On Wednesday September 4th we took a quick trip to Paris for Tricia’s eye appointment. The surgeon said “c’est super.” It would have been my father’s 100th birthday, miss you dad. Journal Thursday September 5, 2024 Last night we had dinner with our friends Pascal, Florence and their son at L’Archimedes, such a great time….
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A hot week in Avignon
One of my weather apps says that the average high temperature for August in Avignon is 88F. The whole time we have been here it has been between 96-100F, so on the average it has been too hot to go out much. We have ventured out for foraging in the morning when it was a…
Paris to Annecy
A couple of paintings from our time in Giverny, before heading to Paris. In Paris, the traffic was bad thanks to the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics crowd, but we finally made it to Gare de Lyon. We had a nice afternoon break. The next day, Friday, we took the train to Annecy. One…
From Torchamp to Giverny, worlds apart
On our last day in La Thebauderie even the tiny, 3cm, snail on the window was frowning, sad I am sure to see us go. Just a few days before, after a lot of sorting and packing, we put everything we wanted to keep on a pallet-container to be shipped to Oregon. I sketched flowers…
Last week in Paris
We spent last week in Paris. For the first part of the week Tricia stayed in the apartment, I only ventured out for food and beverage. Thankfully there were shops nearby. At a cheese shop I found a baguette sandwich with cheese, Spanish ham, and cornichons, it was perfect for sitting on our deck. I…
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