I could not resist this superb display with all the old tomato varieties when I passed by a tiny grocery store in Goult. It made me greedy, I wanted to buy one of each!
My favorite tomato is the Coeur de Boeuf tomato, it’s the one on the bottom row right next to the pink bulbs of garlic.
More Ruby Tuesday pictures at Mary’s Work of the Poet.
This is the latest addition to the small collection of frogs I own. I bought it at Macey’s in Chicago last year, and it was not until weeks after I bought it that I discovered I could actually open it!
Discover more Macro Monday pictures from all over the world at Lisa’s Chaos.
Two giant puppets were roaming the streets of Antwerp last weekend.
The diver
and his niece, the little giant girl.
He was looking for her
while at the other side of the city
the girl was looking for her uncle.
They were operated by an army of puppeteers
who looked like Lilliput men compared to the giant puppets.
It took ten puppeteers to move one leg, can you imagine?
When she got tired of walking,
they let her sleep for a while.
while her uncle continued his search.
The story took three days to unravel. They finally found each other at the end of the third day.
For three days, the giant puppets and their puppeteers were the talk of the town …
I found this video on You Tube, it was not made by me but I’m adding it anyway, just to give you some idea of how huge this whole project was. It was shot on the first day of the event, the arrival of the little girl giant, whereas my own photos were made on the second day.
Weekly Winners is hosted by Lotus, AKA Sarcastic Mom at I Am Lotus.
The last Fave Five of the month of August! Can you believe Summer is coming to an end already? Time to look back and share some of the highlights of the week.
1. Family. My husband went on a business trip to Germany so I spent the weekend at my parents house. My daughter and my sisters came over to see me, and it was just wonderful to be together again. I slept in my old room, my father made orange juice for me, my mother and I cooked together … it was just like old times!
2. The company of a good friend. My friend Nana and I spent Saturday morning in Antwerp together. We both love the weekly market, we both love to take pictures, and we’re both coffee lovers, so we had a great time together.
3. A “big” event in Antwerp. Two giant puppets and their human Lilliput puppeteers were roaming the streets of Antwerp and everybody in the whole city was looking out for them. They were really amazing.
4. The French Toast we had for breakfast. I did a bit of research, I believe what you call eggy bread is a savory variety, but we use milk and eggs in the recipe and we eat it with brown sugar on top. It’s something my grandmother used to make me when I was a kid and I LOVE it!
5. Olives with basil and garlic. Yummie!
Friday’s Fave Five is hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story.
I found this pretty window in Bonnieux, a tiny perched village in Provence, France. Click the link above to learn more about Bonnieux, or find more pictures from this lovely village here.
To see more windows – and doors – from all over the world, visit Window Views, hosted by Mary the Teach
I took this photo in Lourmarin, in the south of France.
Chipped paint, old wood, a rusty rain pipe, closed shutters …
… and two chairs waiting for their owners to come out when their siesta is over.
Perfect ingredients for a Provence picture.
And because of the blue paint it makes for a perfect Midweek Blues picture as well.
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On one of my recent photo walks in the forest I came across these little gnomes.
Aren’t they adorable?
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