LE PETIT CABINET DE CURIOSITES

doors , portes , puertas ...Bab ...

I have a strange feeling with doors ,I can love them because somes are different , special . They mean something and I hate them when they are VERY closed.

I like to know what is on the other side

a door in my show room opening on my treasures

in each corner of Provence, you also find some wonderful doors ....

I love the knocker on this one

provencal small sunny door

little door , I like this one.

This one Is my favorite one , I love the color , the place where it is , is just a wonderful  place and I love the the heart shape at the end of the metal ..

a door can hide another one ...

a door for a queen ...Looks at the " armoiries" I love the detail

Thank you to Franck from San Miguel de Allende , Elisabeth from Marrakech and NYC and Constance to welcome this wonderful "exchange"

More to come .....

BONNE ANNEE

                         BONNE ANNEE 2008

                          FULL OF WONDERFUL THINGS

JOYEUX NOEL

                          JOYEUX NOEL 

Hope Santa came and ate his meal

Hope santa came and brought you love

hope Santa came and brought you all you wanted ...

PARTY ..PARTY ...PARTY

I'm exausted

We have been invited to so many wonderful parties ...

first the bloglandia halloween party at the Chateau of Rochambeau

Then the invitation of the french -insprired satellite party , check on Melissa's blog what is going on

Melissa's invitation

So to this french inspired party , I will love to be in a pink world

I will bring some " gourmandise"

Then I will not forget the left over of my pink halloween party

Some gourmandises plates

photo : Maison francaise

I will think about my dreamed party

and like always I'm late because  I still don't know what I'm going to make with this pink silk

But I'm coming ..you will recognize me

Last but not least , at the end of this week end  the party at my mélange , where there is a kind of contest , it is not really a party but You should go ...

You may win this wonderful book " my french life"

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy halloween to everybody

Guess who I am

I'm very busy but I'm dressed up and I have some girlie candies for you

Bloglandia party

I was so happy yesterday when I receive the invitation of Elisabeth through Constance

Unfortunatly I was late , Well I'm coming from France that is why

I had my own  " carosse " and my driver  .

By the desert , stars were  brightful and it was easy to find my way

We finally arrived at the door of the castle

A lot of my friends were there

It was hard to find all of them , I could see far away Constance

I was also late because I couldn't choose between my jewells and I was not sure about wearing my crown

For my dress it was also very hard , well as A french Cendrillon , daughter of an upholsterer I stole some fabrics to make me a wonderful dress and what about a tassel in my hear !! Here we go

 Let's start having fun

Ah quelle femme !

Press Photo of Jane Mansfield  , It is from my personal collection and it is in a good place in my living room

This post is for all the women  , the ones who suffered , are suffering , will suffer .

The ones who love the others , who share .

It is for Corey , thanks to her I am a part of a new word : Bloglandia , and I met a fantastic friend !

It is for Frederique for all her kindness , her help and support.

Look what she can make for friends !!! You can not imagine how good it is ? Ask Corey , she tasted it

Frederique's pie made with pears . This pie is as sweet , as irrepleceable as her 

Today , after lunch with friends , Look what is left . Empty glass , empty plate , empty state but your heart full of " souvenirs "

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Yesterday , I took these pictures on Marseille's harbour . I just want to share with you , nothing to do with the post.

Canadian Food TV in Marseilles' harbour ; I don't know her name but I think she's famous

A real marseillais , don't you girls still want to come to marry a french husband ??

week end

                                                       HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY

                                 

photo courtesy of my dear friend Frederique Chastel

CASSIS

Frédéric Mistral :

" Qu'a vist Paris, e noun Cassis, n'ai rèn vist" "The one who saw Paris, if he did not see Cassis can say that he saw nothing "

WELL THIS WEEK END I HAVEN'T WRITTEN A NOTE BECAUSE I WAS IN CASSIS

RESTING

I LOVE FARNIENTE

I 'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS SO YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THE ONLY THINGS TO DO ON SUNDAY IS RESTING IN A BEAUTIFUL PROVENCAL VILLAGE

ALL THE WONDERFUL PICTURES ARE THE WORK OF FREDERIQUE CHASTEL , A WONDERFUL JEWELL AND FRIEND SHE IS A DOCTOR BUT SUCH AN ARTIST .

Don't forget she is also a writer

SHE SELLS HER PICTURE SO DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME

Cap canaille from la presqu'ile . F Chastel. This cliff is the Europe's highest cliff on the sea

provencal boats called "pointus "F . Chastel

Cap Canaille . F . Chastel

I love this one taken from "les calanques " with this white stone on the front  .

Don't you like to come to visit Cassis , after having a glass of wine or a " pastis " ( typical provencal aperitif) and then go to the flea market ... To sum up having the BEST TIME

Joyeux Anniversaire

3rd of August : My best friend's birthday  : Cecile's day

I'm going to play Constance's game for my friend , but I will change a little bit the rules by just saying adjectives that matches perfectly with Cecile

• Friendly
• sophisticated
• hard worker
• strong
• fragile
• landswoman
• old fashionned
• so feminist

I have old pictures of her but I prefer to choose a picture of something which sums her up :

A corner in the Poterie Ravel

Their poteries are strong (they resist oustide) but fragile , they are rustic but so sophisticated , they are old fashioned but so modern .

Moreover I think that this garden corner could be hers

garden chairs and  XIX th century garden table from my shop

Cecile took english classes , she now supposes to speak very well so it will be the test !!!

Let's see if she can understand my mind ( it is not only language  ....)

OK let's just say

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST ....AMONG OTHERS A PRINCE

UN JOUR TON PRINCE ... VIENDRA (this is related to her birthday's present ...come on it is not what you are thinking about )