Village Brocante in France

Hello dear friends

Looking through my photos I found these ones

taken when I was in France earlier this year.

 

 Each time I'm there we visit

one or two Sunday brocantes in

nearby villages.

We arrive mid morning

to fit in with baby's sleep time!

Wandering up and down the roads

amid throngs of other bargain seekers,

all the while checking out each table and van

full of everything you can think of.

Though this time there seemed to be

an inordinate supply of unwanted "junk"!

Children's used clothing

(not of the beautiful vintage kind)

more the local supermarket brands,

games, barbie dolls,

children's books - which my daughter picked

over and bought for the girls.

Mainly the 'old school' variety

that her husband loved when he was young.

As you can imagine I was looking for

old french linens and lace

but the only worthwhile items were on a

dealers table - very heavily priced.

I was tempted but stayed strong and didn't buy!

I bought some lovely old books

which I will show you once I've

photographed them!

 

The two older girls had a marvellous time

on the bouncy castle you can see in the background!

We queued up to order our BBQ sausages

and french fries.

Sitting at one of these tables eating our lunch

we watched the world pass by

and rested our weary legs!

 

Are your children/grandies like mine

 and need to check out the local toilets

wherever they happen to be?

 Through the door on the left happened

to be the entrance to the local one here,

so off I went hand in hand

with my two!!

I'm linking this post to

Mary for

Mosaic Monday.

Thank you all for your visits and leaving

me your lovely comments.

WELCOME

to my new followers

thank you for being here!

Merci à bientôt
take care of one another!
 

♥ Shane ♥

 

 

Fontainebleau Skies

Hello dear friends

today I'm linking up to

Skywatch Friday
and

Kati's Photo Friday

I took all these photos when I visited

Fontainebleau Château

last year.

 

 

It was a gloomy day

but in a way that added to the grandeur

of this amazing Chateau.

Please take the time to visit some of the

other bloggers at both of my links today.

Wishing all my friends a

happy and relaxing weekend!

Merci à bientôt
take care of one another!
 

♥ Shane ♥

 

Luscious Grey Deys

Hello dear friends

It's Grey Dey Thursdey again!

I know I've always loved grey.
When I had my 'colors' done years ago - as we all did
( are you part of the royal "we" with this one?)
I was told I was most definitely a
GREY GIRL!

I'm drawn to anything with a greyish look -
I think you already have an inkling
I could be drawn to things french too!!!
  

So a grey doormat with 
Bienvenue
was made just for me! 

I love this grey cushion
but I came home without it
which I've regretted of course.....

 Cafe Luscious isn't really grey
but it's window does reflect
lovely greys!
That's good enough for me!

The photo above is from La Cigale
a french cafe and market here.
The owners travel to France several times a year
to visit the brocante's and buy
beautiful old french antiques
which are shipped to New Zealand
and sold from their shop.

I'm joining Michelle of
Petite Michelle Louise
please pop over and see whose partying today!

Thank you all for your visits and kind words.

WELCOME
to my new followers
It's so nice to met you!
~~~~~

Merci à bientôt
take care of one another!
 

♥ Shane ♥