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Picasso’s Plates

ByCarol Drinkwater

Forgive the brevity of this post. I am up against several deadlines at present and I am very short of time. Again! In these wintery days, there is little that can be more heartening than admiring some of the art that came out of this corner of the Côte d’Azur throughout the twentieth century. Warm…

Remembering Josephine Baker

Remembering Josephine Baker

ByCarol Drinkwater

“France is Josephine” 1906-1975 This is one of the photos I took of the facade of the Panthéon, snapped while I was queuing to pay my respects to Josephine Baker. Exceptionally, during that first weekend of December, entrance was free to everyone, thus offering citizens the opportunity to say farewell to a woman who had…

Petition

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Friends, I just created a new petition and I hope you can sign — it’s called: Stop the proposed EU bill to Overhaul Seed Regulations This issue is very importa nt to me, and together we can do something about it! Read more about it and sign it here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_proposed_EU_bill_to_Overhaul_Seed_Regulations/?eDtCaab Campaigns like this always start small, but…

A special month

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April is a special month for me; it contains our wedding anniversary and my birthday. This year, the spring weather has been exceptional and I have been able to spend a great deal of time outside studying and photographing the various pollinators tirelessly working the blossoms, preparing the fruit of upcoming months for us, which…

Introducing Gloster House, County Offaly, Ireland

ByCarol Drinkwater

I love properties and the excitement of property renovations, as those of you who have read my Olive Farm series of books will know, but rarely have I suffered from House Restoration Envy or indeed House Envy, pure and simple, until I was travelling through the midlands of the Emerald Isle where as Fate would…