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That ‘ s Sloe Business

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Keen readers will remember my abortive attempts at making Sloe Gin two years ago, when Rosemary and I set off on a major sloe picking mission only to find we were last to the bushes and the bushes were bare. So last week when Rosemary phoned and said "Guess what, loads of sloes, let's  get…

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Time Travel

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Two blogs today, whatever is this woman up to. well actually this will be a busy weekend and I might not get near the computer for a few days, so thought I would share this amazingly wonderful day out with you. This is a little station in a village called Sabres.    And here is…

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Rock on girls!

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At a village nearby called Eugenie les Bains, there is a rather spectacular fountain with lots of modern animal sculptures. Gorgeous to look at, a magnet for my girl team….. Climb on them, pose on them, pretend to be them, these frogs don't give a hoot, they're stoned anyway. Fish gotta swim… Birds gotta fly……..

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Window dressing

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  Windows and doorways, whether open or shut hold a fascination, a wonder at other lives within. Old shutters covered with ivy, like a natural padlock to the outside world. Secrets long past hide behind in the cool darkness within. This balcony beside a sign "Rou de la Paix", the blue street on the monopoly…

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Fiesta Time!

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Sorry not been on line these past few days, very hot and busy this end. Anyway here is a treat for you out there in blogland. This weekend the shops were all boarded up (some with amazing artwork) in Mont de Marsan, for the annual fetes de Madeleine. This was serious party time and people…

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Arty Facts

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The other day we visited a real treat of a place, somewhere I had wanted to see for ages but never managed to find – Rouge Garance in Mugron. okay, it's a shop. But it is very pretty shop filled with lovely things and has an art gallery too. The building itself is a treasure…

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Head First

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Brassempouy  is a tiny village not too far from here. Pretty unremarkable as French villages go; usual small streets, geraniums and faded shutters and a pretty church. But this little village holds a treasure, a real treasure, something found many years ago that is precious and old, very, very old. It is this little head….

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Movies!

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  Life is like the movies here. Does this guy not remind you of that statue in "Chocolat"? All he needs to do now is smile! Then there is "Mamma Mia!", just dig thos dungarees gals! And of course, to finish off, "Thelma and Louise". Couldn't resist doing these pix for you. Things been hectic…

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