We enjoyed the wine and atmosphere immensely. Here at the wine bar, Corkscrew, miles from our home in Hawaii, my dose of France converged over clinking glasses of wine, tabled with two other women readers of your blog. LES PORTES TORDUES (The Twisted Doors): The Scariest Way in the World to Learn & Hear French! Mystery, vocab, grammar, Audio!Īt Corkscrew in Portland- Nancy, left, and Kelly on the rightĭavid Wolff, JoAnn Calfee, Jean-Marc and Cindylee Giammona.
Join the Lavender Ladies in Provence and visit lavender fields, village markets, Rouge Bleu Winery and more! See Provence Properties. please share it with us here, in the comments corner! In case you're feeling inspired to add a caption to this photo. Your collective knowledge and helpful answers to each others' questions are appreciated! Hint: the comments corner is a great place to ask questions about French and life/travel in France. To respond to anything in this post, click here. And now a bright yellow flower has appeared! Beneath the blossom an olive-size pumpkin is growing! Off to tuck that one into the newly-dug you-know-what. it had been such a little courge plant when my friend Caroline carefully uprooted the seedling from her flower pot and gave it to me. but soon had an inspiration! One of those holes was the perfect size in which to plant the grand courge plant. Post note: (or "turning trous into treasures"") I didn't stay ruffled for very long. I've got work to do in the garden, beginning with a couple of very big holes to fill!). there go the guilty ones! Smokey and Braise are now running like blazes to hide behind the Whaddayacallits (just what is the name of that bush? Oh, never mind. bêtise, to say the least-for the dogs had dug up 'The Eye's Feast'! (well, that's what we might have called them, those curly-leafed blossoming things for which the Latin name escapes me). High on hope, feeling as invincible as the irises which were budding right alongside the rest, I might have floated blindly past the first bêtise.
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Madame Quelque Chose! Not only had Madame flowered, she had become fertile-in time to send out offspring! One of the "little springs" must have landed in the tiny crack beside the cellar door, where the seedling was now blossoming! trois!), appreciating the exact shade of blue, and giggling " Pervenche! Now I have pervenche, too!"īuoyed by success, I waltzed over to one of the messy, unmade flower beds, where I discovered that Doreen's what's-her-names had flowered too! It now seemed safe to give that plant a name. I knelt down beside the small scattering of flowers (there were one. The vinca had bloomed! and for the first time in the two years since Malou passed me the cuttings! Next, I discovered periwinkle-color coureurs beside the garden steps. I think it was one of the plantes grasses-you know, those low-maintenance types, the kind you see on every mémé's window sill?-yes, I believe it was one of those that flowered first, sending out little yellow blossoms, fine as baby's breath, sassy as firecrackers! When I saw that the dogs had dug holes in the garden, I was very annoyed!Ī Day in a French Life.
Quand j'ai vu que les chiens avaient creusé des trous dans le jardin, j'étais bien contrariée!
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