Thank you for visiting The French Elements blog where French is a state of mind. If I can't be in France, at least my mind can spend some time there. Won't you join me?
My name is Barb and I am the woman behind the online boutique THE FRENCH ELEMENTS. While I will always keep The French Elements blog (so many memories), I have started a new one and I hope you will visit.
CHASING THE NEXT CHAPTER is about change. The past few months I have been thinking about writing a new blog. My youngest son passed away 7/1/2015 and life will never be the same for us. He entered Heaven and we entered a new chapter in our lives. A very different chapter that is still unfolding.
We have always talked about moving back to Europe (or elsewhere). The talk continues but we are planning on making the dream our reality.
He would be pleased.
Know who you are, accept who you are, be who you are.
Tres chic!
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Helen Keller
Beautiful
The most powerful thing you can do to change the world, is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, reality, to something more positive.
Shakti Gawain
motto for every year
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, It's not the end.
Just like to show you some images from early spring, or almost spring.
Sunday March 17, back from singing in the chancel choir.
Wearing my silk clover leaf ...
I have been a busy lady but can't neglect my blog for too long. I will
post pictures to catch up with why I have been gone so long. Enjoying each
day, ...
Off in the distance Mount Baker, in the USA, gleams in the sunlight. My
best guess is that it's about 100 km away as the crow flies. To drive, it's
26...
Another year of sowing and raising Tomatoes! I'm always so thrilled when
the tiny leaves appear and the distinctive scent of tomato leaves emanates
from...
For chefs and foodies alike, it's an exciting harbinger of spring: the
announcement each year of the new Michelin-star ratings in the latest
edition of ...
Hello, my children. Last we met it was July and here it is October. The
summer came and went and the days are getting shorter. Lots going on my in
da...
We have babies!
The old cigar box proved to be the cutest little house
and those eggs were laid, hatched and babies fed in
a matter of days! The other ...
I suppose I should have posted this a long time ago.
My blog is taking a break from me for a while. Apparently a long while.
I am very busy with work and li...
Last week a group of ballroom dancers put on a show at my mother's care
facility. Mum, pretty in her flowered hat, seemed to enjoy the music and
costumes,...
*...and that is a place many of us have to visit*...caring for a beloved
mother, and helping her pass from this world into the next. We buried her
in her b...
Whew the Christmas season went by like a blur!!!! And the Cottage Garden
girls have been busily opening up boxes of all the new spring and everyday
decor...
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Happy Eiffel Tower Anniversary! The lights are so festive! Oh! I'd love to go there some day :o)
happy to get a chance to catch up on some blog reading.
Blessings & Aloha! I have an award (aka bloghug) for you at my place. You certainly deserve this "sweet" one! thank you for following and your comments!
Oh Barb...yeah, this hit my heart...who doesn't love this famous icon, but with all the sparkles? TANT MIEUX!!!!! Thank you! I was there once on Bastille Day and the excitement and the pride were just wonderful. The theme of the show was Victor Hugo, one of my favorites. Merci chèrie et bon weekend! Anita
Dearest Barb! I am so glad you made it to dinner; it wouldn't be the same without you! Ah....to relax in the castle and cook up a delicious meal and eat with loved ones. Total bliss. Thank you for coming and always leaving such kind comments! God bless you all, Anita
Thanks so much for your kind thoughts for me. Hope things are well with your son, now. I know you must really be missing your grans by now. How are you doing with that? I loved the Eiffel Tower video, so festive!
Love it! I've had the privilege of staying in an apartment that looks onto the Eiffel Tower. Ever since 2000, the lights would sparkle for about 5 minutes each night at ten o'clock. I always rushed to the window to watch. This is a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. I'm going to bookmark this one for return visits. ~ Sarah
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Happy Eiffel Tower Anniversary! The lights are so festive! Oh! I'd love to go there some day :o)
happy to get a chance to catch up on some blog reading.
Blessings & Aloha!
I have an award (aka bloghug) for you at my place. You certainly deserve this "sweet" one! thank you for following and your comments!
120 years...wow...beautiful!
Oh Barb...yeah, this hit my heart...who doesn't love this famous icon, but with all the sparkles? TANT MIEUX!!!!! Thank you! I was there once on Bastille Day and the excitement and the pride were just wonderful. The theme of the show was Victor Hugo, one of my favorites. Merci chèrie et bon weekend! Anita
Maria, Thank you so much for the bloghug. I needed that.
Miss Betsy, Anytime you need a little break, come on over and watch this video. What a week you have had.
God Bless you honey.
Hi Anita,
I especially love la tour eiffel from the ground looking up.
Thanks for sharing the tower's anniversary! I love it all lit up.
Have a great week
Nice video !! Loved this one !! Thanks for sharing..Unseen Rajasthan
Happy Anniversary to the Eiffel Tower! Thanks for sharing!
Dearest Barb! I am so glad you made it to dinner; it wouldn't be the same without you! Ah....to relax in the castle and cook up a delicious meal and eat with loved ones. Total bliss. Thank you for coming and always leaving such kind comments! God bless you all, Anita
It's so beautiful! Thank you for reminding me!
Thanks so much for your kind thoughts for me. Hope things are well with your son, now. I know you must really be missing your grans by now. How are you doing with that? I loved the Eiffel Tower video, so festive!
Blessings,
Christi
Love it! I've had the privilege of staying in an apartment that looks onto the Eiffel Tower. Ever since 2000, the lights would sparkle for about 5 minutes each night at ten o'clock. I always rushed to the window to watch. This is a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. I'm going to bookmark this one for return visits. ~ Sarah
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