Our beautiful world week 2 and Sunday brocanting

The theme for the second week of photo sharing over at the Our Beautiful World blog is July. Oh goodness, July is so full of wonderful things, I could post  dozens and dozens of photos of what I think of when I think July. July in France is incredible sunrises, the most awesome sunsets, aperos with friends and neighbours which go on til late in the night, lazing about in hammocks, its the height of the brocante season, the vegetables in the garden are beginning to look soooo lush, the beautiful white charolais cows and their gorgeous little calves are everywhere munching away in such green fields, and then there are the crickets singing to you effortlessly and ceaselessly, all evening, all night it seems. I think the sounds of the crickets is what I associate most with July at the cottage, so here is a photo of one of the little blighters on our very old barn door -

Photo info -

Camera - Nikon D40, 55mm focal length

ISO 200

F/8

1/60th exposure

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We went to an awesome brocante this morning in a largish town about 3/4 hour drive from us. Oh boy, I could have spent a fortune there, there were approx. 200 stalls and a lot of the dealers there had such gorgeous stuff! I only spent half a fortune though, lol, and managed to haggle for some beautiful new treasures for you! I'll be very busy photographing all those new delights over the next few days.

I was going to finish this post right here, but I couldn't resist running downstairs, grabbing a couple of things and taking photos of them straight away, just a little teaser, lol. I spent a BIG chunk of my half a fortune on a tatty old little suitcase full of delightful religious objects -

I usually end up buying a book or two. This one is just divine, with many an illustration just like these -

This little powder compact stole my heart, it is the sweetest little thing, 19th Century and real tortoiseshell -

A little bit of lace, nowhere near as much as I had hoped for -

And a gorgeous little ( I think ) hand coloured booklet about Versailles -

So many things to photograph! But this is enough for today, it is Sunday after all :-). I'll be back tomorrow with French Fleamarket Finds part trois.

Toodlepip xxx