2011 sapin de Noël
Word on the street the texts I keep sending to R. is that tonight is get-a-Christmas-tree-or-else night! Here in France the most common way to set up you tree is with the trunk fitted into a whole drilled in a halved log. This is hard for a Maine girl who most of the time cut her own tree from farms to swallow. It means that the tree dries out much faster (or fossilizes as my mom calls it) and we both love having the tree up through January if we can. So I had this idea that buying the tree sooner would mean a fresher tree that would be more able to suck up water for a good long time. We didn’t make it to the garden center last weekend but I really want to get there tonight and then I’ll test that tree freshness theory out. I bet you already have you tree, don’t you?
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Here’s some things I loved this week:
- I love reading posts by E who writes so well and with such funny honesty. Her latest post where in her little EE meets the doctor and the mall Santa in the same day with unexpected mixed results cracked me up!
- I really, really, really want to get my box-loving cat one of these for Christmas. Could I ever get him out? I’d have to tempt him with a ball of brown paper or by pulling a tissue from a box, both of which have his complete and devoted attention. (Blowing your nose at our house must be awkward for guests. Sorry guests.)
- The pretty Griottes blog posted a list of wonderful boutiques in Paris to find treasures. Virtual windowing shopping anyone?
- In the past two weeks I’ve stumbled upon some incredible food blogs. One of them is farmette and her Juniper Junket recipe had me at ‘juniper’. I can’t wait to try it or her Sh’mores but I’m sure to be spending plenty of time in the future getting lost in her archives because her posts feel like sitting in a warm country kitchen with a friend.
- Then there’s the French country kitchen, Manger. Just click that link. (Oh my gosh! A Scottie in a brocante!!)
I would like holiday cards, hot chocolate, Muppet Christmas Carol, decorating, Christmas music, and gift wrapping to be on the menu for this weekend, please. What have you got planned? If you’re near Boston, MA, you must stop in at one of Aran’s events!
xo,
A.
egg & dart 
I just stumbled on the Griottes blog thanks to your tip! It’s wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing these things; I’d love to know more about great blog finds that you have.
Best
Milsters
(http://www.littlepiecesoflight.com)
There is a lot to explore in the Griottes blog! I’ll be sure to pass along other great blog finds I come across, too.
Thanks for sharing the Manger blog. What a find! The photos are breathtakingly beautiful and what wonderful recipes, too.
Hope your weekend was full of holiday merriment!
Isn’t it stunning?! I haven’t tried a recipe yet but it’s almost hard to choice which one to start with.
Okay, two things…E’s post? Hilarious. And can we go shopping in Paris, please? Did you say “okay”? Great, thanks. That needs to happen.