A Month in France

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUqRXBw0thTY_TJzyrP-DkfRgLnscTB-OPElHDUz7omgSmryqSm_nw_cq_W71r_GzEeJpGjpRVjC8mquNYMcYlwQW4q18p4V1IqGckUsI2nlM_b28vOG4lENWX6YkhKgzJnkXlznEjXTa/s1600/white+rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUqRXBw0thTY_TJzyrP-DkfRgLnscTB-OPElHDUz7omgSmryqSm_nw_cq_W71r_GzEeJpGjpRVjC8mquNYMcYlwQW4q18p4V1IqGckUsI2nlM_b28vOG4lENWX6YkhKgzJnkXlznEjXTa/s640/white+rose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Wednesday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy to be <span style="font-size: small;">back</span></span> from a<br />world wind trip to Texas </div><div style="text-align: center;">What fun !!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Texas is filled with wonderful people and fabulous treasures<br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><span style="color: black;">First stop is hugs and kisses from wonderful Husband and Son</span></span><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><span style="color: black;"> then to the garden to see the roses </span></span><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><span style="color: black;">and unpack  </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwoRKFtI3jMfbSnVwoDbXULhFN5nmtxq6pOlswht7mAVI2xxdCyBlMW5LKbuwW4N-OQuhJVNimZUMG6rd8YH2D498wUKErJvywJs9AFFu-tmIjNwm4hkYGJKN2TLNQzCBSyHHi5iByMn9/s1600/cake+plates+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwoRKFtI3jMfbSnVwoDbXULhFN5nmtxq6pOlswht7mAVI2xxdCyBlMW5LKbuwW4N-OQuhJVNimZUMG6rd8YH2D498wUKErJvywJs9AFFu-tmIjNwm4hkYGJKN2TLNQzCBSyHHi5iByMn9/s640/cake+plates+1.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A few</span> wonderful finds to show you<br />these vintage cake stands<br />I could not resist  <br />and a new obsession vintage<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">~Cake Covers~</span><br /> Its confession time...</div><div style="text-align: center;">This may shock a few of you but</div><div style="text-align: center;">I do not own any Tupperware Not one piece of plastic to save food in<br />I save all leftovers in glass containers<br />I learned this while vacationing in France for a month.<br />We have friends who own a home in Semur en Auxois and we lived there for a month<br />It was wonderful <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1E3jDykN4v2BwtoNcWJwM4UogGb4Z2CR938I-RUQeKPGEmvPxBm_RLQ60x3boS4pM3HTzh7lkNRhiKUtEyNarfgyzma724SEmCKrXL3a6PVImB3iHqinFk29eweeVUx9-qDsld7gqBjv/s1600/house_from_across_river_in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1E3jDykN4v2BwtoNcWJwM4UogGb4Z2CR938I-RUQeKPGEmvPxBm_RLQ60x3boS4pM3HTzh7lkNRhiKUtEyNarfgyzma724SEmCKrXL3a6PVImB3iHqinFk29eweeVUx9-qDsld7gqBjv/s640/house_from_across_river_in.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is a</span> picture of the house<br />Semur en Auxois is about 3 hours outside of Paris<br />We were immersed in a culture that began each morning with<br />freshly baked croissants from the bakery in town near the local castle <br />Learned to traverse the roads which are narrow and mostly unpaved<br />Tasted the most amazing wine in Burgundy and the best mustard in Dijon<br />In France you buy most food products in glass containers<br />Milk, mustard, yogurt, jam,even lemonade almost everything is in the cutest glass bottles and jars<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoWMTio7zf1FgJSZv7yUjavXaP2s2reKMddXhPzsw8HVLPqmPVsbocu0ahjhN9yKpZ6pXy8zAufRrwpdBD_PFabiMgzOoGoQ4fwCmLvgr0V2us9Hex5vLvj9xr1bzjcWACyr34sEzB2W5/s1600/Small.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoWMTio7zf1FgJSZv7yUjavXaP2s2reKMddXhPzsw8HVLPqmPVsbocu0ahjhN9yKpZ6pXy8zAufRrwpdBD_PFabiMgzOoGoQ4fwCmLvgr0V2us9Hex5vLvj9xr1bzjcWACyr34sEzB2W5/s320/Small.gif" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is</span> my favorite little mustard jar<br />we use these for orange juice glasses now<br />its wonderful to eat the delicious mustard and then enjoy the jar for years after <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1Tyd56laxWt7laifLRWWKJgL4LlEz3XanbhVy4Q4Cj7_1pzayzAsTtwgm5021E-gg9y9JFXc8_BpQpgJjpZTdXzk99KA4wmdUaLXuYoQ5zihnrAmkfizZAK2Epgp9lZrZRJCT7PTdhyphenhyphens/s1600/home-semur-en-auxois-french-holiday-letting-view-from-the-garden-of-the-ancient-wash-house-330496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1Tyd56laxWt7laifLRWWKJgL4LlEz3XanbhVy4Q4Cj7_1pzayzAsTtwgm5021E-gg9y9JFXc8_BpQpgJjpZTdXzk99KA4wmdUaLXuYoQ5zihnrAmkfizZAK2Epgp9lZrZRJCT7PTdhyphenhyphens/s640/home-semur-en-auxois-french-holiday-letting-view-from-the-garden-of-the-ancient-wash-house-330496.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We Learned to</span> enjoy the taste of fresh food picked the morning of the meal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and enjoyed no television or</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">radio, no cell phone coverage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">evenings were filled with card games and family story telling and reading books </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our children learned to speak a little French and by the end of the trip were making friends</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">  even swimming in the aqueduct with all of the town children</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpLrkiCqJ_-rVTi1IO9mQJmPJUMdYPCwyI9_9ay5ihs-AQPNhqxFRbF-rvSOsdhxho-ohZky4qKA8BpQTklsLmt6RcqO0Y_9qqA_htvIm0Qna8GsHXXeyrIjSociYV3799PtlMa9stkXM/s1600/home-semur-en-auxois-french-holiday-letting-le-moulin-vert-330498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpLrkiCqJ_-rVTi1IO9mQJmPJUMdYPCwyI9_9ay5ihs-AQPNhqxFRbF-rvSOsdhxho-ohZky4qKA8BpQTklsLmt6RcqO0Y_9qqA_htvIm0Qna8GsHXXeyrIjSociYV3799PtlMa9stkXM/s640/home-semur-en-auxois-french-holiday-letting-le-moulin-vert-330498.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">We learned to </span>save food in recycled glass  <br />and now I try to buy food here in the States that<br />come in glass too<br />So no Tupperware for me<br />That is why I am so happy to have<br />found these cake covers<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL52XEL8o9FNwvvF75p79ALkOkpf4NUbWzQ_BE8yV8BiYVc3aTjnlVFiD1l5Um7jA1gkbKGNA-kFnffH1QTOg3ego6qexn82aCZPhGTC5_t5HdpUr9i2_RKxf2zYz9m95i3Z4Bw8ub8Efj/s1600/cake+plates+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL52XEL8o9FNwvvF75p79ALkOkpf4NUbWzQ_BE8yV8BiYVc3aTjnlVFiD1l5Um7jA1gkbKGNA-kFnffH1QTOg3ego6qexn82aCZPhGTC5_t5HdpUr9i2_RKxf2zYz9m95i3Z4Bw8ub8Efj/s640/cake+plates+2.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />a great way to transport a cake, keep it fresh and its cute too<br />of coarse I am in<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">{Love}</span><br />with the vintage white enamelware<br />cake cover<br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥ </span><br />linking for<br /><a href="http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/">White Wednesday </a><br /><br />More about A Month in France to come<br /> the amazing brocantes,<br />the wonderful treasures<br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><i>"Love lets us see the ordinary in an extraordinary way"</i><br />unknown<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div>

A Month in France

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