The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
My mom sent an American flag last week — which is now cheerfully waving in the garden. Happy 4th!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control,
Thy liberty in law.
— from America the Beautiful
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My name is Gabrielle Blair. I'm a designer and mother of six. We are currently living in a dreamy farmhouse in the French countryside. (I have to pinch myself each morning!) I post on the intersection of design and motherhood.
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We've used our base in France to do lots of traveling. It's addictive! Here are some of our adventures:
A trip to Amsterdam.
Canoeing on the Dordogne River.
A Belgian Waffle Tour.
A wintery visit to Cologne.
Three cheers for Barcelona!
The tulip fields in Holland.
We saw the final match of the French Open.
One of our favorite spots is Mont St. Michel.
I wonder where we'll wander next! To see more of our travels, click here.
Here's something fun. Our family was featured in an episode of House Hunters International! Spoiler: we choose the gorgeous French Farmhouse. It's called La Cressonnière and we take pictures of it all the time. If you're curious, try these links:
The Kitchen
Summer at La Cressonnière
The Halfbath
The Stairwell
The Neighbors
Ralph's Bedroom
The Studio
Springtime at La Cressonnière
The Living Room
Maude's Bedroom
The Artists
Oscar & Betty's Bedroom
The Exterior
The Floors
Olive's Bedroom
The Treehouse
The House: La Cressonnière
I hope you enjoy the house tour! Oh. And if you'd like to see the episode, you can find it on Youtube here (it's in four parts).
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Happy Independence Day America! I’m waiting to see the fireworks display on TV. Nice post and lovely blog. :-)
I want to go live in America. California dreamin’… sigh…
p.s.: I live in New Zealand :)
(which is a pretty amazing country)
America is great, California is awesome, I live in Los Angeles, CA.
I’ve always wanted to visit New Zealand, my father in law vacationed there and told me he would love to move there! :)
Happy 4th! We will be enjoying the festivities in good old Provo Utah. Hoping you have a fabulous holiday!!
Happy 4th, darling!
Happy 4th of July for you from Chile!!!!
Love the flag your Mom sent. How sweet of her! Beautiful picture.
Rachel, I haven’t lived in Provo for 44 years, but Provo has the absolutely BEST July 4th celebrations ever! Enjoy!
My 5th child was born on the “4th of July,” 1977—-I don’t think he has ever forgiven us for not birthing him on the same day, but a year earlier in 1976!! Now that would have been patriotic. :) And yes, when he was little, he thought all the excitement and fireworks were for him—-celebrating his birthday.
Lovely photo! Happy 4th of july!
Excellent! Have a wonderful 4th of July and God Bless America! :)
Love the picture. Thanks for sharing.
Happy 4th to you as well! (And thanks for using one of the lesser known, but more meaningful verses of America the Beautiful.)
The quote was so perfect. just how I’m feeling about our country right now. thanks for posting! Happy Fourth of July!!
What a beautiful place to hang the flag! Happy Fourth of July!
Happy 4th of July from CANADA! :D
LOVE it!!!! Happy 4th!
Love the pic! Happy 4th!
I love the words you chose to quote from America the Beautiful. Isn’t it crazy that that song has EIGHT verses!? So funny that the only one most people know is the first!
Gorgeous picture and lyrics! Hope you had a nice 4th!