Allons, enfants!

Happy Bastille Day to all my French
(and Francophile) friends.

[Linking back to Skywatch Friday.]

Thursday Challenge—"shadow"

Les françaises (of any age) are always
très très chic!  This little one in
Saint-Emilion was having fun being
chased by her own shadow.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

inSPIREd Sunday

This is the entrance to the Monolithic Church
of Saint-Emilion.  It was carved out
of a solid limestone hill in the early 12th
century.  Columns have been added
since they discovered cracks in the nave (partly
the fault of that 3,000-ton bell tower
sitting on top of the church).

[To see more churches from
around the world, go here.]

ABC Wednesday—M is for "mussels"

More good food from France:
I first had the mussels at Chez Hortense,
in Cap Ferret, in 2002.  This restaurant is not
that easy to get to (especially from New York!),
and when I finally made it back there
last month I told the waiter that I'd been thinking
of those mussels for 14 years.  We ordered
for three, he brought us at least enough for six,
and we ate every last one of them.  
Yummmmm!

[To see more ABC Wednesday posts, go here.]

Up, up, and away (again)

I'm off tonight, this time to a slightly warmer
place.   Should have Internet, unlike
 in the Arctic, so I'll post ahead and hope 
you'll visit while I'm on the road.

[To see more Skywatch pics, go here.]

Happy May Day

In France on the 1st of May, people offer
each other un brin de muguet, a sprig of my favorite
flower, lily of the valley.  This is the last
bouquet of these sweet little blooms
that I picked from my mother's garden before
it was destroyed four years ago by
Hurricane Sandy.  (I kept this bouquet; it hardly
looks like this now, but I still can't
bring myself to part with it.)

[Linking back to Today's Flowers at
An English Girl Rambles.]