tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48550696101700060712024-02-20T06:40:41.678-08:00Quiddity 2quid.di.ty The real nature of a thing; the essence; the essential nature or quality of something that makes it distinct and different from other things and establishes its identityDawne Boynton Polishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715095314216841440noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855069610170006071.post-61458435643730809362014-10-04T08:19:00.001-07:002014-10-04T08:19:36.099-07:00The French Visa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I have been packing for the entire summer, giving away so many of our things and editing what we will take with us. I still have too much. But that story is for another day. Today I will just share with you what we are going through to get our French Visa, which will permit us to stay in France for a year. We are, however, only staying for 7 months on this trip, as we have not sold the farm yet, so we will return here next spring and spend the summer.</span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br />The other problem was with my insurance . I had several documents from my insurance company stating that I was covered by Blue Cross in France for any and all medical needs. BBA teachers, you know we have an excellent plan, and I have spent many a fun phone call with Dawn in Montpelier crafting a cover letter stating how all my medical needs will be paid for in France. However, I have since discovered that what my insurance does NOT cover is "repatriation". That is, if I die in France, they will not pay for my body to be sent back to the USA. And France won't pay to bury or cremate me. Good grief!! I have always told Dean that when I pass, dig a hole and plant me dans le jardin. ( Emmanuel,{ our French gardener} make a note to leave a space for me in the garden.] But, not good enough for a visa. So today I have purchased a travel plan for $833 which states the 3 magic words, Hospitalization, Evacuation and Repatriation. If only they would state on the requirements page of the French Consulat website that your insurance coverage must SAY THOSE 3 WORDS… And yes, I did see those three words at the bottom of the appointment page, which Dean printed out and added to our dossier…and I never looked at except to confirm the time!</span><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">All I have left to do now is make yet another trip to NYC next Friday, be there by 9 a.m.,[ 5:00 a.m. train from Wassaic] show them my new passport, my new insurance and hopefully I will get the same sweet French woman who spent so much time with me yesterday. Or maybe she'll plan to be sick that day…</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">II:30 P.M. is a terrible time, I know, and it sure puts a crimp in our TV Soirée plans, but maybe it's so awful they are trying to hide it where nobody will see it? Ah, well, at least it's G-rated. Make a game of it. Throw a quarter in a hat every time you hear me say "Oh, WOW…!"</span></div>
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Dawne Boynton Polishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715095314216841440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855069610170006071.post-37276696202740022792014-09-02T19:45:00.001-07:002014-09-02T19:45:19.968-07:00The Dordogne: Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Last autumn we made one of our most favorite trips to France. [ I know. I say that about every trip to France.:)] Not only did we spend 8 days in the beautiful parc du Perche, but we also spent a week in the Périgord Noir, in the department of the Dordogne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I can't remember the name of this castle, but it was abandoned and was in ruins on the backside. Ooo. Could I have some fun playing there…!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">France is my favorite European country, but Italy is right up there, too. It was the first place I ever visited in Europe, and it simply blew me away. I was an art teacher at the time, and my colleague and I took a group of students on a tour called Belle Italia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cannot describe the thrill of my first gondola ride!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Years later I returned to Venice with my husband, and I must say, the gondola ride is still just as thrilling! And more romantic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">p.s. You can follow me on <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4052243">Bloglovin</a>' or by email. And I promise to talk more about France from now on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you notice, the mantle is styled differently in this photo. Fifi gathered all my little farm animals from the staircase in the hallway and "pastured" them on either side of a painting I had done years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">it's kind of fun to see my stuff through Fifi's eyes. [ But where did I have that tarnished silver hidden?]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">With her stylist's eye, Fifi knew she needed another pop of red in this porch scene. She sent me to find something in my closet. And that's how my dad's 40 year old red flannel shirt ended up in this shot. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">He would love to see that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Gazing out over the beautiful peaceful view from this porch, I wonder how we'll ever be able to say goodby to this place. But it is time to move on to France and let someone else live this wonderful life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you want to know more about this farm in upstate New York please click <a href="http://www.trulia.com/property/3120117209-197-Rich-Rd-Shushan-NY-12873">here</a>, or contact me at</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I am so thankful to Fifi, and Mark, for their immense talent, and for doing such a beautiful job on this visual record of our beloved farmhouse for <a href="http://www.samplermagazines.com/Country_Sampler_s_Prairie_Style_The_New_American_C_p/sip314b001-01.htm">Prairie Style</a>. And a special thanks to Barbara Jackseir, who wrote such a warm and personal story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">In a future post I will tell you all about our house shoot with Fifi and her photographer, <a href="http://www.marklohmanphoto.com/">Mark Lohman</a>. What clever and talented folks. And So much fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It seems that 2013 was hard for many of us. My sadness started in 2012, when I lost two of my oldest and dearest friends. That hurt a lot. But nothing prepared me for the crushing pain of the death of my mother at the end of the year. And even our precious dog Boo passed away on the day of mom's funeral. There was a huge hole in the fabric of our lives. We had been a family of 5, 4 generations under one roof. But our daughter Crickett had moved back to Vermont with her son, James, in late autumn, and suddenly we realized that we were rattling around in this big old house alone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I started 2013 in a real funk. It didn't help that I saw a really BIG birthday in March [which turned out to be such a fun day. Thank you, Deirdre!!]. But I refused to be depressed. I thank God for my wonderful husband, who did all the shopping and made excuses for me for social events. I think the things that got me through this time were my two women's Bible studies, and the loved ones and friends who prayed for me. I knew God would not forsake me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"> If you want to see more of my photos of Paris you can join me at my photo blog </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">THANK YOU, <a href="http://wwwcastlescrownsandcottages.blogspot.com/">ANITA</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">for throwing this party again!! I met you just one year ago <a href="http://quiddity2.blogspot.com/2011/05/paris-party.html">HERE!!!</a></span><br />
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</div>Dawne Boynton Polishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715095314216841440noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855069610170006071.post-71574400712756224602012-03-31T17:39:00.003-07:002012-04-15T10:31:44.160-07:00Beautiful Belle Inspiration!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU_XzdscTPKK_iDbeQfG4edb3u5n_8qj-hSbVWj4HB-C5d2NuDosL4aipbTtoSDZpZHJu1-Z2Ug5JNgs-BS4qx3mkybqwgBIJSZT8K4_9VpCjIRRYd4m-02fnXHis2-gclThaj-KB_I99/s1600/Hameau_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkU_XzdscTPKK_iDbeQfG4edb3u5n_8qj-hSbVWj4HB-C5d2NuDosL4aipbTtoSDZpZHJu1-Z2Ug5JNgs-BS4qx3mkybqwgBIJSZT8K4_9VpCjIRRYd4m-02fnXHis2-gclThaj-KB_I99/s640/Hameau_web.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a p p r o a c h t o t h e h a m e a u</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">from the story "L'Hameau de la Reine Marie Antoinette"</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">As for me, I'm just entranced with the fairytale feeling that this spot evokes.It's a photographer's dream.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And as for my title above, did Marie really say "let them eat cake"? Popular wisdom today says no, but who can say for sure? <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/550/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake">Here's one take on the subject</a>. Personally, I think I prefer <a href="http://mulberrymuses.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-love-cake.html">this</a> take on Marie and Her Cake from the oh-so-talented <a href="http://mulberrymuses.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-love-cake.html">Wendy</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Thank you so much for all your sweet comments on my last post! We all love France, don't we!!!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">all who wrote encouragement on my last post. I think your "favorite blogger" has agreed to help me with her words, but we'll not say more about that until later...:)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">But now it's time to go and watch "Downton Abbey!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So, as my family sat down to put out into the air our hopes and aspirations for 2012, and after we had expressed our prayer for Peace on Earth, and prayers for physical and emotional healing for friends and family, we each gave one special, personal dream that we would desire for ourselves this year... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> that I might see my photographs published in a real, appearing-on-Amazon.com-and-in-my-local-bookstore- book. Photos like the one on the top, which is part of a children's story called "The Book of Boo".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I won't place that in a square on my calendar, but I will voice it here. And I'll come back in a year and check to see what's happened.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Now if only I could find someone to write the words..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Kristin's blog was the first one I ever read, back in 2005. This book is based on the delightful stories from her blog, </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I have heard that number, 2012, soooo many times this year. The year of the Big Election in the states, the year the Mayan calendar says the world will end, [ha!], the year we will buy a château in France [ another really big HA!]. But in all likelihood, Lord willing, we will be living in this momentous year in just a few hours. And so, dear friends, and followers, and family who read this and smile</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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