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Trilogy - Episode 2 : Not so easy !!!
Let me reassure you right away, I'm not into auto-flagellation - nor in fishing for compliments, but I'm realistic!!!!! And these postings are to have your opinion in order to make things better, so that I can learn from my mistakes, and to not stay on...
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South of France anyone???
A few days ago, while on a workshop, I went to a restaurant with a Mediteranean theme. In the bread basket were nice rolls, but also cubes of Olive Bread.... I ADORE OLIVE BREAD!!!!!!!! Not to copy on MIC, but it is true she has inspired me.... and so...
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Let's talk about knitting ...
Yes, I know, I don't write often ... I have lots of late postings, but that's the way it is !!!!! Do you remember my "Floorcloth" ??? And that I had found it too big and so I had asked you what you thought I should do here ? Well, I've done it !!!!! What...
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Snowed in...
9:30 AM - 15cm of snow, and still snowing!!!!! Pix taken from the house, because I can't get out, I hurt my knee before all this snow.... the car is stuck in the garage.... By the time it has taken me to take these pictures and upload them, the snow is...
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April Eyes
SHE asked us to photograph our eyes.... This is what I look like ...... Yes, I know, my makeup is runny, but it's the end of the day, I didn't sleep much, I worked, I had lunch, I helped organize our summer holidays, and I made bread... Oh yes, and I...
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Phew!!!! Not Tagged !!!!!!!
While going on MIC 's blog, yes, her again, I saw that she had been "tagged", and to my great relief, I hadn't!!!!! I don't really like these questions where you have to show yourself, but this last tag she received looked like so much fun, so, since...
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Still here........
No, no, I haven't gone on vacation yet !!!! Lots of odds and ends, flicking from one thing to the next, and so not much to show and not much to say....... Thanks to all who put in a comment to ask what I was doing.... so, in pictures, not very good ones...
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The eternal blank page... TIFC continued...
Or should I say fabric????? Here I am thinking and thinking about the TIF challenge, and so far I have not much to show for it. I have decided that to work on something about someone I admire, one month is not enough, so I am keeping this concept in mind...
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Challenge
CHALLENGE FOR LE BURKINA FASO When I got back from my vacation in the States, I saw this post on the FRANCE PATCHWORK forum. I arrived too late to be chosen for the "first line", so I'm in the "second line". That is to say that a person from the "first...
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Satisfaction...
No, I'm not going to sing this : (Happy Belated Birthday Mick!!) Instead, I'm going to show you why I'm "satisfied": These last few days I made 2 belts and a strap for a bag that seriously needed a new one..... I used scraps from some Wax African fabrics...
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Thanksgiving
The other day in the States it was Thanksgiving, a purely American celebration linked to their history. In my case, being only with my daughter this year, DH is on a trip and my son is studying in Paris, I decided to make a miniature Thanksgiving meal....
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Something for Carole
Or, rather, her mom. Carole had asked on the "La Maison d'Anael" cross-stich forum to make a little something with for theme the sea to put on a big curtain. She was thinking mostly about cross-stich, and actually many people answered to the call, even...
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Another quilt giveaway
This time from Camille at Thimble Blossoms (isn't that a cute name???) Quote from the blog : "Here are the rules : So heres what you do: Leave your name, where you are from, and your favorite place to get fabric, wherever it may be. From your mom, grandma,...
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En Français SVP !!!
When one has a crazy idea, why not go all the way. This is what I did!!! Not happy about creating one blog, I created a second one in another language!!!! Actually to be honest, I created the French one first, and this one is not quite up to date to it,...
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Here I go !!!
After lots of hesitation, I've decided to jump the gun and create my own blog... However I resisted for a very long time. But this summer I travelled to the Southwest in the USA, and I told myself I'd start off with a sort of travellog after all. I think...
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I've been tagged.... again!!!!
The other day I was tagged.... So now I have to tell you 6 things about me.... OUCH!!!!!! I don't really know what to write, here goes : 1. I love tea 2. I love sushi, pasta, homemade foie-gras, confit de canard, a nice real hamburger (not the ones from...
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A little game
I asked a blogger some suggestions for my blog, and one of the comments she made was that I hadn't mentioned the size of the works protrayed in my last article. And it's true, I gave you their names and how they came to be, but not their size (except...
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I've done gone crazy !!!!!
Or have I????? Feeling very frustrated with myself and with life in general, I've really missed not being creative. By meaning creative I don't mean not doing anything with my hands, I have been knitting recently, and doing some odds and ends, but, not...
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Keep Your Head...?
While awaiting for Alice to come on our French screens, Labistrake has asked us to create something in honnor of the mad tea party.... Not knowing if I'll be able to make something in time, my creative muse having gone on vacation, I've started rereading...
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A new link
Tomorrow, a couple of very dear friends is leaving for Cambodia where Anne is the director of a school for girls to give them a better chance in life. I wish them lots of strength and I know that the richness of this adventure will bring them many great...
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BYE!!!
All's set, the suitcases are full, only the housecleaning left to do, and tonight off to the airport, take-off very early tomorrow morning for..... the other side of the world.......... Where???? Up to you to guess..... I'll tell you all when I get back!!!!...
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Important Question :
I've been wondering about my "floorcloth" (see my before-last article). I've worn it a few times, and I am literally swimming in it!!!! What to do??? Do I unravel it and re-knit it in a smaller size? or do I leave it as is and live with it??? Note it...
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GO WEST some more !!!
MESA VERDE National Park After fascinating Great Sand Dunes, we went off to visit Mesa Verde National Park. Ever since I was a child when I had read about American Indians, or rather, Native Americans, I've been attracted to them and their culture. I...
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GO WEST !!!
In the course of 3 weeks, we crossed 4 States, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, travelled thousands of miles, and were completely awed!!!! First Days : We landed in Denver, Colorado after a stopover in Detroit where we threw ourselves on our first...
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Little pleasures....
To go to Paris in the Springtime.... To go to a French Brasserie, a real one, just like in the old days, with real garçons de café with the black trousers and vest and the long white apron.... And to eat a Croque Monsieur, the real brasserie croque monsieur.........