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• Weave a Garland Blog has moved
  on May 5, 2009
  This blog has now moved over to Wordpress.Please join me at Weave a Garland for all future updates.Many thanks :o)...
• Lilac in History
  on May 4, 2009 in lilac josephine louis xiv redoute
  May is the month for lilacs.Mine are coming into bloom right now. The lilac above grows outside my back door and I adore everything about this shrub. The season is short but intense. In fact, much about lilac seems to be intense from the tight cluste...
• Henri IV
  on May 3, 2009 in Madame de Verneuil Gabrielle d'Estrées Henri IV Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux
  Henri IV as written by Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux.If this prince had been born King of France and had lived in peaceful times, it is probable that he would never have arrived at greatness; he would have been nothing more than a voluptuary.Even in...
• Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux
  on May 3, 2009 in Henri IV Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux
  I'm fortunate enough to have Vol. 746 of 1000 of Love Tales from Tallemant.Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux was born around 1619, the son of financier Pierre Tallemant and his second wife Marie de Rambouillet. Tallemant's father was rich but mean and hi...
• Today in My Garden
  on May 2, 2009 in garden
  ~PICTURES TAKEN IN MY GARDEN TODAY~Tulip AuriculaApple Blossom...
• Leslie Kenton
  on Apr 27, 2009 in leslie kenton cura romana
  I was very fortunate last night to have a telephone conversation with the wonderful writer and natural health expert, Leslie Kenton. After a few years of retreat from the public eye, she has come back with several new and exciting projects. Our conve...
• Isabella de Medici
  on Apr 24, 2009 in medici
  I finished Isabella de Medici: The Glorious Life and Tragic End of a Renaissance Princess by Caroline P Murphy a couple of months ago but the book has stayed with me.Ms. Murphy has written an outstanding biography. It is full of first hand sources, c...
• Louis XIII
  on Apr 9, 2009 in art louis xiii
  In a post made below on Louis XIII, I've been fortunate enough to have been helped by LL who pointed me towards another stunning portrait done by Louis XIII.It is of Charles comte des Cars and was painted in 1615 ~ the year Louis turned 14 and marrie...
• Ninon de Lenclos Quote
  on Apr 8, 2009 in Ninon de Lenclos quotes
  Yes, Yes. No apologies for...Another quote from Ninon.She was so very brilliant!!“Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.”~...
• 17th Century Garden Pots
  on Apr 5, 2009 in France 17th Century Poetry garden
  I adore....17th century, France, gardens, garden ornaments.And today I have all four in one placeFrench Garden Style by Ines HeugelIn her chapter about Terracotta pots and urns Ms Heugel talks about how in 1610 a group of potters came to Anduze near...

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