Souvenirs de vacances...

 

 

 

 

 

We are finally back...
The girls tuned 6, we watched Big Eyes play in a park, we went to Nice, I went to Paris (without the children!), we had our usual day trips to Italy...

We found a new nice little cafe in the old town of Nice -which wasn't there at Easter. It did feel like we were in London or Paris but, hey, nice furniture!

This is the loveliest thing I brought back. I bought it from the bouquinistes on the side of the Seine in Paris. The seller was so lovely and said to me 'I have other books by Simenon but they are not as pretty'...

Laghet

We had a little trip to the sanctuary of Laghet, up in the hills, to escape the heat from Nice.
The walls are covered with ex-votos.When local people survived an accident or an illness, they would bring a picture, an embroidery etc... Some are just beautiful. We are still in my  country, yeah!

It's all very Nice...

We are in France for a loooooonnnnng time!

Hermann

 Here's my third Hermann cake... This dough was originally given to me by my friend Meriel, passed on to Heather who passed it on to someone else who passed it back to Heather who passed it back to me... We're not scared of germs!!! I used wholemeal flour and it is absolutely delicious. I couldn't find anyone who wanted the rest of the dough so I kept it for myself to make another Hermann.
I need to explain about Hermann for my French friends: Hermann est un gateau a base de levain qu'il faut melanger tous les jours et 'nourrir' de lait, farine et sucre a des moments donnes. Au bout du dixieme jour, il faut partager la pate en 4, trouver 3 amis qui veulent faire un Hermann et puis, ajouter des ingredients a la pate qu'on a garde (beaucoup de cannelle et des pommes) avant de le mettre au four. C'est tres hippie comme concept! Je me demande si ca se fait beaucoup en France... En tout cas, le gateau est vraiment delicieux!

It is raining, and raining, and raining... in the North of England!!!

Yeah Yeah Yeah

The night before the school fair, the Middle-ones played at the red house pub. Yeah Yeah Yeah. They were on tour with Jack Lewis. Anna and Grace sung on one of his songs and I LOVED it!!! You can look here as they videoed the song during the tour. The next morning, I made them cross the road to the school summer fair! Grace got one of my men brooches and Maddy got her face painted and I sold one of my new prints. It was Maddy who suggested the star... I think it looks nice.

Normandie...

Seagulls, sea, rain, mussels, seashells, salted caramels...
Trouville, Deauville, Honfleur...
It's nearly the summer holidays so I don't feel too sad to be back...
On Saturday is Carfield School Summer Fair. So, I've been busy...
Some new linocuts soon...

Il pleut des chats et chiens!

I haven't forgotten about my blog...
I have just been busy, busy...
I wonder if all the flowers on this tree have fallen down since Easter...

It has been raining so much since we've been back from Nice.
But I feel spoilt because I love the rain!