Pardon Our French

A family of 6 from the Canadian Prairies, in Africa, via the French Alpes.

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  • Watts in Africa
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  • Chartreusian
  • Living Contentment


  • more snow

    / December 31, 2011 / 0 Comments

     The snow has been gone for a while now – two days ago the above picture was taken.  Then yesterday morning it started raining – then it turned to snow – and it…

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  • Alma in the snow

    / December 30, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Here are a few more pictures of Alma from the snow we had last week.  Actually the snow is back. The rain turned to snow early this morning – and all day it…

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  • 10 years ago today.

    / December 28, 2011 / 2 Comments

    Hard to believe it – but it was ten years ago that Jonah was born.  I thought I would put up a few pictures that highlight some of the last decade with him.…

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  • family pictures

    / December 27, 2011 / 0 Comments

    Here are some of the other pictures that we took last week.   that is all.

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  • Christmas vacation – so far

    / December 24, 2011 / 0 Comments

    The kids have been off school since Dec 17 – so we’ve already had a full week of holidays. Here’s what the past seven days have looked like in our corner of the…

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  • Joyeux Noël

    / December 24, 2011 / 3 Comments

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  • les vacances de Noël a commencé!

    / December 17, 2011 / 1 Comment

    It’s true – Christmas vacation started this morning. It’s only the first day – but here’s how it started at our house: the temperature dropped overnight and the rain turned to snow early…

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  • HEY LOOK!

    / December 9, 2011 / 1 Comment

    she can roll over!

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  • Signs that we are adapting to France: #7

    / December 4, 2011 / 2 Comments

    This is how much cheese is in our fridge right now.  No special occasion or anything coming up. Not having anyone over for dinner etc. Remember – this is one of three shelves…

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  • Signs that we are adapting to France: #22

    / December 2, 2011 / 1 Comment

    This was our supper tonight. We sat down a bit after 7:30 with our kids for Tartiflette. Tartiflette is a traditional hearty Alpine meal from the Haute-Savoie region (north of us – up…

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