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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
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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
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Happy Mardi Gras
Tomorrow is the start of Mardi Gras in New Orleans ( I think) and the end of
carnaval in Nice. I am feeling as green as the King.
No more of these for me-hehe.
See you soon?
12 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Dearest Barb,
Well, I've lived with the Carneval culture for decades in the southern most province of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. But I don't miss it over the past 28 years. It makes me even shiver, thinking about the cold for such parades in thin costumes at times... brrrr Than Carnival in Rio; that's the proper climate at least.
Have a great week and hope your army guys are safe!
Hi Barb, I have always wanted to go to the Mardi Gras. One day I hope.. Are you feeling sick...oh no, I hope not.. Have a sweet day and big hugs, Elizabeth
Thanks for stopping by the farmhouse...sorry to hear that you are sick, hope you are better today.
I've had soooooooooo many things on my plate lately that I barely take time to blog anymore but I do take time out as much as possible to catch up with old friends. I am amazed at how you are able to keep your blog up and going with all the work that you have going on.
Your family is growing too! Aren't the grandchildren "GRAND"??? I am spoiliing mine as much as possible as we are not living in AR anymore and time with them will be most precious!
I just found your blog on NetworkBlogs. I love it and I am also a francophile who loves Europe especially France. I have just started a blog called la reportiste and would like for you to stop by for a visit. I have included you as a follower on my blog roll.
I too am a "Mamaw" to 3 grandchildren, two girls and one boy. They are my blessings.
Hi sweetie! Just checking in... no time to blog but just stopping by to say hello and I am thinking of you. Web design and an art show coming up are keeping me busy, busy these days. I miss blogging and visiting my best blog friends (you), but that is how my life is right now. Hope you and yours are well.
12 comments:
Dearest Barb,
Well, I've lived with the Carneval culture for decades in the southern most province of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. But I don't miss it over the past 28 years. It makes me even shiver, thinking about the cold for such parades in thin costumes at times... brrrr
Than Carnival in Rio; that's the proper climate at least.
Have a great week and hope your army guys are safe!
Lots of love,
Mariette
Fun, fun, fun! I was just in New Orleans recently but not Mardi Gras yet! Hope you are having a great day my friend! HUGS!
Hi Barb,
I have always wanted to go to the Mardi Gras. One day I hope..
Are you feeling sick...oh no, I hope not..
Have a sweet day and big hugs, Elizabeth
Still under the weather. Yuck!
Hi Barb!
Thanks for stopping by the farmhouse...sorry to hear that you are sick, hope you are better today.
I've had soooooooooo many things on my plate lately that I barely take time to blog anymore but I do take time out as much as possible to catch up with old friends. I am amazed at how you are able to keep your blog up and going with all the work that you have going on.
Your family is growing too! Aren't the grandchildren "GRAND"??? I am spoiliing mine as much as possible as we are not living in AR anymore and time with them will be most precious!
Hope you enjoy your weekend. Get some res!
Happy Mardi Gras to you, enjoy the festivity:)
Just stumbled on your blog, what fun…like a little vacation via blogger :-)
Hello Barb,
I just found your blog on NetworkBlogs. I love it and I am also a francophile who loves Europe especially France. I have just started a blog called la reportiste and would like for you to stop by for a visit. I have included you as a follower on my blog roll.
I too am a "Mamaw" to 3 grandchildren, two girls and one boy. They are my blessings.
Thanks,
Kris
I always see this festival on TV and it looks like a lot of fun. Have a nice weekend.
Hi sweetie! Just checking in... no time to blog but just stopping by to say hello and I am thinking of you. Web design and an art show coming up are keeping me busy, busy these days. I miss blogging and visiting my best blog friends (you), but that is how my life is right now. Hope you and yours are well.
Love,
Christi
Dear Barb you have made me quite hungry with those little burger thingies! Hope your MG was fantastic!
xoxo Kit
What are those, giant hamburgers? I'm getting hungry! Hope you are feeling better by now!
Love Bonnie
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