Pour Être Vrai

It's too beautiful 

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this adventure of ours

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as we hover over 

azure paradise

suspended in


awe.

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It's too beautiful

to be true...

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BUT  IT  IS.
 

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Ladies and gentlemen

we will be landing in 

Paris

next Friday, JUNE 8

so please buckle your


seat belts as we prepare for

lift off 

from

Mediterranean territory

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to skim over Provence

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the southwest of France

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and the Loire Valley

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towards the distant but 

quickly approaching

twinkle of

Parisian lights.

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anita rivera ©

Participants

please have your tours

ready next Friday and 

I will have your links up

to start the party!

Fee at Chipper Nelly

Ria at It's Me

Fleaing France

Julie at Vintage Chic 

Sylvia at A Simple Life

Diane at YONKS

Dorothy at Catkin tales

Pam at Over 50 Feeling 40

Dawne at French at Heart

Casa de Berry

Nella at Acorn Lane Vintage Living

Carolyn at Draffin Bears

Heidi at Hi-d's Place

Sarah at Hyachinths for the Soul

Imagimeri

Eden Clare at Artful Fairytales

Martina at M'S Art Impressions

Gem at Treasures from the Cherry Tree

Barbara at Moveable Feasts

Violet at Create Beauty

Koralee at Bluebird Notes

Irina at Witty and Wise

Sheri at Red Rose Alley

Natalie at Dolce Dreams

Penny at Angelsdoor

Marcia at Shop Around the Corner

Pura Vida

Jacqueline at Purple Chocolate Home

Elizabeth at Pine Cones and Acorns

Deana at Lost Past Remembered

Denise at Coffeeberry Cottage

The French Bear

Kerrie at Sea Cottage

Michele at Pearl 13.1

Renae at Simple Sequins

Kim at Victorian Parlor II

Jackie at Bliss Farms Antiques

Kristin at A Page of Inspiration 

Anne at Et Voilà

Champagne and Macaroons

Catherine Robinson

Karen at A Scrapbook of Inspiration

Stacy at Design Addict Mom

Virginia at Paris Through My Lens

Susan at Cruisin' Over Sixty

Maria at Calm Energy
Rayanne at A Lovely Thought
Marsha at Splenderosa
Patricia at Woolytale Miniatures
Doré at Burlap Luxe
Kerri at Artisanbella
Karena at Art by Karena 
Linda at House of Beautiful Dogs
Stephanie at Millesfeuilles
Marie-Ange at Rêver au Sud
Vicki Archer at French Essence 
Mary from Thirty Two Yellow Walls
Dessa Rae from Dessae Rae Miniatures 
Emily from The French Hutch
Jamie with Mimi's Corner
Teresa at Magical Whimsey 
Gwendolyn at Cherchez French Femme
Kathy with Kathy Fornal Photography on Etsy
Kirsten from Write on Thyme

Lavender Fields Forever

There is something soothing and peaceful about a field of lavender. My first encounter with this wonder of nature was when I was in the town of Grasse in the South of France. The scent of silence and stillness wafted freely in the air and carried me away to where my French dreams began. I thought to myself, "I could die here." When Karen Harvey Cox from Scrapbook of Inspiration asked me what my favorite flower was, I told her it was lavender. And sans hésitation, she lovingly painted this sweet watercolor just for me. What a special moment it was to find this little treasure in my mailbox two weeks ago.



You see, there is something magical about the intensity of the color of each flower when they densely congregate into one massive bunch; you can see the magic better if you click on each photo...












Like the artists that we are, we want to imitate the beauty that we observe in nature and create the mood we love in our homes...



Even thought I admire the color of lavender with a hint of gold accents, I haven't ventured out YET to paint my walls in this sweet hue, but I have used lavender for culinary purposes and the taste is subtle and unique.



Each time I bite down on something that I have enhanced with Herbes de Provence, the taste transports me back to my beloved Nice, Eze, and St. Paul de Vence, where I step into the world of Marcel Pagnol and his unforgettable literary characters.



I have worked hard and it's time to relax and enjoy what is left of my summer vacation. Thank you Karen for the one-way ticket back to my home away from home. I think it's time to faire une sieste in my lavender colored bed and dream of a land of lavender fields forever...