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1815-2015, Napoleon and Lorraine
When we were in Pont-à-Mousson in March, an association was celebrating Napoleon years showing what people used to eat at this time but also marching in the corridors with a drummer to draw the attention of visitors. And in the last few weeks we have...
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Another spring in Lorraine
Spring started ten days ago and days have gone so quickly. The first ones were warm, but the air was so polluted that people started complaining. They had allergy and breathing problems. It was unpleasant indeed.Then we had cold and wind on the Sunday...
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Time to plant potatoes in Lorraine
By hearing about St Patrick's Day this morning, I thought about another saint we used to speak about in Lorraine : saint Joseph. Saint Joseph is celebrated on March 19th. This day meant for all people owning gardens and fields in Lorraine that it was...
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Trompe l'oeil paintings in Lunéville
Little by little the center of Lunéville is changing. Buildings are restored and the ones which can't be are destroyed and replaced by either new ones or by small squares. In the latter case, instead of leaving bare high walls, the choice can be to use...
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Maison du Marchand (Merchant's House) in Lunéville
The day of the Foire Grasse in Lunéville is the opportunity to walk in streets without cars around. Arriving at one corner, we noticed an old building made with red sandstone (grès des Vosges), and at about 12 feet high on the corner, there was a sculpture....
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Freezing morning in Lorraine
The weather in Lorraine is improving, temperatures are not as low but it is still freezing in the morning. So when I went outside today I was not surprised to see the frozen windscreen of my car, but I didn't expect to discover these shapes. This is a...
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Carved wooden door in Lunéville
I saw this door in rue Gambetta in Lunéville a few months ago, but I didn't carry my camera. Last week I had it with me. I was a bit puzzled by the tools carved on the door. At first I only noticed the set square and compasses and thought it could be...
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Missing the Vosges mountains
I haven't been to the Vosges mountains for several months now and I miss them. I miss all these fir trees, the smell in the woods and the colours in autumn too. So when we went to Bertrambois last week, I was really happy to see all the trees and, most...
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All Saints' Day 2014
We don't work in France on All Saints' Day, or should I say that we "didn't use to work" on this day ? This year, as the first on November happened on a Saturday, quite a few shops were opened, especially to buy food. But the tradition has been kept....
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Fossils in Lorraine
Each year Science Days are organized in October in France with a lot of different events. Two weeks ago the Maison du Sel in Haraucourt put fossils on display, most of them found in the local ground and lent by a farmer of the village. Posters showed...
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Mushroom time in Lorraine
If I had any doubt about autumn in Lorraine, I am now sure it started on time as far as mushrooms are concerned. Temperatures are really mild (18°C-20°C) and it rains quite often, so mushrooms love this weather. Yesterday my husband went with a friend...
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The new conference center in Nancy
The new conference center of Nancy, called Centre de Congrès Prouvé, opened last summer. In 2007, several architects were asked to propose a draft for the construction of this new building where the former mail distribution center used to be, just near...
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Ephemeral garden about WW1 on Place Stanislas
This year the subject of the ephemeral garden on Place Stanislas in Nancy is 1914, paysage fortifié (1914, fortified landscape). I wondered what can be done with plants to describe a war. So, last week, we discovered different patches, each one with a...
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Which studies and job to choose in the Village des Métiers ?
Sometimes parents have to go with their children to help them for a choice or just to get information. I did this on Friday with one of our children and went to a show called Village des Métiers (Village of Jobs) in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy. We hoped to meet...
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Wooden crosses for WW1 victims
Since mid-August we have started seeing wooden crosses appearing around the village of Haraucourt. There must be about 40 of them now. Each one has got a first name, a family name, an age and a date of death painted on it. One cross per soldier killed...
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In the Musée du Textile of Val-et-Châtillon
The Musée du Textile of Val-et-Châtillon was created about fifteen years ago by people who have worked in this factory before it stopped in 1978. As my mother has been employed by the other factory making fabric which was nearby, I felt like having to...
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Grape picking in Lorraine
The inside of Ferme Duval in Vaudémont is full wit old things which remind us our youth and also the old times. In one corner of a barn, we saw nearly all that is necessary to make wine (barrels, grape picking basket and a sort of big vat that we call...
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Animals around the house
For quite a long time I have only been interested in birds and common butterflies coming near our windows. But, a few years ago, I realized there were new animals coming I had never seen near our walls before. There are new birds as goldfinches which...
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A visit to Cupid
A few days after our wedding anniversary, we went again to the Domaine du Haut Jardin in Réhaupal in the Vosges. We went there to celebrate my young cousin's birthday. As it is more than one hour away from home, we didn't come back late in the night and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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D-Day : 70th anniversary
Today the celebration of the 70th anniversary is everywhere : in papers, on television, on the radio. We can see Normandy places live from 6 o'clock in the morning. We have seen old videos and heard about the 6th of June 1944 for about one month. Day...
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In the country near Athienville
On our way to Moselle last Sunday we stopped in the country near Hoéville, at the highest point of the village. From there, you can see nearly all the countryside around, the woods towards Moselle, the nearby village called Athienville (picture), the...
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Amongst puppets in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
I stopped at the tourist office in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port two weeks ago to get information about the coming events and discovered an exhibition with puppets. There were different scenes : a circus, a theater, an African village, Russian people and, of...
