Bon 1er Mai ! In France today it is La Fête du Muguet, the Festival of Lily of the Valley. It is also Labor Day in France and much of the world. The French tradition began when, in the 16th century, the French King Charles IX received a sprig of Lily of the Valley as…
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TheTravelsktcher’s Tuesday – Another easy way
Continuing with ideas for easy ways to capture the moments, consider an impressive, but equally intimidating place – Notre-Dame de Paris. Visualize that you are sitting in the Place de Jean Paul on a sunny day, the courtyard in front of Notre Dame. There is always a lot of activity, you ponder the church and…
This week in The Pearl – February 20, 2026
Today is one of the first quiet days we have had this week, Tricia is on one side of the table writing a blog abut the importance of thank you notes, handwritten of course. She asked for a sketch of a pen and inks, which of course was a treat for me. I am on…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday
Our Europe trip planning continues, discovering that there are no direct flights from Helsinki to Montenegro we are contemplating what we have done before, that is adding a stop instead of just a layover. The best options seem to be either Vienna or Prague. And since so many people, and most recently our fellow bloggers,…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Planning a grande aventure
We are back from Mexico but of course are already planning our next journey. I am trying a new thing as part of the planning process and thought you might like to see how it develops. I have used the Notes App on my Apple devices for years, Evernote before Apple upgraded their app to…
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