My musings, my photos, my adventures buying antiques in France and my love for being a Brocanteuse. The story starts right at the bottom of these entries and recounts each trip to France made since the very beginning.
Markets
(From pre-pandemic times) Autumn had crept in. Through the bedroom window of a Normandy sea-side …
Lunch…. and a bit of brocante
(From the time before Covid……) A major air traffic control outage over France cut this …
Taking time.
(From the time before Covid). Then came three days of intense buying at the Deballages. …
Travels in the Auvergne
I’d known Eric for eight years. At 10 o’clock he arrived at the chateau and …
Life gone by.
The train from Paris to Le Puy ran along mountain rivers, past rugged stone villages …
“Le magasin est tres froid”
I scraped the icy windscreen on a black Sunday morning. Time for the monthly vide-grenier …
Marchand de Bonheur.
(From a time before Covid….) It’s impossible not to feel a quiver of anticipation in …
Christmas Decorative Home and Salvage Fair online, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November
Organised by AS Fairs, this online Christmas fair will showcase one hundred dealers, fifty on …
Still in Pezenas.
Laurent was preparing for major works in his shop. An eleven metre long roof truss …
Early morning buying
England had begun to taste of Autumn, chestnut leaves starting to curl. But I followed …
Thanks for the kind words
Thanks Alice Roberton for the nice mention in the August edition of Period Living (out …
Hot, hot, hot
The other antiques shop stood at the outskirts of the village, its wide, glazed frontage …
Early morning.
Bright coloured posters at every round about and junction had been announcing a vide-grenier at …
A good day…..
Lunchtime service in Royan was in full swing. Bright sun caught on awnings, ice cubes …
Good, honest Brocante
A summer trip down to explore the Cognac area with it’s jewel green undulating landscape, …
Chartres and Le Mans
Entry to the Chartres Deballage was now limited to dealers with a trade ID card …
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