Friday 30 November 2012

The end of autumn......



.... November Impressions of the Périgord....




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"next door's" villages:

 Allemans



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Lusignac




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St. Jean-de-Cole

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"The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on."

  Emily Dickinson



...November at La Pouyette...


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"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn...

 
Stand shadow less like silence, listening



To silence."
   Thomas Hood, Ode: Autumn, 1827


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...a late 19th Century "fairytale" house....



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For sale
Anybody interested ????





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another one of these Périgordian November days
with a deep blue sky..... 

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bye - bye Fall....



    bye - bye November....




...and

best wishes for a wonderful first December weekend to all of you!





 Until then...............




Tuesday 6 November 2012

November post - "By Invitation Only"



This month post is about blogging,

in Marsha's words:
Do you remember when you 1st started blogging? 
Remember how much it meant to each of us to have a new follower/friend?
And, 
remember how we would have adored being pointed out to all the blogging world by another blogger, 
a well-read blogger?

Well, here is my little "story":

It all began in Spring 2010 when I discovered Trish's fabulous blog:

 

TROUVAIS ~ French interiors, rough luxe, flea market finds 

 

 
 Image: Trouvais  here 

...and when we both came together 'via peonies'.


Image: Trouvais  here

 Then she wrote a post about me: 


"Peonies in a French Garden"   here

This was the beginning of a lovely friendship!

Because of Trish's encouragement and inspiration I created a few months later my own blog.

Thank you Trish!   here


Image: Trouvais   here


 

 "My good friend Karin from La Pouyette has posts on linen that are incredible  here and  here.
An antique dealer for over 30 years, at times showing at Battersea, 
her blog is full of gardening and antique information. 
She can occasionally be talked out of seriously beautiful linen and other textiles…
like the initialed piece above that I’ve shown you several times."  Trish


Image by Trouvais

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I know that I've neglected to some extend the blog world during the last few months,
slowing down with commenting and posting.
As it is sometimes in life - unexpected things are coming up which are demanding full attention....
But I will certainly try to catch upon with all of you as soon as possible!



A very special THANK YOU
to each and every one of you
for still reading me and for all your friendly comments!
It means a lot to me and certainly so much appreciated.

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Please link to Marsha's blog to read all November posts
from our international blogger group


Splenderosa   here

Best wishes 
and  
A bientôt.....