tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post8238545571550305303..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: Home at LastVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-57013941096862847992014-02-26T13:26:16.527+01:002014-02-26T13:26:16.527+01:00@Caroline, Oh yes there is no place like home and ...@Caroline, Oh yes there is no place like home and I'm loving the garden these days. The two beds you see coming toward you from the trillis are new. Part of the plan to have less grass, more garden. In the space I planted two apple espalier apple trees and I want to create a natural low fence. Hope it works<br /><br />@Ian, Love to meet you! Another Seattleite and I do remember your neighborhood which was not far from mine (Wallingford). Thank you for your kind words about the blog and I'm glad you are finding that my words resonate with you (as yours resonate with me). I completely understand feeling like a space alien. If you ever want to have a coffee in Versailles, feel free to send me an email v_ferauge@yahoo.com.Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-66449027908478151162014-02-25T15:34:42.537+01:002014-02-25T15:34:42.537+01:00Welcome home, Victoria... great photos.
I just wa...Welcome home, Victoria... great photos.<br /><br />I just wanted to drop you a note to say how much I love your blog. No clue how I stumbled in here, but I'm so glad I did!<br /><br />I'm also originally from Seattle (North Queen Anne, right near the Fremont Bridge), also a "Gen-Xer," and also now live in France. I've been living in Paris for about eleven years now. <br /><br />My French nationality request was recently approved and it's been stirring up all sorts of thoughts about what it means to be an "immigrant," identity, allegiance, "global citizenship," and a zillion other things that you have addressed so eloquently in your posts. <br /><br />So THANK you for taking the time to write. I feel like a space alien here most of the time. My French friends don't understand what it's like to be an American in their culture and my American friends back in the Old Country can't even imagine what life is REALLY like in France. It's great to read the thoughts and experiences of someone else who is both American AND integrated into French society.<br /><br />I'm currently working in Versailles, so perhaps we will run into each other somewhere someday... In the meantime, I'll keep reading!Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-90256827748479454772014-02-24T20:39:39.978+01:002014-02-24T20:39:39.978+01:00Enjoy being home again. It is such a gift, even wi...Enjoy being home again. It is such a gift, even with jet lag, I figure. Enjoy that lovely garden! Catherinehttp://www.facingcancer.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-836832175227876112014-02-24T13:48:18.659+01:002014-02-24T13:48:18.659+01:00@Blaze, I didn't. It just looks so gruesome....@Blaze, I didn't. It just looks so gruesome. :-) Hey, the crocuses bloomed today and the tomatoes in the living room finally came up. Spring has sprung!<br /><br />@Anonymous, Guess I better reorient my perspective. If course, *I* am the ones with the can opener, right? :-)<br /><br />@Ellen, Merci, Madame. We should form a pruning club.<br /><br />@Christophe, I think there is something to that. The second trip close to the first one just wipes me out.<br /><br />@P. Moore, Oh yes it snowed while I was there. Quite a lot the first day and then it tapered off. Had lunch with Allison by the way and then walked back to the center of town. It was very cold but sunny. Not so bad until the wind began to pick up as I reach downtown. I still have red marks on my hands where the wind and sun dried out and abraded the skin.<br /><br />Of course, that could have been avoided if I had just not smoked cigarettes while walking past Mont Royal....Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-48484885051395262812014-02-24T08:29:13.295+01:002014-02-24T08:29:13.295+01:00@Blaze, maybe you have a point. I thought the +3C ...@Blaze, maybe you have a point. I thought the +3C we hit the other day in Toronto was a bit tropical compared to the winter we have been experiencing this year. I was actually sweating a bit under my jacket when walking on the street. There is still a lot of snow to melt, but I bet Victoria waded through even more in Montreal.<br /><br />Victoria, glad you had a good time in Montreal and that your daughters are doing well. Also sounds like maybe you should fire the cats!P. Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-10950364061745488712014-02-23T15:42:39.277+01:002014-02-23T15:42:39.277+01:00One more comment about jet-lag.
That is interestin...One more comment about jet-lag.<br />That is interesting. I always suffer from it a lot more in the France -> US direction. Not so much in the other. Some people say traveling east to west is harder. Some say it's always the second lag... Not sure if there is really a therory behind it!Christophenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-37351599001296382082014-02-23T15:40:17.622+01:002014-02-23T15:40:17.622+01:00Welcome back!
Yes, jet-lag becomes harder as we ag...Welcome back!<br />Yes, jet-lag becomes harder as we age...<br />Glad you had a great time in Montréal.Christophenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-51876563419387328862014-02-23T14:31:44.436+01:002014-02-23T14:31:44.436+01:00Now you know why I said only a true Canadian like ...Now you know why I said only a true Canadian like P Moore could say Montreal is not too cold in February!<br /><br />I'm envious. Our spring blooms are still hidden under snow.<br /><br />I'm so happy you're posting again. I was going through Flophouse withdrawal.<br /><br />I hope you'll tell us more about Montreal when you have time. Did you ever try poutine?Blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871285356307431578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-73440202545338456632014-02-23T13:46:58.030+01:002014-02-23T13:46:58.030+01:00observation from Zorro and splash -- open meow you...observation from Zorro and splash -- open meow you don't understand your place, it is a feline centric world humans are not the pinnacle of creation/ -- close meowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-12836654982308981342014-02-23T12:21:23.849+01:002014-02-23T12:21:23.849+01:00Welcome home. After 29 years in this house, we are...Welcome home. After 29 years in this house, we are still having the pruning debate!Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.com