Yesterday we traveled along the trail of the Normandy landing. It had significant meaning for two of the ladies in our party. I was too tired to write last night…. but I wrote a little on the bus. D-Day is the name given to the landing of 160,000 Allied troops in Normandy, France, on…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
Monet’s garden
Images from Monet's garden for quilters.
Alice Isabella goes to Paris.
I've had very little time to do the story for the grandies and all their quilting lady friends… but here it is… Yet another amazing adventure.
Monet’s garden.
Were a group of Quilters in france and the idea is to enjoy the ambiance of the historical and beautiful – and possibly create something from those images. No doubt the inspiration will stay with us for a long time. We began the day with a trip to the local market… We bought freshly roasted…
Making the crepe
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=23092959&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 We watched in awe and ate in anticipation and the taste was heavenly.
Images, images
Street scenes of Paris with a quilters eye
Unconfined joy.
It was a very fulfilling day yesterday… I tried to put up a lot of other info, but the Internet was saturated. It led me to think how easy it is to receive joy if we allow it to happen. I feel sadness here when I see an old woman begging or the prostitutes lounging…
Day 1 Paris
I'm exhausted. It's almost 10.00 pm and we've been walking since 8.30 am. A delightful french breakfast of eggs, cheese, yogurt and very strong coffee began the day. We walked from our hotel to Notre Dame Cathedral. On the way we passed an array of the most wonderful designer dress boutiques… punctuated by some scantily…
Paris in the spring time.
Well, we made it…. 2.00 pm Paris time, 6.00 am New Mexico time…. and I just don't know what it is at home. I don't even know what day it is without looking at the computer calendar. Three of our ladies came on another flight due to the severe weather problems in the US. They…