august giveaway 4 – seeds from my garden

by Sharon Santoni

handpainted lables on seed packets

Fourth Saturday in the month and this week it is my turn to give away!    I am asked so often about the huge annual poppies that grow in my garden that I have gathered the seeds and made  little personalised packets to give away to ten readers.

These poppies grow over a metre high, and once you have them they will self seed each year.  All the seeds should be this double variety, and will come up either pink or purple.

large purple double poppy

Incidentally, I apologize to the real artists among you, I don’t think for a minute that these little watercolours qualify as  ‘art’, they are just something I do when I give seeds to friends here, so I thought I’d do the same for the giveaway!

handpainted lables on seed packets

To enter the giveaway, and win a packet of seeds posted to you in one of the little handmade sachets, with the watercolour label tied on the front, just leave a comment below.

large purple double poppy

In your comment I would love you to tell me what you prefer to see on the blog, and what you would like to see more of:  do you enjoy the garden shots; the french girlfriend series; my recipes; tales of french village life or do you like to hear about the antics of those mutts?

handpainted lables on seed packets

Do you want more brocante, or more french interiors?   … I would love to know, merci !

large pink double poppy

The winners will be subscribers to the blog, so if you don’t subscribe already then now is the moment!  And, I would love it if you could check out my instagram page too!

The winners will be drawn next Saturday when I announce the final and highly  spectacular giveaway of this holiday month!

handpainted lables on seed packets

And finally the winner of Vicki Archer’s antique bed linen is ………..

Christine Wirth in Wisconsin, USA

Congratulations Christine, Vicki and I will be writing to you by email.

large pink  double poppy

 

417 comments

Fiona McKeogh August 23, 2014 - 1:22 pm

Dear Sharon,
I would love to have a little of your beautiful garden living in mine, here in Quebec. Love your blog … all the topics …. if I had to choose, rather partial to French interiors.
Many thanks!

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Regina August 23, 2014 - 5:43 pm

Not sure if I am replying correctly, but for those of us who live in regular homes or apartments, I would appreciate how to ‘French up’ our homes with small touches and move forward. I suppose French interiors.

Beautiful post!

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Lynda August 23, 2014 - 8:24 pm

I enjoy everything about your blog but in particular the images you post of everyday scenes of France- your visits to NIce and Provence bring back happy memories of holidays past for this Welsh maid- living in the Cotswolds but with my heart in France! I’m a keen gardener so love to see what is in bloom in your climate and the wonderful arrangements you create from them to adorn your home.Keep the joyful scenes coming and heartfelt thanks for the time you dedicate to share a slice of French life with the rest of the world !!

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Louisa K August 23, 2014 - 11:17 pm

Bonjour!
I love seeing your garden pictures, and I think your paintings on the seed packets are perfect.
I would love ideas on how to “Frenchify” my house, stories of travels, everyday life around you, pictures of your garden.
Lovely blog!
Louisa~

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Claudine August 24, 2014 - 9:47 am

What extraordinary poppies you have ! I have never seen double ones like that, they look so feminine. Would love a little bit of your backyard in mine (Sydney, Australia) 😉
What I enjoy most about your blog is the beautiful photography of your gardens and the interiors of different homes. I’m always learning more by looking & reading. You are living the dream.
I love a good receipe aswell, especially French vegetarian ones.
Thank you Sharon.

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Ellen August 25, 2014 - 9:12 pm

I have been reading your blog a few years and feel that I have a friend in France. I love every entry. I especially like the French girl friends and the broante entries. Thank you for your writing.

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Diane Callender August 30, 2014 - 6:00 pm

Dear Sharon
Would love to see your poppies in my garden in Burgundy, hoping to move there next year for the summer.
Loved the series on your special girlfriends , would love to see more of them, interiors and even local businesses.
Keep up the good work, love the blog
Diane

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Diane Callender August 30, 2014 - 6:02 pm

Dear Sharon
By the way your little watercolours are just lovely and would look great in a little gilt frame you have lots of talent
Diane

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Lily LeBeau July 31, 2017 - 8:12 pm

I enjoy anything and everything you write. Do you have any lavender in your fleur garden?

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Jana Adams August 23, 2014 - 1:23 pm

I absolutely love poppies and it would be so special to plant your seeds! I love sharing my personal stories behind my garden and home decorating….I have my mom’s old wrought iron gazebo with my dad’s wisteria growing on it…so reminds me of them every spring when the blooms begin…

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Debra Alfano August 27, 2014 - 11:33 am

I truly love the mix of subjects and that is what makes your blog so interesting. You never know what you are going to see whereas so many blogs concentrate on only one subject such as design, etc. I say to keep the mix of subjects just as it is!

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Marilyn Dickinson August 23, 2014 - 1:23 pm

Sharon,

The poppies are gorgeous! I especially adore the purple ones. I have a huge weakness for pinks, purples and whites in my garden, which is a very free-flowing cottage type garden in northern New Hampshire, where it is a challenge at times to grow anything. I have self-sowing single petal pink poppies, which literally popped up from an unknown source (birds?) many many years ago. I enjoy visiting your site; anything French to me is appreciated. Your choice of topics!

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Lynn Ogburn August 23, 2014 - 1:25 pm

The poppies are beautiful and so fun! I love French interiors and of course the mutts. French fashion is wonderful too.

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Celia August 23, 2014 - 1:25 pm

I enjoy reading all of your stories about any topic but my favorites are interiors and gardens! Keep up the good work!!

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Deborah Hopkins August 23, 2014 - 1:25 pm

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to win some of your beautiful flowers for our garden. I love your blog, and i adore your paintings. God’s blessings to you. 🙂

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carolina elizabeth August 23, 2014 - 1:25 pm

I do always love the garden photos, but I always crave photos of interiors as they inspire decorating and paintings. Oh, my this would be perfect for my garden. I’ve been searching high and low for poppies to paint. I started my search in May, but it seems no one sells poppies that I may use for my still life paintings. Crossing my fingers and hoping I win. Kindest regards, Carolina E.

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Holly August 23, 2014 - 1:26 pm

What a lovely gift! How sweet to have true French flowers in my garden! Love all your posts but would love more girlfriends and since the weather will be turning, more interiors too. Your blog is a beautiful gift. Thank you for sharing all of it. xx-hb

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Ruth Gardner Lamere August 23, 2014 - 1:29 pm

Hi Sharon !
I, too, love your blog and always read it eagerly. I would love to have your beautiful little packet of seeds to plant in the garden of my antique cape house, built in 1727, here in Kingston Massachusetts USA., six miles from where the pilgrims landed ! (And, by the way, I think you are a talented watercolorist ! Do not belittle your talent !)
If I had to choose among the many of your articles I have liked, I would say the French interiors are more what I prefer. But everything is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing with us !

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Suzanne rice August 23, 2014 - 1:30 pm

When I wake in the morning, I am blessed to not be running out the door to my work anymore. Now, I open my shades to see which birds are feeding on our feeder, fill my coffee cup, climb up on the bed, and I open my ipad to see what is posted on your blog. For the first 20 minutes of the day, I get to dream while awake. Whether it be flowers, villagers, or pups, I get to dream. Then, off to start breakfast for my sweet hubby.

Thank you for the lovely blog.
Suzanne

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Dale Ballard August 23, 2014 - 1:30 pm

Well Sharon! You asked for what we would like to see more of on your website and honestly I couldn’t suggest a single change! My favorite are your Brocante finds but, that said, I don’t want to see less of anything else! Please continue just as you are- love it!
And, oh yes, I would LOVE to win some poppy seeds, we need a “little bit of France” in the Toronto area!

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Vicky from Athens August 23, 2014 - 1:30 pm

Sharon – those poppies are exquisite and I would love to have some of the seeds! It would be wonderful to have a little bit of France growing in my garden! I hope I’m one of the lucky winners! I love everything about your posts – whatever you choose to write about is always of interest. But I would love to see more of your recipes. I’ve tried a few and they were delicious and met with great approval from family and friends. I also love seeing and reading about French life. My roots are in SW France and anything about the French is fascinating to me. And then there are your posts on decorating that I really enjoy as I try to incorporate a little of it in to my own home. Thanks for giving me a glimpse of life in the French countryside!

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Julie hempleman August 23, 2014 - 1:30 pm

Poppies are my favourite they often the stars of the herbaceous border . Beautiful seed packets too! I love Brocantes and so my vote is for more of those although I really enjoy the French interiors …..ooh can’t choose Julie

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Rebeccah Smith August 23, 2014 - 1:31 pm

Your art work is as lovely as your flowers. I would love to have a bit of France growing in my garden! I would also love to read more about life in France and the Brocantes.

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Cheri August 23, 2014 - 1:32 pm

I would be thrilled to bring your poppy seeds into my garden–purple, pink no matter they are beautiful! I love that most of my plants have a story….some from a friend, some from friends mothers– every time I look at my garden there are thoughts of others. Hmmmm I am thinking they would be perfect peeking around the patio where I spend my mornings reading your blog….. Making new memories!

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Marika Ujvari August 23, 2014 - 1:33 pm

Greetings from Colorado!

I love all your blogs, Sharon, but especially the garden notes, stories of French village life and recipes. I can hardly wait for the mornings when I’m alerted to your new blog. Please keep it coming!
Thank you!!!

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Madonna/aka/Ms. Lemon August 23, 2014 - 1:34 pm

How wonderful. I love the variety you provide on your blog, some I like more than others, but I like it all so just keep doing what you are doing, unless you want to give up more French recipes. I just love the ease of them. I have your fig cakes/tart on my list before they go out of season.

Madonna

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Elaine August 23, 2014 - 1:35 pm

Hi Sharon, I love the mixture of what you have on your blog. I enjoy reading each of the areas of topics listed. Continue on, my friend. I would love a piece of your garden to grow in mine 🙂 lovely.

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Ann Stapor August 23, 2014 - 1:36 pm

I had the pleasure of traveling to France last summer while visiting my son who was studying abroad. I truly love all aspects of you blog. It takes me back to a wonderful trip and also educates me as to other places I want to visit. I save many of your posts to help plan another glorious trip

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Jeanne Miller August 23, 2014 - 1:36 pm

I love to hear about your tours, daily life, gardens, and recipes. I enjoy reading about your trips to Paris or anywhere else your travels find you. I have recently found out my family is from the Luxembourg area and their names are french, Marseau and De Villet…hopefully this means I am of French decent:) It could explain a lot about me!
i would love to plant your poppy seeds hear in Wisconsin, as I love to garden as well.

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Gail Thompson August 23, 2014 - 1:36 pm

Hello Sharon
Gosh what beautiful poppies and the colours are stunning. I am moving into a new apartment and would love your ideas for (1) decorating ideas in all white and (2) how to turn a small private courtyard into a little piece of France for me to relax in and daydream of many happy visits to Paris and France. I very much enjoy your site, photos and especially the photos and stories of your adorable dogs. I too am a dog lover and owner of an adorable little gentleman dressed as a dog. Kind regards, Gail Thompson, Brisbane, Australia.

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Kerrie in France August 23, 2014 - 1:36 pm

As always, the photos in your garden are gorgeous. I am happy to see more of them on your blog, but I would also love more stories about your french friends and their lives in country France. Would love to win the flower seeds and try them in my french garden.
Bon week-end

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Gardengirl August 23, 2014 - 1:37 pm

What a wonderful idea! I adore your blog. I like everything you write about, everything. As an equestrian (in a minor way) and gardener (in a very large way) it would be fun to read more details about these aspects of your life. I too have cottage gardens and know what a journey of love they are. Those beautiful poppies would be ever so lovely mixed in with my perennials. p.s. Your watercolor/seed cards are simply charming. Enjoy your late summer days.

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Mary Anne Simpson August 23, 2014 - 1:37 pm

I have been receiving your emails for well over a year and was recently inspired to travel to Paris and Loire Valley visiting chateaus with 2 girlfriends. I love pictures and stories about the mutts and your gardens. Your story and picture of Dalhias were wonderful and this year I put them in my garden. Everyone comments on their size and beauty. It is hard to choose, I love all your themes especially interiors. Cannot wait to return to France.

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Patricia Burditt August 23, 2014 - 1:38 pm

I love the beautifully painted packets as much as the lovely poppies. Bringing France to my garden would be wonderful. I would like to see more interiors and life in France.

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Ann Stapor August 23, 2014 - 1:40 pm

I had the pleasure of visiting France last summer. I love all of your blog as it brings back wonderful memories as well as introduces me to new places and ideas. I have saved a lot of your blog to help plan future trips! The photos are glorious

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Yvonne Kukulski August 23, 2014 - 1:40 pm

Dear Sharon,
I don’t think I can pick a favorite. I enjoy them all! I apologize for not being much of a help.
I would love a bit of your garden. It’s what I enjoy most – looking at the different pieces of my garden that I’ve received from friends and my mom. Now that my children have homes, I love sharing the plants and the stories of the people that gave them to me with them.
PS Your watercolors are lovely!
best regards,
yvonne

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Linda Rubin August 23, 2014 - 1:42 pm

Hello Sharon, I would love to have a piece of your garden in my garden. BTW, your artwork is beautiful. I love everything you post, keeps it interesting. So, keep doing what you are doing.

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Cathy Echols August 24, 2014 - 1:17 am

Just love poppies… I live in Birmingham, Al USA … Would love them in my courtyard… I plant pinks & purples whites & blues … Love the colors…
Thanks,
Cathy Echols

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Glenda August 23, 2014 - 1:42 pm

I have never seen poppies as beautiful as those !!!!!! It would be a delight to plant them and see them grow.
I enjoy all you share especially French interiors. I am already subscribed because I don’t want to miss anything!
Blessings to you and yours

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Ann French-Faucette August 23, 2014 - 1:43 pm

Now at age 70 I am blessed to be able to garden and upon my recent marriage to a farmer I have spent the last year with planting perennials . I also have an art studio in my home and teach home schooled students. Flowers make up lots of our paintings together. What a joy it would be to share one of your poppies for a class next year. Enjoy your blogs and all they bring into my home. Thanks bunches.

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Michelle - Germany August 23, 2014 - 1:58 pm

I love your post Ann, so uplifting and inspiring. My joints ache and creak at age 57! and although I adore my garden sometimes it hurts and I moan and say its too much for me etc etc. !! So your opening sentence has made a huge impact on me today. Thank you, yes blessed indeed 🙂 I dont paint but I do photograph passionately, mostly flowers …..warmest wishes to you!

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Pat @ Life At Lydias House August 23, 2014 - 1:43 pm

Another lovely giveaway and the watercolors are fantastic!! I love everything about your blog but my favorite features are your brocanate finds!

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Cécile August 23, 2014 - 1:45 pm

What a wonderful giveaway!! I love all topics in your blog, also those about french living, it is interesting for me to discover what you think about that, and also to discover a different region! I also love the pictures of your garden and your articles about brocante.
Have a nice “summer end”!
Love,

Cécile

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Patricia Clifford August 23, 2014 - 1:46 pm

Would love to grow some French seeds here, thanks for all your postings, love it!

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Brenda K August 23, 2014 - 1:46 pm

Love your blog and would love to win the poppy seeds. My favorite things on your blog are gardens, girlfriends, and French country life. We will be traveling to Provence from the USA in October. Can’t wait it see France.

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Stephanie August 23, 2014 - 1:49 pm

I can’t make any suggestions about your website, it’s perfect as it’s! I would love to win these seeds, I’m always looking for new beautiful flowers for my garden.

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Mary Eman August 23, 2014 - 1:51 pm

My favorite things in your blog are the recipes, shots of your glorious gardens, and your two adorable dogs. Fingers crossed…

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Michelle - Germany August 23, 2014 - 1:53 pm

Hi, How lovely it would be to win these beautiful poppy seeds, but I especially adore the watercolour label as a matter of a fact! Gorgeous! The colours of the poppies are stunning and thus far I have never been lucky in finding seed from, or establishing, these pompon beauties so I would adore to try again with your seeds to bring me luck. I love your Blog which I subscribed to some while back now, and am a Brocante fan – but I especially adore your photos of the garden, your house and flowers, the countryside and buildings of France…. and OF COURSE nr 1: “the Mutts”. 🙂 The beauty of your posts and photographs is so uplifting and inspiring, looking forward to the book enormously! 🙂 Warmest and Best .

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Nightyflower August 23, 2014 - 1:54 pm

Dear Sharon,
This competition is going to be tough. Never mind, I’ll go for it should you by chance like to spread your poppy seeds in the Wallachian Kingdom. Let’s have fun!
You blog is so close to me, you know. There is no need or even wish to change anything for me. Nevertheless your posts on garden, flower decorations and your home interior bring most joy to me. Thank you for that!
Daniela ♥

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K Lipke August 23, 2014 - 1:55 pm

Ooh he, I would love those poppy seeds! My mom used to grow oriental poppies and they were so beautiful! I love all of your posts! I especially love what you write about life in your community and of course your dogs! I shared one of the later posts about your pups to my daughter who is in the hospital recovering fm surgery. It made her smile and reminded her of our dogs – similar personalities! I also LOVE your photos – eye candy for sure for the gardeners among us. Thank you!

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Michelle Gavin August 23, 2014 - 1:56 pm

Oh Sharon….I would love to have a bit of France blooming in my southern New
Hampshire garden. What a lovely giveaway and your watercolor tags are an
added delight. I truly enjoy all your posts ….you have a terrific knack for selecting
just the right topics….please do not change a thing.

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Laurie Chaffin August 29, 2014 - 6:22 pm

Your blog is so wonderful I don’t think I’d want to change a thing. The photography is so beautiful. It is really such a great way to “escape” from the every day routine and dream alittle.

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MJ August 23, 2014 - 1:57 pm

These would look fantastic in my blue and purple garden!
Thank you for sharing—
MJ

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Maureen August 23, 2014 - 1:58 pm

I love whatever you post. I’m not picky! Would love to have poppies in my yard, the pink and purple would look lovely, as that is mostly the colors I have now in roses, crepe myrtles, irises and lantanas. Love your page, enjoy waking up to see what you post each morning! Carry on…
Maureen

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Penny @ The Comforts of Home August 23, 2014 - 1:59 pm

I subscribe through Bloglovin. I just love reading anything about France!

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Carol George August 23, 2014 - 2:00 pm

Hi Sharon,

Your lovely seed packets are indeed “art” -they touch the heart and bring a smile! I’m now moving across the country and taking snippets of beloved plants from my garden and the gardens of friends along with me–so much beauty and so many great memories to keep. I would dearly love to add your gorgeous poppies to my “happy memories and wonderful friends” garden in California.
Merci et bonne journée,
Carol

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Christine Mueller August 23, 2014 - 2:03 pm

I’m inspired by all the beautiful things that you post! I happened upon your blog by chance and have certainly enjoyed everything that you share. And please don’t sell yourself short, you are definitely an artist! Thank you!

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Sue August 23, 2014 - 2:03 pm

how lovely these are and the color would be lovely in my garden. I have the traditional reds … I love reading our blog so whatever you write about is fine with me, really…Sue

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Dawn F. August 23, 2014 - 2:09 pm

Hi Sharon,
What a lovely giveaway! I do so enjoy your blog and having a regular glimpse of your gardens, dog , Normandy area and other parts of France. I normally look at your blog when I am taking a break at work, which helps me to escape the intense sales environment. I like everything about your blog and am partial to gardens, the countryside and brocantes. Best, Dawn

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Anne@DesignDreams August 23, 2014 - 2:09 pm

Omigosh! 1 – I love poppies and to have some from France would be such a beautiful addition to my garden 2- Your watercolours are GORGEOUS. 3- I love everything you post. It’s my dream to live in France and I get to live my dream through all your posts.

Thank you for this beautiful giveaway and for the stories and photos you share on your blog.

xoxox

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Will Luebking August 23, 2014 - 2:09 pm

I love your web site, it always transports me back to France. I hope one day to join you on one of your brocante tours. The poppies, both painted and planted, are beautiful and I would love to grow them here in my New Jersey shore garden just on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Kelly August 23, 2014 - 2:09 pm

I love your poppies. Would love to be the lucky one to win the seeds to add to my garden. I love everything about your blog including your beautiful photography.

Thanks for the chance for your beautiful giveaway.

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Elizabeth A. August 23, 2014 - 2:09 pm

Hello, I cannot begin to choose which topics I prefer! I so enjoy all of them & am very happy each time I read one of your posts. You provide a little taste of France every time for a true Francophile that lives in the USA. Merci!

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Judy Gibson August 23, 2014 - 2:10 pm

Sharon, Your posts are the first thing I go to on FB each day…they feed my love of all things French and allow me to daydream of my future trip! I could not possibly choose one subject as they all enchant me! Peut etre, you could include one new French phrase with each post…that would help me build my French vocabulary while I live vicariously through your blog…until I can visit Your French country home for real! Your poppies are gorgeous and I would be thrilled to have those flowers here in my garden in the US!

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cheri August 23, 2014 - 2:11 pm

Ooh, to have those poppies grace my garden….I’m particularly fond of your french girlfriend series, always fun to see how other people live. Food and gardening are a must for me, but I love, love, love french interiors and your sweet mutts!!! Your art work is beautiful, if only I had some of that talent too.

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Lori August 23, 2014 - 2:16 pm

Hello from Pennsylvania USA! I would love to plant your seeds in my country garden on my farm, of course not where my Belted Galloway cows could eat them, or my whippet could sample them either. I love your blogs about your pups and your gardens, would like to see your pups more often. They look very content at your French country home and you can almost see what they’re thinking in your photos. Hope you honor me with the chance to plant a little bit of French in my little country Pa farm! Merci, Lori

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Linda August 23, 2014 - 2:19 pm

I also have a self seeding garden- should be out there this minute pulling weeds!- so would love to win these gorgeous poppy seeds. I like country life stories and pictures of interiors. Out my back window I see in the distance a neighbors cattle pasture and it always is calming , especially in the Spring ,when the calves are born.

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Karen August 23, 2014 - 2:19 pm

I would love to have seeds from your garden to plant in mine. I also
Love the packaging! Your paintings of them are just beautiful. It’s really
hard for me to pick one thing I like better than the other topic. I am
always excited to see your blog to see what you have for me to feast my
eyes on. Blessings

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laura August 23, 2014 - 2:20 pm

I live in New York City but have just acquired a home in New Jersey with 1.5 acres of river bottom land. I lie awake at night planning the gardens and would be thrilled to have your poppies there. Your blog is a constant inspiration on all topics, but the cooking and gardening pieces are most exciting as they give me great ideas to try. Plus its always wonderful to spend cyber time in France, my favorite place.

Thank you for being a constant inspiration.

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Gail August 23, 2014 - 2:21 pm

New subscriber and animal lover. Based on my past visits to your lovely blog, my favorites are garden and mutts. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
Pleas enter me into seed giveaway.

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Diana August 23, 2014 - 2:22 pm

Dear Sharon,
The poppies are gorgeous! My favorites are the mutts and your amazing photography.
I also love the brocante and the stories behind them. Thank you for all you do to bring France to someone who loves the country, but hasn’t never been!

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Helen August 23, 2014 - 2:22 pm

What beautiful poppies. I love all the pictures both inside and out.

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Victoria Meyers August 23, 2014 - 2:22 pm

When I read your blog and view the lovely photos you post, I feel as if I’m living in Normandy vicariously! In this world, which is often fraught with pain, it does my heart so much good to peek into something so lusciously beautiful. If only for a moment, my mind is transformed in peace. It would be difficult for me to pick which particular section of the blog I enjoy the most..I love the gardens with all the delicious color, and the gorgeous French interiors. I also admire the French girlfriend series because I am truly blessed to be close to many dear friends of my own and it’s delightful to read about yours. And last but certainly not least, I love the little pieces of art you paint even if you feel they are not true art. To me, they are absolutely delightful all by themselves..even without the seeds included. 🙂 Thank you for this opportunity to express the joy I feel when I read and SEE your blog. Victoria Meyers

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Kristin Freeman August 23, 2014 - 2:24 pm

Oh Sharon I would be over the moon to win some of your wonderful garden seeds. My most favorite flowers and vegetables in my gardens come from a gran supplier in France. Those seeds grow here on the west slope of the Rocky Mountains like they just belong in this soil.
Thank you for offering such a wonderful giveaway.

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Jane Norris August 23, 2014 - 2:25 pm

I receive Vickie’s and your blogs into my email box each morning. What a treat as they are both a wonderful way to start anyone’s day. Thank you!
My garden here along the coast in southern California has beautiful blue hydrangeas, 2 types of lavender and creeping pink roses. Those poppies you are giving away would be a perfect French addition. You are a lucky and hardworking lady and I, too, think your watercolors are charming.
Good for you!
Jane

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Amanda Fraughton August 23, 2014 - 2:25 pm

Would love to have some of your poppies in my garden. I love both your French style and your gardens. Actually, I love your whole blog. Thanks for sharing your life.

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Patty/NS August 23, 2014 - 2:28 pm

I love everything you write about, so I really do not have any favourite topics. I just love to read about what ever inspires you or where every your travels take you : ). Patty/NS

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Maggie McMillan August 23, 2014 - 2:30 pm

No wonder you feel inspired to paint- those poppies are just beautiful. My poor garden in SW France is just recovering from total destruction – an inevitable result of installing our pool in a bed of rocky terrain. The most perfect position but the most horrendous task, I would love to plant some of your poppy seeds. We are hoping to plant a long wildflower bed along the gorgeous restored wall by the pool. Can’t wait for next year. All advice gratefully accepted!
Love all the articles but especially hearing and seeing about your French girlfriends- I love homes and fashion and sharing ideas and experiences with others living in France.
Look forward to each post. thank you

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Michelle August 23, 2014 - 2:30 pm

Sharon
I too would would enjoy having some French flowers in my garden.
As someone that likes learning anything about France and French cultural. I like your mix of things, leaves me guessing what topic you will be blogging about next. Keep up the great work!

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Bernadette August 23, 2014 - 2:33 pm

Dear Sharon,

I think your flowers and your watercolours are beautiful! Thank you for sharing all that beauty in your blog with those of us who only dream of France. Bernadette

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gloria Hoffmann August 23, 2014 - 2:35 pm

Bonjour,
WE WE WE I have a the pleasure of visiting France last year. Theses precious seeds would be wonderful to have. I will plant them in my garden and when they grow to a beautiful flower,.I will always remember our distant friendship.

Sincerely,
Gloria

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Beth D August 23, 2014 - 2:36 pm

Hi Sharon,
Would love to have a seed packet of those lovely poppies. I do enjoy viewing your garden; such a beautiful visual feast! The dog’s antics make me giggle, as I have a mutt myself who keeps me entertained. Following you through the seasons makes me look forward to the little things in life. Thanks for a daily boost.

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Donna August 23, 2014 - 2:36 pm

Oh my, those poppies are gorgeous! Your watercolor packets are lovely! We have 3 acres in our new jardin and I would so love to add your beautiful poppies. I think your blog is just perfect as is, but my favorite parts are of the garden of course, the doggies, the interiors, the brocantes…oh my, well I love everything! Thank you for sharing your life with us and for an opportunity to win some of your lovely flowers. I do love your Instagram, too.

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Katherine LeightyMeand August 23, 2014 - 2:37 pm

Hello Sharon,
Do not apologize for your lovely seed packet art! Very pretty and personalized!
I would love some poppies I put in one this summer in a barrel but they were overtaken by another plant!

I have no preference on your blog! I have enjoyed it all and I love the mix! I especially loved it when you went back to where you once lived, was so well written and heartfelt!

Love your mutts and wish I could write the adventures of my springer spaniel, Bebe! She is such a character! But I am not up to blogging, so I may endear her in short story!

Have a blessed summers end and looking forward to what you will do with the Fall!

Kathy

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Krys August 23, 2014 - 2:37 pm

Good Morning Sharon~ What a special giveaway from you beautiful place. The flowers are a wonderful idea for keeping us close in heart with and your great blogging. Thank you

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Jackie Layton August 23, 2014 - 2:38 pm

I’d love to win the seeds. I love pictures of your garden.

What would I like to see more? The tales of French village life appeal to me most. But I always feel refreshed after stopping by your blog.

Thanks so much for sharing!
joyfuljelatgmaildotcom

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Pam August 23, 2014 - 2:39 pm

Dear Sharon,
What a treat to think of enjoying your beautiful flowers in my own garden. I love your flower and garden shots, they such a pleasure. I couldn’t think of one thing to suggest for your blog, because I enjoy it all. Flowers, dogs, food, antiques and love the gardening stories and life stories. Also, I love your water color paintings and I think your seed packet idea is just wonderful. Have a great week,
Blessings,
Pam

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Kathy Purser August 23, 2014 - 2:40 pm

I’d love to win your double poppies seed. I have single poppies but not the doubles. I love how you customized your labels too! I love the mix on your blog- fashion, gardens, antiquing , and a bit about life in the French country. Don’t change a thing!

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Christine August 23, 2014 - 2:42 pm

MERCI!!!! I love you entire blog….the garden shots are fantastic…I so enjoy your musings, and the poppies are so lovely. They would love a home in my garden!!! I do love your French interior photos…great ideas!! Thanks again….

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noreen August 23, 2014 - 2:43 pm

Hi Sharon, what a wonderful idea to share some of your lovely Normandy garden with your readers! I would love to be a lucky one to receive a beautiful pack of pink poppies packed in a pretty packet and posted to to Cape Town! Love reading about your trips to brocantes, village life & country life, recipes and frenchie girlfriends! You have a wonderful way with words and photos, many thanks for keeping us enthralled with your posts!

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Sherry August 23, 2014 - 2:44 pm

Sharon, I can’t think of anything that would make your blog anymore perfect! Love everything about it. The sites, fashion, gardens, your too cute dogs, travel, vintage finds and the French girlfriend series. You couldn’t write fast enough for me…..I tuned in everyday looking for the next chapter. I have been reading your blog for sometime now. I went all the way back to your beginning and read each post. I’ve never walked away disappointed. I would be beyond thrilled to have some of your garden seeds. The pictures on your site are just beautiful. My daughter who is planning a wedding, referred to your blog to show me a flower she wanted for her bouquet. Please enter me in the contest and I will keep my fingers crossed.

Sherry

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Pat Lodge August 23, 2014 - 2:46 pm

I’m an avid reader of your blog. When I first found it, I literally went back and viewed all the archives. So interesting, and very artful.

I would like to see more of the “mutts”, love them and the horses! Everything you post is interesting so I would just suggest more of the same.

Looks like my reply will be a “needle in the haystack” chance of winning the seed packets, but I would really love them. I have a clump of salmon colored poppies that come up each year which are also gorgeous. Crossing my fingers!

Thanks for all the beauty you bring into my home.

Pat

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Nancy javier August 23, 2014 - 2:47 pm

Looks like I’m waaaay too late to win the seeds but it’s ok. I’m the worst gardener in the world. But wanted to tell you how much I love your blog. Just returned from France – nantes, Loire valley, Brittany, visited only 2 brocantes but bought some great things. Would love to see more brocante shopping on your blog and interiors and doggies.
Your artwork is beautiful.

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Stella August 23, 2014 - 2:50 pm

I pretty much enjoy everything you post. I especially love the photos but mostly, I appreciate the lifestyle presented.

Bonne continuation!

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Lucy Mounkley August 23, 2014 - 2:51 pm

I’d love some french poppies, poppies are my absolute favourite flower and they look beautiful! More of the interiors and posts about life in France would be my personal choice 🙂 x

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Lynne Beattie August 23, 2014 - 2:52 pm

I love all the photos of your garden and the French countryside. What a magical place you live in!! Love poppies and would love to have some special ones from your garden!

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Daryl August 23, 2014 - 2:52 pm

Love the color and texture of these poppies. They would be such a beautiful addition to my garden! I’ve been working on spreading flowers across a small hill in my back garden and these would help fill in gaps.
Many thanks for sharing such lovely photos!
Daryl

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Flo August 23, 2014 - 2:52 pm

Hello dear Sharon,

Your blog photos swell my heart with their beauty. As Beauty has become a top value of my life, I am grateful you are there to provide it. My favorite images are the floral vignettes.

Just seeing your tiny seed packets today has inspired me to create my own beautiful and tiny artworks. I am an artist who works with very large canvasses…subject matter is the divine in each feminine form. The idea of going small for awhile is appealing.

Thank you for your inspiration and beauty.

Love, flo

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Julie Witt August 23, 2014 - 2:55 pm

Those poppies are beautiful and I would really love to have them in my garden. Our climate here on the west coast of British Columbia is very similar to yours so they would do well.
What I love about your blog? Photos of your garden, the countryside, homes, your travels. All good!
Thank you!

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Marianne August 23, 2014 - 2:56 pm

Oh thank you for giving us all a special gift every morning…snapshots of your beautiful surroundings and your lovely writing. You are so appreciated! Of course your flowers are fantastic. Please promise that your followers can share coffee with you forever.

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Donna Clark August 23, 2014 - 2:58 pm

Frilly and love them! I would love to see more of the gardens and French interiors!

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Nancy Widaman August 23, 2014 - 2:58 pm

I love reading about all of the topics. Especially enjoy the dogs and horses! You do a great job of varying the posts.

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Becky Stephens August 23, 2014 - 3:02 pm

I like it all!! Here in arid Texas, it is such a joy to see all the beauty in Normandy and remember our wonderful trip there. I would love to have some poppy seeds from your beautiful garden. We got our treasures a couple of weeks ago. Christmas in August!!
Just Becky

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Beverly Morton August 23, 2014 - 3:03 pm

I adore each and every one of your topics… the dogs, the interiors, the countryside, your garden and your fabulous finds. I couldn’t choose just one to wish for more of. I would love to have a little bit of your French garden mixed with my own. Best wishes to you!

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Jennie August 23, 2014 - 3:04 pm

I love everything about your blog. While Paris is my go to place in France I do love seeing the French countryside as well. Your poppies are so unlike our California poppies but I think they would fit in nicely in my garden.

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Suzanne Schilawski August 23, 2014 - 3:04 pm

Bonjour Sharon,
The poppies are beautiful and so is your art work. I love everything French so any subject you choice I will enjoy. I make frequent trips to Paris and have traveled to different parts of France. Your pictures remind me of many wonderful memories!
Merci!!

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Claire Marie Dunleavy August 23, 2014 - 3:04 pm

I am so happy my sister shared your site with me. Four of us sisters went to Paris in 2012 and a lot of wonderful bonding was happening. We fell in love with each other all over again. I want to thank you for bringing such joy to my life. I am blessed and grateful …look forward to everything you post. I am new so I think your perfect. We just have one more sister to coax back into fold. Planning Spring 2015 trip I hope!

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maude ciardi August 23, 2014 - 3:05 pm

Thank you so much for sharing with us.I love your blog i really love poppies and would love tbem from your garden. I too have a garden that brings me alot of joy. Once again thank you

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Deb Blessing August 23, 2014 - 3:06 pm

Your seed packets ARE works of art! I love poppies. What a lovely give away. Your blog is a treasure as I adore both flowers and French homes. Anything you post is enjoyable. Bless you for adding so much beauty to our lives and for your fun giveaways!

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Patricia Hook August 23, 2014 - 3:06 pm

I love your stories that you write; they magically transport me to your fantasy world! Your blog is an inspiration. The wonderful places you showcase are so much fun to visit. Thank-you for sharing your ideas and the beauty around you. I also love your flowers.

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La Contessa August 23, 2014 - 3:13 pm

There must be two hundred comments already!I would LOVE to win a packet of those SEEDS!Can you imagine when they bloom the memories I would have!!!
As far as what I want more of………absolutely ZERO!You do a BRILLIANT job already.I adore everything you cover…………I make your squash soup, I ooo and aaahh over your flower arrangements,I laugh with the tales of the four-legged pooches,I dream with the brocante buys……….this blog is PERFECT!
Now, if this is a shout out for some ideas………..all I can think of is the inside of your home and maybe the husband from time to time.But then you two might be recognized on the streets and become CELEBRITIES and perhaps that wouldn’t be a good thing!It would slow you down………………I DONOT KNOW HOW YOU DO ALL YOU DO!I am in awe…….XXXX

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AnnC August 23, 2014 - 3:13 pm

Would love one a packet of seeds. I enjoy your the posts about the brocante and French history/buildings/gardens, interior decorating. Thanks for sharing.

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Pamela August 23, 2014 - 3:13 pm

Your blog is enchanting! Every time you post I think, “That is my favorite part of her blog!” Only to change my mind with the next post. I find it all very dream like. I adore your posts about your brocante trips and the interiors. I have to admit though the adventure of you adorable mischief making fuzz balls make me laugh every time.
Your poppies are gorgeous and I would love to have them but I fear they would not survive the heat of my Florida summers. If I were lucky enough to win them I would send them off to my mother in Michigan to add to the garden I made for her 25 years ago.
Thank you for allowing all of us to daydream of beautiful places, and gracious lives through your posts

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Nancy August 23, 2014 - 3:14 pm

Oh what joy it would be to have some of your poppy seeds! Or any seeds from your garden come to think of it. Your home and garden are amazing and I so enjoy starting my day with your blog!
Do you still have the horses? Would love to hear more about your rides….
I thrive on the posts about the area, the garden, and what you plant as well as your recipes. Those are my favorites…though I simply enjoy all of it.
Hoping to come to France someday….
Nancy

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Ann Leslie August 23, 2014 - 3:16 pm

I am new to My French Country Home, via Vicki Archer, so in order to answer your question I had to spend some pleasant time wandering through the archives. What to choose? Even though I am a cat, not a dog, person, I greatly enjoy seeing and hearing about the mutts. It is nice to have a variety of topics, but what I find most inspiring are the photographs and tales of gardening and interiors.

I used to have giant dark red poppies. They were over 50 years old, and they finally seem to have succumbed to some recent harsh winters. If I win your seeds, I know exactly where I’ll plant them. Such incredible colors, and lovely watercolor labels…

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Jacqui August 23, 2014 - 3:19 pm

I have just recently found you and spent many delightful hours catching up on your past blogs. Obviously I am too enamored to make any choices! Your artwork is lovely and should be viewed as marvelous as it shows you were you are at the moment….just enjoy. The idea of purple or pinks poppies delight me for my garden as I have only ever had orange ones. Thank you for sharing and have a marvelous day.

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Sheila Murphy August 23, 2014 - 3:21 pm

Dear Sharon,
Each time I receive the email with your next blog post, it’s exciting to see what you’ve come up with! So my opinion is keep on surprising us with all that is My French Country Home! Merci!

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Connie Golden August 23, 2014 - 3:25 pm

It would be spectacular to have a piece of your garden in mine and I would love to send you some seeds for a piece of my garden to be in your. I obviously love your garden- as well as the village and girlfriends. Our furry friends are our best loves ever. We bought a small cottage that we are renovating ourselves and this summer I have started the garden in hopes to have at least one ready when the renovation is complete- so many great stories with the cottage and garden and your seeds would be wonderful to add to the story.
I can’t wait to plant rows of lavender.
Dream of my French Cottage Garden- Connie

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Nancy Fenstermacher August 23, 2014 - 3:29 pm

Hello. Just new to your delightful blog! I love reading all about whatever you post. Would be so happy to get poppy seeds as your photos are lovely. Best to you and look forward to more blogs!

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Debbie Evans August 23, 2014 - 3:30 pm

Oh, to have a piece of France to continually enjoy year after year! What a blessing it would be to have the beautiful poppy seeds! You bring so much beauty into my life day after day with “all things French”. Merci beaucoup! Just continue to be you!

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Janet Schmoll August 23, 2014 - 3:31 pm

What would I like to see more of? Actually, all of it! I love the recipes (the carrot soup is a favorite of mine), the stories of the dogs and the horses are wonderful, life in a French village is enticing me to plan another trip to Normandy, the French girlfriends series has opened my eyes to discovering the talent right in my own neighborhood, the brocante, the lovely photography – all of it! Yours is one of the very few blogs that I visit faithfully, and I am never disappointed with what I find there. Thank you for sharing your many talents not only with your own family but also with us, your larger “family” of readers.

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Nadja August 23, 2014 - 3:37 pm

The artwork looks great to me and the seeds would be very welcome in my garden way down under!!

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Bev Reece August 23, 2014 - 3:37 pm

How I would love to have some of your seeds! I love your garden posts, but I do think my favorite posts are those about village life-but I am a dog lover with a big mutt of my own so… In the end, I think just receiving your email first thing in the morning is a perfect start to my day in Southern USA.

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Kristie August 23, 2014 - 3:38 pm

Sharon,

I would love to have some of your seeds. I have just started a flower garden and I am adding new plants as I go along. Your poppies are gorgeous and I think they would be a welcomed addition to my garden.

As far as what I would like to see on your blog, I enjoy the variety of your posts. Every time you post there is something different to read about. I have to admit though, I do love reading about your dogs. I am a dog lover and think your dogs are so sweet and lovable. I’ve had two dogs over the span of 20 years and would love for me next one to be a Golden Retriever.

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Vivien smith August 23, 2014 - 3:39 pm

What a super idea!!! Poppies in Texas would be nice.
I love all you do and since being there, I love the garden/entertaining posts with dogs included!!!!

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stella August 23, 2014 - 3:43 pm

I would be very happy to add your poppy seeds to my garden. Here they would thrive among 100 yr old roses and morning glories (in orange). I love the recipes and the beautiful watercolors.

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Suzie August 23, 2014 - 3:43 pm

The poppies are glorious and, like everyone else who has responded, I would love to have them in my trial by fire, blundering attempt at a garden. It’s great fun to read about your life, all of it, but I do love the stories about the dogs. They are cute as can be and full of life! Love the garden stories, love your girlfriends and just truly enjoy all of it. Very fun to read and to dream. Thanks for all your efforts to keep us so entertained.

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Carol L August 23, 2014 - 3:46 pm

I love all of your features. My favorite being the interiors. But please don’t take anything away because it’s what makes your Blog so fascinating. I love Poppies and would love a chance to win some seeds. 🙂 It’s a great opportunity. Good luck to everyone.
Carol L

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carolyn sargent August 23, 2014 - 3:47 pm

Poppies! What’s not to love??! Speaking of love, I love this site and am not particular about the subject matter: anything of France speaks to my heart ~ merci!

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Galiene August 23, 2014 - 3:48 pm

I love these poppies! In regards to your question, I think I would like to see more tales of french village life, and relating photos!

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Susie August 23, 2014 - 3:49 pm

What a charming gift! This is such a lovely personal giveaway, and dear to this gardener’s heart.
Thanks for thinking of all of us.

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Laure M August 23, 2014 - 3:50 pm

I love all things French! Post whatever makes your heart happy! I love all the blogs and photographs. The beautiful poppy seed packets are just delightful! Thank you for sharing with all of us. Someday, we hope to travel and explore France as my relatives were born there.
Independence, Missouri
USA

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Penelope Nielsen August 23, 2014 - 3:52 pm

HI Sharon! Well I LOVE all that you do! But especially I love the pictures of the countryside, and the DOGS! Yes! I am completely smitten with Ghetto & Gibson! I often forward your post to a friend of mine that has a Ghetto of her own, and is getting older. The puppy in him is adorable. I used to have a Bedlington Terrier, and the personality’s are much the same……….naughty and darling! Keep it up……..also love seeing the beautiful estates for sale in your area………..loot finds. One day I WILL join you on your adventures!
Fondly, Penny

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Rachael Wright August 23, 2014 - 3:54 pm

I love the posts on French village life and your lovely interiors! More please!

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Jane August 23, 2014 - 3:54 pm

The poppies are just beautiful and although I am not sure they would survive in southern Florida, they would be wonderful in my Maine garden. I truly enjoy your posts and especially have enjoyed the brief posts on French arrondissements. Did I miss my favorite one, the Sixth arrondissement ?

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Janis Donnaud August 23, 2014 - 3:54 pm

If I don’t manage to win these poppy seeds, can you tell us where to buy them? So gorgeous!

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Annette August 23, 2014 - 3:56 pm

Those poppies are spectacular and the packets you painted are darling. I love your posts about brocantes, French interriors and village life best.

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darlene August 23, 2014 - 4:02 pm

I subscribe to your blog, facebook, and email – now I will include Instagram also! I am slowly adding Country French plants to my garden – eventually having a gorgeous garden to stroll through!! I will love to win these seeds – adding the dancing blooms to my happy place! Thank you so much for your offering!!

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Sue Lomax August 23, 2014 - 4:03 pm

Oh, what lovely poppies! The colors are so charming. I look forward to seeing your part of France, such beautiful homes filled with found treasures and the idyllic countryside. It is nice to be inspired on a regular basis by your blog.

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Diane Anderson August 23, 2014 - 4:03 pm

Just keep writing, and painting, too! I love to find a new posting from you on any subject! And the poppies would be so enjoyed here in Florida! Any self seeding flower is a joy! (I “planted” a couple of neighborhoods in Seattle with for-get-me-nots a few years ago and the are still not forgetting me!)

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Sandy August 23, 2014 - 4:04 pm

Dear Sharon,

I just love your blog and enjoy the variety of things you share. Don’t change a thing.
I too am an avid gardener and really enjoy viewing your garden and seeing what you are up to. I would just love to add your special seeds to my very own and cherish them here on the Northwest coast. Thank you for sharing, it is very inspiring.

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Rebecca August 23, 2014 - 4:06 pm

Your blog is new to me so I can’t say whether I like one thing or another more or less. It’s all beautiful!! Your watercolor tags are delighful on the seed packets!! Adore!

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Pamela Young August 23, 2014 - 4:07 pm

I love the beauty in your photos. I would very much like to have the seeds. I like reading everything in your blogs. My favorites are the garden views followed closely by the rest.

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Sharon Mynhier August 23, 2014 - 4:11 pm

I love the poppies & would love some seed. I do a lot of gardening therefore blog about gardening with pictures, tales of French villages, ESP Provence, always the mutts, love dogs, I’m on my seventh schnauzer, my little soul mate. Of course blog anything French.

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Deborah August 23, 2014 - 4:17 pm

Excuse me, but you are an artist. Your watercolors are beautiful. Also I do like the stories about your dogs, so funny. The french brocante and interiors are great too…I just love your blog!

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Sharon Mynhier August 23, 2014 - 4:19 pm

Sharon, I would love to add your poppies seed to my gardens. I enjoy & love Provence, been there once, more stories on the little villages, gardens, of course the mutts, mine is a soul mate. Love your blog!

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Teri August 23, 2014 - 4:20 pm

So lovely! I just found your website and can’t wait to explore.

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nancy singleton August 23, 2014 - 4:21 pm

Dear Sharon … I enjoy the garden shots and the french girlfriend series and anything about French interiors as well … even if the poppy seeds don’t make their way to my garden in Victoria Canada I can say I made that berry cobbler this morning and will serve it to friends at lunch today … a ‘tiny’ taste was mouth watering … thanks for all your inspirations Nancy

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Susan August 23, 2014 - 4:25 pm

Add me to the list of those who would love to grow a bit of your garden in her own! I love your blog and think you achieve a great mix of subject matter. I especially love your french girlfriends series, and the antics of your furry boys always bring me a smile. Thank you for all your efforts to create this blog — it is a real bright spot for many!

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Dawn Johnson August 23, 2014 - 4:30 pm

I am a newcomer to your blog and so far have loved it, all of it. I especially like all the stunning photos. I would enjoy reading more stories on village life. I have quite a stack of books of that nature. When I escape, it is always to ma belle France. I have been there three times and hope to return in the next six months. It has always been my dream to live there someday but I am a Francophile married to a francophobe, (sigh). In the meantime, I keep doing everything I can to create my own little French villa here at my California country home with its blue shutters.

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Debra Taylor August 23, 2014 - 4:36 pm

You sell yourself short! Your poppy watercolor labels are lovely. I’d frame it. My garden is full of “pass-along” plants. I’d welcome some of your poppies.

As far as content, I say keep doing what you’re doing. The photos are beautiful. A visual feast. Please keep up the wonderful work.

All my best,
Debra

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Kristen August 23, 2014 - 4:38 pm

Hi Sharon:
I love everything about your blog. I especially love your flower garden. I think your water color tags are fabulous and the poppies are gorgeous. I would love to visit Normandy someday you make it sound so wonderful and kinda magical. The brocante is my favorite though, you find so many amazing items.
Thank you
Kristen

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Sherry Niemi August 23, 2014 - 4:41 pm

Sharon, I love ALL of the content on your blog. Appreciate that you share other wonderful bloggers with us, especially those in France. But… I have to say my favorite are the stories you write. I can’t tell you how many times I read “The Christmas Cocktail”. AND I LOVE GHETTO AND GIBSON. MERCI !

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Maggie Cooper August 23, 2014 - 4:44 pm

I would love to have more recipes, and I have a passion for toile. I love to see the inside of simpler homes, most can’t afford castle or estate living but a home with an iron bed, toile spread and a little lace in the window does my heart good. My ancestors were French Huguenots so I have some deep French roots. thank you for the great site.

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MJ August 23, 2014 - 4:44 pm

Your poppy watercolors are beautiful and I think that your poppies would be quite beautiful in my garden (and I know just where they will go!)

Thanks, MJ

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Kay August 23, 2014 - 5:02 pm

Hi Sharon,

Garden shots (yours are amazing), dogs, French interiors. Yes, please! And no apologies for the watercolors! They are lovely.

Best,
Kay

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Mona August 23, 2014 - 5:05 pm

Love receiving your blog and the variety on your site but especially the flowers. Perhaps a little on fashion or fragrance if you dabble in those areas. Your seed packet artwork is charming and would love the flower seeds for my garden which has been resting a few years.

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anne sommerskov August 23, 2014 - 5:06 pm

So so beautiful, would love to win 🙂

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Winona Stewart August 23, 2014 - 5:09 pm

The poppies are beautiful as are your paintings. Everything you do and write about is creative and inspiring. I love the variety of subjects and would love to see more about country/village life there. I so enjoy your blog and pics. Thank you thank you so much!

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steph August 23, 2014 - 5:12 pm

You do grow the most amazing poppies. How I’d love the chance to add some of these beauties to my cutting garden!
I particularly love the gardening, food, and brocante adventures, but your writing is beautiful and your photography simply can’t be beat. Please keep those photos coming!!! Always such an inspiration.

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Leduc Myriame August 23, 2014 - 5:13 pm

Bonsoir
Cela fait un bon bout de temps que je viens flâner sur votre blog; histoire de prendre l’air et embellir ma journée. A bien y réfléchir je le trouve très bien agencé, son organisation est bien ficelée et les chapitres sur les frasques de vos toutous sont rafraichissantes: personnellement je n’y changerais rien .Merci pour tout

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Linda Hughes August 23, 2014 - 5:16 pm

Oh, my! What a simple treasure flowers from your French garden would be! I would certainly have to share them with my friend who introduced me to you. Blessings, Sharon.

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M Brinkley August 23, 2014 - 5:24 pm

I love all of your garden posts. I appreciate your brocante finds that you so freely share and look forward to winning those lovely poppy seeds!

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Wendi August 23, 2014 - 5:25 pm

You always do that “un peu plus” Sharon! How charming are those packets? And the flowers are really quite fantastique, n’est ce pas?? I have some rather garish red poppies that keep insisting on making an appearance in my carefully planned garden – I really think that yours would be so much more à propos! So here’s hoping!

I so enjoy your blog – the intimacies of French country life, bits about your children both 2-legged and 4! The pictures of your brocante scores, your weekly flower arrangement and of course the wonderful recipes…some of my favorites have been a shot of your luncheon table set for a summer repast, Ghetto’s trip to the beauty salon and of course your children heading off to their new lives (bringing back the memories of my own flying the nest). Keep up the good work, Sharon….can’t think of anything that needs changing!! À bientot!

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Louisa August 23, 2014 - 5:25 pm

Lavender and poppies are the only flowers that do well in our garden. But our poppies are those small red types which stand no taller than a foot. I would love to have some real show-stoppers like yours, to put in to our old English country cottage garden.

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sally jo August 23, 2014 - 5:32 pm

Dear Sharon…could one pick their favorite child…impossible. Everything you do, delights the “all things french” in each of us. Pushed in a corner, I would have to say…”garden, french interiors, and french country life. Love to dream of living in the countryside. We live in an old Granary, which was part of a turn of the century equestrian farm, in upstate NY on the Erie Canal. However, when one steps inside, hopefully they feel like they are visiting France. Our garden is quite informal and your poppies would be such a welcome guest…a REAL touch of the french countryside. Thank you for the joy you bring we who have been fortunate enough to find you. Fondly, Sally Jo

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jae August 23, 2014 - 5:32 pm

Your blog is such a delightful potpourri and I love the somewhat randomness of your topics. In my opinion, it is wonderful just as it is written now, and any snippets you want to share with us are enjoyable. Your flowers are lovely…and what a great packaging idea! It has been a hot summer here in Georgia and my blooms have suffered, so seeing your garden pictures has been especially nice. And thank you for your giveaways….win or not, it has been fun reading and entering.

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Dita August 23, 2014 - 5:41 pm

Poppies are my favourites! I have three varieties myself and would love another….Personally I love your blog as it is. Love recipes, loooove the garden and house, linens just make my day you know?

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patricia August 29, 2014 - 4:07 pm

I am enjoying your posts& comments. I would enjoy to read about life in France , like your blog about gardening & your neighbor. Watercolours are hard to do I dabble in that myself…I think you captured the essence of your poppies. What a gorgeous flower… I love the French style as I am moving in that direction with my own decor…. Fabrics+ just fun to read your stuff….thank you Patricia

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Lory Bernstein August 23, 2014 - 5:42 pm

Actually your watercolors are quite lovely and I am an artist… 😉 They possess the same gentle approach that is visible in all you curate. I most love to see French interiors, but also the garden and some brocante. French villages are a delight to read about, as well. I’m less of a food and recipe girl. But pretty much everything you’ve been posting has been wonderful! 🙂

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Patty August 23, 2014 - 6:04 pm

I really love all of your blog – but especially the mutts. I hate to disagree with you but if I won, I would frame that little piece of art – I think it is beautiful. Thanks for this contest,

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aurelia zephire August 23, 2014 - 6:07 pm

I am also an artist and find your watercolors quite charming! You don’t need to be shy at all about any of your talents…and should I be so lucky as to receive a packet of seeds to brighten the next season and bring a little of the French countryside into my California garden I would be thrilled!
As to choosing what to see more of on your blog…I wouldn’t know where to start…I enjoy the diversity of topics you so generously share with us. Merci!

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Cheri Whitaker August 23, 2014 - 6:11 pm

Hello,

Personally, I love your art work on the seed giveaways.

I would love to more French interior ideas of all rooms. I am in the process of doing major re decorating on my home in Northern California and love the light and airy feeling that comes with my version of the French Country home look.

Cheri Whitaker

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Colleen Taylor August 23, 2014 - 6:28 pm

What a fantastic giveaway Sharon of not only your flower seeds but you artwork as well. You are an artist indeed, all your work is incredible. I love seeing a mix of everything you currently post. It’s a wonderful escape into your world of flowers, mutts, homes, antiques and everything in between! X

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ParisGrrl August 23, 2014 - 6:28 pm

Those flowers are lovely, and I can’t think why you’d apologize for the artwork. I love when you feature tablescapes and recipes for entertaining but frankly enjoy anything you care to share.

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Ann-Kristin Howard August 23, 2014 - 6:28 pm

Dear Sharon, the seed packets are charming! As for which topics I would like to see more of, I am very happy with your potpourri of surprises, it’s all lovely. What did look really stunning and unique, was your herbarium style display of flowers and leaves. Eye popping! Just love the mixture of simple, earthy country pleasures mixed with sophisticated snippets on Paris, art and fashion etc.
Ann-Kristin

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Sandy Jones August 23, 2014 - 6:31 pm

Who knew you were so talented in the watercolor area! I was in France last summer for a garden tour for hydrangeas (hortensias) and saw the most beautiful white poppies. The owner gave me some seeds, although they were green, and I was thrilled. Unfortunately, they did not mature. Quelle dommage! I would so love to try again. I would frame your lovely watercolor. Pink and purple are my favorites! I so enjoy your posts. They take me back to my brief but oh so wonderful tour of the North. Went to a flea market in Paris, the smaller one, and just loved it. Please post more articles about the brocantes, gardens, love the dogs!, girlfriends, and fashion. I love reading the posts. Keep up the fabulous work.

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jan August 23, 2014 - 6:38 pm

Well, always the mutts. Can’t imagine how you could possibly improve your delightful blog.

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Anne Skewes August 23, 2014 - 6:45 pm

Poppies are my favorite flower although I have never seen them in blue. Would absolutely love some seeds from your garden.
I would like to see stories on all of the topics described above, but especially about the dogs–and cats–if there are any! Interiors, table settings and arrangements, recipes, fashion, gardening, and especially the brochante and antique shopping expeditions.

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Anne Skewes August 23, 2014 - 6:47 pm

Perhaps some ideas about journaling about one’s travel in France?

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Sue Malizia August 23, 2014 - 6:47 pm

Happy Saturday Sharon,
First of all, congratulations to your lucky winner of the beautiful linens. I love your post today showing the beautiful watercolor tags and poppy seeds. It’s so generous of you to offer yet again another wonderful giveaway. You are so creative and talented in so many ways… your blog is a nice escape for me taking in the beauy of what you experience every day. Sharing your home life, gardens, brocante finds, plus a peek of your lovely interiors are quite enchanting. What I really hope you post more of is your short stories. I really enjoyed reading them! 🙂

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Sandra Lambiotte August 23, 2014 - 6:52 pm

Dear Sharon:
I would be thrilled to receive and treasure growing your seeds in my garden. They would be most happy growing here in our climate in North Central West Virginia.

With regard to your blog, well it is just a treat for me and I think it is perfect. Whatever you would do, I am sure would be wonderful.

Enjoy the remaining days of summer and thank you for your many long hours and much work!
Sandra

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Erika August 23, 2014 - 6:54 pm

Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I like your variety of subjects, especially the ones about interior design and gardening.
Kindest regards, Erika

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Jill August 23, 2014 - 6:56 pm

How I’d love to have French Country Home poppies in my garden! I think they’d grow very well in California, since that is our state flower. I love everything about your blog – in particular the posts about your garden and home. And of course the brocante! Your photography is beautiful, whatever you’re writing about, and I can always count on being delightfully inspired!

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Susan August 23, 2014 - 6:57 pm

I love your watercolors & would love the seeds. I like recipes and garden photo’s most of all

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Susan McNelis August 23, 2014 - 7:05 pm

Dear Sharon
I would love to see more on French interior designs, especially those on everyday family living. If I win some poppies I will enjoy watching them grow on the Pennines in West Yorkshire,England.
Thank you
Susan Mcnelis

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Barbie August 23, 2014 - 7:23 pm

It would be impossible for me to pick one of these categories because I love all of them.
Please share whatever your heart desires and know it will be enjoyed.

Thank you, Sharon, and happy weekend to you!

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Linda August 23, 2014 - 7:28 pm

If your lovely poppies will grow in this awful Texas heat, I’d love to have some seed. I thoroughly enjoy your blog and the beautiful pictures. It would be difficult to decide what I would like to see more of…I love each and every one of your subjects; however, I guess recipes and interior decorating would be my interests. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Linda

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Rachel August 23, 2014 - 7:30 pm

What pretty paintings! I love reading about and seeing photos of gardens and indoor decor. Maybe seeing photos of the dogs in the beautiful gardens and interior shots? 🙂 I’m slowly building my collection of antique and french pieces in my home, and I love all of the photos of the brocante! Thank you so very much for the inspiration you bring to us all!

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DianeD August 23, 2014 - 7:32 pm

Would love to have some of your beautiful plants in my garden in the USA, And your watercolors are wonderful!
I would love to see more French interiors.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
DianeD

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Catherine Lynn August 23, 2014 - 7:48 pm

Hello there from Australia! I just love your blog and you just whisk me away to your French country life with every post so I have no personal preferences that I would like to see more of as every aspect of your French life captures my imagination so beautifully. Keep up the good work and happy French living! Cathyxx

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Emily Brouwer August 23, 2014 - 7:50 pm

Bonjour Sharon!
What I love most about your blog is the reminder of our wonderful stay at your guest cottage. Tess still talks about Gibson and Ghetto! You should know that your home figures prominently in our fond memories from an unforgettable trip. We are planning our eventual return…meanwhile your poppies could serve as a reminder until we’ve saved up our pennies (or centimes). I really can’t recommend a favorite topic… I love anything Normandy: brocante, charming villages, gardens, and of course les chiens!!
Fondly,
Emily (and family)

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Sheryl Sefton August 23, 2014 - 7:54 pm

Hi Sharon
How beautiful the poppies are, I love viewing all your posted images. As I hope to visit France next year, I particularly enjoy the tales and images of your countryside and Paris images you have had. My mum had a beautiful garden and grew red poppies when we were young, if I was to win a packet of seeds this would be very special in my villa home garden. Regards Sheryl S.

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Emma August 23, 2014 - 7:58 pm

Dear Sharon, it would be lovely to have some of your special seeds here in Italy!
I absolutely adore your blog, all topics, but if I must choose I’ll say more authentic French interiors. They’re so different from the bad copies we can buy in shops here. Love XXX Emma

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Sheila in SF August 23, 2014 - 7:59 pm

Thoroughly enjoy reading about your french girlfriends, life in France and recipes. Your blog is a treat for someone living in SF who loves all things French. The flower seeds would be nice, too.
Thank you for the blog, one of the best.

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Nancy lipscomb August 24, 2014 - 12:56 am

The poppies are spectacular however we always enjoy Gibson and ghetto I am the owner of Lizzie who appeared on your instagram wire fox terriers are really characters love all the topics thanks

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Ann Kreile August 23, 2014 - 8:05 pm

Being a watercolor artist, I love looking at all your beautiful photographs – they truly inspire me. I really like the poppies!
Thank you for your blog.

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Robin August 23, 2014 - 8:06 pm

I would not change a thing! Your blog is refreshing all of the time, beautiful and creative! Something very special (at least to me) a few weeks back was the video of your dogs having fun in the garden with the lovely french music you added! Really made me smile. So just maybe a little french music would be fun from time to time. Otherwise, just keep doing what you are doing, and thank you for doing it so well!

All the best….Robin

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Maria August 23, 2014 - 8:06 pm

I love and appreciate everything you do! Thank you for the delight, you bring us everyday. Thank you for you Eye, for Beauty.

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Carlin Miller August 23, 2014 - 8:14 pm

I have never seen poppies like these, but they are fantastic!! If I don’t win, could you send me the name of your seed supplier? These would be beautiful in the backyard of our new house that will be all shades of pink and purple.

As for your blog, it is perfect. But more of everything could be lovely too!

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MaryD August 23, 2014 - 8:37 pm

Don’t change a thing about your blog. I love all your topics and enjoy the diversity
of your blog. Thank you for sharing your life.

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Teena Winter August 23, 2014 - 8:40 pm

I would just love to try and grow some of your beautiful poppies in my garden here in New Zealand. Since returning from Paris this Spring we are gradually introducing many plants we saw whilst over there. We are going to pot about 30 Geraniums in pots to put along our deck and we have actually just installed white shutters to our living area so very serious about getting. The French look.
It would be so wonderful to have this splash of colou that these spectacular poppies would give us amongst our roses. Thanks for your blog I just love seeing it in the inbox!

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Judy Jensen August 23, 2014 - 8:42 pm

Would love more French interiors! We all are looking for the special “touch”!

Thanks

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Pat Shipley August 23, 2014 - 8:56 pm

Sharon…Greetings from Colorado. I’m new at blog reading and am so happy to have found yours. I enjoy it immensely and would love to see more French interiors. I remove a little more grass from my yard every year to make room for my expanding gardens. All I need now are some French poppies!!! Merci. Pat

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Emily Reynolds August 23, 2014 - 9:20 pm

I love it alllllll.
I’m a gardener soooooo I prefer the gardening.
I love French decor.
French anything.
I’m a retired Stewardess, for 5 years I flew the Chicago – Paris route.
What’s there NOT to like ???
Emily Reynolds

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Billie-Jo August 23, 2014 - 9:26 pm

To receive a packet of those seeds would be amazing. I have just the place to grow them too. My little balcony from my bedroom is just crying out for some added beauty. I adore this little watercolours you have created too. I am a keen photographer and like to shoot portraiture with a floral theme, your blog is inspirational. I would love to see more of the French girlfriend series – I love to hear about real women and thier lives.
Have a lovely Sunday
00o00

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Sharon Cole August 23, 2014 - 9:28 pm

Thank you Sharon for all things French that you share with us! I surround myself with my lovely memories of trips to Paris and Provence and dream of the next trip. Your blog and beautiful photos bring inspiration and pleasure to my home and garden. I would love to add your poppies to my all lavender, pink, blue and white flower beds. Poppies would make a
spectacular centerpiece.
I have such a fondest for visiting French cafés, bookstores and patisseries that I may only suggest a trip to see those cultural icons.
Merci mille fois! ♡
Sharon Cole

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Kathy August 23, 2014 - 9:29 pm

My dear sister and I both love to garden and often share seeds with each other. How fun it would be to grow real French poppies from your seeds! Your blog is a lovely escape in my hectic world.

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Billie-Jo August 23, 2014 - 9:30 pm

Ps. My home is a little seaside town in Devon, England. I can just imagine those poppies here 🙂

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Debbie August 23, 2014 - 9:33 pm

Dear Sharon,
Our prior home had a backyard hill self seeded with these and I have missed them since our move. I would love to have these seeds along with the beautiful watercolor to create new memories with.
Thanks
Debbie

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Mary Baynes August 23, 2014 - 9:48 pm

What a wonderful idea, Seeds from your Garden, as a giveaway!
I would be honored to win and would even share with my BFF,
Jane, as she invited me to read your Blog!

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Marian from UK August 23, 2014 - 9:49 pm

We are starting over with a new cottage garden and your poppies would be a perfect addition – or beginning – as we have not even reached the planting stage yet!! As I ‘dabble’ in watercolours myself occasionally, I think yours are beautiful and the perfect accompaniment to a gift of seeds from your own garden. As for your blog, I really enjoy reading all you write and photograph. The thing is, it’s wondering what I’m going to find each time I open it! Always an education, always uplifting and often amusing (mutts or course!!). I love the photographs of your countryside, caught on a whim perhaps in early morning, and the glimpses into the lives of your friends who run small businesses in France is always an inspiration. And Brocante – well I could go on! Keep doing what you’re doing, giving your readers colour, inspiration and a smile every time they read your blog!

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Tammy August 23, 2014 - 10:02 pm

I love the garden photos but also love the photos of french life and around town:)

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Barbara Reeves August 23, 2014 - 10:13 pm

My first glimpse of your post I wondered if the little paintings would be offered for sale and I hoped in a larger size. I think they are wonderful. I love the colors and have never seen frilly poppies such as they are. There is nothing I can suggest to change your blog. I love that there is always something new and different and always interesting. I would love the sow your seeds in my garden so they can re-seed and surprise me every spring and your blog does every day. Thank you so very much for thinking of uw.

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Esther George August 23, 2014 - 10:13 pm

Hi Sharon it is unanimous…a. We love your watercolours b. We all would love your beautiful poppies and last but not least c. We all love your blog….wouldn’t change a thing. Thank you for sharing your lovely part of the world. Regards Esther from Sydney. PS hope you are having a great weekend.

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Eileen August 23, 2014 - 10:18 pm

I happen to love your painting of the flowers, very nice. I have little drawing talent so enjoy seeing other’s abilities. I’m just starting a garden in chartreuse, purple and pink so the poppies would be splendid. I love planting seeds and plants from friends so they would be very special and should grow well in Virginia. Your French interiors are so lovely. I enjoy your blog and look forward to the latest post. Thanks so much.

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Lori Caldwell August 23, 2014 - 10:19 pm

I love the way your seed packets look-the water colors are lovely.
I always enjoy reading your postings and am happy with the mix as it is.
The photos are a treat.
Thank so much

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Federica August 23, 2014 - 10:36 pm

Dearest My French Country Home,

just a quick note to thank you for your remarkable blog. I like all topics; but what is important for me in following your blog, is the feeling that I get from the images, the atmosphere and the flavours of your posts.
My favourite one, was the Christmas card with the Golden and the Terrier!
Thank you!
Federica

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Barbara Aine Powell August 23, 2014 - 10:50 pm

Dear Sharon,

Oh my goodness, how I would LOVE to have a packet of these precious seeds!!!!!!! So often I have admired your poppies as they grow so gorgeously in your beautiful garden!!!!!! They are beyond BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
And to have a hand painted picture of your poppies would be a gift in itself!!!!!! You don’t give yourself credit for the talented artist you are!!!!!!!!

Warmest Wishes,

Barbara
xx

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Maryanne August 23, 2014 - 10:50 pm

I devour every post and love to see you pictures and read what you are up to. I’m passionate about my garden here in Australia and to have part of your garden here would be so exciting. Thank you for all the comments you share with your readers.

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donna stropes August 23, 2014 - 10:59 pm

Sharon
Your watercolors are wonderful little jewels, created for the packets, I love your blog look forward to it. I especially enjoy your photographs, tales of your French village life of course the antics of the mutts and they way they just pose for your camera. Don’t
need to change a thing. Thank you for sharing with us

donna

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taffy holvenstot August 23, 2014 - 11:05 pm

As a NJ gardener, I would love some seeds from you! Don’t be apologetic about the lovely artwork on the seed packages! Also, lately I am grateful to you for turning me onto the wonderful Ms. Archers blog.

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Mary Ellen August 23, 2014 - 11:14 pm

Hi Sharon, These flowers are beautiful! Your presentation of the seeds is very apropos.
I enjoy your blog very much, however; I must say my interest in the French life and customs intrigues me very much. I also enjoy seeing the great treasures you find at the French Markets you attend. Please keep your talents flowing for all to enjoy.
Sincerely,
Mary Ellen

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Susan Owens August 23, 2014 - 11:18 pm

Sharon, My favorites are the mutts, French homes, French outdoor living, your garden, and your recipes. I see you are quite an artist. Your poppies are lovely.

Susan

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Wanda D. August 23, 2014 - 11:21 pm

We just put in a new walk, porch, and driveway, and despite their best efforts, the workmen wrecked havoc on my simple but lovely garden. Your seeds would help ease the pain…!

I especially enjoy stories about your pups, small village goings on, your garden. Regardless of the topic, I always enjoy your post and the wonderful photographs.

Thank you! Wanda

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Patricia Kennedy August 23, 2014 - 11:28 pm

Sharon, your blog is a feast of senses for me, through your photographs, I can imagine I am back in France; the villages, architecture, gardens, brocante furniture, etc, – all is so wonderful to enjoy! On one of our first driving trips in France in May, we loved all the red poppies in the fields everywhere. I finally found the French name for them, and searched out a landscape shop to look for seeds, and bought about 8 packages of Coquelicot: Perfection Simple Rouge seeds! Even though I live on the California beach, I have a few pots to plant them in.
Thank you for considering me for your lovely garden seed packet!
Patty

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Judi August 23, 2014 - 11:33 pm

Sharon, your watercolors of the poppies are just beautiful! You ARE an artist! A friend just gave me a beautiful deep tin planter and a few poppies would look so great in it – would love to win some seeds. The pictures remind me a lot of some flowers we recently saw in Monet’s garden in Giverny. Heaven!! As a new subscriber, I’m still enjoying everything you have to share. I do love photos, ideas of places to visit, things to do, to see in any part of France. Whatever you share will be wonderful. Thank you – so glad I got to your site via Vicki 🙂

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caroline August 23, 2014 - 11:48 pm

Hi Sharon

I love all things MFCH – but I’m particularly excited when you post about…

1) houses for sale in your region…enriches my dream
2) french girlfriend series….imagine having some one day!
3) village life… what I wish for

Merci x

p.s and you paint beautifully!

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Francoise Coadou-Porter August 24, 2014 - 12:02 am

Your blog Sharon is the most ” balanced” blog I read,
I love the dogs, their innocence always bring a smile to my face and heart,
the French interiors never cease to inspire me and to make me proud of being French living at the other side of the world,
the brocantes and vide greniers make me jalouse not to be near by,
the gardens bring a sense of fresh air
The girlies stories bring a bit of gossip…
Paris obviously pleases the ” foreigners” but not so much this Bretonne….
Sharon, keep doing what you are doing and keep offering a daily surprise….
You are the best!….

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Norma Everist August 24, 2014 - 12:04 am

I have never seen this variety of Poppy, so pretty, only type I have seen is the open red or California Poppy , Would love to have these growing in my garden . This giveaway of seeds is so great I like the seed saving idea it keeps some of the old varieties in circulation love the beautiful photo’s you have on your site, so calming after a long hard day. Thank you

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jeannine english August 24, 2014 - 12:31 am

Which blogging topic do I prefer more of? All of the above, with heavy emphasis on those precious pups of yours, of course! The poppies are divine…they would certainly add a touch of France to my Texas garden 🙂

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Rebecca Francis August 24, 2014 - 12:38 am

Hi Sharon, greetings from the mountains in North Carolina. I would love to see more french village life. I love your poppies!! My mother had deep pink ones similar to yours. She lived in Tennessee. She has moved to heaven to be with Daddy now. I tried and tried to get them started and have finally gotten a small stand now. I would love some of yours growing in my garden. Thank you….Rebecca

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christine August 24, 2014 - 12:44 am

Bonjour,bonjour..
It is really hard to choose as I love the ‘poésie’ in your shots..garden shots might it be in the coldest winter or in the heights ‘de l’été’ …just as mesmerising with icicles and sharp frost or bursting to life in the summer …I love your recipes..’les differents saveurs’,’les produits de teroirs’, giving back to nature.La brocante with its endless mysteries, it’s so exciting and rewarding! I would love to grow these beautiful poppies in my garden and also share them with my family when my own plants to seed..love your work, so inspiring,fresh and beautiful..Bravo!

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Jan Withers August 24, 2014 - 12:46 am

Hi Sharon, I’m loving your blog so much. I live on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. I saw some poppies like you have at an Open Garden last year and fell in love with them. Would love my own.

Your blog is everything I love especially the bits on gardens and your recipes. Keep on with it just like it is.

Regards, Jan

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Joan Currie August 24, 2014 - 1:01 am

Bonjour Sharon, your poppies are divine and I would love to have some here is Sydney Australia.
I so enjoy all your posts, anything Francais rings my bell!! Gardens, recipes, country life….and your precious pooches.
Best wishes,
Joan

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Diana August 24, 2014 - 1:08 am

Good morning Sharon, from an overcast SouthWest Victoria, Australia! I love reading your pages, and your pictures are a feast for the senses. I would love to have some of your poppy seeds to plant in my cottage garden. In 2011 I spent some time, with some of my sisters and brother, in rural France visiting many of the WW1 battlefield sites and cemeteries that are so significant to the history of our country. I loved the villages, the people, the architecture and the gardens…and you bring all this to life in your pages. I can’t choose one aspect that I love more than another, please keep bringing us a mixture of all these things! To have a little piece of this at my home (your poppies) would be a lasting reminder.

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Donna Ritchie August 24, 2014 - 1:18 am

OMG! I love your blog. I love dogs. I love gardening. I love anything French. So, this contest is just for me!!! Lol! I really think your painting on the lovely packet of seeds is just beautiful. I wish I had that kind of talent. What an awesome gift! I enjoy reading about your pooches, but I also love reading about tales of the French village life. I went to France for the first time this past spring and I cannot wait to go back…this time to Provence. My dream is to retire with hubby and live in France for a few months. I love the language, lifestyle, décor, etc., etc. Thank you for this opportunity to win these “French” seeds that I’ll be happy to put in my garden ASAP if I’m lucky enough to win!

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Pamela Chasse August 24, 2014 - 1:21 am

Au contraire… The watercolor packets are even more precious than the seeds. As an equestrian I love to hear about your horses and the antics of the pups!! Love everything about your blog… Thank you for all that you share.

Pamela

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Leslie in Little Rock August 24, 2014 - 1:26 am

First of all, I think your watercolors are so pretty! What do I want to see? French women and french life is always fun to read. And your stories are so great! You are a good writer! I also love your gardens and your pups. Either way? I’ll be tuning in. Hope Poppies grow in Arkansas! If I win? I’ll figure it out. (-:

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Lorraine August 24, 2014 - 1:28 am

I love all the blog entries. Have only just joined the blog but have been an ardent fan on Facebook for some time. The poppies are gorgeous….and would be magic in my garden here in Australia if luck was mine. If not I have enjoyed the beautiful photos and watercolour. I love all aspects of French life….we have been lucky enough to have two holidays in France including extended time in Provence and travelled through Normandy. I love French linen, gardens, food, styling, simplicity, decor. ….thank you for sharing with the world. Cheers Lorraine.

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Linda Liberi August 24, 2014 - 1:42 am

Mon Ami, I would love to hear more about French Village life and shared recipes that are prepared everyday with the freshest of produce, fish and meats. Of course, I am a gardener and love your flower photos. The poppy seeds would be cherished in my Western NY home and shared with Friends here.
Gratefully yours,
Linda

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Lois Wylde August 24, 2014 - 1:46 am

After just buying a new home, I would love to win a packet of your seeds to plant next spring..”.at the moment we have about an acre of lawn and will spend the winter planning our landscape. You have a beautiful blog and I look forward to all of your pictures and writings. It would be very difficult to choose what I would like to see more of……

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Laurie August 24, 2014 - 1:50 am

Hello Sharon. I truly enjoy when you share French interiors, brocante, recipes and your garden. Always a treat to read your blog!

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Shelly August 24, 2014 - 1:52 am

More Brocante and more about those cutie pie mutts. I would just love to have getto!
Would love to visit you some day.

Blessings

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Val Sarjeant August 24, 2014 - 1:57 am

Hi Sharon, everything you post is enjoyable. I specially love seeing your two intrepid companions and the mischief they get into to. It is always good to see what you but at the markets and photos of your garden are always a delight. Living over the other side of the world in New Zealand I can but dream of wandering through your countryside and browsing through all those fascinating markets. Val

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Adrienne Ralph August 24, 2014 - 1:58 am

I would love to hear more about gardening through the seasons, always mutts, brocante and giving a house a feeling of a French home.

Thanks so much

Adrienne

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Delaine August 24, 2014 - 2:12 am

I love the variety that you bring to your blog…. Your pups, the brocante, your French girlfriends, etc….it’s all wonderful! It would be great to see more of your village life and the places you shop in your village,etc.

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Loretta August 24, 2014 - 2:39 am

I love your blog and everything on it so just keep doing what you are doing! I have to tell you that winning the poppy seeds would mean a great deal to me. I grew up in San Antonio, TX but I have Alsatian roots. My Mom always had wild double red poppies growing in the field in front of our house. The seeds were handed down to her. She has Alzheimer’s now and the homestead was sold and the house torn down. I was never able to get any of the seeds to keep the poppies growing in my own garden. When I saw your photos, all I could do was think of my Mom and her red poppies. I would love to re-establish the custom with new French seeds……and purple is my favorite color!
Thanks,
Loretta

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Barb Noble August 24, 2014 - 3:05 am

Your poppies are beautiful! I have not seen the lavender colored ones before. And what a special treat it would be to receive seeds in a personalized water colored packet, painted by you! I anticipate receiving your blog to see what you have to share for that day. I particularly enjoy your brocante shoots with ghetto and his buddy. I love the french countryside, interior designs, glimpses of Paris and life in the villages. You keep me truly inspired to return to France.
Barb, Colorado, USA

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jackie August 24, 2014 - 3:20 am

Oh My gosh the opportunity to obtain some of those gorgeous poppies. would love to know the botanical name as cannot find them in Melbourne. We are just about to embark on a garden in an Edwardian property and would love to be able to obtain something similar.
What would we like more of: recipes, dogs, dogs dogs and more dogs and the garden. More of your interiors would also be appreciated and dare I say your short stories absolutely love them. I would love to see a collection of them published. The collection would be great weekend reading.

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Yvetta August 24, 2014 - 3:33 am

I am working on flower gardens in my yard and would be honored to have some of your poppies growing here in Oklahoma. My dream trip is to visit France.

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Gina August 24, 2014 - 3:34 am

I think your sweet seed packets are very artsy and just about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen

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Sally Leonard August 24, 2014 - 3:37 am

Your blog is my very favorite. Hard to pick but maybe I’d choose more interior posts?
I hope you choose the 70 year old home-school teacher as one of your seed recipients.
She sounds very worthy!

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J. Ward-smith August 24, 2014 - 3:37 am

I’m new to your blog and find myself enjoying your archives. Looks like you have covered lots of territory. I have a lot of catching up to do!

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Karen T. August 24, 2014 - 3:46 am

What beautiful photos! I would love to see more French interiors. Great giveaway!

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Lauren August 24, 2014 - 4:48 am

Wow, Most Beautiful 🙂
I would love to win some seeds for my mom and dad. They are wonderful people who love spending time out in the garden- it is very beautiful- and I know your seedlings would be well cared for, loved and appreciated by many in our beach community. I would love to know how to incorporate french style into a smaller space. I have just begun looking at your blog when my mum told me about it and love it so far! The giveaways are fun too 🙂

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Debby Cline August 24, 2014 - 5:08 am

I love the idea of giving away seeds! So many of my plants were given to me. I don’t have poppies and I’m not even sure I could grow them in a Georgia but would love to try. I love different plants. By the way I even have a brother named Poppy named after the flower for his yellow hair.

Love your blog!

Debbygoesshabby.blogspot.com

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Phyllis August 24, 2014 - 5:39 am

The poppies are breathtaking! I would love to see more of your beautiful garden shots, village life, French interiors and your recipes.

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littlepariscafe@gmail.com August 24, 2014 - 5:57 am

How delightful x

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Kathy August 24, 2014 - 6:04 am

Love your blog! Seeds oh how lovely…hope I’m lucky!

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Linda August 24, 2014 - 6:18 am

Hi Sharon,
I would love to be the proud recipient of French poppy seeds! Your water colors are so pretty, as well. As far as your blog, there is seldom anything that I do not enjoy. Love seeing your pets, scenes from village life, your travels anywhere in France, and of course French country style interiors. I live in a small home, so I would appreciate ideas on how to accessorize to bring France into a small space.
Thank you for the inspiration you give to me.

Linda
near Seattle, Washington, USA

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Dee Kirkham August 24, 2014 - 6:43 am

Having visited you and staying I your beautiful cottage, your blog keeps my heart full of the beauty of France, the loneliness of your gardens and wonderful memories of you, your family, the great mischievous dogs (love them) and such fond memory of the delicious time we had together. There is not one thing that I like more than another of your blog and each part is special and shows the love you have for the beauty of this world, France and your memorable French Country Home, which will always have a place in my heart lime the seeds from your garden in my garden!

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Sue Zinger August 24, 2014 - 6:50 am

The Poppies are soooo beautiful! I would so love to be able to have them blooming in
my garden. And you do not need to apologize for the watercolors of them. Your renderings are lovely. I love the French interiors and of course your recipes and your
pups. Thank you for sharing the Poppies.

Sue Zinger

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Chrsistine Stanton August 24, 2014 - 7:04 am

I love the variety you post on your blog. Don’t apologies for your drawings of the poppies, they look good to me. The poppies themselves look amazing, they have always been one of my favourite flowers. They make me feel happy. I’m in Australia and would love to be able to grow some French poppies. Thanks for taking the time to write your blog.

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Gabi August 24, 2014 - 7:21 am

Oh Sharon I think your watercolours are just beautiful…they really are. And your Blog is one of my very favourites…in fact my favourite 🙂
Love all the topics you choose…especially when you include your sweet doggies.
Your photos are marvellous.
Being a voyeur though I think I would love to see more interior but also how people live there, your walks, your creative projects and of course your brocante finds to.
Well I guess just more of everything really :))))
Best of wishes xx Gabi, Perth, Western Australia.

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Gabriele August 24, 2014 - 8:46 am

Dear Sharon, what a wonderful idea and gift.
We are garden lovers so I love all your post about your wonderful place or your neighborhood. But I also prefer to see more of the french girlfriend series, and the french villages (because of your beautiful references we did a big tour through france this summer). I love your recipes and stories abaout french living. And I enjoy every picture as well. Have a great sunday! Gabriele

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Pippy August 24, 2014 - 9:51 am

Your watercolours are beautiful, and I would love to see your poppies in my mother’s garden in Australia… If I have to choose, more brocante please.

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Nazlan August 24, 2014 - 10:56 am

Dear Sharon,
I love your blog very much but will love it more if ı can send you the photo of the poppies from my garden on a very small island near İstanbul .
Love
Nazlan

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Jan August 24, 2014 - 10:57 am

I adore beautiful gardens, whether flowers, trees, beautiful roses, plants of all kinds. They make me feel happy in a very sad year personally. My beloved husband of 49 years passed away in early February suddenly. The garden has been such a joy to me. All your wonderful photos bring a smile to my life. Thank you so much.

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Bindy August 24, 2014 - 10:58 am

Hi Sharon I am not sure if this gets me in a competition or not but I love your pages on Face book I keep a lot of your photos on a file to inspire my garden ideas. I don’t blog but I think I will learn as I see there are more beautiful pictures Keep up the good work
Thank you Bindy

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Susi August 24, 2014 - 10:59 am

I am an artist my speciality is botanical illustrations. You said you were not an artist, you are wrong! Anyone who loves beauty as you do, obviously is an artist. Putting your thoughts and love on a piece of paper anyway you can is ART! Your flowers come from the heart that’s real ART!

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DiAna Hart Smith August 24, 2014 - 11:01 am

Oh, how I love the eclectic mix of your blog! My most favorite subjects are: gardening, French village life, and the girlfriend series. There’s nothing that I don’t like! I promise to give your seeds loving care in my rich Virginia soil and modest temperatures. I would be over-the-moon to have a bit of France added to my friendship garden–abundant with seeds, seedlings, plants, bushes–even trees–that friends have contributed from their gardens.
DiAna Hart Smith

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Mary Starnes August 24, 2014 - 11:03 am

I would love more about flowers and French
Interiors and of course anything about the mutts
Is wonderful.

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Deborah Sunset August 24, 2014 - 11:07 am

Your blog is a beautiful ray of France delivered to south Florida! Please know I enjoy every bit of what you share!!
I would love to see more interiors as that is the hardest for be to get right and I love all your recipes!
Your watercolor seed packets look like art to me! How special!!! I would be thrilled to plant them here.
Thanks for all you do- Au revoir

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Lynn Minnick MyGREENLifeandRealEstate August 24, 2014 - 11:10 am

Bonjour Sharon! Your blog is a constant source of inspiration – I very much enjoy all of your topics, but I am also keen to see what seasonal dishes you are cooking or baking, more details on French interiors, villages, gardening, and the girlfriends series. I pour over the photos of your brocante finds, and smile at the photos of your pups. Your photos really are beautiful. I am a gardener myself and am gathering the courage to redesign a garden gone wild – your poppies would be a lovely addition and suit the color palette!

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grammygoodwill August 24, 2014 - 11:31 am

Hmm, hard to choose what I like best about your blog – probably the ones that give me ideas on how to bring a touch of France into my home. Now with this giveaway, I have a chance to bring that touch into my yard. I would be thrilled if I won some of those seeds. The flowers are gorgeous. We’ve just moved into a small patio home and I can’t wait to plant some of the things I brought with me.
Thanks for the chance to win.

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christine brady August 24, 2014 - 11:34 am

How can you say the seed packets are not art? They are beautiful and a wonderful way to give seeds to a friend…..

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Pat F. August 24, 2014 - 11:44 am

Hi Sharon! I absolutely love your blog and make sure that I subscribe by both e-mail and Facebook, so I will not ever miss it! I must say, I love everything about your wonderful posts; I love your two adorable cuties and all their funny antics; your beautiful gardens (peonies and lilacs are favorites); gorgeous countryside (I still love that story you did a while ago about that old and wonderful church); your wonderful Parisian and local antique finds; and anything about your beautiful country that I hope to one day visit! Your postings and pictures are amazing and it is easy to find oneself transported and lost amongst all the beauty and history. I love everything, so please keep up all your good work! Thanks for the opportunity to win one of your beautiful garden Poppy seeds! I would love to have a little bit of your French countryside grace my home!

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Laurie August 24, 2014 - 12:02 pm

I am new to your blog, but am truly enjoying and being inspired by all your beautiful pictures. I am also an avid home gardener and would love to add your poppies to my yard.
Thanks so much for the opportunity!!

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Monica Robinson August 24, 2014 - 12:36 pm

I would love to see these beautiful poppies growing in my garden here in the United States, knowing their roots are from France. They look like they belong in a fairy garden, full of beauty, kindness and love.

Monica

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Frieda August 24, 2014 - 12:44 pm

Bonjour Sharon
Je suis bien loin de toi
Pourtant mon jardin a bien besoin de douces couleurs
de ces belles flaurs
Je suis fan de ton blog spécialement quand tu racontes ta vie de blogueuse
Je suis aussi fan des commentaires de tes articles
On découvre tant de personnages et leur vie
La richesse du net….Sourires et lerci
Bon dimanche à toi
Frieda

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Heather August 24, 2014 - 1:01 pm

Hi Sharon, I think you poppy artwork is besutiful and look professional. I love when you post about home decor, gardening, and your lovely stories. Thank you for sharing your talents.

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colleen August 24, 2014 - 1:25 pm

I love your whole blog. If I had to choose it would be more “real” french interiors and tips on how to add a few things at a time….little touches!

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Sonya Wodicka August 24, 2014 - 1:26 pm

I would love to plant your poppy seeds in my garden. I grow beautiful tall orange and pink annual poppies here in Central Virginia, so I could share seeds with you!
Sonya Wodicka

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Philippa Holland August 24, 2014 - 1:42 pm

I was attracted to your facebook page and blog by your beautiful photographs. They bring a real serenity to life. x

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Lora August 24, 2014 - 1:52 pm

Hi Sharon,

I’m not enough of a gardener to merit your lovely seeds so I’m not entering your contest, but I did want to share what I enjoy most about your blog. First, I must say that it is your high quality and the blend of topics that keep me reading – horses, dogs, loot shoots, homes and estates for sale, all of it. I will say that there are two kinds of posts that I find particularly engaging. The first is any post that features people – your series on area artists, the series on your French girl friends (I’ve re-read those posts more than I can count), and your posts about your daughter(s?), even your letters to Dauphine and your winter tale this year. Regarding posts about your daughter/s (I can’t tell if there is one or two and that is fine), I know you are careful about talking about your family in detail, and I completely understand. It’s just that the little peaks you do give us, perhaps because they are just little peaks, are so special. On a separate vein I also particularly love the 2 diminutional flower presentations you have been doing lately, the ones where the flowers and plants are lain out on a cloth. I always forward those to one friend or another.

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Georgia Nieto August 24, 2014 - 2:22 pm

I absolutely love the garden photography the most. Your wisteria photos are what brought me to your blog, which I find very inspiring and tranquil. I even have a screen saver of your wisteria shot! My second favorite part of your blog is the decorating photos and information. Thanks for your time spent sharing with us!

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sherry klusman August 24, 2014 - 2:57 pm

Your blog is fantastic and I don’t feel any huge changes to be made. I for one love gardening so I especially look for posts pertaining to this. A love of fine linens is eye candy for sure. Being from Arizona our surroundings are so very different. I’m tired of the standard orange/yellow California poppy and would delight in adding a splash of pink/purple to my accent areas. Your poppies are plump and delightfully happy. Hope I can receive a packet. Thanks.

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Lisa Sweeney August 24, 2014 - 3:37 pm

Bonjour Sharon,
Your blog is one of my very favorite ! And I love seeing all your great photos on Instagram. I am a gardner and I would love to add poppies to my ” collection”. I enjoy seeing French interiors, anything about France, the brocantes and your house and garden.
Thanks for a great blog!
Blessings,
Lisa

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Susie in San Antonio August 24, 2014 - 4:18 pm

I love your blog – just as is. Especially partial to the puppies and their antics, countryside photos and recipes. Thanks for allowing me to share in your world.

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Sharon August 24, 2014 - 4:23 pm

Reading your delightful blog is the perfect way to start my day. I have red poppies – almost certainly brought in by birds – in a flower bed inherited from my dear aunt. The addition of poppies from your garden would be the perfect complement. Can you tell that your gardening articles and photos are my favorite? Thank you for all the time and effort that I know must go into creating your wonderful site that is enjoyed by so many all over the world.

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Justine August 24, 2014 - 4:36 pm

Oh Sharon!
What glorious poppies! I have never seen such stunning colors or blooms on poppies ANYWHERE! My very favorite color scheme in the garden. They actually resemble peonies. I would love to at least know the “name” of these varietals, so that I can try to locate them for our gardens here in northern Michigan, on Lake Michigan…..please. But of course, please count me in for hopes of winning the seeds!!!
My other favorite blog of yours was about the potager, I reread that one often, and drool over the photos. Keep them coming!

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Jane August 24, 2014 - 5:46 pm

I love your watercolors! Do not think for a moment that they are not wonderful in every way.
Just wanted to let you know that.
:-}
Jane

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Patricia Caruso August 24, 2014 - 5:47 pm

I LOVE your blog. I live in New Jersey and dream of visiting France one day ! My house is filled with French antiques so I enjoy seeing pictures of antiques, french villages,recipes, and of course your adorable dogs! I have 2 Dalmatians. I want to include a small landscaped area in our backyard that looks French, with symmetrical rows, topiaries, etc… I may not sure where to start. Do you have any pictures of this type of garden ? Also, can you include information on how one would ship antiques back to the USA, if I ever make it to France?

Merci,
Patricia Caruso

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Debra August 24, 2014 - 5:48 pm

I just subscribed a few weeks ago – and I love it! – but I don’t see where to leave a comment, so
I am trying this way. 🙂

I love flowers and gardens and gardening, so I am always happy to see those, but I am also very interested in interiors. Hopefully we start building a new home soon and how I would love to start my new flower beds with seeds from your garden!

Thank you,
Debra

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Sherry Johnson August 24, 2014 - 5:49 pm

Hi Sharon,

I love all subjects in your blog! Your pictures are amazing and I love hearing about all of the brocante finds. I guess my favorite articles by you have been the descriptions of the Paris arrondisements you did a while ago. I printed them up for a future trip to Paris, but I don’t believe you have finished all of them yet, so I patiently wait & watch for them. Please continue sharing all of your creativity and positive spirit in your blogs as they do brighten my days.

Sincerely,
Sherry Johnson

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Dee August 24, 2014 - 5:50 pm

Dear Sharon,
Please keep up the wonderful writings of your blogg. Top interest for me would always be those amazing dogs of yours, recipes, village life w brocante trips and your enjoyable short stories especially around Christmas.
Thank you for hours of destressing,
Dee Poquette

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Cindy August 24, 2014 - 5:51 pm

Sharon,
I love your garden and flower shots, pictures of the dogs and horses, recipes, French countryside shots and the stories that you write. So beautiful and uplifting. My dear friend shared your blog with me before she passed away in May from ovarian cancer. I think of her everyday when I read your blog. We both loved your dahlia pictures.
Thank you so much!
Cindy McCarty, Iowa, USA

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Lisa August 24, 2014 - 5:52 pm

Dear Sharon,

Where do I begin? I’ve been subscribing to your blog for the past year or so (so wish I would have found you earlier) and can honestly say there isn’t a post that I don’t love. You’re such an inspiration!!
If I have to choose my personal favorites are stories of your adorable *mutts* and all the mischief they seem to get into; beautiful photos of the gorgeous countryside that surrounds you and especially of your beautiful home and garden; and tales of french village life and all the wonderful shopping trips!! All your blog posts make me feel if like I’m on a blog vacation and just for a few moments I continue my dream of someday visiting.

Hoping to win a packet of seeds in one of the little handmade sachets, with the watercolour label tied on the front!! I can just imagine how pretty those poppies would look in my garden next year. In my eyes, the watercolour label is a true piece of art.

Thank you Sharon and have a lovely weekend~
Lisa DeBoer

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Sari August 24, 2014 - 5:53 pm

What gorgeous poppies. And your painted poppy vignettes are indeed art, at least in the eyes of this beholder. I am new to your blog and thus far I’ve enjoyed all I’ve viewed. I especially like seeing the gardens and recipes would be great. Oh, an brocante. And village life….

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Gail August 24, 2014 - 5:55 pm

I think you are doing a great job of mixing it up with your blog. It is especially interesting to learn about people in your area and what they are doing. Of course home interiors are fascinating. So different from the aesthetic here in New Mexico. Great job–I enjoy your blog whether I win or not! p.s. Don’t sell yourself short, your watercolors are delightful!

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Taryn August 24, 2014 - 5:56 pm

I am a recent subscriber and love to see the photos & hear the stories on your site.
I was admiring the shots of different flowers from you garden displayed on the table linens and was finding myself wishing I could
create a collection such as yours in my own garden. I live on a small acreage in Canada and only have time for a few raised garden beds
and my favourite – raspberry bushes. The biggest challenge I encounter is the bears trudging through the garden beds and crushing my
plants and the deer persistently trying to mow down the tender raspberry shoots as they are coming up. But I love my little corner
of the world and would love to start a beautiful array of flowers in my garden.

thank you for the time and effort you put into your blogs. I thoroughly enjoy them!

Taryn

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Candace August 24, 2014 - 6:01 pm

Sharon:
The poppies are heavenly. I live vicariously through your garden photos. I live in a very difficult climate where temperatures vary from -20 to 110 Fahrenheit in a years time! Your blog is beautiful and insightful. I think the broad range of topics is what keeps it interesting. I look forward to opening my email each time I see a new message 🙂
Candace

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Gina August 24, 2014 - 6:03 pm

Dear Sharon , I love getting your e-mails. They are all so inspiring, it’s hard to pick. I don’t blog,so I know I can’t win anything ,but I love everything you post and wanted to thank you for giving all of us a chance to enjoy all the beauty that surrounds you daily. Wether it is your friends,your garden, art or antiques.or your darling dogs,thanks for sharing them. I know it puts a little sunshine in everyone’s day. Fondly, Gina Schneeberger

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jewel August 24, 2014 - 6:18 pm

I would love to have a spot of France in my garden although they would not look as lovely as your, I’m sure.

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Darlene B August 24, 2014 - 6:28 pm

I love the color of your poppies. When my husband and I walk there is a garden with the red variety and I often stop and marvel at their beauty. I love to see the French countryside and the beautiful centuries old homes. Oh what stories could be told of their walls. I have been to France a couple of times but have only ever been to Paris for a day or two. Would love to one day spend more time in the countryside. Merci for sharing!

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Barbara August 24, 2014 - 6:58 pm

I’m new to your blog so I will love anything you post! I think your water colors are definitely frame-worthy and very much artistic!

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Lynda Bergman August 24, 2014 - 7:30 pm

Hi Sharon, I love your blog and am very interested in everything you post. I really do love how you write about Ghetto & Gibson. And, I like your artwork. I live in south Texas and not sure if your seeds would grow here, but would love to have only two or three seeds to test. I’m a gardener, so I’m sure they would multiply for me if they do come up in the garden. Thanks for the giveaway. Lynda

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Nancy Alexander August 24, 2014 - 7:38 pm

Hi Sharon! I would be overjoyed to have some of your poppy seeds and the beautiful watercolor tag!!! You are a very gifted woman and so very genuine and humble. As far as my favorite topics on your blog…I love it just the way it is!!! Perfect balance of topics. I am a landscape designer and would love, love, love to have your poppies in my personal memory garden…one of which I will always think of you when poppies are blooming!!! Sincerely, Nancy

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Botanic Bleu August 24, 2014 - 8:54 pm

Sharon,
Everything you post is outstanding. Since one of the things I like about your blog is the variety, I would love for you to continue writing about everything you already do. Some of my favorites are your photos of the French villages, every day scenes, brocante loot shoots, fictional stories, and garden and flower arrangements. Anything that gives me insight into the beauty, style, rhythm of France. Your articles reflect authentic French experiences captured by your lens, not just a sharing of someone else’s work. For me, that is the essence of My French Country Home, a true French moment.

How I would love to win one of the packets of poppy seeds from your garden. While the seeds you offer are a beautiful double garden variety, the single corn poppy that grows as weeds in wheat fields and along the roadsides is one of the things that says France to me. Each time I return to France my eyes scan fields and roadsides for my first sight of these little flowers, a symbol of being in France.

Judith

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Judy August 24, 2014 - 8:59 pm

Good morning Sharon,

I love your blog, it always transports me to your beautiful home and gives me my ” French Fix”. Having seeds from your poppies for my Northern California garden would be such a wonderful gift that would give and those who also enjoy (grandchildren ) my garden that keeps giving and giving.

Thank you for doing what you do with so much love.

Judy Heyman

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Jennifer Rielly August 24, 2014 - 9:00 pm

More mutts please….I have a wire fox named Angus and we love to see and hear all the antics.. Love to all Jennifer and angus from Newport Beach , California

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Donna Stokes August 24, 2014 - 9:01 pm

I love the pictures of the areas where you live,and the antics of the dogs are priceless. I also
like to see the articles that you buy on your shopping sprees. Actually, your blog is absolutely
the best!

Donna

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Julia McGarry August 24, 2014 - 9:03 pm

Cher Sharon,

It has been 50 years since I was a 17 year old student living with a family during the summer of 1964 in Versailles, just a few blocks from the Chateau. I learned so much from the entire extended family, especially the four small children who explored their large walled garden with me, la bonnemama who took me to the Chateau on Tuesday evenings when it was gaslit throughout, and from the daily meals and routines they all shared with me. I also became close friends with a Parisian family from the 17th arrondissement who often spent time at their 200 year-old family home in Beaumeneil, Normandy. That summer was an experience that changed my life and grew into life-long friendships.

I so enjoy reading the variety of posts on “My French Country Home.” It is hard to say what I would like to see more of – everything you mentioned delights me. I open your blog immediately when it appears in my e-mail and always enjoy whatever you share. I feel as though you are writing directly to me! Your posts take me back to a special time, to a special place, to some very special people, and it gives me a glimpse of what’s happening today. You do a wonderful job of sharing so much of what makes up the culture, not just of Normandy but of Paris and other regions you visit, that make France the intriguing country it is. I look forward to more of your insights and delights!

Thanks for sharing!
Julie

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Debbie August 24, 2014 - 9:05 pm

I love, love, your blog. All things French is what I enjoy the most” especially the French interiors and of course bro ante. I live in canada so not sure if I could be included in the draw for the seeds. The poppies are exceptional and would love to have the seeds, but most of all I love the artwork you have attached to them. You have such an eye for every detail. Wishing you all things great, and as I said before your blog is fabulous. Debbie from bc canada

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Bev Dorman August 24, 2014 - 9:06 pm

Sharon,

I am so glad that I found your blog about one year ago (I think!). Love everything about it! I traveled with my husband to Provence this summer to see the lavender in bloom and we weren’t disappointed. Two other couples joined us for a wonderful time living the French country life. We rented a home in Sablet, cooked, ate, painted, went to the local markets and drank the wonderful wine. No standing in lines for museums, churches, etc. A truly relaxing vacation…..except for the day we got caught in a hail storm at the top of Mount Ventoux! Obviously, we made it down and survived all the lightning that went with it.

I love to see pictures of French Interiors, as I am a wannabe interior designer and am always looking for my next project. And….I am a watercolor artist (beginner) and think your poppy paintings are sweet! I have an “inspiration board” in my studio, where I tuck such little paintings to motivate me and keep me exposed to others’ techniques as I am still trying to refine my style! I also enjoy your garden shots and save them to serve as more inspiration when I paint!

So, thanks for a wonderful way for us to peek into your life and dream a little……

Bev

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Peggy August 24, 2014 - 9:18 pm

I really like the pictures of buildings and streets and houses.It is so very different from where I live.

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cate tuten August 24, 2014 - 10:01 pm

Sharon, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many comments on a blog before!! Testament to how loved and followed you are. I LOVE your little paintings on the seed packets. In fact, I’d like to win just for your art work. Your blog is wonderful! I love reading about French life, gardens, recipes and french interiors. However, I look forward to each and every post. Blessings, Cate

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Stephanie August 24, 2014 - 10:02 pm

Beautiful, beautiful flowers! I love to see your garden and the dogs and anything relating to French life.

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Heather McPherson August 24, 2014 - 10:58 pm

O my goodness I love absolutely everything you write in your bogs, I love all your garden photos, in fact I’m always checking my emails for your next one. Those poppies look absolutely amazing, I wonder could you tell me their name & will they grow in Australia, I’m some distance out of Sydney on the way to the blue mountains. Appreciate your wonderful work, thank you.

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Mary Ann Falciani August 25, 2014 - 12:25 am

Sharon,

I have been reading your blog for a long time and I love the idea that you can share
your life in Normandy with so many around the world. I love your seed packets and would love to look at those poppies all summer. I think you should paint and add note cards to your shop. I loved the ones you did about a year ago. I want to meet more of the real French people who live and share your life. I love trying your recipes and your photos are fabulous. Please share more French villages and more places where travelers can stay for a couple of days and experience life in a real French home. Please keep writing, you bring joy to so many.

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Lonna Berridge August 25, 2014 - 12:45 am

Dear Sharon,
Don’t for a moment discount your beautiful water colors! I am a new subscriber- but think I would love to read of French village life and see recipes as well as learn about your garden. Thank you! Lonna

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Laura gallagher August 25, 2014 - 1:38 am

I’m an august baby and love my flower the poppy. I’d love to have them in my yard. You can’t find them that easily in houston. I love everything you post and a also a obsessed Francophile. Thank you for starting my everyday with a smile.

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Linda Napier August 25, 2014 - 2:02 am

Hello!

I LOVE the french interiors and the pictures of life in France. You really capture the feelings special ambiance that carries me away.

Linda

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TJF Design August 25, 2014 - 5:20 am

Sharon ~ Hello and thank you so much for a truly enjoyable blog. All your postings are enjoyable and lovely and I so appreciate being transported to your dreamy part of the world even if for a short time. One day I will come to France but til then, your offerings are such joy. All you write about is informative and inspiring and your photos are just unbelievable. As a designer and artist, I assure you, your art is exactly that. The water colors are precious and water color is not an easy medium for many artists, even those very talented in other realms. Loving all that you share and especially French interiors. With such a surgence in the open format kitchens (Kitchen~Un-kitchens, I call them), it would be wonderful to see more authentic ones which seem to be quite different than what many US designers tout as a French kitchen. French monograms are also extra special to me ~ But as long as you are blogging, anything French will do. Many thanks ~ Terri

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Donna M. Lestage August 25, 2014 - 7:06 am

I was delighted to see your exquisite seed packets. I’m a lifelong gardener and fledgling watercolorist so the photos on your first blog since I became a subscriber went straight to my heart.
In addition to gardening and decor, I am interested in reading about village life. I hope my first trip to France will be a tour via the canals.
Wishing you joy…

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sylvia Faye August 25, 2014 - 7:10 am

Your joie de vivre
Your flowers and arrangements you do
Your travels to cities and villages
Your stories about visiting chateaux, etc.
Houses for sale
Your home show us more please!
Brocante

How pleasing are the pictures on todays post of your watercolour packets…love, love them and pray that my name will be one of the lucky 10 winners. Just seeing the seed packets brought joy to my heart.
Merci pour the giveaway.
With a joyful heart,

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Kathy Gahagan August 25, 2014 - 7:25 am

J’adore those poppies! I’m interested in French interiors and French village life.
Merci,
Kathy

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Lynda Griffiths August 25, 2014 - 7:27 am

I enjoy everything about your blog but in particular the images you post of everyday scenes of France- your visits to NIce and Provence bring back happy memories of holidays past for this Welsh maid- living in the Cotswolds but with my heart in France! I’m a keen gardener so love to see what is in bloom in your climate and the wonderful arrangements you create from them to adorn your home.Keep the joyful scenes coming and heartfelt thanks for the time you dedicate to share a slice of French life with the rest of the world !!

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Sherry Hawkins August 25, 2014 - 7:28 am

Your blog is my favorite…especially the garden shots and French village life. However,
I am never disappointed in whatever you post! Thank you for adding a moment of
beauty and a glimpse of France to our days.

Sherry

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Cherry Dearie August 25, 2014 - 7:29 am

Sharon,
You ARE an artist! Don’t ever not think that and never apologize for you work. It is lovely! I truly,truly need a package of these Poppy’s! Truly!as far as what I like to see-everything you are doing is wonderful! I love seeing you travels,your shopping buys,gardens,dogs,ect. I would hesitate to choose something to leave out ☺️
Cherry

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Cheryl West August 25, 2014 - 7:30 am

The poppies are simply gorgeous. I have pink singles with pale lavender throats so would love to have yours in my garden as well. I enjoy and admire all the photos of your garden and would really enjoy accounts of French village life. I think it is most interesting and informative to learn of the daily routines,festivals and the personalities of the people in another country’s towns. Thank you for sharing your life and interests on your blog. Cheryl

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Rita Kolycius August 25, 2014 - 7:32 am

I love everything about the blog! It’s my very favorite I guess because you love flowers and other beautiful things! I guess my fav is usually the French girlfriend series. Those are very fun! And I would love some of the popy seeds being a gardener myself here in Ontario Canada

Rita

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Pauline from Phillip Island August 25, 2014 - 8:27 am

So many lovely comments….so well deserved. It’s hard to imagine being lucky enough to win your beautiful gift. I have followed your blog for quite some time and I love the variety of topics you cover. They are all my favourites! I will keep my fingers crossed that your little piece of France will come to me on my island south of Australia.

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jenn.e.o. August 25, 2014 - 9:55 am

I love your style of writing and your photos. I’ve enjoyed your girlfriend posts, gardening, table settings, and those glimpses into your life which seems at once foreign and familiar.

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Ann Vincent August 25, 2014 - 10:43 am

Dear Sharon,

I live in a small town Called Esperance in Western Australia

We have built a French farm house and surrounded it with French style gardens.

I would love to plant some of your wonderful seeds, to see something of France

pop up in my garden. i love to wake up in the morning,to your wondrous happenings

Love your French Girlfriends and lust after your interiors.

Esperance is quite a wild country, but has the most beautiful beaches in the australia,

and we feel we have a piece of provencal magic where we live

Thank you,

kindest thoughts

Ann Vincent

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Vivian Peters August 25, 2014 - 10:45 am

Love your garden and bouquet shots! I am an avid Gardner (with too many deer, raccoons squirrels, chipmunks and bears)! But I so love my gardens and the few flowers that somehow survive! Would love to try and see the blossoms from some of your pink poppy seeds in my yard. I also dabble in sketching with hopes of learning to use watercolor paints. Love your emails and photos and almost anything related to France! Recipes, teas, furniture and thoughts of yards to relax in and enjoy the days, sounds devine to me.
Thank you for sharing your life with me.
Sincerely,
Vivian

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Beverley August 25, 2014 - 10:47 am

Sharon, definitaly the garden and the MUTS //////// from Beverley in Australia xxxxx

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Kitsy Smith August 25, 2014 - 10:49 am

Dear Sharon,

I do so love your blog, especially anything about plants, but brocante makes my heart go pitter patter. Would love to plant some of your beautiful flower seeds in my North Carolina, USA garden. Thanks for the opportunity.

Kitsy Smith

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Paula Carter August 25, 2014 - 10:50 am

I love everything you write about and so enjoy your beautiful photos as well as your writing. I am a retired advance English teacher from the South ( America) . My husband and I have visited Normady twice and were treated so sweetly by everyone there. The foliage is much like our area so that enjoying the beautiful fresh food was wonderful. We have a big black labrador so that I do like how you present those special dogs of yours. I’ve made the asparagus risotto often and liked that you featured that. Recipes are always welcome. But I have to say my heart leaps when I have a chance to view French interiors, real homes that have that authentic, comfortable style. Many blogs become redundant over time, but yours has not at all. Merci!

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Nancy Donatelli August 25, 2014 - 10:51 am

I think your watercolors are just fine and the packaging for the seeds is great too. I enjoy the mutts, the french girlfriend series, tales of french village life and french interiors. However I just enjoy the varied content also.
Nancy

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judi mcgovern August 25, 2014 - 11:45 am

I am an artist and your watercolr posies are delightful. Your early morning pix of your village in the fog and the pix of your daughter and the dogs and horses are my faves..Your bouquets are inspiration for my own garden and paintings.
I have a wonderful garden next to a peaceful lake where your poppies would love to reside

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laurie przybylski August 25, 2014 - 12:42 pm

sharon,
thank you for sharing your blog! your garden posts are stunning and i am drawn to your brocante and floral combinations! the watercolor labels you painted of your poppies are awesome! they would make beautiful note cards! i love all things paper and flowers and would be thrilled to have a piece of both with your seed packets and label in my small urban garden/home in baltimore maryland.

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Alicia Greenrabbit August 25, 2014 - 12:50 pm

I love your site,how about some of the homes and architecture of France.

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Michelle M August 25, 2014 - 12:56 pm

Hi Sharon,

Merci for all of the inspiration…love your blog! I would love to plant some of your flowers in my garden near Kansas City, in a spot where I could enjoy them with my morning coffee. All of your posts are delightful, but I especially love a glimpse into lovely French homes!

Kind Regards,
Michelle

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jane m. ferguson August 25, 2014 - 1:27 pm

Sharon,
Just picked up recently on your blog & have been taking notes as our family is going to Paris next August. We have all been before at different times, but it was long ago.
Your tours through Paris, & the quaint villages all lend towards our excitement in going.
Would love your poppy tags, I have a collection of tags of sorts from friends & my own home made & they add to a corner in my kitchen hanging from a hutch:)
Merci, for letting me share.
Jane

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Cady Tucker August 25, 2014 - 1:32 pm

I am hoping the giveaway is still open as it is Monday morning. I would be more than happy to exchange some four-o’clock seeds with you in the future.

As for the blog I love it all but especially enjoy the french girlfriend series! On instagram I love the flowers as that is my photographing hobby. I’m at Tucker777 on the instagram!

Thank you!
Cady

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Mary Anne MacMorran August 25, 2014 - 2:01 pm

I love everything about your blog. The French girlfriend series is of particular interest, and the stories about your dogs are always so refreshing. I enjoy all of your pictures, but the ones that I find most interesting are the ones of French houses. I love seeing what people are doing to furnish them and the beautiful landscape that surrounds them. I live in Austin, Texas where it is hot and dry this time of the year, so it is particularly pleasing to see the lush green countryside of France.

My husband & I will be travelling in France in October for the second time. Your blog helps us (yes, I share your posts with my husband) maintain our memories and fuel our excitement of our impending trip!

Thanks you for the time and effort you put into your blog. You are so creative!

Mary Anne

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Susie in San Antonio August 25, 2014 - 2:12 pm

One thing I forgot to add about your site that I love are your short stories – what a welcome treat. I’m an aspiring children’s author and love your way with words. Thanks again!

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Holly August 25, 2014 - 2:59 pm

I love seeing the countryside, the villages, the interiors, the gardens. Recipes and like you have said, to show your life in France. It’s a different world than here and holds so much romance, I love love love seeing through your blog the beauty of life where you are. Thank you for writing! It’s very inspiring! Holly

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Stephanie Guillory August 25, 2014 - 3:02 pm

Sharon,
I love the way the French are able to make every street and home look like a post card with amazing flowers and greenery. I take so many ideas home and try to work them into my own garden.
This is my second most favorite thing about France. The first; the people.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Stephanie

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Jan Johnson August 25, 2014 - 3:02 pm

Love every thing about your blog. I adore the pictures of the poppies! I would love to have them in my garden! I especially love the French interiors. Hope i win!

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Patricia Cowan August 25, 2014 - 3:44 pm

The poppies are and would be a lovely addition to any cottage style garden…but are particularly special because they come from YOUR Provencal garden…I covet the colors and ruffly look.
As to what I like to read…from what you mentioned…ALL OF THE TOPICS are creative and enjoyable to not only read but drool over the photos.
I was fortunate enough to spend time in Provence and Paris with my French sister, years ago…will never forget the time spent and continue to be an unabashed Francophile. Therefore, anything on your beautiful site is a treasure!

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Alexis Phillips August 25, 2014 - 4:18 pm

I am a newbie to your blog and website, but love everything I have seen so far! You enable me to channel my inner Frenchwoman. It is my hope to travel to France next year; I have never been. In the meantime, a beautiful addition to my garden would encourage me to keep my goal alive!

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Donna August 25, 2014 - 4:43 pm

I absolutely enjoy all you offer in your blog. I look forward pictures of the rascally dogs, what you’re garden is yielding at the moment and especially your help in finding the best places in Paris! I also love to dream about what to wear to certain occasions. My favorite is to continue as you are, writing about whatever strikes your fancy at the moment. That way the writing is fresh!
Also, never apologize for your art! It is delicate, beautiful and it is truly ART!

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Eileen Wizman August 25, 2014 - 4:58 pm

I Love everything you do. That’s why I subscribe to your site and watch your blog.
Please keep doing what you do!

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Debbie August 25, 2014 - 5:32 pm

What beautiful flowers! I believe that art is not just found in museums, but in the unique way we present those things that we give to others. I love your packaging, Sharon! My daughter and I spent a week in Provence in Summer 2013. The gardens in France are stunning, but I loved most the gardens at people’s homes and the gardens bursting from the window boxes. How lovely it would be to have your flowers growing in my garden in Tennessee! I love to cook and eat seasonally and love the recipies you share with us. Please keep them coming! Bon appetit!

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Jan Grant August 25, 2014 - 5:36 pm

I love everything about your blog it is my favorite blog right now. We are planning a trip to France next year and love all things French. I think you are doing a great job of mixing up your blog themes. Thank you for being you! Jan

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Ellen August 25, 2014 - 9:16 pm

I love your blog and feel I have a friend in France. I especially like to read about your French girl friends and the brocantes. Thank you for writing.

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Pam Ballard August 25, 2014 - 9:50 pm

I love your blog and wouldnt want you to change a thing. I have been a subscriber to your email for sometime. However just followed in instagram and through bloglovin. Thanks for the chance at this giveaway.

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Teddee Grace August 25, 2014 - 10:12 pm

Goodness! I thought I would never reach the end of the comments! Your photos are, of course, gorgeous, but I most enjoy the brocantes and anything to do with decorating.

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darlene north August 25, 2014 - 10:27 pm

Hi Sharon
Oh the questions you ask Your blog is just the best period!!
It is well rounded you share just enough of everything! really you do.
I would love to win a packet of seeds and I would frame your art. and it
is art it is done very nicely. Thank You for the chance
Darlene N

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DeeDi August 26, 2014 - 12:06 am

Wow, I was slow to comment on your lovely blog, so many comments from your fans. It doesn’t matter to me what you write about it us all very interesting and the photos are sublime, everytime I open one my day beomes more neaningful. Thank you for blogging.

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Anne R August 26, 2014 - 12:16 am

I really enjoy your garden shots. But, everything about your blog interests me. Thank you.

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Deborah Nansel August 26, 2014 - 12:59 am

OMG, I love all of your articles! I have always been drawn to anything French and it is not everyday that I can see and read articles about French style! I would love the seeds too as I am an avid gardener. p.s. Love those little watercolors. I’m a picture framer and I would definitely put one in a frame to enjoy!

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Kathryn August 26, 2014 - 1:05 am

Oh dear, how do I choose?I enjoy the topics you choose for every post. However, the ones I don’t relate to as much are the Brocante posts. Only because I know I won’t get to do that in this life. I love the recipes, and have tried many of them. The girlfriend series of posts is intimate and interesting. The scenery, garden, and house pictures I can never get enough of. I can’t tell you how many friends I have got addicted to your Blog. We love it.

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Diana August 26, 2014 - 1:39 am

Hi Sharon, I love reading everything you post. I do have to admit though that I am partial to tales about your two precious dogs. I love the pictures of your beautiful gardens and your shots of the treasures you bring home from the brocantes. I also follow you on IG and have for awhile. Your photography is just so pretty.

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Christy Greer August 26, 2014 - 2:56 am

More brocante, more casual french interiors, and more gardens and flowers. I love the beauty you always find to share!

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Nina August 26, 2014 - 3:22 am

Love all your posts, but I particularly like The Girlfriends, The Mutts, and Village Life. A packet of your beautiful poppy seeds would be wonderful. Thank you for all of your wonderful posts.
Nina in Michigan

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Beverly Funke August 26, 2014 - 3:43 am

I love poppies–mine are salmon doubles with purple centers. Would look great with your purple and pink. My favorite posts right now are the Paris Step-by-Step because I will be in Paris for two weeks in November. I am making my lists!

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Mai from Los Angeles August 26, 2014 - 5:10 am

Dear Sharon: I would love to win one of your seed packets although I know that my wish has very little chance of succeeding. I am actually a very terrible gardener but really would like to learn, one baby step at a time.

Best wishes,

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CK August 26, 2014 - 9:04 am

Thank you for your thoughtful give-aways. I like reading about gardening, interiors, brocante and French country life the most on your blog.

Regards,

CK

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Chris Johnson August 26, 2014 - 12:52 pm

I have loved you blog for some time. You take beautiful pictures, and those two dogs are the best. I probably will never get to France but you give me a “window” to what it is like.

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Debbie D. August 26, 2014 - 12:56 pm

Sharon, I would love to have a piece of Normandy in my little garden! And that little seed packet deserves to be framed….what a sweet little piece of art that would be. I have enjoyed your blog for several years. Saying what I like most would be difficult. Life in France….the visits and photos of villages in your area, the landscaping, the people in the markets, the treasures you return with! I enjoy seeing french interiors, a glimpse into others lives, how you eat, cook, all of it. Just keep it up! I would enjoy a few French beauty secrets! Thanks for the opportunity to win a little of your garden there!

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Catalina August 26, 2014 - 1:18 pm

Love your blog! I just enter for the first time. Would love to have your poppies. I do watercolours and like very much your poppies

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Sooz August 26, 2014 - 1:28 pm

I love french interiors and really enjoyed the series in your friends…and deeply covet your garden!!!!!

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Patti August 26, 2014 - 2:16 pm

I would love to win a seed packet. Then I can have a bit of a French garden here in Michigan. I think your postings are a great balance and I enjoy it all. If I were to want to see more, I would like furnishings and recipes. Thank you for the give a way. Fingers crossed!

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Mary Korpfle August 26, 2014 - 2:43 pm

Have followed your blog for years. Very genuine and a glimpse into life in France. So just write about what you love and we will all love it too. Imagine French poppies in my 100 year old Oregon farmhouse!

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Adnrea August 26, 2014 - 3:31 pm

Hello Sharon,
I believe I subscribe to both Instagram and your blog. I like to see your girlfriends, and brocants, and gardens, village life. I live in Western PA. I have a lot of weeds that I could replace with pretty french poppies. Merci!

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Victoria Naughton August 26, 2014 - 3:59 pm

Hello, enjoy your blog. Would love to see more of the French Girlfriend series.

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Toni August 26, 2014 - 8:12 pm

I enjoy your blog so much, though I especially relish the opportunity to read of French village life!

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Marilyn Ruberg August 26, 2014 - 10:31 pm

Hi Sharon,
I’m actually writing for my daughter who lives in England in “Poppy Cottage”. She would love to enjoy some of your beautiful poppies in her garden. And of course I would enjoy them also when I visit. Debbie, her girls, Sophie and Isabelle all enjoy flowers and gardens.
Your blog is wonderful…. I love each and every one and have shared it with lot of friends.
Your delightful romps with Gibson and Ghetto…the lovely photos of flowers and rooms and brocante days are all so very enjoyable…and of course the French countryside and
buildings are spectacular…Thank You. (Debbie – England debbierowson@btinternet.com)

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Joyce Ward August 26, 2014 - 11:36 pm

Hi Sharon,
Variety is the spice of life regarding your blog which I just found. The French poppies are so lovely especially with your artwork on outside of the packets- caught my eyes. They would also look pretty in West Virginia! Make everyday special.

Thank you,
Joyce W

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Christina ♥ August 26, 2014 - 11:56 pm

Oh my, how I would adore having some of your seeds to plant in my garden here in Los Angeles. Thank you, Sharon, for sharing so much beauty with us.

~ Christina ♥

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Tracey Soroka August 27, 2014 - 3:31 am

Love everything about your blog – your home, your girlfriends, your gardens, your pets, the beautiful scenery – love it all !! But if I had to pick a favourite it would be your brocante finds – always amazing !!

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Maria Luiza August 27, 2014 - 4:33 am

Like the song, “never, ever change”, your blog is delightful and delicious, also like the song.
But, if you still want more votes, I love the garden shots, your bouquets, the tales of french village life, your recipes, french interiors AND, last but not least, the antics of your funny, fantastic mutts, among all the rest!
What a charming idea, spreading the seeds from your beautiful tulips with these so delicate watercolors to match!
Thank you for all that.

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Barbara Aine Powell August 27, 2014 - 10:08 am

Dear Sharon,

I just came back to your blog as I wanted to gaze at those glorious poppies one more time! They are beyond gorgeous, they are simply BRETHTAKING!!!!!

I realized that I hadn’t answered your question as to what I love to hear about on the blog. You know, I just adore almost anything you share about, but, of course, I’d have to say by far my favorite topic is when you have returned from a brocante fair!! Those days are so exciting to me and oh how I’d love to be able to attend a brocante tour someday!! I adore how you pose the doggies and all the pictures you share ~ thank you ever so much for this!!!!!!
Your blog is and always has been my very favorite!!! Your writings are so lovely!!! Thank you for bringing such joy to our lives!!!

Warmest Wishes,

Barbara
Xx

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Jan August 27, 2014 - 11:55 am

Hi Sharon can’t tell you how much I love your fantastic blog , love everything about it ! I would love a packet of your poppy seeds jan xx

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Rié | Portobello Design August 27, 2014 - 2:30 pm

Sharon,
Let me begin by saying, I love your blog – all of it. When I read a blog there is something I want to know about their lives, or country or thoughts, yours fulfill all three and more. I would love more of your girl friends or stories of people or events. Such as the man at the brocante who was selling linen, he invited you to their home and his wife took you on a tour of their home, history and linens. It’s the personal aspects that we do not get to see, or hear about hear in America of French living. Also, how too’s, make a french meal, dress a table, what the inside of a French home looks like, functions and why’s. What makes something French in how you live. All that to say, just more of what you are already doing! 🙂 Your paintings on the seed packets are lovely! I still say you need to frame and sell them. 🙂 All the best to you and your family, and the four legged boys, Rié

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Kendall Bitzarakis August 27, 2014 - 7:54 pm

I had the pleasure of visiting your home fall 2013 on a Brocante tour and I must say your seed packets are as lovely as your home — colorful, inviting, casually elegant and French. I enjoy any post that gives me a peek inside the French countryside.

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Rosemary August 27, 2014 - 9:00 pm

Oh how I would love to have a little bit of France in my humble garden. And poppies are one of my favorites. thanks for the opportunity.

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amber myers August 28, 2014 - 3:49 am

Your blog is like a mini vacation for me, everything you post is just lovely! I would love to have a bit of France on my farm!

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Sandra August 28, 2014 - 6:47 pm

I have just signed up. I love gardening, decor, and recipes.

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Freda August 28, 2014 - 9:02 pm

Have just found you and am particularly loving the posts about your stylish girlfriends and romantic houses and gardens. Make me feel it is possible to achieve your dreams. And I adore those poppies!

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Martha August 29, 2014 - 2:20 am

I do so look forward to your blog posts. I know you put an immense amount of effort in telling all of us about your lovely Normandy. I too am a gardener and cook. I would love to know more about the beautiful towns that produce the historic china that France is so well known for. IE. Quimper, Limoges , etc. I know each region is different. I have much of it but would like to know more. I also have a pattern called Les Mustiers. I know I may be spelling that wrong. It is charming and has regional people on it. Love your gardens and tales of Normandy. And of course Paris. Would also like to know more about all the impressionest painters homes and areas they lived in. Thank you for taking me to a beautiful place with your blog. It does take the stress away.

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anne sommerskov August 29, 2014 - 8:23 am

so so pretty 🙂

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Jan Underhill August 29, 2014 - 8:38 am

Just adore all the photo’s, really makes me feel I am in France. Would hopefully feel like I have my own little piece of France with these poppies in my garden. Think 50-50 for interiors and outdoors. This blog is one of my favourites

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denise@magnoliaveranda August 29, 2014 - 11:32 am

Oh my goodness I have just scrolled down through all your comments and all are the most fabulous remarks. Those little delicate watercolours ARE most definitely art and I would be happy with one of those to use as a bookmark. I love the warm photography, particularly of your garden, I love the chats with girlfriends but most particularly I love the cooking (of course). Your blog creates a little moment in the day to stop, breath and sigh, a time to believe all is good with the world. Those poppy seeds would flourish in my garden even though it is on the other side of the world.

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Pat Catherall August 29, 2014 - 12:12 pm

Good Morning! I am new to your blog but have enjoyed and liked what I see of yours on facebook. I love ALL things French, in fact I am encouraging a French flavor in my home here in Eagle Mountain, Utah. I am in the process of redecorating one of our guest rooms with a Marie Antoinette theme. It has been a lot of fun and should be finished by the end of the year. Not costly things – but beautiful and fun. I have no particular ‘wish list’ of things I’d like to see on your blog – I prefer you let your heart guide you. But will say I have no interest in the latest Paris clothing fashions really. I have been to France several times and each time I come away thinking I must go back. I know I am not alone in that. All the best to you – Pat

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Heather Winter August 29, 2014 - 1:20 pm

I really enjoy the photos and the blog, so much is familiar as we too are living in France but there are always surprises. The flowers from your garden are beautiful and a few of those poppy seeds would fill a corner of mine and then give me seeds to send to friends around the world.

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Karen Cahill August 29, 2014 - 2:12 pm

Bonjour Sharon,

I have been following you on Facebook for some time now and do so love see your posts daily. I long for the opportunity to visit France, hoping it will be 2015.

I am a gardener and would love to win a pack of your seeds to cherish in my gardens.

August 23 just so happens to have been my 53rd birthday! Where has the time gone!

Thanks Sharon for sharing your lovely home and gardens with us.

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Faith Peckham August 29, 2014 - 2:53 pm

I love everything about your FV page and now your blog! I especially enjoy the interior shots and would love to see some more recipes. I’m in Ontario, Canada and would be charmed to have some seeds from your garden to mine. Thank you.

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Teri Gilbert August 29, 2014 - 4:43 pm

I must say that I am drawn toward the garden and floral part but I find everything to be enjoyable and well worth the little bit of discretionary time I seem to have in my day! I relax and, literally, sigh with the beauty and the memories invoked of my visits to France. I commend you for taking the time to give so many so much pleasure!

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chris h August 29, 2014 - 4:50 pm

first i would love to win seedpackets to brighten up a dull yard. Lastly, i just came across ur website on facebook. i love it all. just cont. what ur doing. thanks for asking.

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Phyllis Horn August 29, 2014 - 7:51 pm

Love, Love, Love your Blog!!!! it’s better than any magazine! Enjoy so much the strolls through the beautiful gardens, and houses. Please don’t change a thing with your Blog. I say if it is not broken don’t fix it!!! It is absolutely perfect, (that’s why we all love it so much). Would love to have some of these peony poppy seeds from your garden to my garden. We will be building a starting more gardens soon, what an addition these will be and the fact they are from France !!! yah 🙂 Thank you for all your beautiful posts.
Phyllis

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Christine Clarkson August 29, 2014 - 10:30 pm

I never thought the chance of winning poopy seeds would be the catalyst in writing my first comment on a blog!. To grow those stunning french poppies in Australia – I’d be over the moon! A comment on your blog : One of my more favorite architects Ken Tate wrote in a book of his ‘Beauty like love is in every human. That is why we recognise it when we see it”. You present beauty in all forms on your blog and the responses of all who read it proves that that quote is so correct. Keep doing what your’e doing. We love it.

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Lee Ann G. August 30, 2014 - 3:30 am

This is the first time I’ve been to your blog and I am in love with everything you post. What an artistic feast for the eyes! I will for certain be coming back a lot. I love flowers and gardening and nature, and your poppy seed packets and watercolor flowers just make my heart smile and smile. I love to watercolor too!

Thankyou for all of the beauty you share here!
Lee Ann

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Anita S. August 30, 2014 - 4:17 am

I would love to have some poppy seeds! Your blog with all the flowers and french linens makes me want to visit France.

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Tracy Hazell August 30, 2014 - 8:14 am

How wonderful Sharon, thank you for the chance to in some seeds from your lovely garden and so beautifully presented. We moved permanently to France in May this year and are restoring an old Maison de Maitre (you can see our blog https://ourmaisonfrancais.wordpress.com ) and we have the task to establish a garden from scratch, so your poppy seeds would be extremely welcome to help to start our garden. Not having anything other than woods and fields at present I would love more gardening ideas on the blog and also I love the brocante, cooking and real life interiors for inspiration. With warmest regards, Tracy

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Jill August 30, 2014 - 3:37 pm

I love your poppy water color, I would like to enlarge the picture for one of my french frames. I am new to your blog and look forward to learning about life in the French countryside.

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belle August 30, 2014 - 4:18 pm

Nothing is quite as uplifting as the site of a garden or a hedgerow even, where beautiful wild flowers have decided to put down their roots and make us smile ! It has to be your posts on gardens and flowers for me although all your posts are amazing & love getting inspiration from them ! I have pretty yellow Icelandic poppies at present in my garden here in UK & love them ! A gift from a friend that’s sadly passed away ! Every time i see these delicate Poppies I’m reminded of her ! Poppies are so easy to grow that I’m sure even 1 seed would give me a lot of happiness & a living reminder of a much loved country ! I love the artwork on the packets so beautiful !

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suzanna September 2, 2014 - 2:22 am

OH ! Please Please tell me the name of these poppies! I would love to search for them
and plant them at home! I love them, your little cards are PERFECT, so whimsical and adorable, I lOVE THEM! Perfection and grabbed their essence all the way!

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suzanna September 2, 2014 - 2:40 am

Quick one! I have searched all over the web for theses gorgeous flowers, I keep seeing single or double leaves, nothing like your gorgeous flowers in France. Perhaps I don’t know what to seek by name. I LOVE THEM! I saw them in Big Sur, Ca., once and they were so gorgeous like Powder Puff Balls, magnificent!

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Sandra Morris September 22, 2014 - 10:31 am

I just found this adorable website!!! My French Country Home, what a beautiful site! is this also a magazine? I’m sorry I missed the August giveaway of your seeds. Is there any chance I can buy any of these seeds? Love all the pictures, makes me want to go there!! This is definitely going in my favorites. Thank you

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Maria Altamirano July 31, 2017 - 3:36 pm

love everything about My French Country Home!!!
Maria

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Irene G Peterson July 31, 2017 - 8:10 pm

Reading your emails just makes me feel so happy. I love hearing about the French village life and absolutely adore the garden flowers.

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