Showing posts with label bubble. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bubble. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Aimer Eymet or Fabulously French Friends...

Entre mon jardin ... ici...


...et là ...


... et son jardin, ici ...

... et là ...

... Sous mon ciel ...




... et son ciel...




... et à travers un travail commun (doucement agrémenté par des bubbles et l'aide de l'adorable Mr FF)...


... dans son atelier...


... une amitié s'est tissée...


Pour moi, ce qui rend une personne 'aimable' ou 'intéressante' ne peut jamais se définir par les 'jolies possessions' qui lui appartiennent, mais par qui elle est...
Et Mlle Fabulous est bien plus qu'une fabulous Bloggeuse...
Son dynamisme, énergie, et franc parler m'ont séduits.
 Je suis sous le charme!

Vivement l'année prochaine quand on lancera 'Fabulous Patine' weekends in Dordogne. 

"Le meilleur vin n'est pas nécessairement celui le plus chèr...

...mais celui qu'on partage..."
George Brassens

P.S. Mlle Fabulous - je penserai à toi tous les jours avec les couleurs que tu as apportées à mon petit et humble sofa! Je t'attends pour partager un verre de bubbles quand tu veux!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Fabulously French Bubbles



Today is normally my footing day. (If you need to brush up on your 'French vernacular' more about footings here). But I was too excited. I had a special visitor coming and I wanted everything to be just Fabulous for her when she arrived.
Fabulous she was is, fabulous was the meeting up of two Kiwi French vintage enthusiasts, FaaaaBulous was the sparkling pink champagne (Forget Brimont - now there's a story I must remember to tell you!).
And fabulous will be my 'footing' tomorrow in Millau where I shall endeavour to make it through the 20km and 1200m elevation that make up the short VO2 Course des Templiers.  Oh dear! It is nearly midnight so the tomorrow may become today in the blink of an eye!

May I be as light as that pink champagne bubble tomorrow as its memory whispers inside my head  'Enthusiasm, Possible, Enthusiasm, Possible ...'

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Wine boxes, book boxes : Necessity is the mother of invention!


Eureka! The messmonsters' bedside tables are recycling history!
 It always seemed a shame to send all those gorgeous French wine boxes to the cinders but I was at bit of a loss as to how to use them otherwise.

Hurray for messmonsters then! No matter how much I tidied their room, there was always a pile of books on the floor next to the bed (not necessarily an indication that they were reading them but hey, there's always hope!)


Typical weekly scenario:

Me (with vaccy cleaner in hand) - Kids, would you please tidy your books into the book case?
Messmonsters - Sure Mum! Grumble grumble, but I'm playing.
Me - If the books aren't picked up in 5 mts I will vacuum them up! (hoping that the 5 year old wouldn't tilt)
Messmonsters - Get real The books won't fit up the vacuum cleaner Mum!
Me - (Not silly are they? Must be mine ;-)

After a quick visit to Bubble in Paris and a subsequent tour of Ethan's room - I spied a fabulous invention that would put paid to my nagging, tidy the books, and make vacuuming easier: THE BOOK BOX.



Recipe: 1 wooden wine box, 4 funky wheels, paint (non toxic obviously) an hour or so to throw the lot togther!

What do you think?

Lilibelle got pink but I just couldn't resisit a splash of orange in Pokémon's one!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Bribes de Doris



Dites bonjour à Doris. Vous vous rappelez d'elle? C'est mon cochon volant qui vient de Brême. Et  depuis, elle a déjà fait le voyage 'blingbling'/Rothschild à Paris. Sa couleur jaune soleil à heurté la sensibilité du chic parisien (car rare de voir la couleur jaune là bas, surtout dans le ciel ;-) Tant pis, c'est ça d'être révolutionnaire.  Je ne désespère pas qu'un jour même la sobre bubble finira par l'aimer ...

On chante Doris? Que sera, serââââaâââ ... Mais comment? Vous n'avez jamais entendu un cochon volant chanter? Vous allez voir...

... et demain il pleut à Paris