La Belle Brocante

The Fine Print

Truth be told, the Hippomobile is a hearse.

A horse-drawn hearse, but a hearse all the same...

But wouldn't it be PERFECT for hauling all your treasures home from the brocante?

 

xoxo

 

Hippomobile

Genuine antique Hippomobile, available here.

Surely you need one, non?

 

xoxo

 

Yesteryear

Sorting through the archives, I wonder about them.

Their loves.

Their hopes.

Their dreams.

I hope their stories were heard.

 

Letterpress

A perfect A.

A gift from Best Friend years ago.

I am counting the days until I see Best Friend again. 

There will be a caravan and beautiful children. 

Ice cream.

Adventures.

 

xoxo

 

Gathering

A few treasures from my recent foray.

Also a lukewarm mink, but that's another story for another day.

One which required a u-turn...

 

xoxo

 

En Vacances

 

It is Spring Break and I made a brief foray to the mountains.

To kind friends with warm hearts.

To meadowlarks and mountain bluebirds.

We stitched books and made plans.

Schemed and plotted.

I am spoiled and inspired in equal measure.

 

xoxo 

 

 

Unabashed

The immigration officer said, "You lucked out, buddy."

And it's true.

He is utterly smitten with me. 

 

I don't tell him, but I am the lucky one.

 

xoxo

 

Baby Blue

Antique blown glass sleepy eye. 

Germany circa 1900.

 

Le Petit Sanglier

A small pharmacy carton.

Soft wood grain print paper on the outside.

Sepia script from the Pharmacie du Pila St. Gély in Montpellier.

A glorious little cache of glass and jet buttons.

Wheat sheaf, mélon, et le petit sanglier.

Mementos.

My footsteps crunch across the dusty place.

The heat shimmers on the roads through the vineyards.

Soon.

 

xoxo

 

Hummingbird Plates

A few more dainty little hummers are in the shop today.

Waiting for the first blossoms on the cherry trees.

Spring is just around the corner.

 

xoxo