Paper Maché Figures from French Artist, Aude Goalet
Just back from a month in France and trying to readjust to life in Texas.
With hundreds of photos to edit and organize
it will be awhile before I can share my adventures in the French countryside.
Instead I hope you enjoy something I posted last year on the Quimper Club Blog
for Lynne's Barnyard Bash.
~ Barnyard Bash French Style ~
8.5" Unmarked Manor House Plate
It's early morning at le mas, a typical french farm house.
Le soleil rises over the hillside and . . .
11.5" HB Quimper Charger
The sound of Le coq is heard as he
announces a beautiful new day at le ferme.
Mme poule is on her nest
ready to provide fresh eggs for the day.
One can hear the swishing sound of birds as they
fly above the nearby pond, the elegant
cygne noir gracefully glides across the still water.
Young Juliet and Jean Pierre are up early for
their morning chores before they head off to school.
Monsieur looks across his land
with great pride as another day dawns.
Le porc can be heard
snorting about the barnyard.
8.25" Plate Marked HB Quimper
While the spat of deux coqs
echos through the barnyard.
Horse Figural Marked Rouen Decor Fait Main
Frisky chevaux galop
across the pasture in the morning dew.
Unmarked Desvres 3-Sided Tea Caddy
All is right in the world on this fine day.
There is much work to be done in the fields
and vegetables to be gathered from the garden.
Goat Figural Double Salt Marked Gaetan Level
La chèvre helps carry the
load from the fields back to the barn.
10.75" Malicorne Charger Marked PBx
There is the walk into the village for the
morning market to sell some chickens and fresh eggs.
Unmarked Desvres 3-Sided Tea Caddy
And many chores for the
lady of the house before days end.
Fresh water for cooking and washing is gathered
from the well as Monsieur heads to the house at day's end.
Cat Figural Marked AG
Of course every ferme has un chat.
HR Quimper Jardiniere
And at the end of the week there is
much singing and dancing to celebrate with a
A Barnyard Bash ~ French Style
9.5" Malicorne Plate Marked PBx
It was indeed a joyful trip to the French countryside,
full of laughter and good times shared with friends.
And of course a few bits and pieces
of French faience acquired along the way.
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