It is Friday, vendredi, here in Chartres, France. We arrived yesterday to visit their famous cathedral, and a bit of the city. I notice that there are other churches nearby which I would like to visit as well. They are not as famous, yet I am sure worth a stop. The week started with another…
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An Iconic Week
Two of the most iconic shapes in France are the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandie. Notre Dame de Paris must be a close third. A follower of this blog took me up on my offer to send an original postcard from France. I put this postcard of red poppies, local icons, and…
Our Second Spring in Normandie
Notre deuxième printemps en Normandie, hard to believe it but it is true. Tricia took this photo of Neville and me almost exactly one year ago, on Instagram this post has drawn more interactions than any of my other posts ever have. I of course know it is because Neville is such a good subject…
Holy Week Sketching
We spent the week staying pretty close to home, cooking, planting some herbs and seeds that Lisa sent, Tricia sorted photos and wrote blogs, I sketched, wrote, and played a little music. It was a good week, today we plan to hit a couple of brocantes. Here are a few sketches from the week. I…
Death, Resurrection, and Cappuccino
My TWSBI died this week, after many years of companionship it is gone. In Faro I took the cap off to discover Platinum Carbon Ink all over, a serious leak – TWSBI’s don’t leak, ever. I chalked it up to a fluke, then a day or two later the same thing happened, only worse, this…
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