It’s Paris in July! I’ve been looking forward to this since we started planning our recent trip to France last winter. I knew I would still be writing French-themed posts through the month of July. I’m so excited to share … Continue reading →
After our visit to Chateau du Chenonceau (Chenonceau), we were taken to lunch at the private home of a husband and wife who are avid gardeners. We’d had a bit of rain earlier that morning and it was a cool … Continue reading →
It’s late to put up a Wordless Wednesday post, but I promised in my post on Monday about Diane de Portiers and Catherine de’ Medici (The Serpent and the Moon by Princess Michael of Kent) that I would post my … Continue reading →
Book: The Serpent and the Moon : Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King by HRH Princess Michael of Kent Genre: Biography / History Publisher: Touchstone Publication date: 2004 Pages: 405 Source: Library Summary: Henri II, King of France, … Continue reading →
Our second hotel was the Château d’Artigny, built in the early 20th century by perfumer Francois Coty in the style of an 18th century chateau. We stayed in an annex across the way, so this was the view from our balcony. … Continue reading →
Book: Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate) by Amy Thomas Genre: Memoir Publisher: Sourcebooks Publication date: 2012 Pages: 280 (according to Goodreads) Source: Purchased e-book Summary: Amy Thomas leaves her favorite city, New York, … Continue reading →
There are more photos of our visit to L’Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères on my Flickr page: Joy’s Photostream. This post is for Wordless Wednesday. Check out today’s post, June 19, for more photos around the web.
Continue reading →Our visit to Chateau de Courances (link to the English version of the website) was one of my favorite parts of our garden tour in France. Courances is named for the running water on the property, including many springs. All this … Continue reading →
On the second day of our garden tour, we went to the most famous garden in France — Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny. We were met there by the head gardener, James Priest. This garden inspired Monet’s paintings. Now, Monet’s … Continue reading →
I wrote about the Potager du Roi, the kitchen garden of the king at Versailles, on Monday with photos: Potager du Roi, Versailles, France. But I forgot to mention something that the Weekend Cooking crowd will want to know. What happens … Continue reading →