My Slice of Heaven

For those of you that are stopping by from Anita's Simply Irresistible Link Party, welcome to my corner of France or as I say, where an American girl met a French brocante.

I left the big city life of NY and am happily ensconced in Provence.

Weekends find me at the brocantes or in Paris taking visitors to experience the flea markets first hand.  Weekdays are spent sorting out and selling my finds online.   

On the horizon?  A move in the direction of the country, a garden and maybe a poulet or two.

In between I try and remind myself to savor every moment of this beautiful place that I now call home.

Simone

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Back to the Beginning

When we are young we fight to get 'out'.  Out of a small town or the country.....on to bigger and better things in seemingly bigger and better places.

With a few years of age, many of life's hard lessons learned and much less need to prove ourselves, we often to long to return to a less complicated way of living.

The city is wonderful and holds our attention, but it does not necessarily feed our soul.

The weekend excursions out to the 'country' become more and more frequent.  The weekday existence soon turns in to the means with which to support the weekend dream.

....and then one day it clicks. 

The charms and simple joys hold what you are longing for.  Life adjustments, often major ones, begin.

You have come full circle.....and are ready to go back to the beginning.

Simone

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My French Country Infatuation

Have I mentioned my obsession with having a chicken....or two?

Don't ask me where it came from or when it began.  It just seemed to materialize and has been a consistent presence in the back of my mind.

I couldn't do it when I lived in NY because I was never home and an airplane and a chicken just didn't seem like a logical combination.

Living in a flat in the middle of the city in France didn't lend itself to having my feathered dream come true either.

....but now......I will finally have access to the space that we may be calling home.  

Let's see if my dreams and furniture can both fit.

Any suggestions on the best tempered birds for a newbie chicken owner?

Thank you for all of the kind wishes for my knee recovery.  It is a bit better each day and I start physical therapy next week.....at least there is no surgery for now!

Simone

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1 Needle + 1 Bad Knee

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Not the ideal way to start a week, a doctor's appointment on Monday.

I'm not sure which was worse, the session with the syringe to reduce the fluid on my knee or the fighting off fainting afterward.  

If you've ever experienced it, you know that feeling....the hot that takes over, the swirling in your head, vision fading to black.....and afterward, the tingling sensation in your hands and face.....ugh.  

The worst part is that you know if you give in to it, even for a second, that you are going down.

So for now, I have to occupied by a laptop and the view from my window.

Enjoy a few beautiful examples of things that I won't be doing this week....

Simone

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