4th meeting with horses in Lunéville
This is the fourth time horses come to Lunéville and the second time we go to enjoy watching them. This year there was no carriage driving but different shows in several places in the castle park. First we discovered seven or eight carriages which accepted...
Another wedding day
Two weddings in the same month ! The last time it happened to me was nearly 40 years ago. June is a good month to get married, both times the weather was perfect. The ceremony was organized last Saturday with a gospel choir of about 12 people. They sang...
White cherries saved
Our white cherries are ripe and I have started picking them. They are really sweet, juicy, with a good size. I leave them in a bowl in the kitchen and each member of the family can take some when he (or she) wants. When I stopped at the bottom of the...
Collapses in Haraucourt
When you drive to Haraucourt from Varangéville or Buissoncourt, you see them a bit away from the road. Big ponds, more or less full with water depending on the season. They are not "natural" ponds but collapses due to salt extraction. In the 1960s, there...
Poppies in fields of Lorraine
Poppies are blooming in wheat fields at the moment, it is beautiful to look at. I can't imagine summer time without poppies. When I was young, they were in every grains field. Then around the 1990s, they nearly disappeared. Weedkillers used by farmers...