Translating

What am I doing?
I am trying to take all those wonderful experiences I've
had in France and translate them into something
meaningful this side of the Atlantic, for my clients.

My shabby chateau is my book. My rooms become
my pages. The French antiques become the words.
When I design the pages, I want the reader to become
immersed. I want them to experience France and
the "joie de vivre".

Will they walk into this room and feel France?
Will they become a character in my book?
Can I translate for them how to use that single
surviving piece of architectural iron?
What about the zinc door jam?
Should I turn it into a full length mirror?
For now, it fits my window perfectly.
I may have to re-write this page in the future.
My book is never finished.

Sometimes when I write, the words come slowly.
(Usually a glass of creative juice takes care of that).
I actually wanted this page to be double-spaced,
but having a limited number of pages in my book,
each page needs a lot of words.....
These are my blank pages.



I still need some punctuation here and then a good
proof read.




I did want to show you these wonderful botanicals.
I decided to float them in gilt frames. They are all dated
1933 and I have 16.





This is a tiny kitchen downstairs. I have three kitchens
at the chateau.


These are some close ups of the accessories.

I will have more photo's, but guess what I did?
I had my camera and the tripod, but forgot the piece
that connects the two. I think I am tired.
So, next time I'll show you more pages from my book.

Have a great weekend everyone and hope you
like the pages I've re-written.
Bisou...