Madame Pompadour (1721-1764) by Nancy Mitford

Very little of Paris as we know it today existed in the 1720s; no Place de la Concorde, Madeleine, or Rue de Rivoli, the louvre half its present size, no Ecole Militaire, or Pantheon, no bridge between the Pont Royal and the Pont de Sevres, no big thoroughfares or boulevards. The layout was that of an overgrown village; narrow streets surrounded the houses of the rich merchants and of the ennobled lawyers known as the noblesse de robe, very much despised by the noblesse d'epee, the old feudal families

Collecting China

these are so cheap in the charity shops, and so pretty I wonder why people give them away. I just love them =)

The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton

They went down a little green path that looked as if it had been made for rabbits, it was so small and narrow.
"Don't let's go too far," said Jo." We had better wait till we know the paths a bit better before we go deep into the wood. Look about for a good place to sit down and have our sandwiches, girls."

" I can see some strawberries!" cried Bessie, and she knelt down and pressed back some pretty leaves, showing the others deep red strawberries below.

" Let's pick some and have them for tea too," said Fanny. So they picked hard, and soon had enough to make a fine meal.

Hattifnatt in Koenji was such a kawaii cafe!

Hattifnatt in Koenji was such a kawaii cafe!

Wonderful!!

L M Montgomery ( Emily Climbs)

"I love a storm like this at night when I don't have to go out in it,' wrote Emily. 'Cousin Jimmy and I had a splendid evening planning out our garden and choosing our seeds and plants in the catalogue. Just where the biggest drift is making, behind the summer house, we are going to have a bed of pink asters, and we are going to give the Golden Ones - who are dreaming under four feet of snow -  a background of flowering almond."