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Insensiblement

le bleuté devient jaune

et c'est aujourd'hui.

onmerkbaar

het blauwige wordt geel

en het is vandaag

unnoticed

the blue-ish becomes yellow

and today is here 

written by my friend Barbara

who is french

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Today is here

anita organised

a Paris Simply Irresistible Party

and 

every-one

on this tour

is able to make new friends

to visit

and take a look

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*S*U*R*P*R*I*S*E*

PLEASE BE WELCOME

SOYEZ BIENVENUE

My name is Francis

and I live in HOLLAND

I am a mother of four

all living on their own now

and a grandmother of Eva who is almost 2

I was a kindergarten-teacher

but now I do not work anymore

so I am a happy stay-at-home-girl

and I love blogging

Blogging is where I have met

some amazing and inspiring women

living all over the world

wish I could make you some macarons

and invite you over

for tea or coffee

or to stay longer

and make you lunch or dinner

There are a few bloggers

I send mail and they surprise me

with wonderful

postcards letters or even packages

I love the real handwritten mail

and the beautiful stamps

Blogging

has been a blessing for me

and helped me to discouver

who I am

without my children and my job

to know there are 

soulmates

far away and yet not so far

is so wonderful

I have learned so much when I 

began to write in english 

a big step for a dutch girl

I have a love for language , 

and I do love French too

before I was a mother 

I drove a citroen 2CV

I had a blue one

and also a red one

I love the sound they make

and the comfort the soft bobbing

and the open roof in the summer

In a few hours 

I can be in France by car

how MAGICAL is that

I love the country 

I have friends who live there

I love the PETIT PAIN

 and the CROISSANTS

THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR
 VISITING ME 

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Happy family

In France 

november 2011

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my life is like a rollercoaster

so much is happening

for the BEST 

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and when things get 

too much

I look at this picture

and I know all

is to be okay

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my children are giving me

A GARDEN MAKE-OVER
so  I can control it myself
and I visualise

This is one of my wishes
all a bit higher 
new beginnings
so Eva can help me too 

its all a big mess now
but I know
all is going to be 
MORE than allright

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By three methods

we may learn

WISDOM

first

by

REFLECTION

which is the noblest

second

by

IMITATION

which is easiest

third

by

EXPERIENCE

which is the bitterest

CONFUCIUS

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Happy 

month of MAY

to all of you

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Here she is OUR QUEEN BEATRIX

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April 30 2013

our Queen Beatrix

will abdicate

and

her son Willem Alexander

will be our KING

She has been our Queen

for 33 years 

She is also a MOTHER

to her three sons

and her son Willem Alexander

is a father of three girls 

We are are having

his lovely wife Maxima

as  Queen by his side

Maxima is from Argentina

and she brought a lot 

of sunshine in our Holland

Every-one loves her.

There will be parties 

in each and every town or village

and the decoration colour

will be 

ORANGE

our national colour .

this will be our last 

QUEENS-DAY

We will have 

KINGSDAY

from now on 

I wish our Queen

wonderful 

happy days 

and years 

*

looking forward

*

There will come

a time

when you believe

everything

is finished.

That will be

 THE BEGINNING

Louis Lamour 

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I guess

every woman

gets in the place

wondering

how the future

can be

after finishing

taking care of 

her family 

and/ or 

 her job .

absolutely

NOT

the end of the world

but 

just coming into 

A NEW PHASE

and not JUST a new phase

but 

an opportunity

to combine

all we have done

and learned 

into

something

NEW

and not ONLY that

it is also

time

to do those things

that are WAITING

have been waiting 

for 

THIS TIME

HERE

AND NOW

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that's really 

EXCITING

and

sometimes

confusing but in a happy way 

Spring

has that same 

invisable strength

PROMISSING

happy

joyful

I wonder

how my summer

will be 

I hope filled

with

surprises

*

words that define what you're doing

*

today

I saw a documtary

about 

DOYALD YOUNG

I never heard of him

but 

my youngest son's girlfriend

send me a link

to see it .

I was so so 

DEEPLY MOVED

not only 

by seeing the documentary

but 

maybe even more

because 

it was because of this 

young girl

I am just starting to get to know

and we share

something

unique

THE LOVE

for lettering !

recognising 

things 

I also do and love 

in this documentary

was something

that was 

wonderful

I love 

WORDS

their sound or meaning

I always look words up

in my dictionary

I love learning new words

in THIS language

by reading blogs I love

because

it's not JUST 

the words

It's the person

behind the words

too

that matters 

to me 

I was searching for a way

I could get to know

this wonderful girl

my newest daughter-in-law

She is modest and calmly

and most of the times

we met all the other ones

were here also 

so FULL HOUSE

and 

so

I wondered

HOW

can I get to know her better.

I always LOVED

that when I was a teacher

and a new child came in my group

I always loved 

the searching to get a band 

to wait

and look

and be patience

and find 

A WAY 

always 

a SURPRISE

With her

I suddenly decided

to send her POST

real snail-mail 

old fashioned handwritten mail.

and

she loved it 

she also LOVES snailmail

and handwriting !

She send me the link

and I could not believe

this miracle

http://www.lynda.com/Documentaries-tutorials/doyaldyounglogotypedesigner/62371-2.html

If you love 

handwriting too

and also 

the passion of the man 

take some time

and watch 

be surprised 

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coming up soon

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'The time has come,'

 the walrus said,

 'to talk of many things

: of shoes and ships

 - and sealing wax -

 of cabbages and kings.'

Lewis Carroll

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April  30 

our QUEEN BEATRIX

will step down

and her son will be our KING .

for 33 years she was our Queen

and she was a very good one .

now it's time for the next generation

she said in her speech .

I feel with her 

being a grandmother now

and I also stepped down .........

That's life

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