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December 15 2010
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I spent last weekend decorating my home for Christmas. For the first time ever, I decided to go for an artificial tree instead of a real one. It seems the price of a real tree is almost equal to that of an artificial tree at Jardi ! This one is 240cm tall and is perfect in every way. Once I finished placing all of the ornaments on the tree, one of my strands of lights went out ! I hate it when that happens. Perhaps it just needs a new circuit breaker. Fortunately, I have so many lights that it doesn’t really matter. Of course I decorated the fireplace with garlands and lights as well as one of my two nativity scenes. The first one is beside the fireplace while the second one is lit up beside the Christmas tree, visible from the exterior of my house. Once again, I failed to create a proper stand to show off my Jesse Tree ornaments and so I attached them to my Chinese screen instead. The living room chandelier is decked out with holly and a little Christmas elf looking down upon everyone. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !
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December 3 2010
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The cold front moving across Europe has come to an end leaving snow and icy roads in its wake. Yesterday, the snow was at its most glorious with more than 45cm blanketing many towns throughout La Manche. I took advantage of this rare occurrence and snapped some photos of the streets of Querqueville. Perhaps my readers will recognize some of the streets. Enjoy ! Rue de la plage Rue de la plage Rue de la plage Rue de la plage Rue de la plage Rue de la plage Rue de la plage La Manoir de Banville La Manoir de Banville Rue Pierre Cardron Rue de l’église Rue du Général Leclerc Rue du Général Leclerc Rue du Général Leclerc Rue du Général Leclerc Rue du Général Leclerc Rue de la Chênaie Avenue de Couville Mairie de Querqueville Mairie de Querqueville Mairie de Querqueville Manoir de la Coquerie Manoir de la Coquerie Manoir de la Coquerie Chemin du Presbytère Chemin du Presbytère L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-Dame L'église Notre-DameQuerqueville L'église Notre-Dame et Chapelle Saint-Germain L'église Notre-Dame et Chapelle Saint-Germain L'église Notre-Dame et Chapelle Saint-Germain L'église Notre-Dame et Chapelle Saint-Germain Rue Roger Glinel Rue Roger Glinel Rue Roger Glinel Rue Roger Glinel Rue Roger Glinel Rue Roger Glinel Rue Roger Glinel Ferme de la Rocambole, rue Roger Glinel Rue Vieille Rue Rue Vieille Rue Rue Vieille Rue Rue Vieille Rue Rue Vieille Rue Rue Lemagnen Rue Lemagnen Rue Lemagnen Rue des Francs Boulevard de la Hague Boulevard de la Hague Boulevard de la Hague Rue de la Roselière La plage de Querqueville La plage de Querqueville La plage de Querqueville La plage de Querqueville La plage de Querqueville
This last photo was taken by a friend of mine who lives in Sideville near Cherbourg where the snowfall was even greater than in Querqueville. They lost electricity and had difficulty heating their house during the recent storm. There's been no bus service since Thursday morning and no one is sure when it will begin again. I've missed French class and my teacher hasn't made it in either due to the terrible state of the roads. We're just not prepared for weather like this in La Manche.
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November 30 2010
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November 27 2010
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It's hard to believe we are getting snow this early in the season. This photo was taken just this morning. More on the way ? Perhaps...
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November 19 2010
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It's been a long time since my last post. The weather here hasn't been very nice with all the wind and rain, it is difficult to get out and do anything let alone take any photos. Things are going well for me and I am still very happy in France. Despite the language barrier, I am improving with each French lesson I take. Some people think I should be fluent by now and perhaps they are right. However, I find it difficult to rememberr all of the conjugations to verbs and so I stumble around in conversations most of the time. I'm looking forward to the holidays. Christmas is just around the corner and so there will be many Christmas Markets to attend and lots of shopping to do. I don't know why I even bother. No one ever writes to me or bothers to send me anything. Still, it's about giving and not receiving. Until the weather clears up a bit, be content with this bench. Asseyez-vous.
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November 11 2010
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Armistice Day is a national holiday in France and Belgium. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month." Armistice Day (called “onze novembre” by the French) is one the most important military celebrations in France, since it was a major French victory and the French paid a heavy price in blood to achieve it. The First World War was considered in France as the "Great Patriotic War". Almost all French villages feature memorials dedicated to those fallen during the conflict. Just as the red poppy is the symbolic emblem throughout the United Kingdom for those who fell during World War I, in France le bleuet de France is the flower of choice.
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November 10 2010
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Nothing is more sure than that all of us are born to die. We have to face death first quite often, when it strikes our loved ones, and finally when we ourselves are involved. We have to leave everything behind us. We may try not to think of it. Some consider death as an absurdity. Others learn to handle this reality as an integral part of our condition. Am I, who came into being and grew into a person through my relationship with other human beings, doomed to break for always the very ties that made me the person I am? Am I, who believed that God called me to live with im in a sacred partnership, rewarded with mere nothingness the moment I breathe my last? We Christians are aware in faith that beyond death we will be with God. We are also aware that at the moment of death, we are not always the kind of persons we should be for all eterrnity; hence, a process off purification follows death before we will share life with God, as promised. On this awareness Christians base their ancient custom of praying for the deceased, that God may grant them the vision of his Glory. All Souls Day is a special day of prayer for all our brothers and sisters who have gone ahead of us.
Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen
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Samedi 11 et dimanche 12 décembre 2010 
Boulangerie Le Filateur – Joseph HAMEL à Saint-Maurice-en-Cotentin 
La Cidrerie-Distillerie Théo CAPELLE à Sotteville 
Les foies gras normands – Elevage de la Fraserie (Les fermiers des becs) – Alain LANGLOIS à St-Martin-Le-Hebert 
Biscuiterie artisinale de Quinéville, propriétaire Alain MÉLIQUE 
ROUVIÈRE père et fils – Les huîtres de Blainville-sur-Mer 
Escale Chocolat - Pâtisserie à Équeurdreville-Hainneville 
Une nouvelle association culturelle : Bambous noirs et pommiers blancs à Querqueville. Pour plus d’informations, écrivez à bambou.pommiers@laposte.net 
La société régionaliste normande Alfred Rossel a chanté pour les visiteurs ! 
Rôtisserie 
Crêpes et vin chaud 
Autres stands au marché de Noël de Querqueville 
