plus tard ...En attendant, j'ai plaisir à les retrouver dans la maison, comme avec ce délicat bouquet offert, roses de jardin délicieusement parfumées, pivoines et roses anciennes, disposées d

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Eddy Izzard in French!

Friday, 25 June 2010

Excellent!!Groses bisous et a demain!Love, Charley

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Offrandes ...

Thursday, 24 June 2010

***J'avais trouvé jolie l'idée d'un laurier blanc autour de la piscine, l'été dernier dans le Luberon ...... Planté cet automne, encore un peu jeune, mais une promesse de douceur ... ...Légèreté et délicatesse des fleurs de troènes ......Le jardin m'offr

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Strasbourg

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Strasbourg in January. Cold! But charming. We lucked out and had two sunny days so we were able to stroll about at our leisure. Strasbourg is in the Alsace region of France, right along the border of Germany. It is the seat of the European Parliamen

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Stop! In the name of love

Monday, 21 June 2010

First of all, you have to know that French stop lights have the overhead thing going on, plus a nifty smaller version on each side of the street.Okay, got the visual?All over Lyon, people modify the red light on the side traffic lights to look like a hea

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En ce premier jour de l'Eté ...

Monday, 21 June 2010

*** ... instants précieux, si fragiles,...qui font espérer, croire en des jours meilleurs.... Offrandes gourmandes ...... ... ...Première récolte ......Bel été à vous qui passez

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The Empire of Death!

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Stop, this is the Empire of Death! reads the sign over the entryway to the Parisian Catacombs.Begin at Place Denfert-Rochereau and descend a small stone stairways down 19 meters.It is dark, damp and absolutely creepy and goes on for miles.I love it!In th

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Un peu de ciel bleu ...

Sunday, 20 June 2010

***Quelques images d'espérance prises hier soir par mon petit-fils Guillaume ......Que s'éloignent enfin les nuages....Que revive le Var !...... ...Les blessures tellement visibles tout au long de la route, le chemin sera difficile, semé d'embûches et

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