I'm Susan — devout Francophile, mother of twins, writer, creative director, and aspiring author. I've been sharing my life here since 2010...thanks for reading!
“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
My apologies for my absence this week, but I have been spending time with friends and family, and making the most of every day. I am feeling great but have this sense of urgency to get things done…I’m in major “nesting” mode! This weekend is filled with projects around the house, working on the nursery, and of course…quality time with mr. fleurishing and billy! Bon weekend tout le monde!
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.”
Andrew Wyeth
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
e.e. cummings
"These old buildings do not belong to us only, they belong to our forefathers and they will belong to our descendants unless we play them false. They are not in any sense our own property to do with as we like with them. We are only trustees for those that come after us."
William Morris
"breathing Paris preserves the soul…"
Victor Hugo