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.
One very pleasant consulting job for both of us stands out from April 4,
1993
A special Monday as we got up early for driving to Atlanta at 6:00 AM *where
...
I drew back the curtain this morning to see roofs covered in white. A pale
clear sky. Our first frost. Knowing the temperature would soon rise, I wen...
This is all that remains of my lovely cherry tree, which stands bare and
leafless. I planted Snowdrops round the base of it, so it won't be too long
bef...
Co-owner Bastien Matagliati and chef Richard Smache will host their
first-ever American-style Thanksgiving at the Bistrot de Saint Remy on
Thursday Novem...
A couple of you have checked in on me, I have been mighty busy since my
last post. Tracy and I always spend a day at the Yellow Daisy Festival.
We laug...
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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Oh Yeah!!! You have transported me to what I think is a bit of man-made heaven on earth. I don't know what it is, but those French really know how to create beauty. JE LES ADORE, LES FRANÇAIS! Bisous ma chère, Anita
Oh, thank you for my little armchair visit to France this morning. I'm feeling so refreshed with all this beauty. Love the hill town villages of France. Hope you'll stop by for a visit. I'm sharing chocolates today. ~ Sarah
That's where I want to be this weekend-walking the narrow medieval streets, peeking around corners to find new surprises and soaking up all the ambiance that the little villages offer. Thanks for the peek!
Hello Barb, for the life of me I have just realized that I haven't visited in a while. I did, however,enjoy catching up! Congratulations on becoming a grandmother once again. I was touched most sincerely by the post you did on your son. I hope he had a happy birthday.
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Oh Yeah!!! You have transported me to what I think is a bit of man-made heaven on earth. I don't know what it is, but those French really know how to create beauty. JE LES ADORE, LES FRANÇAIS! Bisous ma chère, Anita
Oh Barb, In my dreams I will someday see this beauty firsthand! Oh what glorious scenery! Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend!
Oh, thank you for my little armchair visit to France this morning. I'm feeling so refreshed with all this beauty. Love the hill town villages of France.
Hope you'll stop by for a visit. I'm sharing chocolates today. ~ Sarah
Bonjour Barb,
Wishing you a wonderful weekend as well. Great video.
That's where I want to be this weekend-walking the narrow medieval streets, peeking around corners to find new surprises and soaking up all the ambiance that the little villages offer. Thanks for the peek!
Happy weekend,
Debi
A Tale of Two Cities
Hello Barb, for the life of me I have just realized that I haven't visited in a while. I did, however,enjoy catching up! Congratulations on becoming a grandmother once again. I was touched most sincerely by the post you did on your son. I hope he had a happy birthday.
Happy New Year to you! Bonnie
I do like those medeival towns and villages in France. Have not b een to any on the film but have b een to many like them.
Your new profile photo is great.
Bonjour once more Barb,
THank you so much for stoppping by and sharing your very romantic story. What a fabulus son you have.
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