Time for a chair restoration update! Remember I had been working on a little 19th century chair named Jocelyn (after my friend who introduced me to restoration and gave me the chair as my first project)? You can see more about it all here and here.
Things have progressed substantially with Jocelyn and now she [...]
Since we’re on a France theme, I figured I should mention Le Tour de France.
I was in Rotterdam for the start of it back in July.
July 4th to be precise.
Why it started in The Netherlands, I’m not exactly sure.
Apparently it’s normal to start Le Tour in a FOREIGN LAND.
And the Dutch do love their bikes.
I [...]
Ah… Just returned from a week in France. And MAN what a week. Gorgeous weather, gorgeous people, gorgeous city. I arrived by train late on a Saturday evening and this was the view from my hotel the next morning:
I KNOW!
I actually groaned with pleasure when I opened the curtains.
I could have flown – it would [...]