Porcelain House Ornaments –Boat Magazine – Lemony Chicken & Orzo Soup – Greydon House
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A.
Category Archives: Loving
Loving List – 11/11/16
It’s been a long time since I’ve managed a loving list but this Friday seems like a good time for some things that make you happy, non?
Megan Pflug’s ORC | Puffin Rock | Roast Chicken with Chestnuts and Cabbage | Pukka night time
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A.
Loving List
Fresh Herb Bouquets | Summer Pasta with Corn | Overcoming Self-Deprecation | Bonnie Miller’s California Cottage
We’re off to spend a four-day weekend with R’s mother and Tuesday is Bastille Day here in France which I still, after all these years, have not seen the celebrations for! I’m really hoping to show Élie his first fireworks, especially since he loves saying “booo!” (boom) after any loud noise.
Have a wonderful weekend, long or short!
xo,
A.
Loving List
Amber Interiors | One Pan Pasta | Bordezac Bracelet | Mon Imagier de la Forêt
Today starts a heat wave here in France and heat always makes me nervous. I am such a Northerner. But I’ve got the apartment shaded, lemon sorbet in the freezer, and thank goodness for double pane windows, so we’ll be fine.
I was wrong about the yard sale last weekend – it’s this weekend! Opps. So I’m still looking forward to that and my list may have grown. Stay cool and happy Friday!
xo,
A.
Loving List
Bianka Groves Ceramics | Summer Porches | Jerusalem: A Cookbook | Australian Beachcombing
Another week, flown by. The long hours of sunlight are, as usual, throwing us for a loop and we are always thinking it is earlier than it is!
This weekend our town holds a huge yard sale that I can’t wait to comb through! I have a list in had of what to look for, because I can never remember when facing all. that. stuff. What’s on your weekend list?
xo,
A.
Loving List
Classic Kitchen Redesign | Charley Harper Memory Game | Chocolate Chip Cookies | Susan Connor Textiles (Mavenhouse Collective)
When it rains, it pours as they say. I so missed posting here this week but some work projects have taken all my free minutes. But I hope things will be back to normal next week! Can we chat then? I’m have the final puff pastry installment for you Monday, too!
How has your week been? Even better, what are you looking forward to this weekend?
xo,
A.
Loving List
My Homemade Butter | Magic in the Moonlight | Lauren Liess’ Outdoor Shower | Get the Girl Back
What’s on you loving list this week? Happy Friday!
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A.
Loving List
Orange Asparagus & Calamari (you need a BHG membership or grab the May issue!) | Gretchen Mann (via EoS blog) |Women of the Dawn | Bamboo Dinnerware | SipSnap
Hope you have a lovely weekend! We’re on our way to Belgium to visit family for a long weekend.
What have you been loving lately?
xo,
A.
Loving List
Dietland Wolf [ herbs & holi easter eggs ] | Mama Bee Creme | decor8 | Julia Paul Pottery Skyline Cup | The Poisonwood Bible
And you? What have you been loving lately? I’d love to hear!
Happy Friday!
xo,
A.
Life on Instagram & Loving List
Will it come as any surprise that the girl who has a picture of every Thanksgiving turkey her family ever cooked (I’d like to name my mother as my co-conspirator on that one) is also loving instagram. Probably not. These are some of the recent images I’ve posted, you can check them out here but you have to tell me if you are on instagram too!: instagram.com/abigaillabranche
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Here is some of what I’ve been loving this week:
1. Did you watch Murder She Wrote with your parents when you were growing up, too? I did. And I’m not sure why I’ve only discovered it now but I’ve been loving Midsomer Murders which kind of feels like the same spirit. Plus, the genius theme song gets stuck in my head for days.
2. Reasons not to read Damn You Auto Correct! while eating lunch include this all-time favorite which will probably make you choke on that sandwich from laughing so hard.
3. I’ve been wanting to read this book since I heard the review on NPR but came up empty handed after checking the English language bookshops in Paris. I ended up ordering it and couldn’t wait for it to arrive. It came the other day and, while I’m only on page 75, I’m so anxious to keep reading. Like when you were a kid and you would sneak a page in every spare moment you could find. I mean, the first sentence is, “Every house has a story to tell and, over time, will make whoever lives there a character.” Come on! I’ll admit that memories of our trip to Santa Fe and the southwest this past spring played a part in winning me over, too. Has anyone read Jo Ann Mapson‘s work?
4. This Radiolab podcast is fascinating and thought provoking. Yes, it is about dying. But it’s just about 20 minutes long and will possibly start to change all your ideas about medical care and end of life. It’s not depressing or gloomy, I promise. But we dream about and plan all the special moments of our lives, shouldn’t we give a little thought to this one too?
5. I really love E’s take (inspired by Kate) on resolutions and plans for the new year and want to take some time to think of goals for myself that I could start with in February. Isn’t having a month to dedicate to one goal, one thought, a great idea?
happy Friday!
xo,
A.
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