After a busy busy week, it is nice to slow down this weekend, and enjoy the beautiful June sunshine. A friend came round for tea, and I was pleased to put out the new cushions I made during the week, and sit with her in the garden. The cherries are wonderful this year, so I made my favourite cherry clafoutis and we ate some while it was still warm.
Ghetto doesn’t really get the whole ‘new cushion’ thing. Or if he does, he simply assumes they were made for him, and that any one else needs his permission to sit down.
I didn’t argue with him, he’s had a big week too: posing for pictures; being filmed; barking at the postman; fetching the ball for guests in the cottage ….. being a fox terrier is a full time job.
I hope that you are enjoying your weekend, and taking some time out too.
Thank you for reading me, you are the best.
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Thank you for being my touch of France!
Perfectly said!
Love this post and love that dog! Have a great weekend!
Sharon:
Love the photos and I do love Ghetto. He is such a personality. I especially love the photo of him on the sofa and the white roses in bloom in the back. Beautiful! Beautiful! Also especially love the yellow/gold toile pillow – so pretty.
Now to some exciting news! You may remember I was the winner of your poppy seeds. Well, I planted them on a cold misty morning in March. My husband decided to help me with a bit of weeding in the place that I planted them and was leaving this spot alone until I could determine the poppy plants. Good news – I have one strong, healthy plant! I will keep you posted and I also held back a bit of seed, so I may try and seed some more this fall.
Thank you for your wonderful work, photos and as Cheryl Sharp so perfectly said, “being my touch of France.”
Hi Sandra
I’m so glad to hear that you have at least one plant from the seeds! Be sure to keep the seeds from its flowers and soon you will have a poppy jungle!
Sharon
xx
This Texas girl loves all that you post. Love your dog! You have another right?
That’s right Deborah, Gibson was off entertaining our guests 🙂
I’m with Cheryl . . . thanks for being my touch of France, too! I was just looking at your cherry clafoutis recipe earlier today and thinking that I needed to get some cherries and make one. Now I will for sure. Looks soooo good!
Lovely photos as always. Your posts brighten my days, and remind me what the true pleasures of life are. Thank you!
I’m quite jealous of Ghetto. Although, yes, being a fox terrier certainly is tough work… I bet he was wondering why you didn’t serve him up a slice of dessert, Sharon. Hope you are having a lovely weekend, too! XOXO
Sharon, I get such a thrill out of seeing your photos and reading your news. Your aesthetic and mine are in agreement as I love all you show. Thank you for fulfilling some of my desire for things beautiful and French! Keep up your good work.
What a bright spot in my day you are Sharon! I love this post & I’m so impressed with the sewing of your cushions. That cherry clafoutis recipe & photos have made me indeed quite hungry now. Ghetto is charming as always. X
Salut Sharon,
There is a certain elegance in being out of doors, yet being pillow-comfortable. I could smell the roses and the clafoutis and felt a slight breeze grazing my check. Escapism is always appreciated on the weekends. Merci !
Susan Gabriel, Gabriel Papers
What’s not to love about absolutely everything in your beautiful photo Shoot! The new cushions are the icing on the cake and, of course, there’s “that dog”….Mr. Celebrity! Thank you for the treat.
What variety are the white roses? I’d love to create a rose arbor here outside of Philadelphia.
Hi Gail
The white roses in the background are Iceberg, It was planted last year to replace another that had died. I’d say it’s happy here 🙂
Sharon
x
I always love reading you!!! I look so forward to it!!!
Hello Sharon,
It’s such a bucolic little corner that seems timeless and encourage to meditate…
The cushions and pillows are beautiful and that cherry clafoutis must be magnificent (Alain Ducasse no less)–thank you for sharing Ducasse’s recipe. Yummy. The fox terrier is absolutely adorable. What an afternoon in the sun!
The same for me: “thank you for being my touch of France”!
Native de France mais vivant actuellement en Suisse, je suis et j’aime votre blog.
Tellement bien fait et de très belle photos. Cela donne envie de passer vous voir et de profiter de votre B&B. Merci pour ces belles photos de votre maison. Je me réjouis à chaque fois de découvrir autre Chose.
Yours post and all the charming comments are especially delightful today, spreading good feelings and sensations.
Thank you and your readers – and dear impossible Ghetto, of course – for this lovely moment.
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Maria:
Thank you and you also have a lovely weekend!
Beautiful as always Sharon! LOve your fabric on the pillows you made….and the colors and face of Ghetto, so pretty and cute! Devine to sit on your garden….your roses are over the top….heaven to my eyes! xoxo
Your cushions are soooo beautiful. Apologies if I missed an earlier post, but where did you buy them?
I showed your first photo to my teenage daughter and I said I don’t know which I love more, the cushions or the pie. She said that she loved the flowers the most. We agreed that its wonderful how your photos are so full of beautiful things. X
I love Ghetto, he is so cool and of course you made the cushions just for him! have a lovely weekend 🙂
Les coussins sont magnifiques Sharon ! J’aime beaucoup le jaune, c’est une toile de Jouy ancienne ? Le clafoutis à l’air délicieux…
Bonne fin de week-end !
Céline.
Sharon, Love the cushions but I am especially happy to see Ghetto. Love him he’s very special. It is great to see him again.
Bonjour!!
Are the dessert plates antique? What is the pattern? I love them!
Ghetto is doing what he loves best and what a great human you are to allow him that pleasure, and I’m sure he thanks you for his new cushions. x
my favorite kind of posting! that adorable Ghetto!
xx, p
You have wonderful posts!
No Sharon , it’s YOU who are the best! So talented in so many ways. It all looks simply delicious and Ghetto is in doggie heaven! How lucky is he?!
been thinkin’ about you sharon, and here you are:) i’d nearly swoon to share a piece of cherry yumminess with you:) wishing you a peaceful weekend…
This is my first read and comment and I am so glad that I found you. I have been a Francophile for ever and after my recent holiday in Japan we met 2 lovely French women who are Rugby and Tennis fans who have invited us over to stay with them. I intend to sew some cushions today and order the Susan Loomis Cook Book but unfortunately I cannot make the Cherry Clafoutis until December as it is winter here in Sydney, everyone enjoy your clafoutis I will be thinking of you.
I read your posts every day and love them all. But when you post pictures of Ghetto and Winston it’s a BONUS. I love those two! Winston is so regal and patient and Ghetto is just a goofy adorable little fellow. Please keep including them in your pictures. I love French antiques, and fabrics, and desserts…. but I LOVE those two pups more! 🙂 Thanks!!
Hi Sharon, absolutely dreamy … Love your cushions and the rose looks beautiful, Ghetto well he looks very regal amongst all that beauty. Thank you for sharing beauty and insperation as always. Have a lovely week. Till next time regards Esther from Sydney.
The white roses are wonderful. And, I believe you are using some of the blue china that you just bought…..for serving the clafouti. Am I right?
Everyone notices your dog Ghetto —–while I like the name – I am curious as to how you decided to name your dog that particular word.
Carol Transou at cgt807@yahoo.com
Ghetto is so cute ,we have a beautiful collie Jed is his name and spoilt to bits like yours are .love the cushions.Thank you for your emails and all the wonderful things you do.Have a loverly day Elvie
Love your page, love your blog, love your dog!!! ♥♥♥
The setting sooooooo inviting…
Can smell the white roses…white makes me think of Blessed Mother. What is the name of the rose?
The plates look like the ones you recently purchased.
The dessert mouth watering and hopefully the tea was hot…….
Love your posts of homey wife and mothering to family and animals.
With a grateful heart,
Sylvia Faye
Sharon, he is SO cute!! It was delightful meeting you, and I hope we’re able to do so again soon.
Dear Sharon,
Your way of living, beautifully captured in your photos, inspires me to slow down and take a long deep breathe….usually followed by a sigh!
I adore your new cushions. Did you use vintage fabric or can you share the brand/name of the fabric or where to purchase please?
Enjoy June. Thank you,
Jill
Love your posts, and I want to visit your guest cottage!!! It’s wonderful to see your area of France in such a lovely way!!!
Thank you for sharing your life with us. It’s a thrill to receive your posts! They’ve inspired me to visit Paris, and discover more of France. The NYTimes suggests a vacation destination today…Franche-Compte, and described it as a well kept secret! Are you familiar with this place?
Bonjour sharon,
Un vrai plaisir de vous lire à chaque fois, mais cette fois je sorts de mon silence et vous féliminé pour ces merveilleux coussins. Quelle est l origine de ce beau tissu qui va à merveille avec la toile à matelas ? Le chien est charmant ! A bientôt
I love your site. I feel I have a friend in France,
Oh, no, Sharon you are the best! I love the new cushions and the cherry clafoutis looks so delicious!!
xoxo
Karena
The Arts by Karena
Oh, the life of a dog. Love all those cushions!
Love the cushions, the color combination is so elegant, and yet so French country quaint. Of course Ghetto is his handsome self and his fur colors blends in perfectly. I’m sure this isn’t an accident on your part. I adore your sense of design and amazing energy. Reading your blog daily is my perfect time of the day. Thanks for sharing.
Love that fabric…I’m in the process of making new cushions for my garden chairs as well. Yes, a dogs life is a full one isn’t it?! He does pose a great photo.
You are so talented!! Your dog is cute…..
No loot shoot today?
S/E
Cute Pillows! Good job!
Dear Sharon
I have just seen this post as I unexpectedly landed up in hospital for a couple of days, but lovely to get back to “normal” – be at home and see my garden and your lovely post.
I love making cherry clafoutis too although yours looks a bit nicer than mine – possibly more cherries for a start – I will certainly add more next time, but I too am in Australia (Brisbane) so it will be a while – although sometimes I do use frozen ones if desperate – one reason why not as good as the real thing!
As always I love the photos of Ghetto – especially these where he is demonstrating how exhausted he is from all his activities! And he manages to look quite clean on your beautiful cushions! – or did you just wash him?
Many thanks indeed
Pene
Love your new cushions and I need to try your cherry clafoutis recipe!
Well he’s just gorgeous – and your cushions are too! I have so much material stored up, taking space – linen clothes now out of fashion and even fabric collected by my mother who died in 1991. You have inspired me to get out my sewing machine – thankyou!
You just have to love terriors, always curious and busy. Ghetto is precious and sooo cute.
I love dog so much. I want to know some information about with them. Can you tell me any information? Thanks for sharing, I hope you will share. What is your name’s dog?