Le Bonhomme de Neige means snowman in French.
It literally means “the good guy of snow” since bonhomme (or bonfemme) can be used when discussing a nice man (or woman).
I saw this little guy on my way to work the other day.
That’s how much snow we’ve been getting here lately!
Compared to the miserable fall/winter weather […]
Beaune was the place to be this past weekend.
On Sunday, we watched a world-famous wine auction!
The 145th Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction took place this weekend.
This year’s event was conducted by the world-famous Christie’s auction house.
You can see all of the wines that were up for auction and read much more about this […]
I finished my flower brooch.
Here are some before and after felting photos.
This was a cute pattern Knitwhits that my friend Liro sent me (thanks again Liro!) and really easy, too.
You only need to know the following: knit, purl, ssk, slip 1, make 1, and k2tog.
I didn’t check my gauge and just […]
I’m knitting a peace flower for France.
Yesterday there was a police helicopter circling overhead all night and I saw dozens of police paddy wagons patrolling around with their lights flashing.
The government is saying it might impose a curfew tonight.
Perhaps not a big deal in a big city. A little surreal in […]
While media reports show that France is on the brink of a civil war, I sit and write about my uneventful weekend.
All is quiet as usual in Dijon, and except for some increased police activity in the streets, you would never suspect anything is wrong.
We took advantage of […]
A view from my balcony.
