De captivants à banals, les articles et photographies de “The Baguette” sont une tentative de publier un journal de ma vie dans la Manche et de proposer un forum de discussion pour tout ce qui touche à la Normandie.
Just something different for a change... It seems like I'm always writing about churches and castles but failing to post anything else. A few years ago I planted some hollyhocks known as rose trémière in France and each year since, they've been coming...
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Well, the weather predictions over the weekend proved to be true and 60cm (about 2 feet) of snow fell in 24 hours. What a mess it turned out to be. Météo-France used the color red to denote extreme snow and sleet for the first time in its history. And,...
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It is only 10 a.m. and the snow is still coming down. The forecast says that it won't last very long so I thought I would take some photos of what may be our only snowfall this winter. As you can see, there are very few cars on the Boulevard de l'Hague...
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This weekend was the annual Marché de Noël in Querqueville. Each year, vendors come from all around to sell their crafts and food items at booths set up within the old Manoir de la Coquerie. I’m always impressed with the variety and I end up buying more...
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What I Am Thankful For: For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter in the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything that Jesus sends ! I made all of the traditional foods including turkey, sage stuffing, mashed potatoes,...
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Ingrédients : 1 œuf 100g de sucre en poudre 260g de farine de blé 1 pincée de sel 125g de beurre mou 250g de crème de marrons Préparation : 1 Mélangez au fouet l'œuf entier et le sucre pour obtenir un mélange mousseux et pâle. 2 Ajoutez-y les farines...
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In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrolment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went up from Galilee from...
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