Sunday Walk - Town & Country

Clockwise from top left
L'Olivier (Florist)
 Patisserie (little cakes & chocolate eggs),
 L'Olivier (pavement display),
fresh mussels & crabs from Grandcamp

Easter Sunday dawned wet and cold in our small corner of Normandy.

fish seller from Grandcamp,
 patisserie window display,
communal gardens
L'Olivier pavement display

After breakfast we headed to a local town to do a little shopping.

little white bulls (not!)
yellow ajonc
my favourite pony
wild primroses

On the way home we stopped off to visit some four legged friends we hadn't seen in a while.

I couldn't resist this pretty white hydrangea and the little pot it came in
and the SP bought little cakes for afternoon tea.

Sharing these peeks into la vie quotidienne with

 The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays #95

and

Mary @thelittleredhouse for Mosaic Monday

Easter Calico Rag Wreath

Whilst visiting blogs recently I came across Gina @ Random Thoughts, who was one of the hostesses of the Spring'taculer Craft Link Party Parade.
I just fell in love with her Easter Burlap Rag Wreath. Click on the link to see how pretty is it.
The tutorial was very easy to follow and so I decided to make one myself.
Not having any burlap to hand, I improvised with a length of creamy white calico left over from my bunny rabbit crafting days.

Ripping the calico gave my wreath the country homespun look that I was after. Thanks go to my friend Sue @ ISewQuilts for that tip.
In place of the pink pail and Easter flowers that Gina used, I hung a decorated egg bought many years ago at a craft fair in Bavaria and still one of my favorite items of Easter decor after all this time.

What do you think? C'est jolie n'est pas?

JOYEUSES PAQUES - Vintage French Easter Cards

Whilst browsing french ebay recently for Easter decorations I came across these beautiful vintage Easter cards, mostly dating from the early 1900's.

A fluffy yellow chick & pussy willow.

The message to Demoiselles Venon reads
"Bonjour et vous en brasse Espagnol"

The message on this card was from "votre petite eleve, que ne vous oublie pas"
to Mademoiselle Mathilde de Vierseu.
Postmarked 29.111.07 a Paris.

Joyeuses Paques
Souvenirs et Amities

The postmark on the last card below reads:

New York, N.Y. STA. H.

and is dated

March 29, 11.30 PM 1912.

It was mailed to M'selle Mathilde Engels
chez Villa des Fougeres
Avenue des Arenes de Ciminez
Nice.

I know that I'm a little late in sending my Easter Greetings to all my friends in blogland but we've been without the internet solidly now for 4 days!

I'm writing this post at breakneck speed to try and get it posted before we lose access again.

To those of you who have been kind enough to comment on previous posts, I've really missed visiting your blogs and will try and get back to all of you as soon as normal service is resumed.

Joyeuses Paques everyone.

This Easter Sunday I'm joining the Tablescaper once again for Seasonal Sundays.

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