A heartfelt plea to look into the death of a world-famous vintner goes hand in hand with the opportunity to attend an exclusive gourmet event in British Columbia's stunning wine country. How can overindulgent foodie and criminologist Cait Morgan resist?
Sure that the award-winning owner of a family-run vineyard was murdered, Cait shares her findings with Bud Anderson, a retired homicide cop. But he is convinced that the woman took her own life, whatever her grief-stricken sister might say. That is, until death strikes once again, in the neat rows of grapevines that clamber up the banks of magnificent Lake Okanagan. Uncovering obsessions that might have fuelled murderous thoughts among the victim's wacky neighbours is a start, but as Cait unravels the clues, she realizes that more lives are at stake. Can she think, and act, quickly enough to thwart the killer?
The Corpse with the Golden Nose is the second book in the Cait Morgan Mysteries, a classic whodunit series featuring the eccentric Professor Cait Morgan.

Célébrons...Célébrons...Célébrons...

Dernier weekend pour le camping!

Visite au Domaine du Ridge -  St-Armand, Qc.   

Anniversaire Amy

 Belle réussite Sophie!

 

l'anniversaire de Sabrina

Anniversaire de Mathieu

anniversaire de Mathieu

Bonne journée pour tes 8 ans

USS New York (LPD-21)

Le USS New York....

Il a été construit avec 24 tonnes de  ferraille
provenant du World Trade Center.

C'est le cinquième d'une nouvelle classe de
navires de guerre dessinés pour des missions                              
antiterroristes spécialement.
Belle initiative, ils ont construit ce navire en mémoire des disparus du
World Trade Center.                              
Leurs âmes vogueront sur la mer !
Très beau, je ne savais pas qu'on avait fait un bateau
avec les restes des tours jumelles....
C'est une découverte pour moi aussi.
L'Amérique ne baisse pas les bras!
Regardez cette beauté ! 
Remarquez les deux tours jumelles sur le dessu
Voici le USS New York fait avec l'acier
du Word Trade Center!  
Le USS New York....
Il a été construit avec 24 tonnes de  ferraille
provenant du World Trade Center.
C'est le cinquième d'une nouvelle classe de
navires de guerre dessinés pour des missions                              
antiterroristes spécialement.
Il transportera un équipage de 360 marins
et 700 Marines prêts au combat, deposes
au sol par hélicoptères et des barges d'assaut.
L'acier du World Trade Center a été fondu dans une fonderie
à Amite, Los Angeles afin de mouler la proue du navire.
Quand il fut coulé dans les moules le 9 septembre 2003, les
rudes travailleurs ont traité l'acier avec le plus grand respect
comme l'a souligné le capitaine du navire Kevin Wensing
qui était là sur place.
""Ce fut un moment spirituel pour chacun de
ceux qui étaient présents."
Junior Chavers, gérant des opérations de la
fonderie, dit que lorsque l'acier du Trade
Center arriva en premier, il le toucha avec
sa main en disant
": Les cheveux m'ont dressé sur la tête".
Cela avait une grande signification pour
nous tous.
"Ils nous ont mis à genoux.
Ils ne pourront pas nous garder ainsi.
Nous allons nous relever."
La devise du navire?
": Never Forget" "    N'oubliez jamais"
S'il vous plaît, répandez ceci de sorte que le
monde entier sache ! voir Wikipedia USSNewYork

Lune rouge

MétéoMédia

Mercredi, octobre 8, 2014, 5:46 - Une éclipse totale de Lune, un phénomène rare, se produira le matin du 8 octobre au Québec. La pleine Lune sera alors plongée dans l’ombre de la Terre, qui lui donnera une teinte rouge cuivrée, d’où son nom de «Lune de sang». Le phénomène risque toutefois d’être difficile à observer, puisqu’il surviendra à l’aube et que les conditions du ciel seront plutôt nuageuses (ici il tombait des clous)

Les cours de karate sont recommencés

Determined to build a new life for her family after her divorce, Adelia Hernandez has bought a home in the historic Swan Point neighborhood of Serenity. Promoted to manager of Main Street's most fashionable boutique, she feels revitalized and ready for a fresh start as a single mom. But barely into this new independent phase, she crosses paths with the sexiest man to hit Serenity in years.
Gabe Franklin, back in town to make amends for past mistakes, has no intention of settling down, but Adelia's proving irresistible. Cheered on by their friends, "the Sweet Magnolias," Gabe is bringing long-absent passion and laughter into Adelia's life. To his surprise—and hers—sometimes a rolling stone is just what it takes to build the rock-solid foundation of a family.

"Woods' readers will eagerly anticipate her trademark small-town setting, loyal friendships, and honorable mentors as they meet new characters and reconnect with familiar ones in this heartwarming tale."  580 pages

Finalement une photo de lune .......merci JP

Sonnet Romano's life is almost perfect. She has the ideal career, the ideal boyfriend, and has just been offered a prestigious fellowship. There's nothing more a woman wants - except maybe a baby.sister? When Sonnet finds out her mother is unexpectedly expecting, and that the pregnancy is high-risk, she puts everything on hold - the job, the fellowship, the boyfriend - and heads home to Avalon. Once her mom is out of danger, Sonnet intends to pick up her life where she left off. But when her mother receives a devastating diagnosis, Sonnet must decide what really matters in life, even of that means staying in Avalon and taking a job that forces her to work alongside her biggest, and maybe her sweetest, mistake - award-winning filmmaker Zach Alger. So Sonnet embarks on a summer of laughter and tears, of old dreams and new possibilities, and of finding the home of her heart. At once heartbreaking and uplifting, Return to Willow Lake plumbs the deepest corners of the human heart, exploring the bonds of family, the perils and rewards of love, and the true meaning of home.434 pages

Je n'ai jamais réussi à faire des décorations ... Yes!

                                                          

Heureux anniversaire Sophie et Chris

Le Saint-Laurent à Montréal

Isabel Johansen, a celebrated chef who grew up in the sleepy Sonoma town of Archangel, is transforming her childhood home into a destination cooking school—a unique place for other dreamers to come and learn the culinary arts. Bella Vista's rambling mission-style hacienda, with its working apple orchards, bountiful gardens and beehives, is the idyllic venue for Isabel's project…and the perfect place for her to forget the past.
But Isabel's carefully ordered plans begin to go awry when swaggering, war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill arrives to dig up old history. He's always been better at exposing the lives of others than showing his own closely-guarded heart, but the pleasures of small-town life and the searing sensuality of Isabel's kitchen coax him into revealing a few truths of his own.
The dreamy sweetness of summer is the perfect time of year for a grand family wedding and the enchanting Beekeeper's Ball, bringing emotions to a head in a story where the past and present collide to create an unexpected new future.  485 pages

Bonjour,

Nous prenons grand soin de notre ami qui nous fera peut-être gagner de l'$$.
Qui sait? ? ? ? 
Gaëtan  jngf 

Bonjour Pierrette

Ce n'est pas moi le maître mais je suis celui qui l'a transporté. 
Je crois connaitre son nom.

Gaëtan dit jngf. 

et moi aussi je crois connaitre son nom...nous avons pris des cours de micologie ensemble...merci d'avoir éclairci le mystère. P. (voir 8 septembre 2014)

Montana Man Crafts Amazing Art from Woodpile

Blocks of wood may mean hours of manual labor for some, but for Gary Tallman, 82, he sees them as the canvas for artwork. Tallman, of Monarch, MT, uses the natural colors of wood cut from the forest near his home to create an intricate, stunning mosaic. The piece depicts mountains, trees and owls, including one peeking from the ground.
Although each wooden mosaic takes about 20 hours to make—not including his preliminary sketches or the sorting of the wood’s various hues—the gorgeous creation is just temporary, lasting until the Tallmans need the wood in the winter.

Wood isn’t the only thing that doesn’t go to waste on the Tallman farm. He’s also created amazing sculptures from old car parts and a wooden stove.
Gary Tallman
Images: Courtesy of the Great Falls Tribune

Blueberry Cove, Maine, is as small-town as small towns get. More than a little quirky, it has sheltered generations of families. But there's always room for a new face…

Fixing things has always been Alex McFarland's greatest gift and keenest pleasure. But with her own life thoroughly broken, she's signed on to renovate the dilapidated Pelican Point lighthouse, hoping to reconnect with herself. The last thing she expects is to find herself falling in love--with the glorious coastline, with age-old secrets and welcome-home smiles…with rugged Logan McCrae, the man she just might be able to build new hopes on.

DIY is so much better with two...

Includes an easy do-it-yourself restoration project!

538 pages

Course annuelle qui réunit plusieurs écoles  dont  St.Mary's - Sabrina et une copine.

                    

Chez Sophie ce matin (un dindon curieux)  une perdrix curieuse et/ou frileuse.

Excellent départ pour Mommy

La Pressse - 23 septembre 2014 - en route vers les Oscar

 L'automne commence officiellement lundi, à 22h30. Les dates de début des saisons soulignent les 4 événements astronomiques qui régissent le cycle des saisons. Les équinoxes du printemps et de l’automne marquent les 2 jours de l’année où la durée du jour est égale à la durée de la nuit tandis que les solstices d’été et d’hiver soulignent respectivement la journée la plus longue et la plus courte de l’année. MétéoMédia

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes an atmospheric and riveting novel of suspense that uncovers the horrifying secrets buried within a ramshackle house. . .
Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren't impressed by the rundown property on the shores of Oregon's wild Columbia River. As soon as they pull up the isolated drive, Sarah too is beset by uneasy memories--of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found on the widow's walk, feverish and delirious. 
Ever since the original mistress of the house plunged to her death almost a century ago, there have been rumors that the place is haunted. As a girl, Sarah sensed a presence there, and soon Gracie claims to see a lady in white running up the stairs. Still, Sarah has little time to dwell on ghost stories, between overseeing construction and dealing with the return of a man from her past.
But there's a new, more urgent menace in the small town. One by one, teenage girls are disappearing. Frantic for her daughters' safety, Sarah feels her veneer cracking and the house's walls closing in on her again. Somewhere deep in her memory is the key to a very real and terrifying danger. And only by confronting her worst fears can she stop the nightmare roaring back to life once more. . .   

739 pages

Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. Years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. There, far from civilization, the women make startling discoveries that will change them in ways they never expected.   

 196 pages

Album; Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut : " Entrée de la Douairière et de ses dames"

Rabel Daniel (1578-1637)

Paris, musée du Louvre, D.A.G.

http://www.photo.rmn.fr/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=Home

Album;Ballet des Fées de la forêt de Saint Germain ; "Perrette la Hazardeuse" et un chat

Rabel Daniel (1578-1637)

Paris, musée du Louvre, D.A.G.

 

An unexpected inheritance from her grandmother offers Libby Pulford the opportunity to escape her abusive marriage and return to her Lancashire roots with her young son Ned. But her domineering husband Steven won't let her go so easily. She turns to her new neighbour for help, former police detective Joss Atherton, to whom Libby feels a growing attraction. But Joss has troubles of his own. Emily Mattison is trying to make contact with the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption so many years before. People's lives are destined to intertwine in ways they could never have imagined.
267 pages

Ou est son maître? chez le dentiste?

Dabney Kimball Beech, the 48-year-old fifth generation Nantucketer, has had a lifelong gift of matchmaking (52 couples still together to her credit). But when Dabney discovers she is dying of pancreatic cancer, she sets out to find matches for a few people very close to home: her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech; her lover journalist Clendenin Hughes; and her daughter, Agnes, who is engaged to be married to the wrong man.

As time slips away from Dabney, she is determined to find matches for those she loves most - but at what cost to her own relationships? THE MATCHMAKER is the heartbreaking new novel from Elin Hilderbrand about losing and finding love, even as you're running out of time.   

368 pages

A summer wedding stirs up trouble on both sides of the family in this new novel from bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand.
The Carmichaels and Grahams have gathered on Nantucket for a wedding. Plans are being made according to the wishes of the bride's late mother, who left behind The Notebook: specific instructions for every detail of her youngest daughter's future nuptials. Everything should be falling into place for the beautiful event--but in reality, things are far from perfect.

While the couple-to-be are quite happy, their loved ones find their own lives crumbling. In the days leading up to the wedding, love will be questioned, scandals will arise, and hearts will be broken and healed. Elin Hilderbrand takes readers on a touching journey in BEAUTIFUL DAY--into the heart of marriage, what it means to be faithful, and how we choose to honor our commitments.   

 416 pages

Bonne année scolaire 2014 (Mathieu / 2e année - Sabrina / 5e année

 

SUN CATCHER - bien réussi Sabrina