Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Monday, July 26, 2021

The Reappearance of La Maison des Musiciens... 100 years later!

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A few years ago, I wrote about the Maison des Musiciens that disappeared from Reims in the hostilities of the First World War over a hun...

Beyond The Owl and the Pussycat...

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The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea… The opening words from the Edward Lear nonsense poem must have been written into the childhood expe...

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

A New Home for Old Ceramic Staffordshire Dogs...

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Having had my eye on this pair of copper-lustre Staffordshire dogs in one of the antique shops for some time, I finally succombed to temp...

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Peonies... and Pearl Buck.

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For several weeks now, the peonies have been out in flower, with beautiful ruffled petals, billowing out of their slightly oriental-lookin...

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Le Chat... Charles Baudelaire.

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Dans ma cervelle se promène, ainsi qu'en son appartement, un beau chat, fort, doux et charmant. Quand il miaule, on l'entend...

Perfect Purple... Again!

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End of the month, and despite seeing so many beautiful things over the last few weeks and months, I have not had the time to set them all ...

Friday, May 28, 2021

Musée-Atelier Bourdelle

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Set in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, near Gare Montparnasse, the Musée-Atelier of Antoine Bourdelle (1861 – 1929) seems a world apar...

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