the gentle bucolic ramblings of an English rose, blooming in rural Normandy

Thursday, 10 November 2011

A swarm of French B's.

clockwise from top left:
bee
boucherie
bombarde & biniou musicians on Quimper faience
ben
basil
boulanger
bulldog
clockwise from top left:
bar
boucherie
broderie decor on Quimper faience
blue shutters
boulanger
bonaparte
I trawled my photo archives and strolled around town at the weekend
to find some very Frenchy B's
for
week deux of Mrs Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday
@ off on my tangent
 where the letter B is the star today.
Click on the link to join in the fun.
Jenny Matlock

In 2010 my B post for Alphabe-Thursday was all about our dogs.
Click here if you'd like to meet the gang.

21 comments:

Cathy Kennedy said...

What a nice photo essay! I especially liked the blue door. Thanks for sharing your 'B' post!

storybeader said...

I love the blue shutters. And the doggies are so cute! Happy B Day! {:-Deb

Teagarden said...

I like this B's....
Have a nice day,
Markus

Riet said...

This is a great B post Maggie. I love love the quimper broderie plate. Beautiful.Also love the rest of your B's.
Have a nice evening. Over here we sit in the middle of the fog.
Riet

JDaniel4's Mom said...

I love your collages! What wonderful pictures!

BEAR's Mom said...

i love the pictures!
especially the dogs :D
great B post
~victoria~

Emille said...

Love the boulanger the best:)

Lorrie said...

Great collection of French "Bs." The blue door and shutters, and the boulangerie are my favorites.

Sue said...

I liked your Frenchy Bs!

=)

Curtains In My Tree said...

I am a dog lover without a dog. My baby passed in April this year. and just seeing how cute your babies are.

also I like anything blue

Tracy said...

Tres Bon

Judie said...

Love your French B's! Merci beaucoup!!!

Karen S. said...

How sweet! I just love all your B things!

tidbitsandtreasures2011 said...

I'm thinking you out-did yourself with all these gorgeous photos. I enjoyed every one!

tidbitsandtreasures2011 said...

I'm thinking you out-did yourself with all these gorgeous photos. I enjoyed every one!

anitamombanita said...

nice photo collages. tres belle...or something like that! hee hee.

I missed the posting deadline for Alphabe-Thursday this week...feel free to stop by, tho... :)

H said...

I just love to hear the sound of the French words; such a beautiful language :)

PERMANENT POSIES said...

Beautiful B photos! Stopping by from http://permanentposies.com

Sarah said...

Maggie, the teacher in me is absolutely loving this post. What a clever idea. And there's Mr. B. ;-)
~ sarah

Jenny said...

What a neat theme for this letter!

I love your play on words and all the lovely photos you had to share here!

Thanks for letting your swarm of B's fly toward Alphabe-Thursday!

A+

taylorsoutback said...

So sorry I missed your earlier "B" posting...it was so nicely put together and the images are wonderful.