i am puzzled???

right folks

I  am puzzled ......


I know I look it ....
smoking on my imaginary , unlite cigarette


looking rather blaisée

chic ,just the same










I wonder
why .....









have I always been partial to

old objects?  

since I was alttle girl wandering around our neighborhood --- it had been a question even then ,

when I fould an antique table runner for my Mom

 I remember imaging 

all sorts of  interesting

stories 

about the tables and dinners and homes this tapestry- like fabrique 

had witnessed

........like only a little school girl could.....

then one day on a family trip to Venise 

my father and mother 

had us staying at the

Danielli Hotel 

&

I recall ,at like age 9 or so,

 telling my parents it felt like home

&

was it

a sense of the familiar?

or

 an appreciation for 

antique 

beauty

any whooooo

to this day I will seek out objects 

with a patina 

with age

with 

a story

what about you?

have a nice day

B

wisdom of the Owl

After 

a long day on the hunt for 

meaning 

it is upon observing

the details 

of my own life

good and difficult

that

things become 

open
like awakening to a new day

 a 

little

passage

becomes 

clear

upon

becoming

an innocent

believer

in 

a better

day tommorrow

&

the power of learning

simple

clear

wisdom

knowing

like 

an 

owl

have a great day

enjoy the journey

B

Yearnings for spring vibrance!!

yellow and blues 

vibrant 

colors 

following some 

grey 

skies

here in 

the south 

of 

France

look at these gorgeous colors 

kind of like my beautiful

birds who

grace 

a tree outside my 

attic/grénier

window

inspiring us all to be patient for the 

spring to come

ok- yeah

it is 

some months

away 

but,

amazing 

how suggestive 

these 

little birds are 

bouncing 

about on the branches of the 

trees

--one can

dream

comme même 

lastly look what someone sent me via

Pinterest

jewel box aubergine kitchen

once upon a time 

a tiny jewel 

box 

of 

kitchen

with

walls of aubergine -

complete 

with 

brocante finds from 

Alsace Lourraine 

were transformed 

s l o w  l l l l y

Festive birthdays-

And as such these

dinners were delegated

out doors 

or up in our 

leaky 

wild life 

enhanced 

attic

Right ,our home was sold 

without windows

here

in the south of France

and yet, it

possessed 

some

hidden treasures ---
ie

 family

spaces

After 

many days ......like 5 years worth

&

much 

work by the 

talented 

hubby

our attic is now 

Furnished by Brocantes

and Emmaus finds!!

whoooo hooo---

Check out the Buffet 

bought for a song 

up cycled 

to our kitchen 

breakfast 

bar

et Voila

hugs of gratitudes

to be with our little 

ex-pat 

famille

and dogs

safe with our own

simple 

life

merci 

for sharing

 our joy

thanks for your visit

gratitudes abound - a daughter saved by grace

photos by MBV Phhotograghy

our eldest bunny 

was almost lost in 

a car accident

saved by a miracle

a sister 

learning 

loving 

connected 

from above

she claimed there was 

an angel 

in the car---

the car was trashed

totaled

she walked away

arrived 

home with an injury 

to be surveyed carefully

making 

our space

light

sweet

grateful

in keeping with the 

special days 

of MLK Day

and Obama's

2nd Inauguration 

Proud Mother of this handsome dude---

brother ,close to his beloved eldest sister 

Each of us looking for our reflection

in the mirror with

relief and gratitude

for our eldest 

daughter

may your days 

be bright and safe 

during these days of frost

and ice

stay warm 

B

A young 100 year old female MD celebrating in style!

I do not know about you,but personally I am in the mood for a party, a celebration of sorts??!!! hummm

in name only- photo

let me think a minute should we eat inside at my husbands newly crafted long and lean table( this is on order, i.e. my order for the first free minute, hubby has to make it, yeh right,I know get in line ....) 

anne st marie,photo tom palumbo

photo -coté sud

it could be fun to have a party,inside 

or should we chance it outside with those billowy afternoon clouds and sun showers?

opps- photocredit please,anyone?

either way we need more chairs,these are indeed lovely,no?

coté sud

let me just run to the kitchen for a moment

then I can decide on my attire,springy but, long

photo-df ,tom palumbo

no,I agree this is too ,too formal ,lest we say dated...

1866-8 day dress BowesMuseum

not like I will sit and be served in old french style 

in  my matching open-spaced salon

Regardless ,the mere thought of it makes me want to dance, I love remembering that no matter what my age,

( and no, I am not sporting senior fares or anything, really friends,)

37925391_p photo 

 that our spirit it indeed,always ---young at heart!

et,voila!!! case in point

Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Turns 100, Still Works

Italian neurologist and senator for life Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize winner for Medicine in 1986, delivers her address at a press conference for her one hundredth birthday in Rome, Saturday April 18, 2009. Montalcini will be 100 years old on April 22. The Italian scientist received the Nobel prize for medicine with Stanley Cohen of the United States, in 1986, for discoveries of mechanisms that regulate the growth of cells and organs. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

• right, I admire her mindset and her energy to  face the racism of her youth with determination & to study and do reseach despite WWII Italy control under Musselini. (check out Huffington Post for details) 
  
• here's to prayers that Iran settles down and that the Durban II antiracisme conference in Geneva achieves just that a position of anti-racisme.
  
• have a great week !

powder pink spring fever!

                                                                       persisting stars

                    photo above from an award winning photography,Maddie  ---words mine

it is pouring here in the south of France,friends!! good for the vignerons,winemakers, who require a wet spring for their grape crops.

a tad frustrating for moi, because I am itching to finish my terrace made of recovered old clay tiles my husband found in an bakery he was redesigning ,the workmen were casting them out the window...alas, the kids were not keen on moving these heavy babies here to our wee bohemian chateau....yet,now they can see these tiles are breathing a new life....photos to follow.yes, I know I promised before!!

 So imagine my surprise when the french relatives visited and exclaimed --these are like gold, they are so difficult to find now...and I used them as outdoor tiles....who knew?

Below is a sprinkling of powdery,pinks from a series of fabulous bloggers,

 

                                             photo via blogger sunnyside up-words mine

photo unknown,do tell me if you know

photos -I am embarrassed to say I can not find my source on these to fanciful dance related images so please let me know it you know??

                                                                            photo-mine
                                                                        marieclairemaison
                                                       Domino related content-- moodboard

                                     I send you all wishes for a beautiful holiday weekend- !!!