Antiques and Brocante in Bordeaux

A few of my Twitter friends are decorators, and I couldn’t help but think of them and a wealthy client or two as we strolled through this Antiques Fair our first day in Bordeaux. Every…

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More Tulips, Some Bikes, and a Lamb . . .

If you thoughtlast post’s record of our visit to the Keukenhof Gardens was enough, or beyond that, you may want to click yourself away. More of the same here. . . .  A bit over-enthusiastic,…

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Tea, Tulips, and Home-i-ness

As we settle into our rental house in Bordeaux, I’d love to share these photos from Sunday’s visit to Keukenhof tulip gardens. Visiting this site might have been a cliché, but it was a cliché…

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Packed for Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Paris . . .

OMG, she’s still here, and still showing us pictures of her garden!! I know that’s what some of you will say as you open this post. We’re actually heading out to the airport this afternoon,…

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More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys . . .

Took these photos with my phone’s camera. The one above is of a delightful planting I passed on yesterday morning’s Seawall Run — the Parks Board gardens are always charming in the spring, but this…

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