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Mont st Michel engravings, etching, gravure, gravadora

artcoiris wrote 4 months ago: Quelques gravures à l’eau forte du Mont St Michel et de sa baie. Le Mont avec des pré-salés en … more →

Tags: gravure au sucre, normandy, normandie, normand, normande, Normandie, Norm, mount saint michel bay, normandy, normandie, normand, Normande, normandy lower, Manche

Jean Gaumy: Les Incarcérés

petebrook wrote 9 months ago: Jean Gaumy, Prisoners' horseplay. St Martin de Ré. Prison. France. 1978 Preamble: Jean Gaumy put … more →

Tags: Documentary, Fine Art, Caem La Citadelle, Calvados, Corey Arnold, France, French Prisons, Gaumy, île de France

Living in the Orne - the first year

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: We’ve been living in France now for over a year and I thought it might interest people to see … more →

Tags: Living in France

Summer Vide-greniers in the Orne

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: The rain held off for most of Sunday, the first day of June, and the vide-greniers at La Ferrière-au … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne Events, vide greniers

Lessons to learn

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: Those of you who are kind enough to check in occasionally will have noticed my absence for the last … more →

Tags: Living in France

Orne's Hidden Treasures - Le Conservatoire des temps jadis

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: We are experiencing some lovely weather at the moment here in Basse Normandie. It makes one want to … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne's Hidden Treasures, Orne Events, ancient and rare poultry breeds, Le Conservatoire des temps jardis

Bonne Anniversaire Red Hatters Everywhere2 comments

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: Do you remember your tenth birthday party? If you’re anything like me, you don’t, unless … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne Events, Domfront, Orne, Red Hat Society

Orne's Hidden Treasures - La Tour de Bonvouloir

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: This is the second article in the series, ’Orne’s Hidden Treasures’. Many thanks t … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne's Hidden Treasures, Orne, Bagnoles de l'Orne, Andaines forest, Juvigny-sous-Andaines

Orne Archeology1 comment

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: Are you an avid watcher of Tony Robinson and ‘Time Team’? Then, like me, you may be inte … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne Events

Wandering about the Orne

AllieB wrote 1 year ago:                     One glorious Sunday recently, we decided to go for a drive. We started out in se … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne, Suisse Normande

'Antiques and collectables' - where to find them in the Orne

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: If you feel like a trip out at the weekend to a vides-greniers or suchlike in the Orne, look here fo … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne Events, Orne, vides-greniers, antiques, Brocante

Update - the Painted Church of Menil Gondouin

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: The recent article on the painted church of Menil Gondouin has received a couple of comments which h … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne's Hidden Treasures

Life's little trials

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: First, it was the snow, then the internet connections of half our road went down for almost a week, … more →

Tags: Living in France, snow, Roses, spring bulbs, Pergola

French Language Week

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: I mentioned in my last post about the French language lessons run by the Jumelage committee in La Fe … more →

Tags: Living in France, french language

English Breakfast at La Ferté Macé

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: Chris has posted a comment reminding me of the English breakfast at La Ferté Macé, with details. It … more →

Tags: food festivals, Living in France, Orne Events, vide greniers

101 uses for a 'plastic' bag4 comments

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: No, not the flimsy plastic bags that M&S are talking about charging their food court customers 5 … more →

Tags: Living in France, plastic bags, supermarket shopping bags, Life in France

Orne's Hidden Treasures5 comments

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: This is the first in a series showcasing some of the less well-known landmarks and places of interes … more →

Tags: Living in France, Orne's Hidden Treasures, Orne, french life, Menil Gondouin, Putanges-Pont-Ecripin, painted church

Saturday Market in Bagnoles de l'Orne

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: A lucky find in the market at Bagnoles de l’Orne on Saturday morning, although the market was … more →

Tags: Food & Shopping, normandy, Bagnoles de l'Orne, runner beans, Market, Living in France

Photos worth a thousand words

AllieB wrote 1 year ago: I was browsing through the blogs I read when I came across mention of one entitled ‘Living the … more →

Tags: normandy, Domfront, Bagnole de l'Orne, sees, Carrouges


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