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/image%2F0569107%2F20190728%2Fob_84896b_old-times-reminders.jpg "It has been a long time since my last article. After seeing quite...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170807%2Fob_8fcd92_battle-east-sussex.JPG "To Christine to celebrate 40 years of (pen) friendship I have...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170720%2Fob_6c42bd_stud-farm-rosieres-aux-salines.JPG "Before 1760 there were saltworks in Rosières-aux-Salines. The...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170707%2Fob_713610_hohlandsbourg-castle.JPG "Hohlandsbourg castle, near Wintzenheim, is built on a top of...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170611%2Fob_3fc7b5_strasbourg-cathedral.JPG "Strasbourg cathedral can be seen from far away and recognized...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170604%2Fob_1a8993_la-cure-d-air-trianon-jardin-et-halle.JPG "Each time gardens are open in Lorraine we try to visit new ones....")
/image%2F0569107%2F201310%2Fob_292156a378c4812f793a083a6389aa8c_dscf1790.JPG "After the first book tree I saw in Nancy more than three years...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170430%2Fob_812daf_turckheim-porte-de-france.JPG "Turckheim is very near Colmar in Alsace. I went there years ago...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170424%2Fob_90c591_kaysersberg-4-2017.JPG "As usual we stopped in Kaysersberg on our way to the center of...")
/image%2F0569107%2F20170408%2Fob_e713a4_nyckel-harpa-2017.JPG "Last week end we had another opportunity to go to the castle...")
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Just a few butterflies
Our local newspaper recently published an article explaining that, because of our cold and damp spring, there are only a few insects in the air. They say "hardly any mosquitoes", it is true till now. But we have a lot of flies coming, much more than other...
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The Good Stone in the basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
Holiday time, so today a subject to make us smile or to help some of you... In the basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port there is a Bonne Pierre, a Good Stone. For years I have heard about the stone to walk on to be married in the coming year, and for years...
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Jam with local apricots
Last time I went to the farm shop I bought apricots grown locally. We haven't got any in our orchard and we like this fruit. It smells so good. My Younger Son said "my" apricots didn't look good, big and small, paler and darker. I answered I didn't mind...
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From the farm shop in Coyviller
Each time I go to the farm shop in Coyviller I like having a look around and enjoy the view of the countryside. The shop is now out of the village on top of the hill. So when you stand at the end of the parking place you can see Coyviller down the small...
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Maison de la Mirabelle in Rozelieures
The Maison de la Mirabelle (House of the mirabelle plum) in Rozelieures was the aim of our trip last Sunday. We knew about it but we had never been there. It takes place not far from the fountain I spoke about in my last article. A sign identifies the...
