It is so nice to be home although it is back to the rain! I shall forget the rain with this video. I was in the right place at the right...

The countess pulled back the sumptuous silk drapes of the gondola to find him lying there sprawled on velvet cushions - "come join...

I have told you already about a dealer here I call "Monsieur do not touch". He always has a stand full of items which, in my v...

My Marie Antoinette day listings will start at 8pm UK time.......... It may be lashing with rain here but these specially chosen...

Tomorrow is my Marie Antoinette day. Here are a few vignettes from the treasures I will be listing....       ...

          On the 16th October 1793 Marie Antoinette was taken to the guillotine at Place de la Revolution Paris. On the same da...

This is the gorgeous building just at the chateau walls...........       I wonder what it was for....and even more so I...

There is a beautiful chateau in the next village. The gates are usually locked shut (much to my dismay; I'd love to see what trea...

After much sorting into date order I am hoping to get the first letters  translated this week. It is going to be a huge job;  I estimate the...

At the bottom of the chateau garden this morning................ Very well hidden and very timid..... The hunting season is open o...