In the Garden . . . Starting with a Rough Schematic

 Between our Canada Day (July 1st) long weekend, and the “bridge” weekend my readers across the border are making of their Independence Day tomorrow,  as well as whatever summer activities are taking the rest of…

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Summer Fun! Two Ways to Get/Stay Fit in the City

 Excuse the title, my tongue-in-cheek effort to follow Bloglovin’s advice about Attracting More Followers. The stock advice always seems to include exclamation marks and How-to and Numbers. . What’s really going on here is that…

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Balenciaga Noir at the Paris Bourdelle . . . Continued

 As promised in that teaser of a“postcard” I sent you earlier from our visit to the sumptuous Balenciaga exhibition in Paris’ Musée Bourdelle, here (finally) are more images for you. I apologise for the combined…

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More about that Blogger-Reader Meet-Up: Visiting in Zagreb

Paul and Dottoressa standing behind a chain from the HMS Victory, the British warship commanded by Admiral Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar. The chain has been at this site since 1878.  As Lisa wrote…

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Five Things Friday

1. Sunshine! Much expediting beachwalks with visiting friends (see my IG for a photo). Like my Californian visitors last week, L, coming from a sweltering-at-38-degrees Bordeaux, claimed she would have been quite content with rain…

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