September 2010
Thursday, September 30 2010
- VICTOR HUGO - While in Paris we visited Victor Hugo's house in Place des Vosges. It was dark and not really interesting. Here is a photo of his writing desk, he wrote standing up (debout)! How strange, especially as he was a big heavy man. He had a desk like this in Guernsey at the top (en haut) of his three (…)
Sunday, September 26 2010
- GARDEN CATASTROPHE - Catastrophe in the garden: two branches of the kaki tree have broken (cassées) because of the weight (le poids) of the fruit! Just look at all this fruit on the ground (le sol)! The kaki are big heavy fruit, ripe (mûr) and orange in November and December and we should have cut some off (nous (…)
Friday, September 24 2010
- CHALLENGE ENTRIES - Making up for lost time (rattrappant le temps perdu), I put five photos in challenges today! I wonder (je me demande) if I'll be featured (choisie). This one in "EXTERIOR STAIRS NOT ATTACHED TO A BUILDING" in the Which Way (quel chemin) group. I took it last week in Montmartre of course. This one in (…)
Tuesday, September 21 2010
- PARIS - Beautiful weather, sunshine and blue sky, great photos: We visited our favourite sites, the Eiffel Tower and the Sacré Coeur and then we felt at home again. The modern buildings are beautiful too: this is the Bastille Opera. We went walking every afternoon and to the theatre every evening. We saw (…)
Sunday, September 12 2010
- ENTRY 100 - 100 entries! I wonder who's reading this blog - I wish (je souhaite) people would write comments - or am I just amusing myself? Remember the DRAWINGS of the pointed petal flowers? Well, I found some real (vrai) flowers with pointed petals. and even a rose with pointed petals! So Prévert and my (…)
Friday, September 10 2010
- A FLOWER BEGINNING WITH "B" - Bindweed or convolvulus for the ONE SINGLE FLOWER group. I tried lots of photos of this flower and finally came up with this idea, I put it on the site in the group and immediately somebody ticked it (l'a cochée) as a favourite. I was so pleased. This plant grows in my lawn (pelouse) and its (…)
Thursday, September 9 2010
- TOYS - jouets - Toys have replaced the plums and apples in the basket, and as you can see they are a little boy's toys. He's very good (sage) but he keeps us busy all day. The water in the swimming pool is only 20° now: a little too cold, except for the swallows who love to come for a dip (un plongeon) in the (…)
Monday, September 6 2010
- APPLES - des pommes - No entries for a week! I've been very busy (j'ai été très occupée) with my family. My daughter and grandson - 3 and a half years old - are here on holiday and all the family came for lunch at the weekend. Lots of cooking (cuisine) to do. And what did we have for dessert? Plum tart of course. There (…)