For the Love of Textiles

Yesterday. Another visit to a garden. Together with "Les Amis", we went to: Les Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac. Also known as: Le plus beau Jardin du Périgord. (Yes, my French gets better by the day) A beautiful drive with great views and curvy roads through a "hilly" and often "rocky" landscape. Typical for the Dordogne. And it was warm and full of sunshine. The garden is a typical, classic French garden.  Entering it you see immediately beautiful topiary in strong lines and shapes. Attention for detail. We walked around. The "Manoir". Horizontal and Vertical. The little chapel with very interesting stained glass windows. A cottage garden" in full bloom. Balls and Cone shapes. A wild flower meadow. The garden is ofcourse beautiful and well maintained, but not as artistic as the garden from Marqueyssac we did visit las...

Today was a very pleasant day. Sun. Blue sky. White clouds. Late breakfast. Swimming, swimming and more swimming. Late in the afternoon a walk to Les Eyzies up and down the hill. Rocks. Flowers. Warm. Great dinner cooked by Gerard and Ronald. Mushroom soup. Salads and baked Camembert. Tarte aux pommes. White Wine. Late swim before going to sleep. A sky full of stars. A day I love.

I have never been to a circus. Did see it -ofcourse- on the television with Christmas. But a few days ago we saw a sign that the "Circus was in town". Cirque Katia Ullman. Jos, who is a great Circus admirer, said that we had to go there. And ofcourse I said yes to this idea. So last night we went to St-Cyprien. One hour too early we arrived. A circus tent in red, white and blue and with stars ofcourse. Red Vans around it Plenty of time to take pictures and to talk to the "Father" of the family. A family where all of them had a role and had to work in the circus. He talked: About freedom. That they had a free spirit. And that the audience was locked in the world without their freedom. About his daughter who made him proud when she was doing her acrobatic act. That this was his life and passion and that they were part of a long history. It was about: LE COEUR DE LA LIBERTÉ. Very moving and touching. So we took ...