tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84844535894194988002024-03-13T02:36:33.829+01:00Vintage MaisonVintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-787456617279651362020-06-07T17:12:00.001+02:002020-06-07T17:12:35.131+02:00Chateaux decor designs<p style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I am a big fan of Chateaux-related TV, and in recent years, there have been programs on British TV celebrating these wonderful French Chateaux and the lives of the people renovating them back to splendour.</span></p><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 6px 0px 0px;"><font size="4"><br /></font></p></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin: 6px 0px 0px;"><font size="4">Their inspiration comes from many sources, but I have on sale a book which shows many floral designs that can be freely used for wall decor such as wallpaper or murals, or even can be used for wrapping paper and grettings cards.</font></p></div><div><p style="background-color: white; 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Hi everyone! After closing my bookshop last month, I've decided to re-open now that clarification from La Poste means that books can definitely be posted, albeit perhaps a little slower than usual. The lockdown is continuing in France for some time, and I have had a few people ask me for books. So, my shop on Etsy https:// www.etsy.com/shop/LaCravate is now open again for business, on a small scale though for now.<br />
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I'm not sure if I will re-open the vintage shop Vintage Maison as everything must go through the small slot of the post box and of course, it's a bit difficult to post a hat or a large jug!<br />
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I hope everyone is finding lots to do and keeping busy, but the most important thing is to stay home, and stay safe!Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-83936723439371157752020-03-23T01:23:00.001+01:002020-03-23T01:23:52.251+01:00Covid-19<div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
I've decided in these uncertain times to temporarily close my shops. It seems a bit frivolous to continue, when people are losing their jobs and businesses, struggling in empty shops to provide for themselves and families, and fearful for their health and that of their loved ones.</div>
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As a family, we know what pneumonia can do, and even though we have been instructed by President Macron to stay at home, we were already self-isolating to protect each other, especially my dear OH who has underlying health problems. He has suffered three major bouts of chest infection this year, and I am determined he will NOT suffer Covid-19 if I have anything to do with it!</div>
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So, please, everyone stay safe, stay at home, stay well.</div>
Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-57798147859825438472020-03-01T23:48:00.003+01:002020-03-03T13:02:06.521+01:00Blonde boudoir beautyI recently found a boudoir doll in my secret little stock room - I had wrapped her up so carefully that I had forgotten I had her!<br />
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She is so typically a 1920s French boudoir doll - a poupée de salon - and what a blonde beauty! Her pretty necklace and headband co-ordinate with her pink dress - she has little white bloomers underneath. She really is in lovely condition albeit a little wear on her nose, but all her fingers and eyelashes etc are still there, and her feet are finished off in little silver painted shoes.<br />
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It's a bit of a wretch to put her up for sale if I'm honest, but I have had her for some years, and I can't keep everything! She's on my Etsy shop - see the sidebar for more information. Anyway, here she is:<br />
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Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-88928306862930296302020-02-23T15:43:00.000+01:002020-02-23T15:43:01.433+01:00Bonjour! Long time, no speak...Bonjour to all - so sorry I haven't blogged for a while, but family illness and lots of other stuff kept me away from the blog.<br />
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I am still selling my vintage items, although only just ticking over due to time etc. I do have to make up my mind whether to continue here in France, or retire completely when I take my UK state pension. I have had to wait longer than I anticipated as a young woman, as I had expected to get it when I hit 60, but of course that was extended twice. Now, I'm due to get it when I am 66. In the meantime, I am carrying on as usual!<br />
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We recently visited Brantome on market day. It was beautifully sunny, although still a little cold, but we wandered round the town and took a few piccies for you - I loved the two metal sculptures - and I hope you like them.<br />
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<br />Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-33223906694230392132018-02-01T00:24:00.000+01:002018-02-01T00:24:40.904+01:00Hannah Hauxwell<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_1v1" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 6px;">
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Sadly, Hannah Hauxwell has died aged 91. Marvellous woman, the inspiration to many in the farming or small holding world. The oldies amongst us may remember the TV program 'Too Long A Winter' describing her life in the Dales, and of course her books. Not sure if it is on YouTube but worth a search.</div>
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Back in 1802, what was happening? Well the Treaty of Amiens was signed between France and England, William Wordsworth, walking with his sister Dorothy, spied a row of golden daffodils and was inspired to write a poem, and Mme Tussaud's first opened an exhibition of wax figures.<br />
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The other interesting thing was that this little book on health was published in Paris. <br />
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I just love it! With medical advice for all manner of illnesses, children's problems, and midwifery. with remedies and little questions and discussions on all things to do with the health of 'the People'. It even discusses 'Charlatans' which I take to believe is a quack doctor<br />
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It's up for sale at £25 to include world-wide economic postage - I reckon a bit of a bargain when the dreaded lurgey strikes: you'll be able to look up a quick remedy - if you can read in French!<br />
<br />Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-63052443081059949092016-08-22T15:39:00.000+02:002017-02-21T13:18:53.590+01:00Some recent stockI have had a little summer holiday from my eBay shop, but have recently added a few items which have been rather difficult to part with. Most of the items are French, and exactly the sort of thing I love to use at home, or at least covet and store away, getting them out occasionally for a stroke or a hug... light fittings, pin cushions, handbags and embroidered textiles ...ooh, I just love them...<br />
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A decadent tole ceiling lamp - perfect for a bedroom or hall - 1970s bling!<br />
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a pair of early 19th century French lead & metal lanterns - winging their way to USA as we speak<br />
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A fabulous pair of wall candle holders - SO French! In metal and gesso holders, perfect for any frou-frou setting...<span style="color: red;"> now sold</span><br />
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A huge Lourdes rosary - with rustic, raw wood and naively carved rose beads and crucifix, dating from the end of 19thc<br />
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Beautiful Pierette pin cushion - I love her wagging finger! Perfect in every way...<br />
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A striking Art Deco postcard/photo album, in mock shagreen, with metal deco finishes<br />
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A royal blue satin and black velvet cushion cover, with embroidered silk flowers in the centre<br />
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A great 1960s handbag, with nice, crisp closure and pristine interior - i don't think it has ever been used <span style="color: red;">Now Sold</span><br />
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A padded French silk and hand painted hanky or lingerie holder, with the sweetest Dutch scene<br />
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Well, the link to my eBay page is <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/pierre-frog/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=" target="_blank">here</a> - if you would like any more info, just ask!<br />
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Have a good week! Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-52614547765689744952016-08-17T23:00:00.000+02:002016-08-18T20:31:04.607+02:00Barn Burnt DownWe were out walking the dog a couple of evenings ago and saw this, from a distance<br />
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We met the ex-secretary of the Maire walking in the opposite direction, very agitated. She didn't know what was happening either, but to meet her in the woods shows how anxious she was too - we have never seen her walking out on her own before.<br />
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It started to get dusky. Then we saw this<br />
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We walked on but I worked out where the fire was, and I was right. It was coming from a nearby farm I know well - we used to get free milk from them for our poddy lambs, in exchange for a box of persimmon fruit.<br />
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Then of course, the fire engines roared into the night, six in all, with (apparently according to next day's newspaper) thirty fire officers.<br />
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Heading back to the village in the dark, without a torch, we then bumped into a friend zooming off in his car to see if he could offer any help, and a neighbour who told us that it was the farmer's youngest son's wedding that afternoon! Of course! We had seen the gathering outside the Mairie, all in wedding suits and summer dresses! What a way to start married life...<br />
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It was their huge barn and milking shed that burned down - all 1000m2 of it, with their hay and straw for the winter. So sad...<br />
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The next day, there was a huge procession of tractors and livestock trailers moving the cows: all the other local farmers were helping to move the black and white milking cows to other farms for milking, and the huge Limousin cattle and calves to fields on the other side of the village. Back and forth they went, all day, in all about 25 trips I calculated.<br />
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The farm belongs to a lady farmer who has stated that she has lost the last 25 years of her working life... how awful.Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-75274294640139050402016-08-14T17:16:00.000+02:002016-08-14T17:16:18.144+02:00Upto-dateWell hello! Cannot believe it's been so long since I blogged. No excuse I'm afraid, just slipped away from me...<br />
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Firstly, for the first time in quite a few years, I haven't grown my veggie plot. I was all set to do so as usual, and in fact, asked for and received a mini greenhouse to grow seedlings. But, spring was wet, the seeds rotted, the second lot were got at by the slugs, and by the time I caught up, the plot was full of weeds and I just thought '...oh, sod it...'<br />
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I did get lots of strawberries - magnificent, huge, tasty strawberries which seemed to go on for ever. Very lucky as the baby plants were a pressie from my neighbour who spends his time gardening rather odd plants - say no more - but I think as a thank you for our lending him a few tools to dig a channel for his loo drain inside his house. He has been connected with the street drain, but.. that's as far as he has got - and it's been about three years now since he was connected. My dear OH thinks there might be a connection between the fabulous strawberry plants and his outside loo arrangements, but I'm trying not to think about it...<br />
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The raspberries were great too. Absolutely wonderful - and again, I think down to loo arrangements, but this time, the produce from my daughter's rabbits. Lots and lots of droppings and straw - perfect!<br />
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The second thing that has happened is that we have lost our Felix aka FatBoyFat. He was a marvellous cat - a prolific mouser, who had his own following of groupies, including Mme Chic, who lives nearby. She installed a red velvet chaise longue and he had his special place on it in front of the fire, with some Limoges porcelain to eat his Whiskers from. Her own cat had to take second place.<br />
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Felix had a problem with his thyroid and despite six months of medication, it just couldn't be stablilised, and he gradually lost two-thirds of his body weight. We had to make that last decision, which is always difficult for a loving pet-owner. It is the price we all pay for loving our animals.<br />
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The third major thing is that our kids passed their exams, despite our fears that too much partying and no apparent studying would result in disappointment. How wrong we were! Our daughter is now a qualified cabinet-maker, looking for a job. She is very realistic though as jobs are hard to come by, but is talking about doing a computer course to give her another string to her bow. Our son passed his year, and moved up to his last which is to concentrate on English/French/English translation.<br />
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Here she is, still to finish a chess board, and the start of an Art Deco coiffeuse. <br />
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Well, it's 36 degs c here today, so I'm going to take the two beers out of the freezer before they explode, open one for me, and put the other in the fridge for OH who is currently taking a nap as it is so darned hot!<br />
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Cosy flannelette and quilted bonnet, with crochet lace round the face, and long cotton ties to make a big bow under the chin<br />
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In creamy net, with apricot silk flowers and a frilly flounce on the face, this is such a pretty little bonnet<br />
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White net, with hand embroidered motif on the crown, and a beautiful handmade lace flounce on the face - just gorgeous!<br />
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This little muslin bonnet has tiny pleats on the crown, finishing with a frothy frill on the face. I just love it!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">sorry, all the bonnets are now sold</span><br />
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You can see all these bonnets, further details, prices etc here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Vintagemaison?section_id=6555553&ref=shopsection_leftnav_8" target="_blank">www.etsy.com/shop/Vintagemaison</a><br />
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Wishing all my US blogging friends a very Happy Thanksgiving Day! xVintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-79382378607087640422015-11-25T23:04:00.003+01:002015-11-25T23:20:41.379+01:00My dear MIL and her pension <img alt="See original image" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01213/pension-book_1213802c.jpg" height="250" width="400" /><br />
Today was my dear mother-in-law's birthday. She would have been 101 if she was still alive, but alas, I feel she died much too soon at 77 years, a huge loss to us all, she was a lovely woman.<br />
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The reason I'm remarking on it is that we have been doing some pension paperwork today, and apart from realising the date, I was reminded of her story of her querying why she hadn't received her pension paperwork before her 60th birthday, and being told she was not entitled to a pension until the 25th December.<br />
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Of course, she was most indignant and as she rightly said:<br />
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'... my birthday is 25th November, it's always been 25th November: don't you think I'd remember if my birthday was Christmas Day?...'<br />
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She was summoned to the local social security office, and armed with a copy of her birth certificate, confirmed the correct birth date.<br />
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She did get her pension, but always loved telling the tale.<br />
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Happy Birthday Hilda. XVintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-61996044347024086342015-11-22T21:08:00.003+01:002015-11-22T21:08:16.607+01:00The Paris trip is cancelled<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The lycée has cancelled my daughter's trip to Paris, and (cowardly) I am relieved. She isn't of course, but she has youth and innocence on her side. Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-3333257520206651022015-11-15T17:42:00.000+01:002015-11-15T17:42:24.321+01:00Paris<br />
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My goodness, what can I say about the devastating news from Paris this weekend?<br />
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Sorrow, disgust, anxiety: I think everyone feels this way.<br />
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A week ago, my son was happily mooching about Paris, waiting six hours for his connecting bus to Limoges. Next week, my daughter is representing her lycée in a large get-together of young people in - you've guessed it - Paris.<br />
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Now, what is a mother supposed to do? Grab my kids, hug them to my body to protect them, stop them living their lives freely? I want to do that of course, but when I discussed this with my daughter this morning, she was quite withering and said that life must go on and no way would she not go to Paris, other wise the terrorists would have won again. She's right, but it doesn't stop me being extremely anxious.<br />
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I wrote the following on my Facebook page last night, having received ever-so-slightly sarcastic messages from a couple of people regarding the use of the French colours on my page:<br />
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" <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">The reason I've changed my photo to the French background is not to make any political statement, just to show my solidarity to the land I have chosen as my home. It doesn't make me feel any less towards any other country, nation, religion, just lets me think that I can show my fellow citizens of France that I feel for us all, the people of France, and my sorrow for the young people killed in Paris - it could have been one of my loved ones. I don't care what sort of passpor</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">t was found with the dead terrorists, I don't care which boundaries any government decide to open or close. I cannot change or take sides in, if I'm honest, what fighting is happening where as it seems to me the human condition seems to need conflict and has been so for ever and will continue until the human race finally expires. God - which ever one you believe in - help us all. X "</span><br />
<br />Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-17640213238536642482015-10-29T01:11:00.005+01:002015-10-29T01:11:48.022+01:00Summer is finally over.That's it. Summer is finally over. The grue - or cranes - are flying south for the winter.<br />
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Sorry about the watery blobs on the lens, but it was just beginning to rain - the cranes were so low due to the clouds. We see them every year, twice a year - we seem to be on their flight path to the sun, and in fact, there is apparently an app you can get which charts their progress up and down France.<br />
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But that's too much for me, I always feel a little down when I see them: it's a long time before they come back.Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-5849764796515828682015-10-26T18:42:00.000+01:002015-10-26T18:42:25.197+01:00Pink sky in the morning...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I noticed the pinkiness in the sitting room, which is on the west side of the house but the light was being reflected by our neighbour's house and our barn. So, I grabbed the camera and dashed to the side door and caught the sky over the church in the distance, to the south. I then ran round to the east side and snapped the sun rising behind our cherry tree and the chicken house. Two minutes later, it had all disappeared... <br />
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<br />Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-25439808430110659262015-10-06T22:50:00.000+02:002015-10-06T22:50:37.627+02:00Visiting stick insectI forgot to post this earlier this year, but I found the photos today so here we are:<br />
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My daughter was strimming a neighbour's garden, to get it ready to put the house on the market, and this is what she found:<br />
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It's a little green stick insect<br />
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He was about 6 inches or 15 cms long<br />
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Poor thing had already lost a leg, but Kath spotted it before she started up the machine<br />
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Amazing camouflage: he looked like a little piece of grass<br />
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I carefully took him into the undergrowth next door, and let him free. Kath was a little nervous in case there were others, but no more to be found.<br />
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And, incidentally, the house <i>was</i> sold.<br />
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The THIRD lot of figs are ready to go - we normally get two harvests but this year has been quite remarkable for figs. I usually make fig confiture, and give to my French neighbours who eat it with foie gras. The figs are green, but very sweet. I love them but OH wouldn't eat a fig if he was starving...<br />
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I also made another apple and red peach flan I made last week for some friends - the peaches are a gorgeous red colour inside and quite sweet, so I didn't have to add any sugar at all even though the apples are very tart - OH having type 2 diabetes of course.<br />
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My lovely sheep Bleat has died today. Daft to weep over a sheep I know but she was the first lamb born in our field - and I pulled her out after her mother got into difficulties. She earned the name 'Bleat' because - apart from having lambs - it was what she did best - bleat! Here she is with her last lamb.<br />
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She was a good mother and grandmother to her lambs, and although she only ever gave us one lamb at a time, it was always a big strong healthy lamb, and she fed and cared for each and kept the other two or three sheep, and their lambs, in line. She was a stickler for routine, and knew when it was food and watering time.<br />
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I loved her because she loved me. She adored having her face and ears rubbed, and watched me carefully as I gardened in case there was the odd titbit coming her way.<br />
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We worked out she was 11 years old. She had enjoyed a retirement for the last two years - her only duty was to keep the grass down, but she had been getting a little thin recently and I had been supplementing her feed with pellets.<br />
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I knew her time would be coming soon, maybe not this autumn but soon. True to her neat and careful personality, she just quietly lay down in the long grass and didn't wake up.<br />
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Dear old Bleat.<br />
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Of course, if you want to bottle/can tomatoes, then the grating method will be as useful as a chocolate teapot.<br />
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Have a look at <a href="http://www.nwedible.com/peel-tomatoes-fast" target="_blank">this video</a> from a fabulous blog,' Northwest Edible Life'.<br />
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I just cannot believe how quickly she skins tomatoes whole - the most efficient thing I've every seen! Makes this chore look so easy - I absolutely hate skinning toms.<br />
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She also has a book out, from yesterday. I haven't read it of course, but it looks good. I don't get any payment by the way, just love a good book about home preserving and home keeping - go through the link to Ohiofarmgirl below though, as she gets a penny or two from Amazon for referrals.<br />
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Anyway, the book title is<br />
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<span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3 !important; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">and I saw all about it here:</span></div>
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<span class="a-size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3 !important; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><b><a href="http://adventuresinthegoodland.blogspot.fr/" target="_blank">Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land</a></b></span></div>
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Aha! Skinning toms gone viral on the net apparently - the American chef is called Justin Chapple, and here is a link to the video:<br />
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Credit where it's due!Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-45778778601256277682015-09-23T16:16:00.003+02:002015-09-23T16:17:10.984+02:00Skinning Tomatoes - the easy way.One of my pet hates is to skin tomatoes. It drives me bonkers - I hate boiling up the water, dropping them in, fishing them out, waiting for the hot toms to cool so I can peel them - I'm far too impatient for all of that.<br />
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Firstly, I absolutely cannot take any credit for this tip as I saw it on the net, by an American chef called Justin Someone (can't remember his name at the mo, sorry) so I thought I would try it.<br />
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It's especially useful for using over-ripe or damaged fruit as you can easily cut out the bits you don't want, like these:<br />
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Take a ripe tomato, cut out any bits you don't want and cut the rest into two pieces<br />
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Then, merely grate the cut side of the tomato against a box grater<br />
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Just gently rub: the skin prevents you grating your fingers<br />
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and lovely, fresh tomato pulp which you can put with pasta as a sauce, add a few herbs and olive oil, or as I did, with chopped up squash, skinned marrow, onions, garlic, herbs and oil and popped in the wood oven for a sort-of-ratatouille, and eventually cooled for the freezer.<br />
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<br />Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-26632655711668052202015-09-17T23:36:00.000+02:002017-02-21T13:22:47.107+01:00Some recent stockI haven't shown any of my stock for a while - I am still selling on Ebay - and here are just a few little items that I've sold or are still in stock<br />
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lovely Boudoir cushion, from France, nice and soft and all handmade linen embroidery<br />
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This is such a stunning piece: a gorgeous, and quite rare, little chest of drawers, behind two vignettes of Art Nouveau beauties. You can see the original colour of the drawer fronts - bright fuschia pink floral fabric. Just perfect for a collector of French fabric boxes.<br />
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This was an old sewing basket, now rather shabby, but once must have been quite splendid, with green silk interior and pockets, and a rich pink and blue embroidery on the outside.<br />
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A rather striking Pierre Cardin scarf, all in silk<br />
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And finally, a couple of trims: one a baby blue satin ribbon and original card, and the other a burgundy red passementerie trim for cushions, upholstery etc.<br />
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There! Just to show you that I am still working at my little textile business - you can take a peek at my shop <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/FrenchHomeStyle?_rdc=1" target="_blank">here </a>if you like, or just send me a comment if you want any further details.<br />
<br />Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484453589419498800.post-1777072586996402512015-09-17T08:19:00.000+02:002015-09-17T08:23:38.014+02:00Frugal dog food and CharlieOur little poodle Charlie, is getting on a bit. He's getting on a lot actually. In the 8 or 9 years we've had him since finding him abandoned, with over-grown fur full of fleas, and an aversion to men with stick shaped things in their hands, he has calmed right down and become such a sweetie and much loved member of the family. Well, I love him, even though the cats seem to cast their spooky spell over the rest of the family...I digress.<br />
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Charlie has always been a bit scratchy, a bit inflamed on the ears and feet, and I realised early on that it was probably the dog food I was giving him. The vet agreed with me, but no matter what, Charlie would <i>not</i> eat the very-expensive-but-good-for-him dry food although he would quite happily scrump the cats' dry biscuit food.<br />
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So, after much consultation with vet/internet, I devised my own food for him: 40% chicken, 20% veg such as carrots/beans/peas and 40% rice and couscous, with a couple of spoons of powered eggshell for extra calcium, and he also gets a bit of sardine or mackerel when we have some for lunch. Sometimes I chuck on a couple of little biscuity things too, just for a bit of a change.<br />
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About once a month, I boil up chicken legs in the pressure cooker until the bones soften, pick off all the meat, add the veg, rice etc, and measure it out into foil containers - 180 grams a go - and then into the freezer. It costs me about a frugal 25 to 30 centimes a day, which can't be bad. I love doing it for Charlie because I love him, and he doesn't scratch his skin anymore.<br />
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Win-win!<br />
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Well, it would be win-win, but he has suddenly got bored with his food and has started scrumping the cats' dry stuff again. Sigh...Vintage Maisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.com2