NASTY VIRUS

This new confinement period gives us new challenges for the organization of our days!

DH was quite successful making purchases yesterday morning, now we never know what the menus will be for the next days except of course pasta or rice!

He managed to find almost what was on the "wish" list. So we had fish and vegetables. Today "raclette" -cheese raclette.

En ces périodes compliquées, nos courses furent un succès et les menus virtuels se trouvèrent réellement dans nos assiettes.
Lors de notre séance de jardinage hier, les pavés disparus sous l'herbe du jardin ont été retrouvés grâce à l'archéologue maison !

We did a lot of work in the garden those past days, preparing the vegetable garden, cleaning      flowerbeds, I found my "coeur de Marie" (lyre flower) was ready to grow and some mushrooms under the leaves!

As DH and DD2 were cleaning the terrasse, they looked for some pavers "lost" under the grass for years. Felt like some kind of "archeologist" and our "home Indiana Jones" finally found them as this picture proves.

















We had some chat which our grandchildren, playing some letters games together and Capucine shown us drawings and the new calendar she made with her mum. It's hard for kids to stay at home and she cryed because she wanted to go to school and she don't understand why she can't.

The homework for her brother is well organized by his teacher, lessons and homeworks are sent by email and each pupil writes every day some toughts and comments their day. The teacher is collecting them to make kind of a class book to keep the class spirit living.

Ecole et devoirs à la maison pour les petits enfants et bricolage avec maman pour ce superbe calendrier fait main.

Of course I'm sewing and stitching every afternoon but I'm not the only one, DH is finishing the kite he was preparing for our trip to Italy which was planned and now cancelled for next April. There is a big kite festival in Cervia and it was our 60 years birthdays gift. Work holiday schedule for three weeks, budget, rent, road trip, we started to plan it 18 months ago and now all we have left is the map! We only wish we'll be able to do it another year.

The pattern of the kite he chose to make is a tie...

Le ciel de l'Italie ne verra pas notre cerf-volant peut-être le ciel cassien si le montage se passe bien.



Our neighbour's cat appreciates we are confined at home, she hears me open the shutters and arrives a few moments later on the window sill for a little visit.

Darjeeling apprécie que ses voisins soient confinés, cela lui offre plus de câlins et une visite matinale dès que les volets s'ouvrent.













If you look for some hobby,  remember there are three "Tour de France" on the blog, you can still visit the country and discover some new places if you missed them before.

The first started in  March 2015  with  embroidery and sewing theme

https://jocondine.blogspot.com/2015/03/its-invitation-pret-partir.html


The second started in February 2017  with  books  theme

https://jocondine.blogspot.com/2017/02/new-event-coming-soon.html


The third started in  June 2019   with toys/game  theme

https://jocondine.blogspot.com/2019/06/3rd-tour-de-france.html


I'll be happy to read / answer to new comments.


Les tours de France organisés sur le blog avec de petites énigmes pour vous faire deviner des villes et leurs spécialités sont disponibles selon les liens ci-dessus. Une promenade "passe-temps" pour voyageurs confinés.

Voilà quelques nouvelles en attendant de vous retrouver bientôt avec des photos de Beauval. Portez-vous bien.
See you soon for my next post on Beauval Parc. Stay safe.

WIPOCALYPSE 05.16

Since February, I lost track of wipocalypse,

Before the end of the world, we do want to complete our projects and Measi invites us to share our progress during the monthly check-in

http://measi.net/measiblog/2016/05/21/wipocalypse-check-in-may-2016/


I miss 2 months, busy with "GG" stitchings, but I have made some progress on "Goose game" :
here I am,
après deux mois d'absence dans les wip posts, voici mes progrès sur le jeu de l'oie :

on 42 : maze is finished ; 34 : goose, sky & water ok ; 7-8 : girl and tree wip ; 6 :  bridge trees water wip.

My works on keys are stopped there, I have to add some blades of grass, maybe flowers, wash, iron and add charms.

la clé de l'énigme et prendre la clé des champs attendent quelques finitions

that leads to the question of the month  (via Jo) which is :

What were you stitching this time last year and have you finished it?

In May, I was stitching "labyrinth" :  finished in September

"lace",  stopped on the last row cause I choose a too complicated motive, I have to cut it off.

"goose game" : see above




In May last year, I was playing with some followers a little guessing game about a journey around some French towns linked to stitching. 
From March 18th to June 21th, we visited a lot of different places, museums,  led by some famous guests guides.

In May, Sacha and his Pokemon friends and Harry Potter were inviting you.

This year, I'd like to organize a new trip.
Two young ladies are almost ready for this event.

  




















Next WIP post will be on June 20th.

Of course, I known about the Olympic Games in Rio, but if someone can explain me the mysterious  topic of next July, I'll be grateful :

July 19 – Topic: (two options) If you are participating in the Olympic Challenge, tell us about your plans – which type of challenge you’ve selected, the pieces you’ll be stitching on, etc.

ETAPE/STEP 13 / 3

Some clues

78 on the box to C. KENT
(Yvelines n° department)






TdJ in the caddy and J xxx J  on rabbit

embroidery hoop

http://www.museedelatoiledejouy.fr/

http://toile2jouy.canalblog.com/         blog fan of TDJ

So, our "tour" is over, it was a great fun to travel with you....    See you soon....

Voilà notre tour de France terminé, ce fût un plaisir de voyager en votre compagnie, à bientôt.

I have loved so much to choose towns, read and learn a lot about them, collect information, conceive and plan the trip, choose the characters with a "train link", find little stories to organize each step, search for pictures or drawings I can take inspiration from (thanks to the internet). For those 13 steps : 39 posts,  drawings, watercoloring, photographies, a lot of strange clues and twisted riddles, grammatical mistakes in English, laborious layouts (try again!),

so much fun to reed your comments, waiting for you to get lost... and most often really impressed by your clever first good guess, I have discovered other places with your proposal and loved all the details of your "quest".

Thank you for sharing those good days with me.

VIVE LA  BRODERIE !

ETAPE/STEP 13 / 2

Here is a map

ETAPE/STEP 13 / 1

For this last step, all our lovely friends want to join us.... even if they don't really usually get on trains

Certains de nos amis non usagers habituellement des chemins de fer veulent se joindre à nous
à l'occasion de cette dernière étape

We are leaving  Pas de Calais (62)

ETAPE/STEP 12 / 3

DD3  great Final Fantasy Fan exceptional contribution for that drawing

Some clues,


62 painted on the train (Pas de Calais department)

3D cabin  (see below)

La Côte d'Opale borde la France le long de
la Mer du Nord et la Manche

The Côte d'Opale is a French coastal region
bordering north aera, situated opposite the cliffs of
the south-east of England,
facing the English Channel and the North Sea.


Belfries are well known in this area,


the six valorous men were
the "Bourgeois de Calais"




http://www.cite-dentelle.fr/?lang=en


Entrez dans l’univers virtuel !
Nouvel outil technologique et ludique, la cabine de mesures 3D a pris place dans le hall de la Cité.
L’idée est d’y entrer, comme dans une cabine d’essayage, et d’être scanné en une fraction de seconde sous toutes les coutures. Une carte indiquant vos mensurations vous est ainsi délivrée et vous permet de créer un avatar à votre image sur les bornes tactiles. Libre à vous de l’habiller avec des ensembles issus des collections du musée, de customiser une tenue d’échantillons de dentelle, puis de faire défiler l’avatar virtuellement sur le podium ou dans les espaces de la Cité reproduits en 3D.

Step into the virtual universe!
A new fun technological tool, the 3D changing room can now be found in the City’s reception area.
The idea is to go in just as you would in a changing room and be scanned in a split second from every angle! A card with your measurements on will then be printed out and you’ll be able to use it to create your own avatar at the touch screen terminals. You can dress it up however you like with the ensembles from the museum’s collections, customise an outfit out of lace samples and then send it virtually off along the catwalk or through the areas of the City reproduced in 3D.

THIS IS THE END.....  HOLD ON YOUR BREATH

 .... AND COUNT TO..... 13th  AND LAST STEP......

FEEL THE EARTH MOVE AND THEN

GET ON YOUR TRAIN

FACE IT ALL TOGETHER...

ETAPE/STEP 12 / 2

Here is a map

ETAPE/STEP 12 / 1

  We are leaving 54 Meurthe et Moselle

ETAPE/STEP 11 / 3

Some clues....  Indices :
11/1
"en passant par la Lorraine"  famous old traditional french song
(passing by Lorraine)
rencontrés trois capitaines  (meet 3 captains, captain stripes)
les 3 lunes du blason, the three moons
on the Lorraine blazon
la région aux 3 frontières  :
l'Allemagne - Germany, le Luxembourg, la Belgique - Belgium
que j'ai choisi de représenter sous le symbole de la Triforce de la Légende de Zelda,
I chose symbol of Triforce in Legend of Zelda from our compagnon to figure 3 borders aera.

The "crunchy" spicy chocolated detail was  M&M
which are the initials of  "Meurthe et Moselle"
department 54.....  ;)
M&M était l'indice croustillant de l'énigme...

11/2  - the sharp given was    L      N       V     L      E        
 drawn in the game
you had to insert                        U       E       I      L

then appears......  LUNEVILLE.....   magic!


Very famous old technic of embroidery

http://www.broderie-luneville.com/


Our faithful travelling compagnon Debbie will be the lucky one who will receive some surprises very soon.


For next week...
Finally,  is it fantasy or reality?

ETAPE/STEP 11 / 2

Here is a map

ETAPE/STEP 11 / 1

We are leaving
Mulhouse
Haut Rhin

WIPOCALYPSE 06

Our new moon appointment with,                               en ce 2 juin notre rendez-vous avec Measi
Measi's Musings WIPOCALYPSE

http://measi.net/measiblog/


Topic:  Do you find yourself more productive with stitching in summer or winter?

Not really influenced by the season, summer could be busy in the garden with outside activities of course but I need my daily moment of DIY works (most often during lunch time in office), can't spend a day without feeling some fabric under my fingers or paper, pencils, scissors   And anyway there is no season in my brain it's always spring for new ideas flowering every day (the horn of plenty being filled by blogs and internet's help now).

So, WIP:

Labyrinthe, some waiting time in waiting room...

Last month  

Today update

As we are speaking of  "games" in my list of DIY "games" are : labyrinth, parcheesi, children cubes, domino, snakes and ladders.

Called "JEU DE L'OIE"  "goose game"  I choosed a free pattern from "aupapotagedesdames.over-blog.com and try to adapt it to my fabric.

I try not to fall in the well before finishing all the squares.


Lace :I saw a mistake in the stitching of the third design so back to re-start the rank.

Progress on keys are kept for GG update on next 15th as well as gifts.

For those you travel with me in my tour of French towns famous for stitching
All the drawings are finished and posts ready to be published till June


I am sewing too, new tablecloth and napkin, bags and some help to cosplay new model for DD3 next Japan Expo in Paris. Pic for July next post.

It's time to prepare lunch... so... back to the kitchen : onions to be peeled :(

ETAPE/STEP 10 / 3

Some clues....

On the book list : Ste Odile (who is the patron saint of Alsace,
Maurice and Katia  Krafft were very famous vulcanologists
from Mulhouse, and tinctorials plants
are used to colour clothes  (see museum below)



stork, bill 68 (haut-rhin department),
Riesling is a white wine from Alsace served in high glasses,
kugelhof is a famous regional cake,
the A of Alsace is now in Bretzel design for tourism advertising.

http://www.musee-impression.com/



 Visite du musée de l'impression sur étoffes à Mulhouse en 2000

We visited the museum of printing on cloth in August 2000 in Mulhouse



Bien sûr impossible de ne pas évoquer  "DMC"   notre grande et fameuse fabrique de fils.
DMC  well-deserved reputation

http://www.dmccreative.co.uk/

http://custombymedmc.com/


 àdje / aur’voir

Next wednesday, just keep the Link