The New Me

28 May 2020

I've been away a while, like some sort of silk encased worm, doing a lot of growing and changing. And so, I have re-emerged in my butterfly form (or do…

Glitch

18 Dec 201618 Dec 2016

I hate writing on my phone. But my trip computer has gone trippy. I will be back in the land of OZ in just two weeks so bear with me…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Symmetry

6 Aug 20166 Aug 2016

Prompt word: Symmetry Nature balances Dark, light, morning to night time Sun drowns in the sea Welcome to TJ's Household haiku challenge. This week the prompt is "Symmetry" and the picture…

The Straight and Narrow

31 Jul 2016

I took a street, so straight and narrow And my conscious led me on. My whole life, straight as an arrow, Free from strife, and regrets, none   Yet now and…

French Friday

29 Jul 201629 Jul 2016

This was what I envisaged when I started paneling my dining room. I thought I could whip up something similar with the little box of water colors and a brush…

French Friday – Versailles Orangerie

17 Jun 201617 Jun 2016

This vast paterre garden is seen in its full glory in the Autumn when all of the citrus trees are out in the avenues between the paterre beds. As most…

French Friday

27 May 201627 May 2016

The Tour Saint-Jacques is all that remains of the medieval church Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie which was tragically demolished during the French Revolution for its building materials. It now stands in a small…

Friday – Pie Day (Recipe Share)

20 May 201620 May 2016

I thought that once a month I might do a recipe share. Some place where we can put up a recipe or two to inspire us for the weekend. This…

French Friday

5 Mar 20165 Mar 2016

The Montmartre of Van Gogh's time was a land of fields and windmills. In my ignorant youth I only thought of windmills as a "Dutch thing", but, as paintings of…

French Friday

12 Feb 201612 Feb 2016

This is a view to Montmartre from the top of the Arc de Triomphe and it gives a good view of the "Boulevards" of Paris. Now the Champs-Élysées is the ubiquitous…

French Friday

22 Jan 201622 Jan 2016

This is a first in an occasional French Friday post entitled "French Friday - Où est-ce?" So for this inaugural post see if you can tell where is it. Naturally…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Tap

9 Jan 20169 Jan 2016

In the hot summer The water hits the parched earth Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip It's Saturday again! Naturally I would like to claim that this is my bathroom tap but…

French Friday – Tides

8 Jan 20168 Jan 2016

  Votre seule cohérence est votre évolution. Vous accrochais puis se retirèrent . Laissant de doux souvenirs . Mais avant de revenir "séparation est devenu doux chagrin " . This…

French Friday – Bonne année

1 Jan 20161 Jan 2016

I opened the door with a smile To welcome in the new year Only to find It had knocked and run away Bonne année mes Amis! Welcome to the first…

Surreal Thursday – Antelope

31 Dec 2015

In a new glass sporran Place a year old memory Take four bison right Firstly, as it is about to become 2016 I would like to say "Antelope". Having said this…