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Goodbye to Winter
Crocuses and snowdrops are reaching the end of their blooming season.Crocuses come out from Autumn to February, and snowdrops mostly during winter and always before the spring equinox. French regard...
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Celebrating Spring
A poem to celebrate the first day of Spring.I most likely published it last year in a different format, but Spring always reminds me of the "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth ((1770 – 1850)I wandered...
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Primroses
Just a few photos of primroses to celebrate Spring once more...It's been a long dull winter...Primula Vulgaris is native to western and southern Europe and is seen everywhere, simple yet attractive and...
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Time Change!
DON'T FORGET TO ADJUST YOUR CLOCK TONIGHT IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING OR VISITING OR LIVING IN FRANCE OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FRANCE !WE ARE SWITCHING NOW TO SUMMER TIME!!!!!!!!YOU HAVE TOADD 1...
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Louis Vuitton's flat-bottom trunks
Paris Collection No need to introduce the Louis Vuitton label anymore as the brownish canvas embedded with the LV initials and stylised flowers - known as Trianon canvas- is the most recognised pattern...
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April Fools' Day
French traditions April Fools’ Day – Poisson d’Avril is a very popular tradition in France when everyone has fun... and it is celebrated on April 1st!That day - today!- all jokes, hoaxes and silly...
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Wind Farming in France
Long gone is the time when farmers used windmills to grind their grain and pump water...they certainly didn't know they could use the power of wind to generate electricity for the whole country. Many...
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Celebrating Easter in France
French celebrationsEaster is the most important religious celebration for the Christians because it commemorates the resurrection of Christ. France is 80% Catholic but about 20% of French only practice...
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Emmaus founded by the Abbe Pierre
Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912-2007) is a Catholic priest famous in France and throughout the world under the name of Abbé Pierre.Abbé Pierre devoted his entire life to helping poor, homeless and...
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The Colours of Spring: Magnolia Pink
Spring comes in many colours and so do magnolias!Ninety-five-million-year old fossilised plants belonging to the Magnoliaceae family have been found and attest that this beautiful slow growing tree is...
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The colours of Spring: Camelia Red
The Lady of the Camellias - La Dame aux Camélias is a novel by Alexandre Dumas Jr that was published in 1848, and later adapted for the stage.The source of inspiration for the creation of Marguerite...
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The colours of Spring: Bluebells
In France Bluebells are known as Wild Hyacinths and are found mostly all over the country.They bloom between April and May depending on the weather and are of course perenial bulbs.They reproduce very...
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The colours of Spring: White wild garlic
Spring white flowers make us think of apple or cherry trees...Have you even seen Wild Garlic flowers?This perennial plant, which is a forerunner of our domestic garlic plant, is found throughout Europe...
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The Colours of Spring: Rape Flower Gold
Rape or Brassica Napus in Latin has a much nicer name in French as we call it colza. In fact we pinched the name from the Dutch koolzaad which litterally means cabbage seed!Fields of rape flowers offer...
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Summer in Blue
Summer started a few days ago and despite the appaling weather flowers managed to bloom.Sadly a lot got damaged and flattened... but those that survived are gorgeous!Summer is supposed to be the...
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Summer in Pink Roses
A garden without roses won't be a garden!Not only are they pretty but most have extraordinary fragance.Roses are at their best for a couple of weeks in the second half of June when their subtle...
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Summer in Pink
This is another series of flowers from the garden...the pink ones this time! I don't know all the English names, but I am sure that you will able to work out their names in your own language.I don't...
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Summer in Purple
I have once more selected a range of flowers, this time in various shades of purple...Sadly some have a bit suffered from the excess of rain we recently had...It is amazing though to realise how...
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Summer in White and Yellow
When talking about summer flowers, most people think about an explosion of colours.I have always liked white flowers as they are very delicate and sohisticated and break the colours.These climbing...
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About French clogs
The origin of the word French Sabot that means Clog goes back to the 12th century and would be the combination of the words and savate (from the Arabic Sabbat for shoe) and bot (feminization of boot)...
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