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Charles IV d'Alençon, fought with him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/95f18cf8-3524-42c6-adfb-83a80e601cf7/marre.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The baron's ambition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5f4bbab6-9511-4dd8-9b6d-616eca549308/Elizabeth.png Letters from Elisabeth - The baron's ambition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bells-pcques-calvin/2024/12/9 monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3c65f0fb-08a5-421b-98e6-0770df82b7ac/angel.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Let the bells ring...à la joie! - Make it stand out As the "cloches de Pâques" swing back from Rome...from a 19th-century illustration. Gallica BNF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/32ce6bb6-b0ac-4ccb-a083-077469f4dd9e/church.png Letters from Elisabeth - Let the bells ring...à la joie! - Make it stand out The cathedral of Séez, or Sées, with its twin spires, in an early 20th-century woodcut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c2a053e9-2ba0-4b12-a781-187212122c45/bird.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Let the bells ring...à la joie! - Make it stand out Marguerite of Navarre, Duchess of Alençon, was fashionable, intellectual, and devout. Musée de Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/28569cbb-9448-4987-90d1-0d9112932c8b/jonq.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Let the bells ring...à la joie! - Make it stand out Narcissus from the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/422d93c2-cf1e-4e1f-a9f8-51dc8e3ae862/Elizabeth.png Letters from Elisabeth - Let the bells ring...à la joie! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/temple-in-the-garden/2024/12/10 monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fbc1d657-6ea5-434a-922d-ce7d889232f2/roots.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Temple in the garden - Make it stand out Bare-root lime trees await planting in the cour du haras, the stable block at Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/efd0ab8e-02b7-42c7-87c9-8dc6d07c7cd0/pp.png Letters from Elisabeth - The Temple in the garden - Make it stand out Drawing of Temple as built in 1622, in "Marquisat of Courtomer, Ch. Verel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4664bcad-3d3b-4286-a197-f52adc67008f/plate.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Temple in the garden - Make it stand out "O Lord, how manifold are thy works!" Platter made by Bernard Palissy c 1550-1560. Musée du Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/de0048b7-d248-4697-b89e-b4c4f10a2184/beard.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Temple in the garden - Make it stand out Portrait of a resolute Bernard Palissy. Musée du Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d1ea974a-753a-4f70-9e98-ab72ca7bdd7a/knife.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Temple in the garden - Make it stand out A noble set of 17th-century arborist's tools. Metropolitan Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/901eb193-b161-4501-8a2c-fd9a490dcb3a/Elizabeth.png Letters from Elisabeth - The Temple in the garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bouquet-of-rhubarb/2024/12/10 monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ef1f9103-7ade-4959-84a2-db39f10c9659/rub.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A bouquet of rhubarb - Make it stand out An illustration of rhubarb from the "De materia medica" of Dioscorides. The illusttation was made in the 6th Century A.D., The writings of this 1st-century physician were widely circulated and studied for almost 2,000 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f4fb6fc1-bfba-4300-b0e3-c019d7d87a2a/coins.png Letters from Elisabeth - A bouquet of rhubarb - Make it stand out Dr. James Mounsey won a gold medal for introducing the "true rhubarb" to the British Isles. He smuggled the seeds out of Russia under pain of death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/98d5efa1-9257-4e51-be09-3474054c6674/rub2.png Letters from Elisabeth - A bouquet of rhubarb - Make it stand out Various rhubarbs depicted in Vilmorin's 1883 "Les plantes potagères," plants for the kitchen garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bf738e96-15f4-4429-ba97-8783236ad986/Elizabeth.png Letters from Elisabeth - A bouquet of rhubarb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-courtil-for-our-times monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a8398906-079a-44e4-a848-e0c838a5f5fb/pic+2.png Letters from Elisabeth - A courtil for our times... - Make it stand out The field and Protestant Temple. Built in the 1600s. the Temple was turned into stables and a dovecote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/efadde8e-e45f-4eb8-baec-9cba87f39a91/pic+12.3.24.png Letters from Elisabeth - A courtil for our times... - Make it stand out When the tender stalks push the caps off the clay "cloches," the rhubarb is ready to harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/324387e6-26a9-4a40-8a03-b3565ae82295/pic+2+for+12.3.24.png Letters from Elisabeth - A courtil for our times... - Make it stand out The Renaissance saw a burgeoning interest in careful observation of new and known plants. Fragariavesca, the wild fraise de bois was grown in the royal gardens on the Louvre in the 14th century. Above, an annotated drawing for the "Historia plantarum" of botanist Conrad Gessner (1515-1565). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/40d962fd-512f-4f12-9bc4-28c212485a67/pic+3+od+12.3.24.png Letters from Elisabeth - A courtil for our times... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/putting-summer-in-a-jar-time-not-sugar-was-now-a-luxury/2024/3/7 monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/86be3f93-a0e5-4020-acc7-789750d07b72/b63527ff-252e-30f7-4318-824f0759e538.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Putting summer in a jar "Time, not sugar, was. now a luxury." - Make it stand out A wintry afternoon at Courtomer. The outer moat brims with rain water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e28a753d-c124-4570-861b-5333d1026b32/97e57d8b-8dd9-6445-b32e-1f987fe2119d.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Putting summer in a jar "Time, not sugar, was. now a luxury." - Make it stand out “The common strawberry,” a plate from the “Traité des arbres fruitiers” of Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, 1768. Duhamel was a distinguished 18th-century botanist who observed with interest the cross-breeding of wild strawberries from the Americas. These became the cultivated varieties known today throughout the world. BNF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/27326736-9cb9-4c2d-a8e3-221fe0694a85/430112483_894326729366259_882788772587785733_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Putting summer in a jar "Time, not sugar, was. now a luxury." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1d5b0524-34a4-47d7-a1f4-65d2b51d0cab/6645c96b-9a05-33c1-4063-93b7a58c41d2.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Putting summer in a jar "Time, not sugar, was. now a luxury." - Make it stand out Cooling the jam upside-down in jars. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/y68xu3dpkzwvf978pv6qdmlz8dl517/2024/3/7 monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/804665fd-903a-4f6d-a957-01485c2ae8aa/428048058_883750857090513_4136533967516482646_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Dark winter mornings, yet the garden begins to bloom - Make it stand out All winter, a lone pansy has bloomed against the farmhouse wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/710e7a1c-14bd-47b4-bdd3-dc72db027202/e606261e-8415-196d-116b-f8895f5116a1.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Dark winter mornings, yet the garden begins to bloom - Make it stand out A few of our snowdrops, just a few weeks ago. Now, they make a white and green carpet under the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b0ba466c-407a-4010-b169-db45e53d1b92/c6cd4405-74dc-15a5-cd53-e6a8c15197f6.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Dark winter mornings, yet the garden begins to bloom - Make it stand out Our ragged viburnum will soon be pruned into shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/768cb115-fa5d-4630-9455-83db8d74a26e/1b1c0975-517b-bbfb-e371-e581f994bb7b.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Dark winter mornings, yet the garden begins to bloom - Make it stand out After cleaning and repointing, the fireplace in the gatekeeper's cottage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1da800d3-3efd-49ef-94a6-cf7608cd2e59/8657ab60-df73-02d5-0c02-72e2873abd77.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Dark winter mornings, yet the garden begins to bloom - Make it stand out Didn't like the mustard after all, but the Italian cut valvet from Pierre Frey is a keeper for the library cushions. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/winter-blast-from-the-russian-steppethe-snow-falls-lightly-and-softly-wafting-to-earth-muffling-laughter-and-sighs/2024/3/7 monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7db120dc-d021-498e-a312-b515692abfbd/425013501_875084507957148_6574552606661713008_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter blast from the Russian steppe... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d15a419b-d7d3-42fc-b616-8a2891ece67f/78eb596d-103e-14d2-674a-019fa875c738.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter blast from the Russian steppe... - Make it stand out In his pasture, a muddy Finn contemplates the coming snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d0679635-f306-43f2-af4c-b8bbf0593263/461d94b6-0ad4-7a18-2bf4-2be137ac72f9.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter blast from the Russian steppe... - Make it stand out Early morning departure, view from the train platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e791f9fe-56b5-4acb-8aed-20cd0e944c91/5c9b3098-9d24-97c3-0460-6437f8682b66.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter blast from the Russian steppe... - Make it stand out Our son Henry sent this snapshot of the frozen basin at the Jardin du Luxembourg.. Just a couple of hours from Courtomer by train or car, it's easy to spend the day discovering the beauty of Paris. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bonnes-ftes/2024/3/7 monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/abaada30-b530-4c90-9599-88887c158cd8/414925739_849766170488982_7310299657928757601_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bonnes Fêtes! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a2c2c49c-f342-406b-9c23-67708de9df3d/2f4e1b39-02ce-216e-58bd-2844d4aff1ca.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Bonnes Fêtes! - Make it stand out Our Marïa at one of her Christmas concerts. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/an-orchard-in-a-glass/2024/3/7 monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6017d43e-768c-44d9-9f53-ac1fc10281b2/411347993_843023601163239_7145669696890208576_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - An orchard in a glass - Make it stand out Above: the young orchard in the farmyard at Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/10f95cb1-9330-4c2c-a336-e14061989645/412511232_843023654496567_8039452258352651965_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - An orchard in a glass - Make it stand out Jane and Franck brought us two bottles of their delicious fresh-pressed apple juice. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/thanksgiving-away-from-home/2023/11/27 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/62e53628-471f-4076-b20e-12e93d457f8b/df17a25c-562e-4725-9eac-150523ae2b1a_2459x1862.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Thanksgiving away from home - Make it stand out Above: We get ready to leave Courtomer on a blustery November afternoon before Thanksgiving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/70d7c957-1c53-4102-9fb6-ec833beac768/25a14e05-025c-4a55-948d-248cd11e4b0a_5626x3251.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Thanksgiving away from home - Make it stand out Watercolor sketch for a mural in a nursery school on the theme of "Chansons infantines," 1933, by the artist Jules Zingg. Collections Musées de Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/37a1ecfc-dd4b-466b-a5d7-52e6f3f0c141/56abe51b-881a-46d1-9ee4-905e054a25ff_801x815.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Thanksgiving away from home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-storm-over-courtomer/2023/11/21 monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/af3909c2-631d-446d-b0c5-0a573c292427/eb079a59-d5d2-4af8-bf9a-c6c72d13b990_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A storm over Courtomer - Make it stand out Above: The day after the storm, the "couvreur" gets to work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4952be7f-d8bd-4183-b1c9-f4e7e96e1114/2b017dde-0495-4f0c-8715-cbb84e05f4a2_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A storm over Courtomer - Make it stand out Windblown roses in the bed beside the moat, in front of the Chateau https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/royalists-and-rubble-in-the-cotentin/2023/11/13 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1b3630e2-cb61-4e67-b53e-262ae50b1290/14de85cb-ee4b-4629-b4b0-5d8da4e0b401_3024x3066.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Royalists and rubble in the Cotentin - Make it stand out Above: the porte-cochère of a 17th-century “petit hôtel” in Valognes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fde21b36-61c7-46c8-ab0f-4ea815143eed/72b0e888-db50-422c-8b7f-838e2569cbe2_2820x3131.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Royalists and rubble in the Cotentin - Make it stand out Pieces of the Eglise de Saint Malo, built over the course of centuries and destroyed in a single morning of bombing in 1944. The morsels were set into the rear wall of the reconstructed church in the 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ffcaa8b9-3c29-4e12-b32f-c75c0c57cc48/3b67a3b2-a747-47ed-bdb6-a95ed4fe71a4_499x447.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Royalists and rubble in the Cotentin - Make it stand out The red outline shows the footprint of the hôtel du Mesnildot de la Grille, as it appeared in a 1767 plan of Valognes. The hôtel is surrounded by gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2980da98-20b5-4dd4-a358-17a96e9df5e0/d7dda1e3-18ab-49db-8768-66d3191a6ba2_2889x3882.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Royalists and rubble in the Cotentin - Make it stand out An old postcard shows "Le Grand Quartier" along the river, once thriving with tanners and cloth-dyers. Most of these houses were destroyed in 1944. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/this-october-morning-at-courtomer/2023/11/13 monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4d348751-4007-42ca-97af-0fc69729b8da/7cffaf7f-8efa-4e55-8ad4-cf7ef4776aba_2033x1507.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - This October morning at Courtomer - Make it stand out Below: A late rose blooms against the Orangerie wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/96c73859-0369-42ac-8a0f-0543adbfe408/1e563591-4671-4ce2-9769-d67f3ec42634_3024x2619.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - This October morning at Courtomer - Make it stand out The Brimont de Ruinart chapel at Courtomer, where the Pelet family is also buried. Another renovation project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0c33bdb7-1c3a-4cc1-91bd-89710146b450/7cf7c6fd-a88e-4720-997d-30add439f610_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - This October morning at Courtomer - Make it stand out An allée of trees will connect the Temple to the stables. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/le-french-touch/2023/10/23 monthly 0.5 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f6cdfe79-a65b-4a2f-89da-d8ef2729dc5b/289ccc5e-7346-4326-a376-30a5713663a1_4032x1866.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Le French touch - Make it stand out Above: Looking out the "boudoir" window to the parc early one morning last week. Only the leaves of the plane tree in the left corner are starting to turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8089a40f-f527-40fa-a003-cad62f52f77c/5dbea0e1-e5c0-42fa-925f-9a501d7a9d6e_2028x3111.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Le French touch - Make it stand out At work in an 18th-century "tuilerie" making roof tiles and "tomettes." From Diderot's Encyclopédie des Arts et métiers. Diderot and his readers favored a less rustic and more production-oriented approach to traditional crafts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/edf4d1e2-1e38-4c45-bed9-4caf83a1a65f/df24e114-fe1a-4cf8-885c-67f5eb76df9e_544x441.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Le French touch - Make it stand out An image from La Redoute's catalogue in the 1960s; a French-made TV, chic dress, a snappy wristwatch could all be purchased here via mail order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5a55ffc5-94d3-416b-b605-6e77f22ebec8/3fee1049-eccb-49ae-8e97-3770716ca5d1_2387x3033.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Le French touch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-view-from-the-boudoir/2023/10/16 monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/cd7aa20d-3e68-47a8-883c-fe29ad4d0da9/78310e2d-4d49-4beb-8c3d-f51acd1c4a8f_2467x2244.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The view from the boudoir - Make it stand out Above: Looking out the window of the new boudoir to the park on a sunny October noon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1e0042d2-7e61-4183-beaa-7b9e34cf84e3/a95d591e-5638-4504-a0c3-105b780c0d1e_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The view from the boudoir - Make it stand out Neat rows of tile ready to attach to the charpente. Many of the old clay tiles can be reused. Those that cannot become rubble to fill pot-holes in the farm road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4a22b212-29b1-4c16-98df-66a798704c77/4394ee29-102d-4486-bd69-7e1248c84d91_724x676.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The view from the boudoir - Make it stand out Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV's beloved mistress, in the intimacy of a boudoir. The portrait was painted by François Boucher in 1756, the year before "le déluge" of military defeat and political setback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0fd3841b-5e61-4ac9-8971-04fc547e59c0/c82f7285-5323-4f07-834d-c9804688c3b0_2895x3120.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The view from the boudoir - Make it stand out Zooming in on the view: a stone basket of fruit on the parapet of the bridge spanning the inner moat at Chateau de Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/day-of-saint-michel/2023/10/4 monthly 0.5 2023-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/317b51c3-e1a9-4ed5-9b6c-7ee32849492b/6c84bad8-5aad-4426-9a37-81edba72e9fd_2120x1751.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Day of Saint Michel - Make it stand out Above: With Katia de Courtomer, age three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/059bdd91-1866-48b6-9b91-49bbc389c0c4/8e440542-3ecb-4a37-94ae-4048c87ee2fc_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Day of Saint Michel - Make it stand out Cutting the wheat in late June this year at Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a840902c-b7d8-460e-8e39-9296dcca7786/42dfb7eb-b121-4fc5-9251-16fb0a0b09dc_2637x2434.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Day of Saint Michel - Make it stand out Katia de Courtomer is a big girl. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/golden-september-days/2023/9/18 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5505eda2-c6aa-4b47-8318-c186cfd1b02c/16904798-a63b-4306-bf95-02bda84d41f4_4032x3024-1.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Golden September days - Make it stand out Above: Warm light strikes through the allée of lindens at the Chateau, casting shadows on the grass. Through the trees, the wall that separates the “manège” or outer entrance courtyard, from the farmyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/aecd3055-9874-4538-8bd2-42743d88801c/6363cb4a-7033-4705-941d-5beafcd90f34_3024x2023.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Golden September days - Make it stand out A resilient pair of roses, planted decades ago, blooms despite weeds along the wall in the stable block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6d28d59a-bb7f-499b-be65-f4c6687f942b/d03c0fcb-d70f-4aed-b232-be887d20028d_3843x2882.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Golden September days - Make it stand out Upcoming project: The old four à pain, where bread for the Chateau was once baked. A roof beam broke and has pierced through the slates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5c19edcb-2ee3-4459-8522-0ed6390678e5/b6f3d35d-40d9-4082-91e9-edc434169372_2448x3264.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Golden September days - Make it stand out Among Monsieur’s many qualities, he is “maçon à ses heures,” an amateur mason. Here, working on the farmhouse at the Chateau. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/end-of-an-era/2023/9/18 monthly 0.5 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f526265b-9448-41b4-8cc8-b811b657de39/9d1d64f8-86b6-4614-800f-68da40f069c0_2808x2595-1.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - End of an era - Make it stand out Above: scattered roses from one of the climbers against the Orangerie wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ee2a3f84-47bb-4b0c-a273-e76dc275ae09/b054d580-4386-4bba-9dac-20c2747c8162_3021x3841.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - End of an era - Make it stand out Our peach tree grows against the stable walls, near the loge du gardien. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4d586df7-1796-407d-b4d1-fafe914d9239/73e23267-b797-490c-93ae-f7698f01dc49_1320x1409.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - End of an era - Make it stand out The rabbits look out from their clapet in the stables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fef8af7b-a609-4f4b-8e46-269117951dce/1f3fe88b-3841-459a-8335-5c98e05aee1e_467x373.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - End of an era - Make it stand out A sketch from Viollet-le-Duc's "Dictionnaire" of medieval French building techniques evokes, for me, many pleasant hours planning the restorations and renovations at Chateau de Courtomer. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-summer-world/2023/9/4 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/35eb5fe5-ddea-4955-8dae-53cd38e9a951/b1fa86bf-a0c4-46e7-a3a0-41fc7b558db1_3008x2106.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer world - Make it stand out Above: Watching for carp beside the moat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9db67c78-6258-4246-ac0a-52bf489d2502/bf7f3790-3354-4c72-a2a8-92ef9bb2966a_2048x1536.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer world - Make it stand out The last vestiges of Mangkala Ubol, a rosy-gold waterlily, before being eaten by a ragondin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/96900e83-4685-456e-81a5-2b4730d102da/13144c91-2257-49f4-90a0-1f822944591c_3007x2445.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer world - Make it stand out A praying mantis climbs aboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bead5fca-043a-4b91-968a-5c48d2eccf58/3cb025cd-54cd-4f2f-9ed5-3cfe6f1a0048_3024x2670.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer world - Make it stand out In the rose bed next to the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ee07b71e-0b08-4aa8-88f4-a35b073c77e9/aa8a8e41-d4b6-46a6-844e-95410c77913a_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer world - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-summers-fairy-tale/2023/9/4 monthly 0.5 2023-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b1abde0d-3715-4a17-93bd-5dd35f0dc28b/335d1c10-fb45-430c-8fe7-1459b3668a04_2692x3658.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out Dorothée beside the blackberries that grow around the farmyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b6f42427-7454-4f88-ad3c-7f7b4a8c6e4c/ac1feb3d-7f58-401e-a816-f7ca57b25ba7_2526x2922.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e74287db-e9dd-4a9c-a86a-78431bcaf49e/bbf84595-9f8e-4a0a-a56e-775115d3fee2_576x481.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out The salon of Madame de Lambert, as seen in a 19th-century print by Godard & Aubert, 1846. Gallica BNF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1094f654-36a2-44a7-b3ee-ad266481908e/5f2798fc-851e-444d-a3c3-14189af231d2_800x754.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out Charles Perrault, painted by his friend Charles Le Brun, c. 1670. Le Brun painted many of frescos on the ceilings and walls of the palace of Versailles for Louis XIV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a927f336-f573-4c63-a7ad-50c8e0c06dcc/5a3d37bf-6f44-4876-ab94-632bfbeeb176_567x270.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out Catherine Deneuve as the princess with her fairy godmother in Jacques Demy's 1970 film, "Peau d'Âne." The princess wears her dress, the "color of the moon." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9b027f8a-cf83-452b-ad3b-bf253add121a/4480edc0-8a58-4b51-8427-6384902651d5_1111x908.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out Epinal's "Alphabet des contes de fées" of 1866 featured "Peau d'âne." Here is the princess, watching sheep and disguised under the donkey skin to "hide her beauty from the immoral attentions of her father." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f4afb750-f7f7-41b5-9d8b-86e425de67fc/be356fd4-a3fa-4626-915b-b9223be138b5_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer's fairy tale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/play-on-cigale/2023/8/18 monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e06c2203-ee34-4868-9b47-02bddd4c7d75/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Play on, Cigale! - Make it stand out Above: This photo is from 1960. During today's moissons, the whole family still pitches in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bc2c5d25-dd58-4127-9e4a-08824b629d96/4d800f9c-91d1-48bb-b7d1-19c42ca86088_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Play on, Cigale! - Make it stand out Our shed bursting with straw in the little field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d8ba9b96-2f44-45d3-b3f8-dc51814f6e1c/10b9cb1e-ab55-45b4-a991-f0ce90b43d47_1500x1478.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Play on, Cigale! - Make it stand out Louis XIV had bread distributed in Paris (above, from the Palace of the Louvre) during the terrible Famine of 1693. (Gallica BNF) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/75e53827-edac-4725-b6d8-d461b8db0d62/7b06ac3b-10ad-4404-a23f-ab9a6f865a1a_2873x2210.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Play on, Cigale! - Make it stand out A replica of the set, in miniature, of “Madame Butterfly" in the window of a local konditorei in Bregenz where the opera was staged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/76ed6ac0-2505-4ada-94c5-6a85f3cc64de/40c155a3-46eb-4852-87a8-2a9eb4fa733a_624x465.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Play on, Cigale! - Make it stand out The ant and grasshopper, from the frontispiece of “Fables of La Fontaine.” (Gallica, BNF) https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/6dx46r3zyo26rqhm36r4taerunw5ol/2023/8/9 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a7bc6e70-fc97-4de3-abd6-a87d7ae6643c/363431683_755386569926943_1543783642945601757_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Of man - or a woman - and the beasts of the field... - Make it stand out Above: With our herd in the home pasture of the Chateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/711218ac-c2b5-4fa4-b015-fd5316c52a63/948cbe75-4631-0666-5c4a-22aa99408b7b.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Of man - or a woman - and the beasts of the field... - Make it stand out The home pasture, as seen from the kitchen window of the Chateau. Madame Apolline is the tiny figure amidst the cattle. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/ripeness-is-all-midsummer-at-the-chateau/2023/8/9 monthly 0.5 2023-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b50a88a9-31b6-4dda-97fa-c4cebc0ecf07/362686333_752299270235673_2367468324789172681_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "Ripeness is all"... midsummer at the chateau - Make it stand out Above: Round bales in our field, waiting to be loaded onto the wagons and hauled to the Basse Cour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a5deb2e8-47b7-4f6c-848a-0672d79704f4/38a4afc8-043e-936f-8305-ed9b577a9e90.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - "Ripeness is all"... midsummer at the chateau - Make it stand out Hazy morning, our field of wheat stubble gleams in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/25606c9b-4271-46de-a5fc-75e4909786d8/073322fc-f219-9de3-f258-fd84149cb2d1.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - "Ripeness is all"... midsummer at the chateau - Make it stand out Daniel's garden, admired on a walk to Le Vieux Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c7eebe1a-3a25-4b2d-a77f-7169d8156c37/4fa6ab64-d28d-8627-179f-9abdf6245fff.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - "Ripeness is all"... midsummer at the chateau - Make it stand out One of the new clematis blooms against the Farmhouse trellis and stone wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a95ee864-53e9-44ca-9259-484099fdb9e1/f07a61ed-13b2-9e2b-44fa-86ca1add9818.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - "Ripeness is all"... midsummer at the chateau - Make it stand out One of the young apple trees in the orchard of the Basse Cour. In the background, the "porcherie" with simple new doors made by Monsieur Arnaud and painted by Monsieur Martyn. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/at-cherbourga-summer-trip-to-courtomer/2023/7/11 monthly 0.5 2023-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/cc8a193e-84ad-4d1e-b678-84c29e8eb3d3/b6882b27-d269-40e5-ab99-6c4c6f41a13e_1596x778.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out Above: The Fort de l’Oeust guards the entrance to Cherbourg and keeps an armed look-out on the La Manche…the English Channel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bba69488-1cf6-4e66-8efd-693a28cc8f21/64f26d08-de5a-4e80-85aa-ae91d15c0aec_1280x884.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out John Bull, personnification of British pluck, perches on the cliffs of Dover contemplating the jaunty Emperor across the English Channel, La Manche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/109f58d8-4d30-4c07-8cc5-e91764a65b74/ad7d3074-fd5a-4769-90fe-8b643c095ace_1600x1078.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out The "avant-port," or first basin, was inaugurated in 1813 by Napoleon's young Empress. Napoleon had ordered the basin to be deepened in order to hold the "new" man-o'-war ships. These floating fortresses first developed by the British Navy had been used at the Battle of Trafalgar years earlier. Napoleon intended to use Cherbourg to rebuilt the French Navy. Collection BNF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6fd0ee29-80f9-40e7-95e6-c3384250eca4/793dd9fe-4f39-4490-b272-a65bdd0bae1a_938x1266.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out Local “antiquaires,” amateur scholars, of the 19th century unearthed and assembled this statuette -- in the form of a curvaceous goddess -- and other Gallo-Roman artefacts from Cherbourg in a “cabinet de curiosités” that became part of the Musée Emmanuel Liais in the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/efbf155d-4804-44d7-a4bb-0bbdef8ac553/796b4a32-2f5b-426f-b05c-ced4f082cd85_440x488.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out The kingdom of Neustria in 742, encompassing most of today's Normandy, and showing Saxon settlement on the Cotentin Peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6091030e-db6a-4175-a324-8442630907c0/e5197646-fdef-4cd7-ad31-6f6c31053cda_488x536.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out Isabelle de Valois, just 6 years old, meets her bridegroom Richard II. Standing by her side is her father, Charles VI of France. The marriage, never consummated, was an effort by the two kings to resolve the problem of Normandy. Cherbourg was a wedding present. Illumination from the Chronicles of Jean Froissart. British Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b272c9b0-2b1c-4251-8f4f-86aea1e5d0fb/56c95e24-f454-4c06-8e29-512a047c7e74_500x392.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - At Cherbourg...a summer trip to Courtomer - Make it stand out The unsuccessful siege of Cherbourg by Charles VII. The French king finally paid the garrison to surrender. Illumination from the Chronicles of Jean Froissart. British Library. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-hidden-landscape/2023/6/20 monthly 0.5 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/36f773b9-dcd9-40d2-b452-672d63cd835f/c2837b2e-01b1-44cf-87cc-a4b7f64373dc_1089x1634.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A hidden landscape - Make it stand out Above: The naturalist and botanical artist Mark Catesby painted this parrot taking a nip of a scale from the cone of a swamp cypress, Taxodium distichum, for the 1754 edition of his "Natural History." In the 1720s, he explored the southern British colonies in the New World. His work was quickly translated into French. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d1b69ddb-a1e2-4528-b5e1-3f2fb9246e86/bb7bb5a1-00b5-4ddd-a7aa-bdd01cf3d892_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A hidden landscape - Make it stand out Looking through the double "allée" of linden trees to the single "rangée" of lindens on the other side of the cour d'entrée...the grass has been cut and now regrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/668ba8fa-ff52-4ab7-bb53-b5f6cf5d49ff/5491dd35-2308-4532-9d5c-b71d786740ac_3765x2632.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A hidden landscape - Make it stand out Looking across the the Great Lawn, part of which will soon be cut for hay. The grouping of trees is made up of mature volunteers and an allée originally planted in horse chestnuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/07bf7d84-e68a-4afb-bc6c-56f8017cf9f0/95f12060-a20a-4498-a01d-c7fc2c693329_2877x3547.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A hidden landscape - Make it stand out Snapshot of our sequoia on a sunny June morning. This tree is a lone survivor of several sequoia planted in Courtomer's "parc" in the 1850s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3c3b5dd2-49fa-4099-a2d0-e7a6aad1e2ff/4e86acb0-2e85-47fe-9c04-3e465accf740_1430x2444.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A hidden landscape - Make it stand out The English plantsman John Tradescant the Younger was the first European to describe the swamp cypress, whilst on a plant-collecting expedition in North America in 1637. He brought a specimen to England, where it flourished. France began its botanical explorations later; the earliest French specimens date from French exploration of the flora of Louisiana, in the 18th century. Illustration is from a herbarium at Oxford University. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/kind-eyes-and-loeil-amricain/2023/6/20 monthly 0.5 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/dbd7c3ad-5750-46c6-9ee2-18ba7ad883c7/704671a7-6b36-4a25-a43d-e128a837a845_701x493.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Kind eyes and “l’oeil américain” - Make it stand out Above: born May 1, Nanking de Courtomer and her mother, Victoire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4fde9bbf-7642-4dff-830a-f9b4fd557d4c/0905f245-9a65-44e6-a8d6-6fb382ef5e61_3024x3614.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Kind eyes and “l’oeil américain” - Make it stand out Snapshot: A visit to Finn after he'd thrown his shoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/69d63f21-8576-428c-a8e9-2ead24ccaf20/5c4c70e8-be9e-4c64-a228-a635f8df357f_2222x2479.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Kind eyes and “l’oeil américain” - Make it stand out India as a yearling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/07f67626-413f-4068-af4e-67dc2ce9ecb2/d22ce58a-7963-4e1a-9a12-83d39c70614a_270x414.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Kind eyes and “l’oeil américain” - Make it stand out Sarastro in his haughty prime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/545fcd4a-d00b-4b4b-999b-f159bf0be54d/6afbf6f4-7815-472c-9e75-54bd5522aa61_1213x1472.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Kind eyes and “l’oeil américain” - Make it stand out Meanwhile, June at the Chateau: Monsieur Martyn's winter work in the gardens, improving the soil and judiciously pruning, provides a profusion of roses beside the moat. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/souvenir-de-ma-mre/2023/5/26 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5f17453e-1881-46b3-8ebc-5ef536a10b5f/b5520d63-1b1e-4459-9532-345ffcf8fb17_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Souvenir de ma Mère - Make it stand out Above: photographed in late May at Chateau de Courtomer...looking through linden leaves in the allée up to blue sky and the branches of a plane tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/929d9ec1-7dd4-42b3-b6d8-d22c97ed3bd6/db089f50-0e3f-41f8-a46d-fd7c251d18ca_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Souvenir de ma Mère - Make it stand out Looking out the window of the Farmhouse at Chateau de Courtomer, toward the linden allées, on a green morning in May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4eb8b0f1-50a8-4fde-8423-5e4f67b01d32/c828c862-1093-45ef-95fe-15dcd4e74a13_1444x1250.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Souvenir de ma Mère - Make it stand out The enfilade of spaces within the Chateau brings light to the interior of all the rooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/dbe11c97-bd3d-48d7-ac32-7ab2af6553be/70d8ca32-48a6-4f8e-99a4-7bd91becce14_2448x2448.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Souvenir de ma Mère - Make it stand out My mother’s passport for travel to France in 1948 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-romance-amid-the-trees-chateaubriand-plants-a-garden-and-launches-a-mode/2023/5/17 monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/10f10166-f641-47f7-a562-d7b60d4a4a9d/4525f436-9b40-478f-9b52-cb5bf36e6c69_3464x1843.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A romance amid the trees... - Make it stand out Above: photographed in early May at Courtomer...horse chestnut trees in the allée, benches, in the bright morning light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/61820eed-d345-4547-8540-5a46faf98f97/c08521ee-cb76-4879-a007-c3b878d99076_413x399.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A romance amid the trees... - Make it stand out Portrait of Chateaubriand as tousled Romantic genius, by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Gérard Blot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2fd4377e-373f-4285-92f3-c84f7795c61b/499494f4-1a1c-4812-94a3-22e845ace94f_1685x1151.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A romance amid the trees... - Make it stand out Nature in its primeval glory, as imagined by Chateaubriand and illlustrated by Gustave Doré for Atala, Chateaubriand's wildly successful first novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0bd82c7c-4909-44ca-a5b1-917c53d0044a/223ee025-ffe0-4892-86a8-292816166910_286x272.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A romance amid the trees... - Make it stand out Delphine de Custine, one of the most beautiful and intrepid women of her time, fell passionately in love with Chateaubriand. She was a neighbor of and visited Chateau de Courtomer. The youngest daughter of the Marquis de Courtomer married her only son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e075e543-da1a-48da-95a5-0daa4ba68878/bf191ad2-ce32-4f21-bc5b-cd7d7765906b_2013x1436.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A romance amid the trees... - Make it stand out Watercolor of Chateau de Courtomer, early 1800s. Note the bushy plant to the right; perhaps our big sequoia when a young plant. The watercolor hangs in the entrance hall of the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/77fb2169-9e9e-41ab-b67e-200e14b3aa5b/f6fd0502-8ded-4b7f-b45a-0540caa6454a_684x1000.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A romance amid the trees... - Make it stand out Botanical dawing of a magnolia from Malmaison, the garden and parc of the Empress Josephine, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-great-tempest/2023/5/17 monthly 0.5 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/95ee99de-c132-4936-9ced-5bf017ac7e0e/a572e501-d4c7-44ae-9e33-a833e216b82e_3248x2196.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Tempest - Make it stand out Above: photographed this winter at Courtomer...bare trees, the entrance gates, a rainbow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/50dab2db-b309-4bae-ab8b-c6f1a4aadd18/8709eb57-1142-41a8-a3bf-4dacfcd26c89_440x291.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Tempest - Make it stand out Portrait of André Le Nôtre, who laid out the gardens and park at the Château de Versailles for Louis XIV in the 1680s. Trees that survived for more than 300 years came down in the Tempest of 1999. Château de Versailles, by Carlo Maratta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/553730a8-c0c9-4072-a60f-1807e2813104/41737bbc-e8c2-4fd6-9485-195f0cbcd9cc_4032x2501.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Tempest - Make it stand out Last winter, one of the oldest oaks came down in a storm at Chateau de Courtomer. Monsieur confers with our gardien Monsieur Xavier over its fate. We'd like to have it cut into boards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7483f327-05f1-426d-a0ce-fc24df73d0f6/d4988d6a-a2d2-4d5e-863d-e2f91eff159e_543x1064.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Tempest - Make it stand out Newly planted last autumn, muguet de bois bloomed for the First of May in the garden of the Orangerie. Beyond the slate roofed Orangerie in the background, the trees of the parc. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/prairie-fleurie/2023/4/27 monthly 0.5 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9364c70e-76a9-457c-96cc-5b2e55d0eead/101db2f2-a4b4-453f-9f5e-a3bc3b0766fe_1200x1367.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Prairie fleurie... - Make it stand out Above: a rare white bluebell blooms, daffodils perfume the air. In the background, the stone barns in the Basse-Cour of the château. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2093e20a-0658-47ee-8ca5-ec8b349b229e/a909639c-1dc0-49af-9e45-0a78f4b348c3_1553x1035.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Prairie fleurie... - Make it stand out Our native wildflower meadow beginning to bloom, with plenty of dandelions. The Farmhouse is in the background. The bare-limbed tree in the mid-ground is a Normandy heritage apple tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/45faa563-3d27-4e7d-90a6-a73b582b0b3d/5a31b7b6-e18a-4ca5-b754-ac5aeb496a29_2048x1536.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Prairie fleurie... - Make it stand out The wild native fritillary, with its distinctive dotted cap, was the first bulb to bloom in the meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1411a96b-ea05-4a89-a9bc-b1892f3a7040/fd02a340-5863-4c6d-be8b-691235002922_1536x1908.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Prairie fleurie... - Make it stand out This bluebell or "jacinthe des bois" is almost ready to open in our new meadow. Bluebells provide nectar to bees as well as to other pollinating insects and butterflies. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/springthe-jardin-anglais/2023/4/23 monthly 0.5 2023-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fd771b65-ad38-420a-b207-5fb5763f12a9/b22ef9f4-ef6a-4707-ba54-199f8fdfdbe8_688x913.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring...the "jardin anglais" - Make it stand out Pheasant-eye narcissus grows beside the moat, planted by Monsieur Martyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5325ac4d-9374-443c-9413-b6bb39d576a6/5233af36-02ae-4ea0-9959-5e499b126ce3_2401x1485.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring...the "jardin anglais" - Make it stand out The duc de Praslin's "jardin anglais" outside Paris was full of sinuous paths, ponds and streams, artfully placed groves of trees, and exotic structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/061882b5-a68f-4ea5-ac02-04f375d59c58/03235a4f-6d66-463a-812e-869eac99f73b_2784x1740.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring...the "jardin anglais" - Make it stand out Rousseau in admiration of the park at Ermenonville, designed after his description of Julie's garden in La Nouvelle Héloïse. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/spring-in-the-gardens-of-the-chateau/2023/4/24 monthly 0.5 2023-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/aca4d9f4-5de3-4e97-92d7-187c81b2f605/7a1cb34f-7a3d-49a7-8e18-d7683e7f7ec5_2273x1502.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring in the gardens of the Chateau - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/025e631f-7244-445f-8bab-38850804f567/88babad7-6997-43e7-88f7-9ed2b5e689b5_739x1156.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring in the gardens of the Chateau - Make it stand out Monsieur Martyn’s daffodils and tulips blooming beside the wall of the basse-cour, the farmyard of the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b181bfde-4ffb-4d15-b67a-9f5ce683a42f/d1edb498-eab9-4d61-8cca-855329d14b5e_520x409.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring in the gardens of the Chateau - Make it stand out Normandy’s center of Jansenism was at the Prieuré of Saint-Hymer en Auge, about an hour’s drive from the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7a8cef81-981a-4b70-ba47-aed2555d4d65/7aafc0f4-3889-42aa-b62a-a4e3771d90ce_924x1257.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Spring in the gardens of the Chateau - Make it stand out On a sunny day in April…wild primroses mingle with daffodils and pheasant’s eye narcissus. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/from-high-ideals-and-noble-aspiration/2023/3/27 monthly 0.5 2023-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6d26f385-a114-4371-8b4e-5bfd9dbca355/82fb3d78-3f4d-4f74-85d5-c7fec6844f1b_470x389.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out Godin triumphant, in the 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d55f03a0-4da2-43ee-93e4-0e92fe7271ee/f2c00098-f2d8-4cd2-9681-62901c8b1846_3024x3674.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out Under renovation: The Petite Maison du Haras, the gatekeeper's "appartement" in the old stable block at the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f982fb97-67c4-40db-8484-a3500067b992/01cc8354-5c80-4a5a-984d-6bca4cd3109b_1207x699.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out Neglected but not forgotten, the Grande and Petite Châtelaine stoves in a box stall in the stables at Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a2d862e9-764d-4e6a-b97a-3d91005f51b8/4d4abdde-366d-4a49-9b2d-ea4800a4eb12_449x535.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out Jean-Baptiste Andé Godin (1817-1888) provided a meticulously detailed plan for the Familistère, showing the Palais Social (the housing complex), gardens, outdoor recreational space, and factory, in his book, "Solutions sociales." He succeeded in building the structures, which endured as part of the labor-owned enterprise for almost a century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6262e942-725c-4119-acbc-f30de02f5a6b/b25dc401-3cf7-426b-942c-e9f28a115741_640x549.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out The revolutionary "sans-culotte" comes back to give the boot to Louis-Philippe d'Orleans, king of France from 1830-1848. But the Revolution of 1848 came to an even more rapid end than the July Monarchy. Bibliothèque National de France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6ab8585d-19e7-4119-a8a2-f0116c6bf188/72735478-7b39-42cd-a7dd-2fb6e4273520_984x680.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out In the "pouponnat," little ones learn to walk properly under the watchful eyes of nurses. The cradles for babies are neatly arranged in the background. Godin, like many social reformers of the 19th century, sought to raise as well as educate the children of working class parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9d6ca847-6400-41db-8bf1-117350b1891b/ecaa16b7-cc27-4525-b8a1-cbecf9db15b9_1200x858.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out The enclosed courtyard in the Palais Social, the housing complex Godin designed for his workers, included a shop where residents could buy clothing and other dry goods. Photograph c. 1897, Musée de la Familistère de Guise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/aa98f06d-517c-4830-bfcb-70bb363247fe/473c3b60-a7a3-4d58-9b5e-cefead7d602a_1012x779.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From high ideals and noble aspiration... - Make it stand out Image: In the 1950s, French households started to acquire refrigerators, then almost solely made in America. In 1951, Godin launched its own “frigo.” “Le French touch” — a bottle of champagne may be glimpsed from the open door. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-revolution-in-the-kitchen/2023/2/25 monthly 0.5 2023-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7a09e716-6b20-4b61-ade2-363178313d2f/6fb1b365-b7dc-47dd-a4d7-cd3f74572309_2212x1058.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Revolution in the Kitchen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6fabc3c9-2e66-4a19-b431-83c5e6b6d9c4/ce8850d1-eadf-4f18-843d-c39cbe136cce_1207x699.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Revolution in the Kitchen - Make it stand out Fall from grace: the Chatelaines in storage in the stable block https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/dd89ba4a-6345-4014-a8a1-d77eb0dddda2/ed48cb41-0ff2-40e7-a470-e0003542ae4a_800x451.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Revolution in the Kitchen - Make it stand out The Godin atelier, from the company's photographic archives. Godin's prototype round heating stoves, advertised as "le meilleur et moins cher" -- "the best and the best value" -- are shown at right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bec7441d-ce83-4caf-b674-238fb2086041/1d99a426-b7ec-47bc-ba7b-045b73e6373a_2524x954.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Revolution in the Kitchen - Make it stand out The ancestor of our Chatelaine: Godin's 1846 patent for a "cuisinière économique," an economical coal-fired range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/02f71182-b11b-4428-93ae-121c398f473e/eef7cfd1-83b2-4c9f-99c5-731dda852efb_830x1190.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Revolution in the Kitchen - Make it stand out The frontispiece of Urbain Dubois' cookbook, La Cuisine Classique, offered the romance as well as the science of French cookery -- all possible with the marvellous new technology of the coal-fired, cast-iron stove. From the archives of the BNF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7410949b-fe76-4862-bf75-690645d06e29/eade72a0-df6f-4746-bfc0-f37094d92221_1206x921.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Revolution in the Kitchen - Make it stand out Making progress: a view of our Chateau kitchen under renovation yesterday https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-dear-old-kitchen-returns/2023/2/13 monthly 0.5 2023-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/47c7a027-c322-48b5-805b-99f51ec22f3b/11af44a1-3edf-4811-b089-4c9102d154ec_3024x2260.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The dear old kitchen returns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/34bfdd36-2c92-474c-b46c-607365242bb7/8f8bd7ee-010d-46ee-b31c-bf2ff183cf5d_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The dear old kitchen returns - Make it stand out Just the beginning. My sketch for the new kitchen layout . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9df306da-400a-4b2b-a768-9fb5689e67b4/704f8d29-9f4e-4f1e-a899-ce42051ce1af_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The dear old kitchen returns - Make it stand out The kitchen in the Chateau begins to come together. Old cabinets from Paris find their place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6fd735e7-818b-4d13-ac31-5bc4130f1b2a/14f7e93a-8d82-48e8-b5ed-da1249df76f7_3696x3006.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The dear old kitchen returns - Make it stand out Day's end at the Chateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e623e2c0-a7b6-4627-9164-6ef674a9b332/d2595fb2-9f27-49b9-b2c8-c7143ab290e4_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The dear old kitchen returns - Make it stand out Our newly polished latte whip comes home, too. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bridges-not-walls/2023/2/8 monthly 0.5 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0aed9e55-e0b4-415e-8713-474a159c8e91/1247e2f3-a560-4115-94c7-c19a33434b49_3024x3791.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5f83c465-504e-44ce-9617-33628a376b1d/48a0b3e8-7942-4e1a-82d6-d1a5b1e50fc3_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out One of many fine buildings to be seen in the streets of Sées, this one dates from 1713. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b5cc75b4-e9b3-495d-934c-4fa723828c4d/009a2fd9-bfbd-4f45-847b-4877331cf107_1181x1231.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out Wearing a cross on its head, this "antefix" was a piece of decorative trim on the clay-tile roof of the first cathedral of Sées, 500-700 A.D. Louvre Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f1afa9bf-9b4d-4260-8a49-1306486a546a/34e01acc-c8b1-4eae-96ea-0a8fd0e03e95_2352x1480.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out Postcard view of an entrance to the Grand Seminaire, in the 1800s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/18ae7f10-7a8d-4527-a321-6784c19daa73/6cf69682-d7a9-45c1-be71-7355bf52ae89_1038x1256.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out The Cathedral of Sées photographed in the mid-1890s for "La Normandie monumentale et pittoresque." Archives de l'Orne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/41a5b1a8-cb20-4061-aef0-3880a52de513/9fae3d73-dedf-4786-9dc0-9c3ab950c195_362x489.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out An example of Counter Reformation art. Christ and Saint Peter, accompanied by two bishops, demonstrate devotion, teaching, and salvation. The panel is in the Musée d'Art réligieux, formerly the chapter house, next to the Cathedral. The museum is open daily except Tuesday, July through September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f442a0c2-60f5-4169-b6ef-96dafe2b184e/35af3161-ad1d-4ea4-bc28-9492e9c54605_800x600.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out The ornate interior of the Basilique de l'Immaculée-Conception of Sées (Orne Tourisme) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/76dd210b-d2c3-4c33-8491-a38713a3b22e/5344b3cb-b08e-446b-8c00-028e07d478b8_2942x3514.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bridges not walls - Make it stand out Winter at the Chateau: looking out the window of the Farmhouse; madonna found in a local "brocante" https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/winter-in-the-farmhouse/2023/1/23 monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e2b5cd77-796f-44e6-8e3a-69c2215f8f1a/8fb25df3-7e08-47b4-b0b9-f245a3d183fb_3264x966.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter in the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b205661d-b908-44fc-82a6-4cc2414fe5b9/d0723e39-2388-4e13-beef-ba25425220cf_4032x2647-1.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter in the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/666b36fa-3eae-4c4d-a431-448ec7a60df4/ed481aa3-cc6f-42d3-be11-7b751153dd60_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter in the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Looking toward the Chateau from the allée of horse chestnuts in the "parc." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/925a7b97-ed78-450f-96eb-468d48ef067a/278b2690-acc2-4666-9508-60353dd076b4_3024x2976.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter in the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Looking over the frozen moat from the bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/17b54916-40c7-4f1a-b597-b542af1648ee/ffa23512-d83f-400e-9982-e99f541c45c7_3851x2888.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter in the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Choosing paint colors for the kitchen walls at the Chateau...a delicate process https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-toast-to-the-king/2023/1/15 monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/894150d4-e8b8-46d6-865c-e7baa7d19bf8/648081dc-495c-47ca-923f-bb149ac73a3d_750x540.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Toast to the King! - Make it stand out The Three Kings by the Viennese artist Leopold Kupelwieser at the Diocese of Rouen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6733f042-a201-4e04-b106-c48712bc1ffe/d7544bc0-69e7-462e-8c30-c51776b89f34_4004x2475.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Toast to the King! - Make it stand out Dawn sky over the long barns, "les granges," in the farmyard of the Château https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0784e4c9-515b-4486-bccf-1254d497ec22/260d6a1c-1fd6-4c6f-8612-660690776ac1_456x676.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Toast to the King! - Make it stand out Saint Jean Chrysostome, called John of the Golden Tongue for his eloquence, depicted on an 11th-century plaque at the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/649d6a3f-f4ad-4213-897a-3379ce2f0427/9f27fc85-88ef-47d8-a677-9fbaf04e5dfe_1166x1070.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Toast to the King! - Make it stand out The choleric visage of Le Père Duchesne, with his sash, "Live free or die, Foutre" and his ribbon, "The Nation, the Law, the King...Foutre!" Foutre is not an expression to be translated in polite company! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/592626c8-ea20-4e4a-85af-f9f137cddde9/d337e9f6-8195-4f8f-8fa9-f1966d199793_3624x2424.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Toast to the King! - Make it stand out A little snapshot of evening falling at our "quartier d'hiver," winter quarters, in the Farmhouse at Chateau de Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/new-years-voeux-on-a-pheasant/2023/1/3 monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d384178e-c14e-44d4-87c3-27f59c5b33ce/b7b9a2be-c2a9-4a42-893b-e8f86fda998f_684x1143.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - New Year's "voeux" on a pheasant - Make it stand out Above: a page from an early 19th-century treatise on pheasants, swans, peacocks and parrots, among other birds (Traité des oiseaux de chant, des pigeons de volière, du perroquet, du faisan, du cygne et du paon, Collection BNF) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/34fcb12c-a156-4d22-adac-5e46a8b094bd/0f3d6c22-e22c-4a5d-b36e-649cf72730f3_3976x2482.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - New Year's "voeux" on a pheasant - Make it stand out Our pheasants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/40403f4e-9833-4ac4-bfc9-481d48eea353/82350d4e-e738-4bf1-ac67-bd35a750a9dc_1500x1325.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - New Year's "voeux" on a pheasant - Make it stand out The Romans hunted pheasant: a 5th-century mosaic pavement from Syria, then the Eastern-most province of the Roman Empire, shows a hound on the hunt, an African lion and a plump pheasant. Musée du Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/31520e0a-91f8-471d-91e0-8af88e96c1d7/bf695eab-8b8f-436f-90f3-68a401aab39a_3024x3544.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - New Year's "voeux" on a pheasant - Make it stand out Jules learns to pluck a pheasant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b2205e9c-7914-4752-bbd0-8a264d161083/d018359a-413f-45b1-ae4a-3e275413a642_540x436.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - New Year's "voeux" on a pheasant - Make it stand out Jean-Baptiste Oudry's portrait of a bird hound with pheasant in flight. By the 18th century, pheasant were well established in France. Musée de Lille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d98be4ae-966f-492f-bdbc-de53df4982f3/d0388fa9-d790-45f6-b15f-ff251e5a1296_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - New Year's "voeux" on a pheasant - Make it stand out The remains of the feast https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/christmas-comes-to-the-chateau/2023/1/3 monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c128af2e-0741-4cfe-9d27-15e19c8eb1b7/0ca99655-2389-4038-b3e7-c84e50e10f71_1144x718.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Christmas comes to the Chateau - Make it stand out Christmas comes to Courtomer. The église des Saints Etienne et Lhomer is across the fields from the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f19d33d9-931b-4610-bc16-f36489fe1a65/52fb23b7-e23a-49a4-a748-fe4cdb00ecd4_419x341.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Christmas comes to the Chateau - Make it stand out "Les préparatifs de Noël" as depicted in a kitchen much like that at our Maison de la Ferme, from the front page of Rustica magazine, December 23, 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1fc46051-846b-4bc5-8ff4-96c1381a7329/a9ca02b2-20a1-4271-879c-ca637196e152_993x923.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Christmas comes to the Chateau - Make it stand out The Roman sun god Sol, with his radiant crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/95420946-308c-46f5-acc2-cc64d33b6b13/a2bdb4d8-c221-4e46-b97c-5e6df94925f5_494x334.png Letters from Elisabeth - Christmas comes to the Chateau - Make it stand out Perhaps this illustration of "The Institution of the Paix de Dieu," from a 10th-century bible in the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-Roda, suggests the benefits of a selective use of violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6d154a32-4d0b-4c88-acb9-dc8276beb3c3/7f064380-1a0e-4a81-b0f2-61822bf2aab0_2369x1799.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Christmas comes to the Chateau - Make it stand out Getting ready for la fête de Noël in the bibliothèque of the Chateau. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-chestnut-knife/2022/12/9 monthly 0.5 2023-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3fd59d6b-f86a-4c17-a960-0529f94cccd8/1de075b0-6259-4614-8f2f-1458cf863abc_4023x2568.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The chestnut knife - Make it stand out Above: The chestnut knife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/06dcd3d6-9f4a-41ab-8078-4dd130a1e3d1/40572b50-e2fd-4e68-8b23-5b0f4d5eed99_2966x2986.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The chestnut knife - Make it stand out A November morning in the park, view of the copse on the east wing of the Chateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f3e3cf57-4e63-4ceb-827d-d3180ce68d73/73be7920-d9c0-41c8-87d0-5f370fd191bc_750x418.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The chestnut knife - Make it stand out This map shows where the cultivated chestnut, Castanea sativa, is thought to have been carried from its ancient home in Asia Minor throughout the Mediterranean and into France by the First Century B.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1650e1d6-b13c-4d92-b5de-7e56047834aa/c69f2832-a108-486c-bf56-6573874eb7c2_1008x1490.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The chestnut knife - Make it stand out A page from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's "Eléments de botanique ou méthode pour connaître des plantes" (Elements of botany or a method for identifying plants) of 1694 shows the chestnut from flower to fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/35b2ec15-f0c4-4f41-9f4b-f5fab85861ed/f08ba397-a406-4cef-9a59-6541fb9b5acc_477x316.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The chestnut knife - Make it stand out An old postcard shows a family of paysans in the Limousin peeling chestnuts at the turn of the 20th century. A basket woven of chestnut splints sits at their feet. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/gathering-wild-mushrooms/2022/12/1 monthly 0.5 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bad9aae2-03dc-4181-b85d-dd0825981a6b/c199f9cd-4b5f-4373-a85c-ddbaa97b8ea0_5472x3072.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gathering wild mushrooms - Make it stand out Above: Our delectable harvest of ceps. The "cèpe" is known as "le roi de la forêt," the king of the forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2ff05694-a92f-4f1b-a60e-f1fb2fbd82cb/106b3614-39a0-4c6f-a8dd-26c61d03f585_863x1500.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gathering wild mushrooms - Make it stand out Mycena inclinata, or quélet, by Claude Aubriet. Not poisonous, but not worth eating, say François and Pierre. Aubriet's illustrations of mushrooms were made for botanical texts in the 18th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8d4116d1-4bdd-4037-8221-1f2e3944e61e/21539449-4aee-41b5-a5d6-aad2f5fe61d8_1363x1054.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gathering wild mushrooms - Make it stand out Foraging in the forest, a photograph from 1934. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/606f870d-44b0-435d-94b1-a21b902a9b56/42ed5278-58e4-4a8d-be1e-23c7b0d6335d_3060x1852.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gathering wild mushrooms - Make it stand out Your correspondent preparing the harvest...to be sliced, sautéed lengthily in butter, and then frozen for winter eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4fb598cd-ba15-4739-9752-157351441112/f77f4494-6c05-431e-93ed-fe93c9ace961_904x228.png Letters from Elisabeth - Gathering wild mushrooms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/sans-culottes-in-the-rose-bed-the-savage-and-the-sweetthe-rose-endures/2022/11/15 monthly 0.5 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0721bf19-489e-4d85-ba20-fcd7d41d2165/ef4ea686-3a98-4ae7-9d2f-f5103cf69ed1_1121x857.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out Above: a page from the 16th-century manuscript "Le Jardin du Roi Très-Chrestian" Henry IV, dedicated to his Queen. The king's garden included this pink Rosa gallica lightly striped with white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3ba5cb55-ab42-42bc-80f5-6fcc8b4d25f9/cbdd8783-2fc7-4a79-ac08-614a0924e3d7_844x590.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out From the ceiling of the "diver's" tomb, discovered in 1968, at Paestum, the ancient Greek city devastated by Barbarian raids and then abandoned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0af6dda8-c099-4a99-9381-66f56a52a8fb/0d3d9238-b35b-4e87-9003-17ef3badf66e_1862x1120.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out Map of the ancient world, c. 550 B.C. Paestum is marked on the west coast of Italy. The cultivated rose is thought to have travelled from Asia Minor with Phoenician and Greek traders and colonies. As you can see, the Ancient Greek world brushed the south coast of modern-day France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4521aa6e-8a65-49a0-ad7f-02c9dd0b690f/8744a724-47d1-4959-ae22-26c4646c929a_957x791.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out Madame de Genlis, a fashionable beauty and esprit of the sweet years of the 1780s, with a rose at her corsage. The portrait was painted in 1781. Many years later, after her exile in England during the French Revolution, she brought the first moss rose to France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b7cda8ee-4d1a-4768-8886-6bbf93a0bc4f/428a8df8-0ea6-4b82-9b21-df1ad6b964fc_539x484.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out Admiring the roses in the "hortus conclusus." From a 14th-century manuscript of Le Roman de la Rose, about the passionate quest for a perfect rose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3948a465-3521-47bf-ab73-d961005cac6e/acaaf16b-23cd-4611-99b0-91172d72da2b_702x679.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/57a4ee35-43a3-4c36-8df2-f615e472dd0b/1d1b031f-69ac-4807-ac62-41bf602cc8a2_3802x2634.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Sans culottes in the rose bed The savage and the sweet...the rose endures... - Make it stand out View to the to old Temple on the grounds of the Chateau. Some rough pruning has taken place along the wall of the haras, the stable block, where the comtesse's old roses still grow. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/gather-ye-rosebuds/2022/11/2 monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5a54a283-fa43-4f23-9f49-8cef09083e6e/9d727c0a-8197-4a1d-aaf9-c3873943a4fd_2033x1507.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gather ye rosebuds - Make it stand out Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…for roses keep blooming amid the collapse of civilisation... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f707dc11-7cea-4e1c-8d69-a5a376dbb322/85373892-8008-4565-b02b-a2f5abb949df_1718x2500.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gather ye rosebuds - Make it stand out Rosa Gallica, from a series of botanical watercolors by Jacques Lemoyne de Morgues (1533-88) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/351190ab-30db-4591-af20-b3b5242f2f2a/8febe416-1f46-4f60-ba05-fbfa3a5d28b7_3361x2345.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gather ye rosebuds - Make it stand out Martyn amid the Benjamin Britten rose parterre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/037b6308-a34b-40e4-ba45-ce365e515e42/e858c880-93c7-41e1-ad7e-fdee598c3b2e_953x720.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Gather ye rosebuds - Make it stand out Piranesi's etching of a ruined temple at Paestum, 1778 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/of-destiny-and-duty/2022/10/18 monthly 0.5 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7c411507-7b6f-459a-be1b-d53de938770c/a9b0c5aa-4388-4506-b697-8201bd6f495f_1195x840.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Of destiny and duty - Make it stand out Below, our grandfather with his biplane, World War I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f769a1c8-b589-41b7-89f3-4fc83d41b3a3/5fe759a7-7683-4f03-b0f9-f441b03b8e78_614x480.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Of destiny and duty - Make it stand out Carryng the wounded on trench mats after the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d73cc10b-787c-441e-b4fb-8dde9573bc64/5a57f9bc-3d90-487b-99e9-2ca707ea6bce_1894x1370.png Letters from Elisabeth - Of destiny and duty - Make it stand out Libé's "une" was a warm tribute to Queen Elizabeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c8b3fc0b-1e55-4d9e-913f-371d571dab9b/a33460e9-c038-45a0-8040-3e707ea2a2bb_3024x2648.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Of destiny and duty - Make it stand out Autumn in the Orangerie garden, a Peace rose blooms in morning sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f5503bf2-b748-4975-b41e-82d6dfa7167c/ebeb150e-4591-480f-b2ee-41250ff553fa_1103x933.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Of destiny and duty - Make it stand out Queen Elizabeth and companion in 1952 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-bed-of-roses/2022/10/18 monthly 0.5 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1a1f7e3e-332e-44db-b558-38f17caa09e6/87c311b7-97c2-428e-a23f-1cd562e9bb84_1452x1944.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A bed of roses - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7cfbdb77-0bc0-459d-a921-672623747139/cdffd869-e1dc-42b3-b221-f53b5315c706_1468x952.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A bed of roses - Make it stand out A postcard, probably from the early 1950s, shows the Chateau in its final glory days. By the time we arrived, the only flowers were red roses in the "parterre" or flowerbed to the left, next to the moat. The "grand potager" to the rear was overgrown pasture as was the "parc" directly behind the Chateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4e5f4e4e-16d0-479b-a047-1bbb6438fd3a/5d469f11-294d-4266-b496-076d997f7072_3264x2448.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A bed of roses - Make it stand out One of the last roses hangs its head; autumn morning at the Chateau. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-summer-fte/2022/10/3 monthly 0.5 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0466a010-c6bb-4f6c-b2c7-23c0daf95bcb/b286a715-a694-4e77-9764-2bbbe78000d5_3244x2263.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer fête - Make it stand out The Chateau in the heat of summer, under blue skies and surrounded by a leafy green canopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/21e74581-1cd3-434b-8722-9ae6f9dff8d1/67858d7d-3f12-4079-84bf-6a3d9d979c78_3024x1556.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer fête - Make it stand out Dorothée gives her little brother a push across the cour d'honneur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3334c89b-3013-4f94-8410-cf7bfebc3f6c/5303d2a4-b9ad-42f3-b99a-7b5120ba504f_739x1600.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer fête - Make it stand out The newly planted waterlilies in the canal flowered this summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c13f1b28-0f10-48c8-8db6-e70733e25695/cba2bfd1-dcb7-4c1f-a12e-248a88adf300_3024x3295.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A summer fête - Make it stand out Autumn comes to Chateau de Courtomer...looking out through the stone pillars in the park to the fields. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bb-discovers-paris/2022/8/24 monthly 0.5 2022-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3e8964a1-d5b2-4e45-a709-b67e7c32b924/36a4b1ab-b572-426a-baaa-bf0cd292cb89_808x1137.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bébé discovers Paris - Make it stand out Bébé says “oui” to Paris! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/da8bc393-3296-43ab-9d69-40da3a097854/4ed61dd4-16fe-4322-8cd8-78729cd40702_1200x1600.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bébé discovers Paris - Make it stand out La petite Sophie enjoys the Louvre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/03318ee1-4571-4069-8063-ae89e181661b/d3f976f1-f248-465a-8171-5e18d166e896_3024x2700.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bébé discovers Paris - Make it stand out Dresses at Cyrillus, a “classique” brand favored by French families. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-procession-for-the-virgin-mortality-and-song/2022/8/17 monthly 0.5 2022-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7361e827-c821-4939-b7e8-5132fc347847/0fdc1b31-8291-4eec-a29d-a9e5f082c579_2400x1091.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A procession for the Virgin Mortality and song - Make it stand out On a hot day in August...a procession for the Virgin wends through the woods... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a3218f08-93c4-4cd8-a96e-a9213fa627f3/26571eda-214e-4760-8daf-6ca8b728c7a5_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A procession for the Virgin Mortality and song - Make it stand out The big back field at Chateau de Courtomer on an early summer morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7f844883-a616-4f1b-a094-62fe33c49ed4/fa0e87b9-eebc-43fa-9de4-0df61e87bac6_777x510.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A procession for the Virgin Mortality and song - Make it stand out Dürer's "Virgin with Crown of Stars," 1508 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3f854d4d-349c-4fd7-a752-6dbcd2600ff2/ed6dc975-f4c7-491a-8f66-f87e2820a29d_768x504.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A procession for the Virgin Mortality and song - Make it stand out Amid stormy clouds, divine light shines upon Louis XIII, offering the royal crown and sceptre to the Virgin Mary in 1638. Philippe de Champaigne's "Le voeu de Louis XIII" was painted for Nôtre-Dame de Paris. It was confiscated during the Revolution, and now hangs in the Musée de Caen, an hour's drive from Courtomer. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-world-in-a-french-thermometer/2022/8/12 monthly 0.5 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/cc854d04-0ded-41b3-b368-07d5a59a03ac/chateau+a+louer Letters from Elisabeth - The world in a French thermometer - Make it stand out Hot days at the Chateau...the education of a thermometer...Above: we bring out the parasols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ae3482aa-889c-47c9-94ff-8a745bea3b83/d48c448f-50da-435f-a05c-b0fe0eca437e_647x642.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The world in a French thermometer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/83666225-fcf1-4f50-a20d-bc954b728098/f3379637-2bad-4811-a210-ca8484fb31ef_704x485.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The world in a French thermometer - Make it stand out An American trapped in Paris during the 1871 siege wrote an illustrated account of his culinary and other experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fdd327ee-2475-496e-948b-845dd325e713/7eae4e16-48df-4ade-9545-0d1530a65669_446x615.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The world in a French thermometer - Make it stand out A child helps gather mulberry leaves to feed silkworms. From a book describing Louis Pasteur's research on diseases of the silkworm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5e058f17-d469-4ba2-ad93-f1b7f9225552/ae65a1fa-6f3d-435f-a61c-a70d85d429b1_1270x1004.png Letters from Elisabeth - The world in a French thermometer - Make it stand out While the map of France shows much of the country colored in various shades of yellow and alarming orange, Normandy retains its usual shade of green…with temperatures in the days to come around 80 (Fahrenheit). https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bastille-day-and-the-week-that-followed/2022/8/12 monthly 0.5 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/aeecebc0-2873-4dc1-b916-dcf966ed0356/69717191-8072-4918-9fec-76ef2635eb66_1480x781.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bastille Day and the week that followed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8647bbce-08c0-4c15-b2e8-481232283b24/28c3e0c5-2959-4b6f-b591-ae119f38f6da_1326x777.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bastille Day and the week that followed - Make it stand out Triumph over tyranny, after the fall of the Bastille. A contemporary sketch in the Bibliothèque Nationale of France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/938c5e31-00f5-4bb4-9453-78ed5ca2a342/773870b7-1227-43d1-9dd8-66684417a6e0_440x441.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bastille Day and the week that followed - Make it stand out In his person, the king represented justice itself. The king of France was a “roi justicier,” both king and judge. The seal of Philippe Auguste above shows the 12th-century king meting out justice from under the oak tree, ancient symbol of wisdom and divine guidance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/68c9cce5-7a38-4771-9452-3abb6480ccf7/292ea2d3-4237-4ef1-a321-24c04d4b97c4_500x463.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bastille Day and the week that followed - Make it stand out Madame de Chevreuse indefatigably intrigued against Louis XIII and his chief minister Richelieu, even attempting to replace the king with his brother, Gaston of Orleans. She was a key figure in the 17th-century aristocratic revolt against the “absolute” power of the king. "The Lady with a Fan" by Velasquez is thought to be the Duchess, painted during her exile in Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/da0f38cb-d8b7-4608-bdf5-b1fcbbeed2e9/df8946c7-a8d2-4308-b177-a52ed18ff81b_1108x700.png Letters from Elisabeth - Bastille Day and the week that followed - Make it stand out Demolition of the Bastille, after it fell to the Paris mob and the newly created National Guard on July 14, 1789. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/10b78bdc-b079-4f42-82cb-ab2be390a823/8a00b73f-a380-4b74-8c47-d5da6b0487bd_1011x1200.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Bastille Day and the week that followed - Make it stand out François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), painted in 1791 by Anne-Louis Giroudet de Roucy-Trioson. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-scent-of-summer/2022/7/20 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1a51502f-1c03-4f6f-9cb0-fefef6c93a58/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-1.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-475067f4-2b8a-4e07-8d34-cff1020a47b9_3024x2717.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Scent of Summer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f29bb42f-3b24-433c-90d2-e205c00d4664/15bbe4bd-da7f-4102-9836-69a41db7ecd0_887x1122.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Scent of Summer - Make it stand out Insect life amid the leaves and flowers of the "sureau." Page from an 18th-century botanical treatise in the Bibliothèque National in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f82b7691-8328-4413-b2d8-73f282d9a336/7a0dd618-81da-4771-a2ff-af6ccc8d5631_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Scent of Summer - Make it stand out Frederika displays our cordial in the making. Florets of elderflower and slices of lemon float in a syrup. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-night-of-the-fourth-of-july/2022/7/20 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/95832b22-5d1f-4b8f-a38d-6e812301d8d7/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-c2c090b8-aabf-404f-b25f-5d450cf81eed_4000x3000.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Night of the Fourth of July - Make it stand out Short summer nights at Chateau de Courtomer, transats on the lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/06dabfe4-3574-4206-8013-7d9b3b2b10d3/5e35f73d-8f98-44c8-8481-459f9c382eb8_500x334.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The Night of the Fourth of July - Make it stand out An American postage stamp celebrates our French allies. George Washington is flanked by the Admiral de Grasse to the right, and Rochambeau to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/52181013-b6bf-4198-82f4-d0c8261425eb/a56db3bc-590a-43ee-80ad-cbe1a3242479_864x648.gif Letters from Elisabeth - The Night of the Fourth of July - Make it stand out "Vue d'un superbe feux d'artifice à Vienne" Made in France in the 18th century, this "vue d'optique" is made on transparent paper, to be illuminated from behind by a lantern. From the collection of Princeton University. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/five-planets-gleam-above-the-chateau/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/250a994e-b476-470a-92ea-84b04182ae2c/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-2903ab7e-6d8d-4900-8228-202182bd8173_548x433.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Five planets gleam above the Chateau - Make it stand out Above: The 18th-century savant Bernard de Fontenelle, born in Normandy, contemplates the heavens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/69b76a80-7bdf-41bb-862e-856e7b8ec0ef/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-43b26ce0-928c-4629-89ae-0211f80a2708_1255x685.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Five planets gleam above the Chateau - Make it stand out Sky map for pre-dawn of June 24, 2022 shows grouping of four of the five visible planets. Saturn is beyond Jupiter and will also be visible (in a clear sky!) for a few more days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8b7be361-509c-446b-affc-2772eb8a9f36/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-7d791d5a-3ed5-4f15-bcc6-5f11ce6e019a_575x778.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Five planets gleam above the Chateau - Make it stand out Diagram of a lunar and a solar eclipse, from a 13th-century psalter used at the Chartreuse de St-André-des-Ramières in the South of France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/06b16165-347f-46d7-a463-a213bf0a75bb/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-58c26369-5745-4582-9763-476f8fc4911f_1422x1494.png.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Five planets gleam above the Chateau - Make it stand out Divided into eight sections, this Sumerian star chart in the British Museum represents the night sky of January 3-4, 650 BC over Nineveh. The rectangular shape at the top has been identified as the Gemini constellation and the stars contained with an oval shape are the Pleiades. The two triangles in the lower right mark the bright stars of Pegasus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c58bea6b-165d-4f67-b46c-3a539381dd13/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6d76716d-20b4-4256-a6cf-c90454faafcd_938x644.png.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Five planets gleam above the Chateau - Make it stand out The most ancient depiction of the constellations yet found in Greece, on a c. 625 B.C. bowl from a recent excavation at Halae. It shows the summer constellations of Delphinus, the dolphin, and Leo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f267544d-ff31-4b32-b06b-b2d11691d0c6/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-eff5802e-c5d7-4e58-9803-2e379a6cf994_3264x2448.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Five planets gleam above the Chateau - Make it stand out Below: fields of wheat at Chateau de Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/shooting-star-a-shower-of-stones/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/754db118-27a4-4987-ba86-2e017c63ed15/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-88c9c583-6392-4278-aa26-2073d4ebfbde_960x640.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Shooting star, a shower of stones - Make it stand out Above: shooting stars a couple of years ago in La Perrière, not far from Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/56217d15-d11b-4b77-b257-acda5b01c55b/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-8ea89045-fd6d-4abb-b5be-2ad2c325fed3_940x705.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Shooting star, a shower of stones - Make it stand out Planetologist Sylvain Bouley of the Société astronomique de France, and Nicolas Colas, astronomer at the Observatoire de Paris, came out to study the recent meteorite shower near our local cathedral town of Sées. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d69fdf03-f45e-4ac7-9811-237658ebbd53/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6a8ff76b-7df6-4d9c-8888-c4204f34d5b6_573x573.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Shooting star, a shower of stones - Make it stand out The meteorite shower in L'Aigle, about 220 years ago, in a contemporary engraving of the remarkable event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d0378f7c-81a3-4ffb-8c15-465d3e97d077/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-a2a5a78b-f62c-4d58-a654-9e4c5965053d_2048x975.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Shooting star, a shower of stones - Make it stand out A piece of the asteroid that exploded over L'Aigle in 1803, showering the town with thousands of meteorites. As you can see, very similar to our recently fallen meteorite below. From the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4ce7cff3-e298-49e2-91cf-8759f015a43e/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-2fbceb2a-928a-4a98-9bc8-a75cbce602f8_630x472.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Shooting star, a shower of stones - Make it stand out One of the meteorites collected near Sées by the astronomer Nicolas Colas. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-noble-pigeon/2022/7/20 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/20a62787-6ef8-4016-ac04-1c54aa76c68c/9370305b-f764-4b48-be9c-1f6a2d977ab6_4032x3024.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out Above: the Protestant Temple at Chateau de Courtomer as a dovecot or "pigeonnier" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3b5bf3aa-ec40-44c8-b17a-341f5f6251c0/190dece4-b62f-4334-866e-64ba71fc3b08_855x1292.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out Feathered pets: "Innocence tenant deux pigeons"..."Innocence holds two doves" by the 18th-century French painter J-B Greuze was used as a postage stamp in 1954 to raise money for the Red Cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d75cf02e-5ae1-4f0d-b88e-84ccf4f9cffc/5d2963b1-0f48-4211-9bfa-9ef125eb9a56_672x407.png Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out A mosaic from the 1st Century B.C. shows what would have seemed an exotic dovecot in Northern Africa to the Romans. The entire mosaic, in the temple of Fortuna Primogenia outside Rome, displays the Nile winding from Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/52d94c80-c118-4ed7-910c-7c02252b409e/63d12a27-cc2b-4c6a-95ca-5b6d7ea1b016_573x751.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out Early photograph of a terracotta pigeon found at a French site from Gallo-Roman times. Statuettes of doves, associated with playfulness and innocence, were often given to children as toys or buried with them in tombs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8a57f2a1-f1c2-4f36-a34b-bf16cc3c128d/cf392334-7e84-42ff-84e1-6c34885e427d_800x600.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out A particularly handsome "colombier" from the early 1500s can be seen at Varengeville near Dieppe. The projecting row of stones discourages vermin from climbing into the "boulins," the holes where the birds enter and depart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/512f3a76-811f-4d61-9273-74fba3ab4a7a/5d3d9f62-3581-4c76-b79f-99e03f662bc8_406x394.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out The Temple as a bull pen at Chateau de Courtomer in 2003. Earlier, it had also been a stable and a dairy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ba36db86-8753-4fcd-a76b-3f63443b3390/ae03a106-c9ad-4a1c-929e-a5106fb99d27_940x717.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The noble pigeon - Make it stand out Another brave "pigeon de Verdun," Vaillant was also preserved for posterity. On June 4, 1916, Vaillant flew through poisonous gas from the Fort de Vaux in the midst of bombardments. Like Cher Ami, he carried a message from his stranded battalion; the final line reads "This is my last pigeon." https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-great-mustard-crisis-of-2022-/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/43d5df79-4131-4f1e-815f-3d747f42dd20/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-dd55d72a-0dfc-4dc6-bfef-0e2644f2567f_987x831.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Mustard Crisis of 2022 . - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8824ea56-9d90-4855-9496-103618cee87c/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-fa22b2b5-643f-4dcb-a83e-507bbf31e233_3003x2547.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Mustard Crisis of 2022 . - Make it stand out Home from the charcutier…without mustard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f6032e94-68aa-4c58-8f24-ac275113abc7/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-12fc3ddb-499c-45e9-a549-4f7e6fb1eccf_682x960.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Mustard Crisis of 2022 . - Make it stand out An early 20th-century sheet shows the parts of the black and white mustard plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d934be16-a16b-411d-8105-525530dc3f6d/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-d0dbf7d1-d7e3-4866-9f15-ab08530d56ec_683x980.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Mustard Crisis of 2022 . - Make it stand out A 17th-century mustard seller, from a French engraving at the BNF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b9d24d42-8e59-4feb-bcd3-001dad2e7805/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-3de45d2e-816f-4bc5-885a-badd15982ba3_1057x1054.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Great Mustard Crisis of 2022 . - Make it stand out A musical score for "La Très Moutarde." Written in 1911 as "Too Much Mustard," it was translated into French and a highly popular dance tune on both sides of the Channel through the 1920s. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/mamianne-discovers-paris-and-inspires-new-style-for-the-farmhouse/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1d8d89d5-8376-48cb-8711-831d56125053/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-99552a6a-2028-4cf6-aa84-ce7a06594245_3024x3265.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Mamianne discovers Paris and inspires new style for the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fb4e91c4-3df2-46ad-8fa4-7ad955c5fe1d/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-116dfc8b-adab-41a9-8de2-ce6edca4ee9d_4032x3024.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Mamianne discovers Paris and inspires new style for the Farmhouse - Make it stand out A balcony view, with les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/717f8916-1569-4098-a891-351e15472430/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-4403d632-3d06-4512-966a-f4afebed8343_5472x3648.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Mamianne discovers Paris and inspires new style for the Farmhouse - Make it stand out The Farmhouse at Chateau de Courtomer, a mélange of centuries of vernacular building in rural Normandy https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/cows-with-spunk/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/601fe4ec-e8eb-4236-a6a9-60d05ef06dbf/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-762412fa-18b1-422a-8019-56217b52744d_1226x1058.png.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Cows with spunk - Make it stand out A young Limousine cow out on the grass at Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4150de85-654b-4504-b979-57258718c3be/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-7f3b91b8-842f-4f8f-8c60-b6ad7cfb6762_862x560.png.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Cows with spunk - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5f0681a3-86b3-4717-9106-08eef7acf383/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-7c9cfa79-64ed-4a12-864b-a80037e2d4c1_750x554.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Cows with spunk - Make it stand out Milking a cow as it is meant to be. A pleasant scene depicted by the Norman painter Adolphe Charles Marais (1856-1940), born in Honfleur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f390b10e-7353-4c2f-b95c-2ef358567311/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-d3896a6c-e5af-4083-bbfb-8b3c182b1083_934x1052.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Cows with spunk - Make it stand out Engraving from a 19th-century French stud-book of the “race Limousine”. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/rabbits-in-the-basse-cour/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b063b88d-4f6d-409f-9b72-24fd5a578593/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-96f087fb-1e83-4c13-9026-2123a31908dd_1355x980.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Rabbits in the Basse-cour - Make it stand out Illustration, Jean Emile Laboureur (1877-1943) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2b8c81df-c94d-4fed-b8f0-de7a78a6333a/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-b0b6dcd1-260b-4662-9be5-378c565fae1e_480x461.png.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Rabbits in the Basse-cour - Make it stand out Diagram of a man-made stone "garenne," or rabbit warren, from Le Thoureil in the Loire Valley, where the first Benedictine abbey. Saint-Maur-sur-Loire, was established in the mid-6th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b7ef6a20-8605-42d1-98de-bf8dd97a6bb8/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-19b0fd5b-41ef-40bb-8618-0ca0e8421d39_509x650.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Rabbits in the Basse-cour - Make it stand out A golden rabbit blows a trumpet in a medieval manuscript from Toulouse. He is part of a scene illustrating the "Annonce fait aux bergers," the annunciation of Christ's birth made to the shepherds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/66f87761-ac6f-435c-b0db-424d2e13e577/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-c0677e15-f086-46b2-8aee-7be605deb0fd_800x514.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Rabbits in the Basse-cour - Make it stand out A rabbit and hound fight with swords and shields, from the early 14th-century prayerbook, Le Brevière de Renaud de Bar (Metz, France, 1302-03) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8dc0c20a-7e6d-4c34-8d47-5789839f1578/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-bdd1ae8a-e332-403e-9a4e-7cc0a2d8ec38_1024x1389.jpeg.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Rabbits in the Basse-cour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-refuge-amid-the-waterlilies/2022/7/4 monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2c62e9ff-8730-4c0a-b698-95472c920a67/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6e5a0d7c-19f0-43bf-b44c-62b9546de1b3_4000x2510_2.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A refuge amid the waterlilies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/cba4e41a-d834-4f41-9005-292c3e624f36/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-eaf91155-a514-453c-9b53-f5b454e0d959_556x800.png Letters from Elisabeth - A refuge amid the waterlilies - Make it stand out Two old friends. Clemenceau and Monet on the Japanese bridge over the lily pond at Giverny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e5d0ba25-1287-48a6-8300-cce37c79be8f/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-1.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-7c2924a6-9dcf-4ae0-8fa9-b270c6b8ad52_2242x1086.png Letters from Elisabeth - A refuge amid the waterlilies - Make it stand out “Ophélie de la peinture, son âme traine sans gloire dans le linceul des nénuphars,” scoffed the Cubist painter André Lhote. Monet’s soul floated ingloriously in a coffin of waterlilies. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/waterlilies-in-the-moat/2022/4/11 monthly 0.5 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/449f589f-ebfd-456f-badc-afd5952c50bb/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-35cd8fa5-c339-43c2-994f-97ec034e6da4_1080x810.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Waterlilies in the moat - Make it stand out The view from the rear facade of Chateau de Courtomer, overlooking the “bassin,” part of the medieval moat. Here, we will be planting waterlilies next week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f6bfe4f3-04e2-40f0-ab3e-62c93c2b901e/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-b218af88-cfe2-4865-a85a-c4ac223794c9_1500x1125.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Waterlilies in the moat - Make it stand out N. ‘Mayla’ from Latour-Marliac, soon to be blooming in the moat at Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/12e292d9-e4c6-4d2b-8155-c15a6a3863f3/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-36d61dca-6383-4be5-a57f-1a413391677e_1024x962.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Waterlilies in the moat - Make it stand out Monet’s “Nymphéas” of 1904, year when he placed another order chez Latour-Marliac, at the Musée d’art moderne, Le Havre in Normandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d32b735d-86fb-41b2-968b-747822d9277c/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-2f39f702-5caa-4b90-a55c-f7445ea47323_1716x836.png Letters from Elisabeth - Waterlilies in the moat - Make it stand out Joseph Latour-Marliac, his gardeners, ponds, and waterlilies circa 1875. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fe85cdab-a4d9-4364-807e-a311cde8c2d2/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-1.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-eff32f4e-ae33-4152-8792-cfa5b2be9e39_1468x896.png Letters from Elisabeth - Waterlilies in the moat - Make it stand out “Les Fleurs des champs” teaches children about the “nénuphar,” another French name for the waterlily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d5b564ea-6aed-4d9f-a61a-df1a200db39b/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-a9581f2b-df45-41fd-8f6f-f997bccd20ff_1024x807.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Waterlilies in the moat - Make it stand out In the Musée Marmottan in Paris, Monet’s Waterlilies, painted in 1903 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/paris-is-all-lit-up-for-spring/2022/4/11 monthly 0.5 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/79892c63-55c6-45fc-aea3-d7d817c1a601/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-9ddeb646-2b1a-4433-826b-6f4b2303926c_1125x1179.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Paris is all lit up for Spring - Make it stand out Henry and Hermine strolled along the Seine last weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5fffdf4b-dd14-45b5-926d-d7789b24d52a/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-b58755db-fc84-40a6-87a4-9d54d50ec01f_1536x2048.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Paris is all lit up for Spring - Make it stand out A walk in the Palais Royal, magnolias in bloom last weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/392bd054-83f4-42ad-83de-b2ff745fb97b/SOdUSbQzHlQ.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Paris is all lit up for Spring - Make it stand out You might enjoy a touch of “nostalgie.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/55924823-2792-43ae-b5de-af12f784d63d/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-ca303df7-af40-426f-afa8-b5443c5c1813_1300x824.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Paris is all lit up for Spring - Make it stand out Almost under water, a postcard showing the floods of 1924 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-benedictiona-memory-of-marie-at-courtomer-the-spring-equinox-brings-new-buds-but-as-the-poet-ts-elliott-wrote-it-also-stirs-dull-roots/2022/4/11 monthly 0.5 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0b983939-1f29-43c2-8327-547bc42faf35/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-22da9f0b-c53a-4bcc-a5c2-7923f13ce071_2865x3396.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The Benediction - Make it stand out The pear tree blossoms against the old wall in the basse-cour of the Chateau https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/winter-at-mont-saint-michel/2022/4/11 monthly 0.5 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/101daa7a-2b2f-4053-a68a-9435c68def81/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-bb1556fa-99fb-4053-a2dd-c3c488aaedc6_1868x1153.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter at Mont Saint-Michel - Make it stand out Looking down at the beach from the Mont Saint-Michel, seagulls nesting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b49589df-378d-49ba-bf1c-4dca1322a3fc/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-7afb2550-56c4-48cd-9653-a2f450d4b994_955x1500.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter at Mont Saint-Michel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2c7019b3-2453-405a-a9e0-e499cb13f73d/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-eccfdc6e-ff40-428a-af69-61344c26f9a0_2134x1438.png Letters from Elisabeth - Winter at Mont Saint-Michel - Make it stand out Henry beside the Mont, preparing to walk around it at low tide. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-walk-on-omaha-beach/2022/4/11 monthly 0.5 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ede7f2b5-ba92-4e4e-a1ff-b03f53ca62ea/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-3a645784-ea70-4fca-841b-98d3f3988619_2414x1326.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A walk on Omaha Beach - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/126a8237-7bf8-497d-8e62-a137f1f1da62/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6f4b7d81-03f0-4ada-bf41-de7671719ca3_1313x1119.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A walk on Omaha Beach - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f9ce4d72-c73e-49f1-8e30-145cb09864c9/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-907b5b67-c235-4c44-9832-1a31a4eea6b3_2426x1464.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A walk on Omaha Beach - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-box-of-waffles-from-madame-francine/2022/3/10 monthly 0.5 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/24765794-d55d-4a90-b87e-45110c43c873/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-c8362d9d-6ee6-4157-9989-b132e385fd8e_4032x3024.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A box of waffles from Madame Francine - Make it stand out Looking across the moat to Madame Francine’s quarters at the Chateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/17e4dfc0-9705-4361-acee-9f171c7e0367/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-f70a2cda-1f2a-49bb-88ea-4cdca1890292_813x1035.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A box of waffles from Madame Francine - Gaufres d’Etrennes Take 500 grams of good, unsalted butter. French butter tastes best. Melt it in a heavy pot. One “tasse à café” or a “berlingot” -- a cup will do -- of heavy cream and mind it’s 35% fat! 8 egg yolks 1 kilo of flour 1 tsp of baking powder Mix it all in a bowl and cover the dough with plastic film. Let it rest at room temperature. Sprinkle the work surface with flour. Take a handful of dough and roll it. Not too fine, not too thick! With a “verre à sucre” – a glass or an empty Nutella jar – cut out rounds. Put them in the gaufrier, the waffle-maker. If you have an old-fashioned manual gaufrier, then heat each side of the iron until a drop of water jumps but does not immediately evaporate. Dust the griddles with oil. Place the rounds of dough on one side. Close down the other side and cook for two minutes. Take the gaufres out and sprinkle with sugar. Mangez-en! https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-fallen-oak/2022/3/10 monthly 0.5 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b8438e25-c5fe-47a8-af59-f1d7b373a01e/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6210a5dd-cb3a-4c68-95fa-0b238fd48db5_951x715.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The fallen oak - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e793e273-0585-4cd3-866d-59fd29c65f67/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-68e7f3e3-1b47-4599-976c-6f7feccdde70_1024x768.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The fallen oak - Make it stand out On a sunny winter's day, a ladybird explores a rustling russet leaf on the old oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d122d120-2ae3-4be5-91d9-0db6bed9e0cd/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-b9306e8b-5d2d-4e9a-918f-5d8502fd8af4_2999x2967.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The fallen oak - Make it stand out The 17th-century Protestant Temple at Chateau de Courtomer still stands guard over the tombs of the Saint-Simon family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a64709d0-7a5f-420d-82f0-05fb26607a51/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-2cb1b532-ae87-4771-b328-ceeb33866610_411x545.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The fallen oak - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/lheure-bleue/2022/2/21 monthly 0.5 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/67176631-8b23-4c10-ae92-7903c372bb4d/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-a354fa67-c86d-4072-bfec-10f6f375c912_2348x2806.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - L'heure bleue - Make it stand out Time takes a toll on the old farmyard doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2f50edc3-ece1-4c64-b2df-80dd15d1ab60/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-62942b6e-111a-4a67-9f53-65b4ef7498c4_576x852.png Letters from Elisabeth - L'heure bleue - Make it stand out From an agricultural treatise on growing and processing pastel, published in 1786. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/86ac3001-cc73-44f0-b775-d6d075355145/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-2fd33c34-673c-4026-ae4f-5f0b5ca496b3_400x266.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - L'heure bleue - Make it stand out Preparing "bleu charette" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f2116872-987d-4aec-8ccd-d59d131f3bf4/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-b22dc9e4-deb9-4756-96cb-5049ce83a362_1005x442.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - L'heure bleue - Make it stand out Queen Adèle, protected by the blue mantle of the Capetian kings, gazes at the long-awaited prince who will grow up to be Saint Louis. From Les Grandes Chronicles de France de Charles V, in the Bibliothèque national in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8ed5e614-80dc-4df1-854f-0e9f6a385510/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-3442847d-efd3-46f9-95e4-d35056a3a8e7_3648x4389.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - L'heure bleue - Make it stand out An old door at the Farmhouse with its original heart-shaped "poignet,” or handle. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/winter-at-the-farmhouse/2022/2/21 monthly 0.5 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c4465ed3-a2e1-4c64-8d47-8a095aac536d/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-d5772973-a3e2-497d-bed3-ceb6f2a97671_4032x3024.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter at the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Winter morning in the "basse-cour," looking over the wall toward "le Fleuriste," the Orangerie, and the woods of the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2b29444f-d9aa-407a-ae96-2e85f0f69f12/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-e2e1c368-f350-48a1-93c4-cff3e7f353dc_1032x762.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter at the Farmhouse - Make it stand out A print by Dutch artist Lucas van Leyden shows a scene of farmyard life from 1410. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8941ec82-9920-4402-a0be-10a2fa8e4f5c/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-386b18c5-3f0a-4dbb-ae35-22491b50743f_3803x2741.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter at the Farmhouse - Make it stand out Our farmer’s son with the vet and her assistant, treating the herd on a sunny afternoon a few weeks ago. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/serenade-indochinoise/2022/2/10 monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b8373812-242b-405a-9812-b50ecdea20f7/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-69899b82-a84a-4242-bfac-4bb89c5b0293_1008x706.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Serenade indochinoise - Make it stand out Adhémard Leclère took this photograph of a dancer at the crowning of the king https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/33b12f2d-9f06-4c84-a76e-68a3d8261397/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-70f0d091-30d4-4be6-b188-c47174b9c6d7_2195x3543.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Serenade indochinoise - Make it stand out L'Indochine française when Adhémard set out for Cambodia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/406124d7-71ed-4f6b-95a2-a43927663850/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-5cf7e594-b2e6-4bc6-a377-f2b9543362a3_750x400.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Serenade indochinoise - Make it stand out Puppets and masks used in theatrical presentations of the Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana, from Adhémard's collection at the Musée de Beaux Arts in Alençon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ae6a5c1f-3c6f-49e4-bfda-ace220661ffe/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-5f626cad-a2d7-4319-a353-407cddde4ce6_744x528.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Serenade indochinoise - Make it stand out A far cry from the streets of Alençon, the wide boulevard in early 20th-century Phnom Pehn, capital of the Protectorate of Cambodia, during a religious festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/49d21d78-4b66-4e63-b9a3-cef28b35ce2e/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-5720ee16-4781-4605-9a86-766645332625_800x533.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Serenade indochinoise - Make it stand out The streets of Phnom Penh in 1973, while being invaded by the Khmer rouge https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-treasure-house-near-the-chateau/2022/2/10 monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2c713e96-bc46-47db-a2e8-032686050596/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-81413b94-c95d-4c22-962e-6a6a812b7096_2870x1915.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A treasure house near the Chateau - Make it stand out Photograph of a young Ammanite woman, c. 1890, at the Musée de Beaux Arts d’Alençon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1707fef2-4084-4e5f-911f-464505054338/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-dd3aebe0-f6c3-4480-9509-ea92552fc4a3_4032x3024.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A treasure house near the Chateau - Make it stand out A panel of Point d’Alençon lace from the Museum’s collection https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-bells-of-courtomer/2022/2/10 monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/54767f45-3ef5-4cb6-aeb0-be4baeb9c7ac/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-3ddf03cc-a64c-4d1a-8873-c72d4e9f70e8_4032x3024.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The bells of Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/11507a46-32a7-4aed-9f91-21abb68e0a30/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-bef25bcd-b77c-42d5-a5bf-2a6dd3a0db9b_795x541.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The bells of Courtomer - Make it stand out Painting by Jean-François Millet, c. 1872. Le Parc aux moutons, claire de lune (The Sheepfold, Moonlight). Musée d'Orsay, Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fe5a61de-3e48-4457-b275-1c1b96a6ddec/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-86c8ac87-6209-436e-9e63-9ab9db694533_515x550.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The bells of Courtomer - Make it stand out 18th-century church bell of Saint Georges de Caen, seized during the French Revolution, finally returned to its belfry in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/16effbba-b814-45a4-97b9-1dccd1ada647/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-4efdbb3a-8955-4db6-9209-fc453a16f8c5_1120x800.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - The bells of Courtomer - Make it stand out The Angel, or Angelus in Latin, tells Mary she will bear the son of God; Raphael's sketch for his 15th-century painting of the "Annunciation" is at the Louvre Museum in Paris. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/winter-quarters-at-courtomer/2022/2/10 monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d11a20d1-de58-401f-acdc-1189255b51c6/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-1.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-377deb23-3121-4a60-9d2f-0c081969508f_4003x2512.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter quarters at Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/17cd4134-cb42-4383-9cc6-b10855f6d7f1/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-6b9b0419-97b5-40c2-8d87-0cb10e99b1cf_3249x2860.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter quarters at Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/47abe600-045a-4a24-97e9-257255dc154a/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-58c53649-3df6-49d9-adb5-ba5687da52aa_2976x3326.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter quarters at Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ce44997e-e324-4eaa-988e-67509f87b7ef/https---bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-34ff08ec-c047-4aab-9c1e-dddb4edc1155_4032x3024.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Winter quarters at Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/hunting-the-staga-trophe-for-the-chateauand-an-age-old-custom-of-the-french-countryside/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9af67c9f-09e0-4860-aa9b-e057af5712a0/271487573_1973669706150046_3011092282378127_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Hunting the stag...a trophée for the Chateau...and an age-old custom of the French countryside... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7d716d17-da30-41cb-945a-04d75509140b/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Hunting the stag...a trophée for the Chateau...and an age-old custom of the French countryside... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8bf6f8f2-ab6e-449f-b2c4-51965a30c434/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Hunting the stag...a trophée for the Chateau...and an age-old custom of the French countryside... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/early-morning-on-new-years-eve-a-quiet-moment-to-remember-our-bonheursand-to-discover-a-porte-bonheur/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/688219c3-ef2a-4d52-866c-5402e9eecfb6/270074125_1968788596638157_8947130753777833741_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Early morning on New Year's Eve, a quiet moment to remember our bonheurs...and to discover a porte-bonheur - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/slipping-away-to-wish-you-warm-greetings-on-this-festive-dayand-une-joyeuse-ftechristmas-is-here/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/08ae31af-5af2-40fb-95d4-76324537fa6d/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Slipping away to wish you warm greetings on this festive day...and une Joyeuse Fête...Christmas is here! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/001ab115-31fa-4634-9c89-acff92241dce/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Slipping away to wish you warm greetings on this festive day...and une Joyeuse Fête...Christmas is here! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-temple-to-a-heroic-agea-papal-bull-a-defiant-dame-and-the-huguenot-nobles-of-courtomer/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9abf2212-c8d6-4397-beae-e3256b341e4d/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A Temple to a Heroic age...A Papal Bull, a Defiant Dame and the Huguenot nobles of Courtomer - Make it stand out before renovation, the Habitable was a home for cattle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/45d31ff1-4ca9-4689-a71f-24d50ecc0de0/8ae7f968-65bf-b312-ed07-a4964ab4cbdd.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A Temple to a Heroic age...A Papal Bull, a Defiant Dame and the Huguenot nobles of Courtomer - Make it stand out Martin Luther stands by sternly while two peasants demonstrate scorn for the Papal Bull of excommunication. A broadside of 1545 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/25cc258a-0f8f-4cb7-a972-74ab963ec5cb/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A Temple to a Heroic age...A Papal Bull, a Defiant Dame and the Huguenot nobles of Courtomer - Make it stand out The Protestant chief, François de Coligny, took Guyonne under his protection. His son would later inherit her title. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/906c9921-f560-4f78-83de-630d75ad053e/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A Temple to a Heroic age...A Papal Bull, a Defiant Dame and the Huguenot nobles of Courtomer - Make it stand out The massacre of Wassy in 1562. The troops of the Duc de Guise attacked Protestants in a rural grange larger but not unlike the Temple at Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/4b8d1a0e-4cf8-46c0-a0d1-0abc5b68dd9d/fc56fff4-a288-40c2-7e39-28aadd79cbfc.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A Temple to a Heroic age...A Papal Bull, a Defiant Dame and the Huguenot nobles of Courtomer - Make it stand out At top of Letter: before renovation, the Habitable was a home for cattle. Here, under the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6ce0c458-e324-4143-9893-e5abe08f72a4/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A Temple to a Heroic age...A Papal Bull, a Defiant Dame and the Huguenot nobles of Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/ashes-and-smoldering-cinders-still-drift-to-the-ground/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9d9b2b22-43d1-40fd-ba59-47e015770060/265216666_1955221281328222_6319271071787839237_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Ashes and smoldering cinders still drift to the ground. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/77d115c6-fd4a-41dc-8699-57056a787417/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Ashes and smoldering cinders still drift to the ground. - Make it stand out A carte postale from about the time that the comtesse de Pelet left Aunay (above) for chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8fe0dfeb-36a8-4aa2-8450-433e57b48973/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Ashes and smoldering cinders still drift to the ground. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e5a47d8a-9a30-41e7-a651-585c33ac7b68/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Ashes and smoldering cinders still drift to the ground. - Make it stand out Saint Ambrose, in a 4th-century mosaic at the Cathedral of Milan, Italy https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-16th-century-power-couple-comes-undonedame-guyonne-defies-her-husbandlibert-liberty-and-courtomers-heroic-ancestorsand-finally-madame-francines-delectable-4-x-4/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/18e9c60e-31f6-424d-bc86-1c42f3cbc523/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A 16th-century power couple comes undone... - Make it stand out "Marianne," the image of liberty, guides the French people, in the painter Eugène Delacroix' famous depiction of the founding of the French République. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/cb48babd-5361-4eb4-9c75-db75199bacde/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A 16th-century power couple comes undone... - Make it stand out Dame Guyonne de Laval by the famous François Clouet at the time of her marriage in 1555. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/742dde05-72be-4fa0-b7d8-222e9ecd8646/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A 16th-century power couple comes undone... - Make it stand out Louis, Dame Guyon's husband, drawn by the famous Renaissance portraitist François Clouet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3a4198e1-9a84-4020-8fbe-a16ffb0f9385/chateau+rental Letters from Elisabeth - A 16th-century power couple comes undone... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/7a7pse6yiyp9ks8o5hs21v2lzafu6f/2022/1/10 monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b2042cc7-a0b4-49c2-98eb-ec532923c657/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Autumn at the Chateau...Thanksgiving, and a memory comes gusting into the kitchen... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/389ca089-b07f-43a0-9058-28e0ca4be644/cd6eb826-e903-7e22-323a-26317152eb4e.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Autumn at the Chateau...Thanksgiving, and a memory comes gusting into the kitchen... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/75c0240a-61d6-44a8-bfaf-9663ed0a32ae/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - 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Make it stand out Photo above shows the Vièrge des Halles, who once presided over cloth merchants in this medieval town...Retable of La Trinité in Laval https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b73f332f-17a7-4f80-9084-3bab121191bb/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The littles ones visit Laval...it's better with butter...a tale told in stone...and statues.. - Make it stand out Church fathers and saints line up on a ledge in La Trinité. These terracotta statues originally ornamented the facade of the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f3bbc48f-c6e1-4a23-9182-a1d7ba318607/e812fa2c-9205-62da-4c24-c3c357cc869b.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The littles ones visit Laval...it's better with butter...a tale told in stone...and statues.. - Make it stand out Le gisant: The marble hand of Guillaume Ouvrouin, born in Laval and bishop of Rennes, buried in 1347 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/df594bc1-5750-4b38-85b9-fc850697bc70/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The littles ones visit Laval...it's better with butter...a tale told in stone...and statues.. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-family-expeditionschools-out-for-la-toussainta-visit-to-the-medieval-city-of-lavalphoto-above-shows-the-merry-go-round-near-the-river-mayenne/2021/11/19 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c0475334-b3c5-453a-8faf-c560c791e8cf/chateau+rental+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/fedaafbd-e602-4d3b-86ab-a42f5c073ecf/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - Make it stand out Madame Francine's hens enjoy a varied diet. It's mushroom-hunting time in the countryside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d7d9a6d7-7e7e-47fb-b7a0-13dd4a155219/chateau+life Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - Make it stand out A Roman milepost from the ancient "via romana" that runs through Laval, now in stairwell of the Mairie of Laval. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1497605c-c0b2-43d1-a706-c2ef749c8163/chateau Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - Make it stand out Guy VII de Laval, painted by the great French Renaissance portraitist, François Clouet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b20222ec-68fd-407e-a44a-5e94ba04f57b/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - Make it stand out The bronze of Béatrix de Gavre in the gardens of the Vieux Chateau, against a backdrop of "vigne vièrge." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a9d24993-32fa-4134-ac9d-518fab00dd50/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3344a4f1-492b-4b1a-b9f5-5a947739aa8a/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A family expedition...school's out for La Toussaint...a visit to the medieval city of Laval...photo above shows the merry-go-round near the river Mayenne... - 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Marriage is a song of love...A wedding in the family, Part Quatre - Make it stand out Brassens in concert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c6e26e59-2555-4210-96f1-64264c76d43e/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Marriage is a song of love...A wedding in the family, Part Quatre - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/if-music-be-the-food-of-lovea-wedding-in-the-family-part-trois/2021/11/19 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b5461e00-8bce-4f64-a999-9c24dab0d0cb/246823935_1918383645011986_7807002844423449286_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - If music be the food of love...A wedding in the family, Part Trois - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/c53c11c3-d725-407a-bbc1-f7b0f2891c4f/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - If music be the food of love...A wedding in the family, Part Trois - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/737f4502-a371-4fa8-aa3f-60183ab512e1/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - If music be the food of love...A wedding in the family, Part Trois - Make it stand out And the band played on until the wee hours... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0520cab7-79d5-42f6-b69c-037cc3934f0a/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - If music be the food of love...A wedding in the family, Part Trois - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7ef9966d-29c9-4542-a8aa-9659452a0eac/chateau+rental+france+wedding+2+hours+from+paris Letters from Elisabeth - If music be the food of love...A wedding in the family, Part Trois - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-wedding-in-the-familypart-deux/2021/11/19 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/65185a1c-8aee-4034-bbe9-5c7471700039/chateau+rental+france+wedding+2023+2+hours+from+Paris Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family...Part Deux - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6ff0ae80-a422-4c0a-9999-a7e61ebb11fa/chateau+rental+life Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family...Part Deux - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0867a11a-bdca-445f-84fe-4014db098dd7/chateau+rental+france+2+hours+from+Paris Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family...Part Deux - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-wedding-in-the-family/2021/11/19-1 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/240846d5-4165-42e1-a744-6c6b71ad41c6/chateau+rental+france+wedding+2022+2+hours+from+Paris Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out photographed by Victoria Amrose Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ea893309-b88c-4b6c-8f4b-bb2fcfafee63/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/d8ffa560-2ca9-4a53-8407-b238959fd6e5/chateau+rental+france+wedding+2023+2+hours+from+Paris Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-wedding-in-the-family/2021/11/19 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7791513f-3af3-4e3d-b0c6-cf0a0372299e/chateau+rental+wedding+2022+france+2+hours+from+Paris Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/37fd5d9e-2272-4d86-9a99-1a4dd15fbca7/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out The maker of Teavine enjoys a bouquet of autumn roses at the Chateau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9bd0b576-b107-49c9-b43f-b65345727094/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/db8023be-43cf-4ba8-b792-123e607c8b3f/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A wedding in the family... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-triumph-of-thenbspsacred-chemisethenbspcross-and-the-swordsaint-maurille-and-william-the-conqueror/2021/9/23 monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1632413479626-EJQJRYY6ODKKGDZ1EXQD/Screenshot+2021-09-23+at+17.59.21.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Relics and loot...the Vikings and the Bishop make Normandy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1632413376890-DNAJHWKXG36KB8A4W48L/chateau+rental+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - Relics and loot...the Vikings and the Bishop make Normandy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1632413271926-03YJRSS907I7NJLTYL1I/67b034fd-8740-41c6-e967-bc4143f979a7.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Relics and loot...the Vikings and the Bishop make Normandy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1632413701217-216IRUUYMUX43WU020AT/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Relics and loot...the Vikings and the Bishop make Normandy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-glimmer-of-immortalityart-and-life-on-the-farm/2021/9/13 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1631524537043-FVF1GE1MVNUZJV6KEW5R/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A glimmer of immortality...art and life on the farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1631525096355-4JTQEIMWYETTQSW71DFH/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A glimmer of immortality...art and life on the farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1631524557725-JBH2JHMKMK03DDN3KNBA/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A glimmer of immortality...art and life on the farm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/ripeness-is-allsummers-harvest-at-the-chateau/2021/9/13 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1631525546181-HSFBOORVT836ARVE5EY1/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Ripeness is all...summer's harvest at the Chateau - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1631525169990-8NPEYKJ0L49IHK0DAM5S/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Ripeness is all...summer's harvest at the Chateau - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/taking-a-trip-to-falaisean-afternoon-at-the-castle-with-william-the-conqueror-robert-le-magnifique-and-moustache/2021/8/16 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1631526261258-8T1MATONVVLEY0F31WRN/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629132821181-3XS2VIAP67F88TT8PRT7/37d6974f-f94b-1cc3-8d6f-96bd6cb13cac.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out Medieval stone masons and Norman ingenuity made Chateau de Falaise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629132950544-90CEFXCK455PC5U8W3ZW/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out "Sketched in 4 hours" says the handwritten note on the right of this drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629133088223-F4SXS90HK80OSLEXPF9W/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out Traces of centuries of sieges and warfare on a stone seat in the castle of Falaise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629133203623-P8RYL9SIH3984EDO8JF6/51630dde-d312-3b4e-78f5-5e118a371223.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out Flattened on June 7, 1944, this street at the foot of the castle has been renamed "Rue de la Liberation." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629133296325-BDZDLYP7YQ4QZPJ57P9P/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out 19th-century illustration of the Execution of the Sow of Falaise. Note the children being lectured in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629132373060-JZLF00C0CBX8MIG4OMOL/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Taking a trip to Falaise... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/long-haired-gauls-in-the-cotentinenvy-and-peace-in-pays-dauge/2021/8/5 monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628174676565-B8JUL2K27PCD0FDXCG0Z/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Long-haired" Gauls in the Cotentin...envy and peace in Pays d'Auge... Gaul divided into Aquitania, Gallia Celtica, and Gallia Belgica after Caesar's conquest. Gallia Comata, country of the "long-haired" Gauls, includes the Armorica where the Cotentin Peninsula juts into the Oceanus Britannicus, the "British Sea" or the "Manche." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628174764992-VKH4BZHFR13G7VLJAOUX/histoire+chateau+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - "Long-haired" Gauls in the Cotentin...envy and peace in Pays d'Auge... Les petites filles in front of the Maison de l'Orangerie in the Walled Garden, looking for Easter eggs last April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628174952044-WSKBLEJT353SFWM4PD66/histoire+chateau+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - "Long-haired" Gauls in the Cotentin...envy and peace in Pays d'Auge... Saint Louis, France's holy king, steps onto the shore of the Holy Land with the Crusaders in this window in Cambremer's church of Saint-Denis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628175024223-EITPMZUONHIAMFN4MIPK/histoire+ch%C3%A2teau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - "Long-haired" Gauls in the Cotentin...envy and peace in Pays d'Auge... The Virgin holds the Christ Child in the niche above the altar in Cambremer's church of Saint-Denis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628175083850-TU39R4QVGEP3GPV55KC5/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - "Long-haired" Gauls in the Cotentin...envy and peace in Pays d'Auge... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/we-take-a-voyagevisit-to-cherbourgcoming-home-to-courtomer/2021/8/5 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628177078844-YV7NSN2MS88I96NAGPIF/history+chateau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - We take a voyage…visit to Cherbourg...coming home to Courtomer - An old hand-painted sign on a shop in the historic center of Cherbourg. Here are cobbled streets, lively boutiques and humming cafés, with the ferry port and railroad station a stone's throw away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628177270309-HUJXEJE878ASWDQA0FTY/history+chateau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - We take a voyage…visit to Cherbourg...coming home to Courtomer - La fabrique du Parapluie is where umbrellas are hand-made by the family Yvon, who in previous generations were leather-tanners in the town of Cherbourg. It is housed in a former Banque de France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628177344119-WND3DA62S31CCIE8BIAY/history+chateau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - We take a voyage…visit to Cherbourg...coming home to Courtomer - Make it stand out El Galeón, with Spanish flag flying and under the protection of Our Lady of Guadaloupe, glimpsed in this photo on the stern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628177389039-UWRYJ6VR4YDO0BSATQV9/history+normandy+chateau Letters from Elisabeth - We take a voyage…visit to Cherbourg...coming home to Courtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/penates-and-laresunderstanding-le-14-juillet-of-2021legio-patria-nostra/2021/8/5 monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628179055812-EVSYZ9O9N5H0C70RUCKA/history+normandy+chateau Letters from Elisabeth - Penates and lares…understanding "le 14 juillet" of 2021…Legio Patria Nostra... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/match-making-for-victoirewe-breed-horseshorse-country-around-the-chateau/2021/8/5 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628179425884-OFKM269Y060TA09LXESE/history+normandy+chateau Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... An old print of The Darley Arabian, imported into England from the Ottoman Empire in 1704 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628179546640-VZV6G5YI7BA9VPRCRW79/history+chateau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... - Victoire's second foal, India, explores the green grass. She is Keywest's daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628180115423-4FMV6ADRVQVT00HA9WPY/history+normandy+chateau Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... Old-time horse dealers in 1970, at one of Normandy's many horse fairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628180337699-GNOGH63XJJ3OIQGUFHY3/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... Almé, with a chateau in the background as befits this "chef de race" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628180487423-YDH3H8P3P1AA9Q52015R/history+chateau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... Ulmar and Victoire's son, her first foal, at the age of 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628180632212-4TNXL65ZXI8KPDG0A4BZ/history+chateau+normandy Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1628180767867-9DNO4DPBZVBI4XAJT70E/chateau+normandy+history Letters from Elisabeth - Match-making for Victoire...we breed horses...horse country around the Chateau... - Concours d'atellage at Haras du Pin, from 21 to 24 July... Not just breeding but guided tours, competition and visitor activities at the "Versailles of the horse" near the Chateau de Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/inspired-by-the-sea-on-the-beach-at-deauville/2021/8/16 monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629135069568-9NCMRXG41NMDQ1JWO5I1/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Inspired by the sea! On the beach at Deauville... - Make it stand out Gustave Courbet's La Mer, painted on the Normandy coast in 1867, when Maupassant wrote the poem below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629135115439-KC6XIACOH541YHQKK2DL/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Inspired by the sea! On the beach at Deauville... - Make it stand out The French children's classic, first published in 1956, still says it all -- school's out and it's time for summer at the sea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629135193894-RCSPOAWYACC7X8COR35J/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Inspired by the sea! On the beach at Deauville... - Make it stand out Eugene Boudin's Sur la Plage, Coucher de Soleil, 1865. Although this painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boudin's paintings are well-represented in Normandy's museums -- now open for visits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1629134139407-58UUUARSBPO8CII8BCJW/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Inspired by the sea! On the beach at Deauville... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/magic-of-a-midsummer-evethe-fte-de-la-musiquenews-from-our-countryside/2021/7/1 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625143058309-0TZUODW67FS7USXQ3EWZ/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Magic of a Midsummer Eve...the Fête de la Musique...news from our countryside... - Make it stand out The interior of Sées' 13th-century Cathedral of Notre Dame during a "spectacle son et lumière." "Les Musilumières" take place Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. in July and August. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625143138695-798E8E5IBGNVK4FWNU5X/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Magic of a Midsummer Eve...the Fête de la Musique...news from our countryside... - Make it stand out Postage stamp celebrates 1998's Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625143539786-LPG7MCFGWFGB2KXFO9ZS/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Magic of a Midsummer Eve...the Fête de la Musique...news from our countryside... - Make it stand out Maurice Fleuret in 1982 at the first Fête de la Musique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625143753669-DOB3AYGC5Y0VNDN4X1HS/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Magic of a Midsummer Eve...the Fête de la Musique...news from our countryside... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/daughters-of-the-house-part-2make-hay-while-the-evening-fallsgather-the-roses-while-ye-may/2021/7/1 monthly 0.5 2021-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625144115558-K7FYWEZIJR12KDB7DXMR/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Daughters of the House, Part 2...Make hay while the evening falls...gather the roses while ye may... - Make it stand out Beyond the Temple, fresh-cut hay is stacked in the shed. Roses against the wall of the old stable yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625144268590-63N9RCU313SKITI0A63E/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Daughters of the House, Part 2...Make hay while the evening falls...gather the roses while ye may... - Make it stand out This late 19th-century photograph shows the old fortified tower and enclosed external staircase of the chateau of La Motte-Fouquet, where Marie-Madeleine de Saint Rémy was born. Close to Courtomer at La Ferté-Macé, it can be visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625144327822-JNESHFI4IPSJRK3JKAO3/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Daughters of the House, Part 2...Make hay while the evening falls...gather the roses while ye may... - Make it stand out Two views of Louis-le-Grand in the "Grand Siècle" of Louis XIV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625144377022-CR0EA17PTR3P0OF773W6/chateau+de+france Letters from Elisabeth - Daughters of the House, Part 2...Make hay while the evening falls...gather the roses while ye may... - Make it stand out Equestrian ease on a prancing horse was a part of noble life, as shown in this portrait of Louis XIII and his queen, Anne of Austria, by Charles Le Brun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625144478373-3YURO3U266F95NN7XB42/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Daughters of the House, Part 2...Make hay while the evening falls...gather the roses while ye may... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1625144453898-TQSDEO1HHCI63H24COIY/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Daughters of the House, Part 2...Make hay while the evening falls...gather the roses while ye may... - Make it stand out A wild rose in the hedgerow along a pasture fence at Chateau de Courtomer. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/danser-encoreto-dance-againthe-french-anti-confinement-remedy-and-flashmob-sensation/2021/5/12 monthly 0.5 2021-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820351221-6MGRQ8KRJAHPXVWLZHF6/chateau+a+louer+en+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - Danser encore...to dance again...the French anti-confinement remedy and flashmob sensation... - Make it stand out You had to be there! Flashmob sings and dances to HK & les Saltimbanks' protest sensation, "Danser encore." Photo by @fr.Salefran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820414451-89PA5FVENKE22I6BDDZW/chateau+for+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Danser encore...to dance again...the French anti-confinement remedy and flashmob sensation... - Make it stand out Place de marché in Gap in March, photo by @Claude Méry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820488701-FK169AADF4ZWIBZ27W7Y/chateau+for+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Danser encore...to dance again...the French anti-confinement remedy and flashmob sensation... - Make it stand out "There's a bug in the counter! We didn't believe it," said HK interviewed by the Huffington Post in March. "In 24 hours, we had more than a million views." HK & Les Saltimbanks released their first video of "Danser encore" on Youtube in December. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820545399-Z7L84Q3UBMWULHA2ZXHM/chateau+a+louer+en+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - Danser encore...to dance again...the French anti-confinement remedy and flashmob sensation... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820606109-6WDC6DLI73UBRA1UG9OL/700d0593-c04e-2a6d-c1c7-079bbfb7de12.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Danser encore...to dance again...the French anti-confinement remedy and flashmob sensation... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/dark-ages-at-courtomer-in-the-dark-agesend-of-confinementruin-and-new-birth/2021/5/12 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820867449-OEG7XZBQDA06B4L6KLRX/chateau+for+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Dark Ages at Courtomer in the Dark Ages...end of confinement...ruin and new birth... - Make it stand out April in the park at Chateau de Courtomer. The stone obelisk in the background, at the edge of the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820707054-UXAD67ZKGXWKYJVDDGDV/chateau+for+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Dark Ages at Courtomer in the Dark Ages...end of confinement...ruin and new birth... - Make it stand out Our calves were eager to leave their stabulations for Spring pastures today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820929699-Q98OYLSHCXNA9A9UTSWQ/chateau+a+louer+en+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - Dark Ages at Courtomer in the Dark Ages...end of confinement...ruin and new birth... - Make it stand out Terrifying invaders from the North, as depicted in a French medieval manuscript. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620820986095-74S1P7UGLVW2ILCVWWFS/chateau+a+louer+en+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - Dark Ages at Courtomer in the Dark Ages...end of confinement...ruin and new birth... - Make it stand out This 1450 "illumination" in Le Roman de la Rose shows the fruit trees, flowers, and amusements of a walled medieval garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620821034657-488HS4Z5N9RY9259GQ0N/chateau+a+louer+en+normandie Letters from Elisabeth - Dark Ages at Courtomer in the Dark Ages...end of confinement...ruin and new birth... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1620821066038-9WZURDF8BE4V7CKQTS7B/2b18aaed-23c9-4b0d-8765-670668f41536.png Letters from Elisabeth - Dark Ages at Courtomer in the Dark Ages...end of confinement...ruin and new birth... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/fox-in-the-henhouseapril-news-from-the-french-countryside/2021/4/19 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618836825997-50Q8FVGUMOBBYXW9JHQZ/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Fox in the henhouse...April news from the French countryside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618836568940-KO4UY0Q02EBE7C4RW3IX/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Fox in the henhouse...April news from the French countryside Chantecler doesn't like to listen to his favorite wife, Pinte. This illustration is from a 1903 edition of the ever-popular Roman de Renart. The image at the head of the Letter is from a 16th-century illustration of the stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618836612270-XDHBJOAPSPUBMRFTYUKC/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Fox in the henhouse...April news from the French countryside In 1087 A.D., the impoverished Asselin opposed "clameur de haro" against the burial of William the Conqueror in the church of Saint Etienne in Caen, built on his father's land. "Publicly, therefore, in the sight of God and man, do I claim my inheritance, and protest against the body of the plunderer being covered with my turf." Asselin was indemnified. A 19th-century print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618836662399-521K69JA970FT5A0C21H/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Fox in the henhouse...April news from the French countryside A pear blossoms against the sun-warmed stone wall of the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618836761382-M9SE0OU8ONJZXO4UE32D/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Fox in the henhouse...April news from the French countryside https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/le-grand-hyverapril-snowsthe-origins-of-revolutionclimate-change-and-the-weather/2021/4/19 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837568081-EAP43235IFYJ4KHPICVW/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... statue of the gardener watches over the snow-streaked park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837118612-GJ7T4HT7H6DNNFQ16PA5/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837174286-CFH0OTRRJWMN5Z3CRXBL/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... Saint Pancrace, martyred for his Christian faith in ancient Rome, was cousin to Saint Denis, patron saint of France. Relief sculpture from a French church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837244446-N6K0JAJ9JRNO48D8MLO0/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... The famine and terrible winter were not quickly forgotten. A woodcut of 1709. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837357010-4KYYQAMSZ4T2IJ0UD1U9/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... The "police des grains" controlled grain storage and distribution in the Ancien Régime. The system failed during the terrible winter and famine of 1709. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837409388-TZ82RBRN0D3TI321ZDHE/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... A snowy day this week at Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1618837487804-HOSTDSOZLRVV54D1WYG8/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - "Le grand hyver"...April snows...the origins of Revolution...climate change and the weather... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/spring-equinoxthe-mighty-oaks-of-normandy/2021/3/23 monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616522822468-BK8X9Z4Y528WTAAIZLZ4/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Spring equinox...the mighty oaks of Normandy Handmade nails from the renovation of the farmhouse, made in the estate's forge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616522888710-OT64YNAZDSD05E763MZI/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Spring equinox...the mighty oaks of Normandy The old forges at Champsecret, focus of a preservation campaign in 2019. An interesting spot to visit and learn about the proto-industry of Normandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616522938363-ME7OZ2U898N09756HLAN/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Spring equinox...the mighty oaks of Normandy This "charpente" over the nave of Notre Dame de Paris was made by hand in 1220 of raw oak. It was intact until the devastating fire of April 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616523007648-14CU4ZIAEN6VRXK389F3/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Spring equinox...the mighty oaks of Normandy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616523128939-2MDELONZCNPNN18GT4LO/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Spring equinox...the mighty oaks of Normandy https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/read-this-weeks-letter-from-chateau-de-courtomerin-the-garden-of-le-fleuriste-back-in-the-dayo-sont-les-neiges-dantan/2021/3/15 monthly 0.5 2021-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615824508417-SUSJ6MUOZIFFCA51WIJG/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - In the garden of "le fleuriste" back in the day..."Où sont les neiges d'antan?" The well-house protects "le puits", the spring that fills the moat and the water tanks for the cattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615824462529-VCG8H4HZK7KINU3WTTBZ/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - In the garden of "le fleuriste" back in the day..."Où sont les neiges d'antan?" Gilles, one of the boys in the window of the maison de maître, sent us the snapshot of the glory days of the walled garden of the Orangerie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615824596774-RDUR0DPFZUBP4XA0Z6B0/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - In the garden of "le fleuriste" back in the day..."Où sont les neiges d'antan?" Garlands of flowers from street lamps and a big bouquet for the tsarina Alexandra and her husband Nicholas, when they visited Paris in 1896. Cut flowers and floral decor were all the rage in the Belle Epoque, and the Chateau's cutting garden was thriving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615825534755-VVVGGN9LUD8V6N78TN7M/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - In the garden of "le fleuriste" back in the day..."Où sont les neiges d'antan?" https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-lost-gardenthis-weeks-letter-from-elisabeth-at-chateau-de-courtomer/2021/3/9 monthly 0.5 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615285587842-IGCYZM5G9J0ANPYEK9K0/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The lost garden...this week's letter from Elisabeth at Chateau de Courtomer An old photograph shows the outline of flower beds and central paths on a wintry day in the lost walled garden of the Orangerie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615285740708-VJ0JZ5KEPPH9AG5Z71Z7/fbe45067-767f-4c84-b643-8a2839cc16ab.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The lost garden...this week's letter from Elisabeth at Chateau de Courtomer Monsieur Michel helped to plant trees in the park as well as flowers in the walled garden. Here, he is attaching a redbud to a tuteur, to help it grow straight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615285839655-WGKJ54SD2POIRYDKFYWT/f95bf2f9-9822-46fc-8747-885862df1ff9.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The lost garden...this week's letter from Elisabeth at Chateau de Courtomer These pages from the French "Herbier" of a writer known as Pseudo-Apulus, from about 850 A.D., describe the medical uses of teasel and daphne. The introduction of new and forgotten plants into the early medieval garden was intended to be useful rather than ornamental, as would later be the case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1615285910229-MW9ZRY6GZUFGJGRTQT0K/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - The lost garden...this week's letter from Elisabeth at Chateau de Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/wild-boar-in-the-bramblesstreams-overflowing/2021/2/22 monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1613990194929-FZCDG528HMMDFP50HBF1/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Wild boar in the brambles...streams overflowing... Boar's head ornament for a horn of war, blown in battle by Celtic warriors of ancient Gaule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1613990337724-XR52T6X5CJUPMTXJMJCN/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Wild boar in the brambles...streams overflowing... Crossing a swollen stream on a wintry day. The "veneur," or hunter in the foreground wears a "dague" at his belt and carries the trompe de chasse used for blowing "les sonneries." Collection of Richard de Pelet, whose father grew up at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1613990425975-2AMYCL4UW4NOJDP3EAJ9/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Wild boar in the brambles...streams overflowing... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/bonne-fte-du-saint-valentin-valentines-day-at-the-chateau/2021/2/15 monthly 0.5 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1613394399487-V93GJ1IOUCYE1U5FFYX5/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Bonne Fête du Saint Valentin! Valentine's Day at the Chateau The 17th-century Protestant Temple at Chateau de Courtomer in the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1613394657343-DIO5B4SX2WT5FY3CDWHG/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Bonne Fête du Saint Valentin! Valentine's Day at the Chateau https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/discover-la-chandeleurmemories-of-home-normandy-traditions-in-the-wintry-countrysideand-a-recipe/2021/2/9 monthly 0.5 2021-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612890990795-ECUY2PDMGGCN6TDN4COM/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Discover la Chandeleur...memories of home, Normandy traditions in the wintry countryside...and a recipe... La Chandeleur is not always a religious feast! Photo of schoolboys in a Paris café, 1933. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612891099341-RVA5E6KJCNKJ7R6LH5F1/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Discover la Chandeleur...memories of home, Normandy traditions in the wintry countryside...and a recipe... A 19th-century lithograph. Enjoying fresh crepes in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612891233894-40D88XKWCW6LD2SJT34Y/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Discover la Chandeleur...memories of home, Normandy traditions in the wintry countryside...and a recipe... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612891520883-ZA8E5YGA8AYUH0FOK9RB/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Discover la Chandeleur...memories of home, Normandy traditions in the wintry countryside...and a recipe... - Anne’s Crepes Makes about 15 crepes 250 gr flour (1 cup) 4 eggs ½ liter of milk (2 cups plus 2 tbsp) 50 ml of melted butter or oil Make a hill in the flour and add the eggs, mix gently. Add the cold milk little by little. Add the melted butter. Your crepe pan should be so hot that a drop of water jumps off the surface before evaporating. Ladle the batter onto the griddle, rotating to spread it to the edges. Cook on each side until golden. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/caught-between-revolutionary-bravado-and-prussian-bombsle-temps-des-cerises-cut-short-in-the-contre-of-courtomer/2021/2/3 monthly 0.5 2021-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612345699265-BO1WFDIDIYG9YA5AYAZ4/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Caught between revolutionary bravado and Prussian bombs...Le Temps des Cerises cut short in the "contrée" of Courtomer The new government's leaders escaped the siege of Paris in hot-air balloons, not without risk! Here a Prussian soldier takes aim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612345752721-6B7QJYV3H08KXRYFK3P3/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Caught between revolutionary bravado and Prussian bombs...Le Temps des Cerises cut short in the "contrée" of Courtomer The Battle of Le Mans, January 10-12, 1871, devastated the city. This defeat effectively ended French military resistance to the Prussians. The scene was a chilling reminder of the danger Alençon would face just a few days later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612345828462-MMB0TH3PWXTT2IHXYMV3/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Caught between revolutionary bravado and Prussian bombs...Le Temps des Cerises cut short in the "contrée" of Courtomer The mayor of Alençon, Edouard Lecointre, is still remembered in Alençon as the hero of the hour during the occupation of the city by the Prussian army in 1871. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1612345967360-KI3PHW1TE3ZSMNHV7PZC/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Caught between revolutionary bravado and Prussian bombs...Le Temps des Cerises cut short in the "contrée" of Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-noise-of-war-comes-to-our-normandy-countryside-part-one/2021/1/28 monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1611843195121-KWLATVY5RSZNUACPDFO5/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The "noise of war" comes to our Normandy countryside, part one... A meditative Victor Hugo in exile on the Island of Guernsey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1611843244560-V59MB5JQ3T2Q7MYWXZC5/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The "noise of war" comes to our Normandy countryside, part one... The Emperor Napoleon III, captured as he fought alongside his army at the battle of Sedan, sits beside the upright figure of the Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck of Prussia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1611843280496-Z9XVE8X8VXSKR9936G5B/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The "noise of war" comes to our Normandy countryside, part one... Gambetta proclaims the new Republic, whilst still in Paris, to the assembled throng. He later escaped the siege in a hot-air balloon and directed the war from his seat of government in the Loire Valley. Engraving by Howard Pyle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1611843327061-QZOQ4ULFJT8DHNRAUDWO/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The "noise of war" comes to our Normandy countryside, part one... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-prussians-invade-normandy150-years-ago-todaythe-stones-speak-along-with-an-eyewitness/2021/1/18 monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610991153499-IXS122BDLO7UZCZ7XFVY/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The Prussians invade Normandy...150 years ago today...the stones speak, along with an eyewitness... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610990904474-HYY76X5WQNBB3IMJT4CQ/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The Prussians invade Normandy...150 years ago today...the stones speak, along with an eyewitness... La Dernière Cartouche, by Alphonse de Neuville, shows the heroic defence -- still commemorated -- by the "Marsouins," the soldiers of the Marine, at the battle of Bazeilles on September 1, 1870. They held out to the last bullet. Note the African soldier at left; France called upon colonial troops and commanders as its regular armies became overwhelmed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610990863876-YCC1PU0EK5SUWG86VJ9G/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The Prussians invade Normandy...150 years ago today...the stones speak, along with an eyewitness... Louis de Turenne d'Aynac in uniform; the Turenne d'Aynac had inherited Chateau de Courtomer through the daughter of the last Marquis de Saint-Simon de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610991025845-PMUYX3WQKR1X6UFBEVRH/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The Prussians invade Normandy...150 years ago today...the stones speak, along with an eyewitness... Cheerfully waving Gambetta "bon voyage" as he escapes from besieged Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610991078430-H0N60OAOATWL1EY94BAB/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - The Prussians invade Normandy...150 years ago today...the stones speak, along with an eyewitness... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/winter-news-from-the-chateauread-your-letter-from-elisabethtwelfth-night-festivities-in-the-french-countryside/2021/1/11 monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610377618355-7S18Z3NTGEDJLCTMVXSJ/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Winter news from the Chateau...Read your letter from Elisabeth....Twelfth Night festivities in the French countryside... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610377647827-9I1ZBDOFCTJV0B7P98NA/chateau+rental+France Letters from Elisabeth - Winter news from the Chateau...Read your letter from Elisabeth....Twelfth Night festivities in the French countryside... Perugini's Adoration of the Magi shows the Three Kings arriving at the stable in Bethlehem. Musée de Beaux Arts de Rouen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610377726615-HQO86X44M9BL4DLNTIUV/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Winter news from the Chateau...Read your letter from Elisabeth....Twelfth Night festivities in the French countryside... Dancers at Saturnalia, from an Etruscan tomb in the Grotto Dei Vassi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610377781463-EIML290SHD9T81MJ3PC6/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Winter news from the Chateau...Read your letter from Elisabeth....Twelfth Night festivities in the French countryside... In the Musée de Beaux Arts of Quimper, a city worth visiting while at Chateau de Courtomer, this Adoration of 1620 by Frans Franken II has just been restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610377816847-ECFJQTLIVYRLK5JRGVMZ/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Winter news from the Chateau...Read your letter from Elisabeth....Twelfth Night festivities in the French countryside... Louis-Pierre Manuel in the flush of revolutionary enthusiasm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1610377876626-6YQKB169MDCO1UFJNJSD/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - Winter news from the Chateau...Read your letter from Elisabeth....Twelfth Night festivities in the French countryside... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-new-year-begins-at-the-chateauwith-memories-and-a-song/2021/1/2 monthly 0.5 2021-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609590904007-XBFHH2FFR6UIMEOBFG46/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A New Year begins at the Chateau...with memories and a song... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609590970763-IJWAMUS4VVTT4818ZCQR/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A New Year begins at the Chateau...with memories and a song... Oysters from Normandy are carefully raised, rinsed and fed in barrels to fatten them up for the traditional repast of la Saint Sylvestre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609591080721-ADHA3CDBDAZ1Y4583IPX/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A New Year begins at the Chateau...with memories and a song... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609591047089-PPHCASQLDYTBFCP1JYC9/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - A New Year begins at the Chateau...with memories and a song... The "aguignette," puff pastry filled with almond paste or apple purée, is traditionally eaten at New Year's in Normandy. In old Norman, the name of these little pastries derives from "as the wheat grows," and is linked to ancient Druidic rituals of the winter solstice. The little fishes, chicks and ducklings signify the "long life, good luck, and prosperity" wished for in every part of the world at the New Year. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-first-christmas-at-the-chateaucharmedand-confused-by-christmas-customs-in-the-normandy-countryside/2020/12/28 monthly 0.5 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609170520287-UZVHS4TKSAGSTG6U1NRN/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - a first Christmas at the Chateau...charmed...and confused by Christmas customs in the Normandy countryside... The Chateau’s park on a cold crisp winters morning, captured by Philip Stephenson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609170049341-BHNTR3CXCZBF51PI3QB3/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - a first Christmas at the Chateau...charmed...and confused by Christmas customs in the Normandy countryside... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609170115659-EXLNVFBASDB2LVFIOHLI/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - a first Christmas at the Chateau...charmed...and confused by Christmas customs in the Normandy countryside... Saint Nicolas resurrects the three little children (right), after they were pickled by the wicked butcher whose help they had asked (left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1609170257386-33ALWETZ2VBLEGGBXLXW/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - a first Christmas at the Chateau...charmed...and confused by Christmas customs in the Normandy countryside... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/its-the-season-of-firethe-yuletide-souche-and-la-bche-de-nol-in-normandybaking-with-beatrice/2020/12/21 monthly 0.5 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1608543836447-QI3HPHA9LC7CSW85GRQT/chateau+rental+france Letters from Elisabeth - It's the season of fire...the Yuletide "souche" and la bûche de Noël in Normandy...baking with Beatrice... The Chateau nestled amongst the winter trees captured by Philip Stephenson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1608543288037-63V171ZMLIHQID2FNIJK/d8d7e36f-6ed6-4653-ab96-fe95df28fe58.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It's the season of fire...the Yuletide "souche" and la bûche de Noël in Normandy...baking with Beatrice... An old engraving shows a peasant family gathered around the "souche," in fireplace just like the one in our Farmhouse. Here, a young girl sprinkles the log with "eau bénite," holy water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1608543383325-ZGT8V93SRJ4MAL819PFT/bcdc7eda-b842-4f08-bbaa-6a9f90f7a82c.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It's the season of fire...the Yuletide "souche" and la bûche de Noël in Normandy...baking with Beatrice... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1608543473443-MDEHMOMFU0KDMPPPU2BR/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - It's the season of fire...the Yuletide "souche" and la bûche de Noël in Normandy...baking with Beatrice... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1608543437746-E9EBYY2Z61UF6OEU542I/898229ce-bbd3-429b-b2eb-9fdfe1fc123f.png Letters from Elisabeth - It's the season of fire...the Yuletide "souche" and la bûche de Noël in Normandy...baking with Beatrice... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-christmas-fairour-winter-life-in-the-french-countryside/2020/12/14 monthly 0.5 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1607945965148-0PQ2VF8KEBNN8PZPI5ZA/chateau+to+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - A Christmas fair...our winter life in the French countryside... Speckled hens and la Merlerault, our own local breed from near the Chateau. La Merlerault was recognised back in the 1300s as an excellent layer and a tasty rôti for Sunday dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1607946050534-CH8QWS0YKBLC0NKM4PZW/chateau+to+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - A Christmas fair...our winter life in the French countryside... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/danger-and-delight-of-innovationdecember-in-the-french-countryside/2020/12/6 monthly 0.5 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1607267685924-S4TM7NAF51HO2QRU6N0T/9b7a43fe-0ea4-4863-b554-f22bfcc560fc.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Danger and delight of innovation...December in the French countryside... Harrowing a field to prepare for planting seeds, in a 14th-century psalter, or prayer book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1607267805077-85TYTSR6PEYRMG2UOG8L/Chateau+to+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Danger and delight of innovation...December in the French countryside... Jethro Tull's seed drill was quite an improvement for the 18th-century farmer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1607267909727-OFCD4YOS82WKWKBWVJ82/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Danger and delight of innovation...December in the French countryside... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/stalking-the-french-turkeythanksgiving-in-the-normandy-countryside/2020/11/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606742861644-45FGMET0202YWPBBG2FB/Chateau+to+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Stalking the French turkey...Thanksgiving in the Normandy countryside... The Noir de Normandie is Madame Chantal's preferred breed. The turkey was first bred near Courtomer, at Queen Margueurite's chateau in Alençon in the 1530s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606742968771-YKGN6L04F9IGTUA1FGPA/chateau+to+rent+france Letters from Elisabeth - Stalking the French turkey...Thanksgiving in the Normandy countryside... A November view from the dining room at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606743055225-8ODAE3GO78LE0HCYIF6R/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Stalking the French turkey...Thanksgiving in the Normandy countryside... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/ststories-from-the-chateauevoking-la-grande-guerre-14-18-on-armistice-day-last-week/2020/11/23 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606156252269-OQ4MPAOX60HI71Y8F3XD/2ad3f03b-4ca4-424b-bc3f-3f75c4210fdc.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Stories from the Chateau...evoking la Grande Guerre '14-'18 on Armistice Day last week... Setting off for the battle of the Marne in 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606156338014-C2HH7T7R6G88XHSQST57/9416c4e7-98b8-4c27-8dc9-9a0923325c56.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Stories from the Chateau...evoking la Grande Guerre '14-'18 on Armistice Day last week... The poilu above the Monument aux morts surveys the tiny village of Gaprée next to Courtomer; at its foot, a fading "gerbe" laid down on Armistice Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606156547625-UGNVVBMUPRHZ06PJU23X/7dfb05b1-259c-405d-a072-561fdc53c5c5.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Stories from the Chateau...evoking la Grande Guerre '14-'18 on Armistice Day last week... One of the marble plaques in the church at Courtomer commemorates the comtesse Henriette's brother Pierre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1606156466200-UNQ3LOGE45AABH5UX8Y2/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Stories from the Chateau...evoking la Grande Guerre '14-'18 on Armistice Day last week... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/9october2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531861898-TJQC2E8SW1GBRHBDFBBY/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating with special finds...the French auction... Drouot is full of wonderful finds. These un-angelic 16th-century "putti," came from Augsburg in Germany, and for many years were in a chateau in Normandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531923174-WQ4ZU2PGIF89L3H2UQRX/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating with special finds...the French auction... James-Alexandre, comte de Pourtalès, shown here with some of his antiquities, was perhaps the greatest collector of the 19th century. His "hôtel particulier" in Paris included a museum. His collection was sold at Drouot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531957415-CLLMWD4ENYDSFSCCM93X/e9799c0e-65ce-4122-b409-3430fe15b070.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating with special finds...the French auction... La Grande Odalisque, by Ingres in 1814, belonged to James-Alexandre de Pourtalès. It was sold at Drouot with his collection and purchased for the Louvre Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531994063-35FLUM2WH871RUO2ES0W/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating with special finds...the French auction... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/16october2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531453029-MMM3ICHSXOG06O45TU21/0a70934a-3875-49dd-8688-95118a8260de.png Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating our Chateau...a little knowledge is a dangerous delight... Drouot has always been the place to pick up a Picasso. Drouot organised one of the first large-scale, curated shows of the Modernists, in 1914. This image is from an auction going live on-line on October 28. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531509149-TTI6U3K0ZT8DKY1S40IW/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating our Chateau...a little knowledge is a dangerous delight... A painted screen, found at a sale in Drouot's basement, mounted on the wall of the petite salle à manger at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531548249-07QSUEGVFPX717TC7O8H/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating our Chateau...a little knowledge is a dangerous delight... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/23october2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531111190-E6LPQTN1SEE4PEUYHJEW/d0c6148e-3741-48a0-8841-4339549b079a.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Chased...chastened...charmed by bees...in the Normandy countryside... Maurice Sendak's illustration shows how the Bee-man hurled his hive at the dragon and rescued the baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531156758-V3TDH40W6L4IT1V4P3N7/51a69775-26f5-4db3-b158-73c9e853da7a.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Chased...chastened...charmed by bees...in the Normandy countryside... A medieval French manuscript shows a well-protected bee-keeper "tanging" a wild swarm to entice it into an empty hive. An illustration from Book IV of Virgil's Georgics, about 30 B.C., an early reference for apiculturists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605531299970-QR4FLC22VZ9FXDLP3Q3G/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Chased...chastened...charmed by bees...in the Normandy countryside... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/30october2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605529689579-J1AXZRFRN3R539FOW9XB/123259244_1645143742335979_8727538558109360902_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The children discover bees...and feast on the Chateau's honey... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605529806195-1QYSUZA4S73118JL2UBZ/123260502_1645143915669295_5847422581277567963_o.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The children discover bees...and feast on the Chateau's honey... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605529095110-L6EDQ02BXPIBYCYY7P59/3f56e878-1987-4b3f-8dbf-cc1bb615087e.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The children discover bees...and feast on the Chateau's honey... Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie represented the most modern techniques of bee-keeping in 1751. Note two men capturing a wild swarm from a tree...just as our bee-man tried to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605529248736-Z8DF3SETGUDNXT7D44WW/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - The children discover bees...and feast on the Chateau's honey... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/16november2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605528608166-568NLYUO6CWLYAF9DZ5X/cfbba69e-d306-400d-b0be-bcc1d650f989.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - In praise of famous charcutiers...and charcuterie in our French countryside Knocking acorns down from oak trees in autumn to feed swine, from a medieval psalter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605528659067-TOZEW3Y07RBMOMHT8CJK/4987a6b4-3cd0-40e9-b96c-1e86e80fb49c.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - In praise of famous charcutiers...and charcuterie in our French countryside The Chevaliers du goûte boudin -- the boudin-tasters -- at their founding in the 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1605528768856-EKZ6S27NZ07YPPK3Q33C/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - In praise of famous charcutiers...and charcuterie in our French countryside https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/decorating-the-chateaulearning-where-to-look-for-finds-and-how-to-see/2020/10/8 monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602158175485-G8CANYVFQPKNM3LLM8QJ/Screenshot+2020-10-08+at+13.55.16.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating the Chateau...learning where to look for finds and how to see... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602158443182-HYOAGWQ1JLUG1CPLLCO4/image-asset.png Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating the Chateau...learning where to look for finds and how to see... Prestige sales at Drouot include the contents of Manet's studio, in 1884. After opening in 1850, its first grand auction was the property of King Louis-Philippe, who had abdicated the throne and fled France in 1848. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602158331912-XQ51JYMNDROK1E2K2SF4/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Decorating the Chateau...learning where to look for finds and how to see... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/journes-de-patrimoine-our-normandy-heritage-to-destroy-or-save-a-monumentthe-crown-of-thorns/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602159067171-UNTQAM4CZ7IZ0ZRX6GVB/IMG_0724.JPG Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601487049906-YQYC446IIDO059971RVZ/7a6d4209-7375-435c-99c5-3d23b563f005.png Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... The "Fête del'Unité" in August 1793, Place de la Concorde, complete with prisoners bound for the guillotine and an auto-da-fé of hated objects. Painting by Demachy, Musée Carnavalet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601487297246-XTJ6DV6HTXEXM5N4SA6E/6940ff9f-a044-49d6-a72f-67f4046b2392.png Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... The painter Hubert Robert captured the nonchalance of a hired crew, exhuming of the tombs of the French kings at Saint Denis in 1793. Musée Carnavalet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601487370166-T67KAN1N1NXM099X9NFW/91677b1c-2cc8-4cda-92e8-0dd988903ef8.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... Diane de Poitiers in her bath, by the famous Renaissance painter Francois Clouet. A great beauty, Diane was said to bathe in milk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601487429371-BUF3E3JZTB4UQFOTXERK/dd954f50-1f69-4661-a8fe-a6b19e603ccf.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... In the royal necropolis of Saint Denis in 1793. Alexandre Lenoir attempts to save the tomb of Louis XII from destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601487241493-C7EX22AV3X3Y5PJ2CJQR/492b313c-0780-4fb0-bc7b-6de649252080.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... The Crown of Thorns, arriving in France in 1239, is shown to the faithful in this piece of stained glass made in about 1245 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601487677488-76QLZSI800537JIZFDLB/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Journées de Patrimoine, our Normandy heritage ...to destroy or save a Monument...the Crown of Thorns... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/stormin-into-deauvillea-french-intellectual-at-the-moviesdeauvilles-american-film-festival/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488101053-G0MB1EUDOCFWLY1JRYID/119939589_1607184542798566_1501462212922787037_o.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Stormin' into Deauville...a French intellectual at the movies...Deauville's American film festival... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488056369-QPK0R7RWG37R88186FF6/Kirk+Douglas+was+the+star+of+the+this+year%27s+festival+of+American+film+at+Deauville. Letters from Elisabeth - Stormin' into Deauville...a French intellectual at the movies...Deauville's American film festival... Kirk Douglas was the star of the this year's festival of American film at Deauville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488078069-WZ9HXT55LS1L84GT845C/793bc8ab-86f7-4b76-8004-0f8992986ecb.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Stormin' into Deauville...a French intellectual at the movies...Deauville's American film festival... Deauville in the 'teens: Mistinguett on the hood of her Chrysler Imperial surrounded by an admiring cortege of photographers. Mistinguett started out backstage at the Casino de Paris at age 18 in 1893 and became a singer and actress, starring in silent movies until 1917. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602159257432-W5QOY6NNJ4UZ59I0ERYR/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Stormin' into Deauville...a French intellectual at the movies...Deauville's American film festival... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488114022-96U3BECP87E62M67ZTAN/cbc6e5eb-e6f8-40fc-8215-fa298020f71c.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Stormin' into Deauville...a French intellectual at the movies...Deauville's American film festival... Jean-Paul Belmondo in Godard's 1960 New Wave classic, A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/i-buy-a-horseputting-the-cheval-in-chevaliernormandys-noble-blood-lines/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488846506-90Z69KWV8BJTXK8M2DOV/Screenshot+2020-09-30+at+18.54.20.png Letters from Elisabeth - I buy a horse...putting the "cheval" in "chevalier"...Normandy's noble blood lines... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488358939-1GYCVSQSTIYCKEUKQVLF/5e1a50a7-47fc-4c05-9e16-3e30fa543df1.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - I buy a horse...putting the "cheval" in "chevalier"...Normandy's noble blood lines... Almé, bred, born, raised and buried at the Haras de Brullemail near Chateau de Courtomer, took the show-jumping world by storm. He was also an excellent sire, transmitting his talent and handsome build to his sons, daughters, and grandchildren -- like Azur and Gavotte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488454155-ZQENYAPO5LCOCD4N1GOI/3bff24a1-4cc0-4a7b-b178-d9b8649abfcd.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - I buy a horse...putting the "cheval" in "chevalier"...Normandy's noble blood lines... Ibrahim in his glory days at the Haras national, showing his solid muscles, strong bones, and noble gaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488502893-2A9JRX541CX3BSLN9O1T/d9f3397c-0e57-4ad4-adc0-70fb289326be.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - I buy a horse...putting the "cheval" in "chevalier"...Normandy's noble blood lines... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488580670-ET493ZAKHXRI0PQFVJSR/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - I buy a horse...putting the "cheval" in "chevalier"...Normandy's noble blood lines... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601488692419-9I5D00DRR91GANJOREMN/f77ee9fb-4c35-457d-919f-eac84e97034f.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - I buy a horse...putting the "cheval" in "chevalier"...Normandy's noble blood lines... Poster from the first Festival in 1975 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/cest-la-rentrewe-go-back-to-schoolwhile-apples-ripen-and-the-days-grow-short-at-the-chateau/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601489169775-S4CMENUSL1HKRWQOODW0/42099e5e-66bc-4507-bc2b-db733b257177.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - C'est la rentrée!...we go back to school...while apples ripen and the days grow short at the Chateau.... Minus the beret, the little French "écolier" uniform hasn't changed very much in the last century. Less likely to have a hen in the background, perhaps. But still...the French have learned to prefer tradition over radical change! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601489388389-V4SY0G9F2IK3Z8SE894R/0e316722-c5c1-4f78-ac82-8280cc9ade37.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - C'est la rentrée!...we go back to school...while apples ripen and the days grow short at the Chateau.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601491379514-XTYS42PRJ2KBKM9U500P/79050f2a-f620-425e-a5c5-e6e5b863fcb7.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - C'est la rentrée!...we go back to school...while apples ripen and the days grow short at the Chateau.... On the windowsill of a bedroom in our Farmhouse, some old French schoolbooks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601490425387-EQKU24L8XG0239GA34Z8/74eb1514-2f98-44d2-bb04-a40a039e5447.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - C'est la rentrée!...we go back to school...while apples ripen and the days grow short at the Chateau.... Madame Francine's dahlias in the kitchen gardens of Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601491328253-2PW74IGYXUQXULALA7ZK/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - C'est la rentrée!...we go back to school...while apples ripen and the days grow short at the Chateau.... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/i-need-a-vacationbattling-monsieur-xavierand-restoring-la-petite-maison/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601491586908-CKJ7T3BTB52AEKYIMGBS/0cefc310-2b8d-45df-b439-13ec51b2ee3d.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "I need a vacation"...battling Monsieur Xavier...and restoring la petite maison Walls stripped of cracked plaster, revealing the transom beam and rough stone block and rubble construction. The bricks framing the door and the door itself date from a 19th-century renovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601491751071-GWQ0NJJWZFGVUVUKCL73/e5bb80be-348f-407d-a02e-28121d13b1cd.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "I need a vacation"...battling Monsieur Xavier...and restoring la petite maison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602162498057-7DUUFSQYBWAAZNPKU2G3/a0c81a5a-e0fa-4d09-88dd-016a9283fff4.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "I need a vacation"...battling Monsieur Xavier...and restoring la petite maison Taine's immensely popular Voyage aux Pyrenees introduced 19th-readers to the wild beauty and charm of a region of France lost in time. An illustration of "Le pic de Gers," by Gustave Doré, the renowned French artist, for the second edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601491882266-F8BV68BAMP31W0TJGEEZ/image-asset.png Letters from Elisabeth - "I need a vacation"...battling Monsieur Xavier...and restoring la petite maison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601491959822-1Z66WHGWGAPL57AKM68R/d5c505ab-f4f7-4290-9587-744f384f1b11.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "I need a vacation"...battling Monsieur Xavier...and restoring la petite maison https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/august-at-the-chateausummer-nights-and-shooting-starshot-days-and-french-traditions/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492756343-GVPO7JSOOHDC398D2LDP/118114833_1579964842187203_1498234562520332821_o.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - August at the Chateau...summer nights and shooting stars...hot days and French traditions... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492243112-890QOJ6OX6AC0DOPFYQJ/1b650586-07b0-4de1-b9ae-6e162ba1d739.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - August at the Chateau...summer nights and shooting stars...hot days and French traditions... As soon as they see Jean-Yves in the evening, our cattle start walking toward their feeder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492455644-EB0URAGNNLP38PTTPF8W/812c5711-08f4-488c-bd31-194f8f6c2bd8.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - August at the Chateau...summer nights and shooting stars...hot days and French traditions... Two Norman "paysans" pause for prayer at the tolling of the Angelus in Millet's 1859 painting. The bells still ring out the Angelus from the church at Courtomer across our fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492517460-8UDP99ZCOB8CLG6HZWET/f4447e44-6589-4bff-967e-a549c3df8fc8.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - August at the Chateau...summer nights and shooting stars...hot days and French traditions... Amid stormy clouds, divine light shines approvingly upon Louis XIII, offering the royal crown and sceptre to the Virgin Mary. Philippe de Champaigne's "Le voeu de Louis XIII" was painted for Nôtre-Dame de Paris. It was confiscated during the Revolution, and now hangs in the Musée de Caen, an hour's drive from Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492639819-C9ZDNSL65HQORAVEQBXX/92d751dc-d8d1-441a-ba85-0e47fdd789ff.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - August at the Chateau...summer nights and shooting stars...hot days and French traditions... Deck chairs on the lawn, we're getting ready to enjoy the long summer evening...and once night falls, August's magnificent display of shooting stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492708553-9CKOQYWCU083QT4UNATX/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - August at the Chateau...summer nights and shooting stars...hot days and French traditions... https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/living-la-belle-epoque-in-parisback-home-to-the-chateau/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601500378598-H47VMQ26WVW13GKS60D2/9ccecaaa-0d1b-4d1c-a642-fee109e541c3.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492849009-HBXUDLK1QJRT1F9FAC66/3dbee072-7972-4a7d-8ad6-7d2e7a588660.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… The Quai du Louvre in summertime, by Alfred Marquet, Fauvist contemporary and friend of Matisse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492896587-EJW40HCU5CT98XB138PA/117311597_1574785216038499_7184834571675547859_n.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… Edouard André at the age of 24, in the uniform of the elite regiment, the Guides, attached to the personal service of Emperor Napoleon III. André graduated from the French officers academy Saint-Cyr in 1851. The portrait is by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, painter of royalty, the aristocratic, or the simply rich, and a great favorite at the Court of Napoleon III. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601492925183-M9HXBQDIS3D01FM3Y1GY/2e78ff07-f9a1-4c83-afc3-b15568a0cc83.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… Léon Cogniet's self-portrait of 1818, when he was 24. By the time he taught Nélie Jacquemart, in the late 1850s, had become rugged rather than Byronic, though he was still dashing. He was a painter of historic scenes as well as a portraitist, but gave up painting as his teaching career developed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493126408-XK2G020SM677X7AMTSLZ/727439bc-cedb-4333-9ffd-66014c7271a8.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… Tiepolo's fresco'ed ceiling, originally in the Villa Condatini in Venice, and now in the dining room of the Musée Jacquemart-André. It commemorates the joyous reception of Henri III in Venice. The French king, having learned at age 22 that he had inherited the throne, took a pleasure trip before returning to Paris. "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"...he was assassinated 15 years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493208653-7T6J3VWM6IXXPFLFOVKY/8cbd1620-fe7a-43a8-89ce-8ad4a96bf47e.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… A watercolour from Turner's private notebook, of the River Seine in Normandy. The Abbé de Jumièges in the background was founded in 654. It became a European center of learning and church power under the patronage of William the Conqueror and the dukes of Normandy. It became the romantic ruin of Turner's day and ours during the French Revolution, when it was sold and used as a stone quarry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493468878-OM8T8FERA92YQ1VYN2SE/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Living la Belle Epoque in Paris…back home to the Chateau… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-provincial-goes-to-parisun-sjour-paris/2020/8/11 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155890202-6FV5F83G083T9AI3ZG27/Screenshot+2020-08-11+at+13.42.44.png Letters from Elisabeth - A provincial goes to Paris...un séjour à Paris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155387079-JSKCPC8OHXCPV8IEPSZ5/94f9e3e7-c59c-45ab-b3cb-f4c2eb3da708.png Letters from Elisabeth - A provincial goes to Paris...un séjour à Paris The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, founded in 1648, brought prestige and patronage to member artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155426633-C6CWMEFXNP1MQFZFQWX1/af1597a6-fcff-4723-b20c-144d5b5a29b0.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A provincial goes to Paris...un séjour à Paris Elisabeth Vigée-LeBrun's portrait of her young brother, Louis. Vigée-LeBrun (1755 – 1842) was one of a surprising number -- for the period -- of women painters accepted into the Academie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155540631-M72FRXF9H5CN5DG7L7LW/db80d655-305d-416a-8547-53e36b060227.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A provincial goes to Paris...un séjour à Paris The king's project to create a museum at the Louvre was realised during the French Revolution. The Musée Centrale des arts continued the tradition of a Salon where artists showed their newest works. Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768-1826) displayed her "Portrait of Madeleine" at the Salon of 1800. Although born a slave in the French Caribbean, Madeleine was free at the time of the painting. Slavery on French soil had been outlawed since 1315 by Louis X. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155594754-G951TNU0ZGLHLOR4TIMQ/image-asset.png Letters from Elisabeth - A provincial goes to Paris...un séjour à Paris Also hanging in the Louvre's Petite Galerie, Albrecht Dürer's "Self-Portrait," age 22, was painted in 1493. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597409265964-4GCAZXQIHB7GETT5XIPG/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - A provincial goes to Paris...un séjour à Paris https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/la-folie-des-soldesa-provincial-comes-to-paris/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601494254233-XIK1DNJTODU9RDNVT7G6/76cffc24-baa5-42a7-99d2-273d32a38d90.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - La folie des soldes…a provincial comes to Paris… Poster advertising "les soldes" at the Mannourys' inventive shop in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601494319807-2SUKNKE54ACPK19G060Q/e6d16901-a4ae-490f-82ed-b250e1316bdc.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - La folie des soldes…a provincial comes to Paris… Street view with Au Bon Marché in the Belle Epoque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601494378903-7PRLV9BFXXN4T7R4EP1B/853a869d-4b1f-4a9f-b8e5-09464adfe607.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - La folie des soldes…a provincial comes to Paris… Le bonheur : overlooking the Invalides on a summer evening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601494463056-XD3W02S3LGVVC32WBUC2/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - La folie des soldes…a provincial comes to Paris… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/its-wedding-season-in-france-againfelicit-17720/2020/7/17 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595063264558-NA3XGFLL204KGOBDJY4J/wedding+music+guitar+copy.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! Guitarist playing in the Grand Salon of the Chateau, shot by Philip Stephenson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594998927244-5Y8OGO9SQWAF2VDGL2SX/OlesiaCharles_NormandyWedding_LaurenFair081.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594997817870-HMJFGUJ1ET95RKU5OI8O/chateauvenuefrance Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! Obelisk in the woodlands beyond the Chateau bathing in the morning sun, shot by Philip Stephenson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595062825901-4TOQWOFICK8J6TSNCFNJ/chateauvenuefrance Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! Bride in the warmth of the Chateau looking out onto the sunny Park on the big day, shot by Courtney Kagan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594995832949-WS1AO0HDH63FNTA2YUF1/chateauvenuefrance Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595062795665-4PE968I4IB5WHZIFRVAE/chateauvenuefrance Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594994020517-FQJQG9J2DB2LSJ1A4R02/IMG_E7415.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594993828779-YS4WQWRYP9QHT0WU4XX5/20150516_298.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594993935589-XD6BUSN54JJEP2YU0CJ6/OlesiaCharles_NormandyWedding_LaurenFair278.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594999704900-JS6JLBZEWZ8RSR8LMGJA/Sant%C3%A9.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - It’s wedding season in France again…Felicità! https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/cest-la-moissonlong-summer-days-balmy-nights-and-harvesting-wheat-at-the-chateau/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493959212-E0IOF017MKH8C71FPHDE/116002214_1557061401144214_961613304333751318_o.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - C’est la moisson…long summer days, balmy nights, and harvesting wheat at the Chateau… The Chateau de Courtomer park gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493853509-GPS69B38PN4GRTCZ5X0P/d6897c86-08b7-4b09-826e-36516e69a5df.png Letters from Elisabeth - C’est la moisson…long summer days, balmy nights, and harvesting wheat at the Chateau… Camille Pissarro spent many summers painting in Normandy. "La moisson à la ferme de Monfoucault," 1876, hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493933946-04TSB1RT6R9T0249NQYY/010cfd3b-ae27-4e80-a914-cd08c9f28bf3.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - C’est la moisson…long summer days, balmy nights, and harvesting wheat at the Chateau… A frieze from a Roman-era tomb shows how the Gauls harvested wheat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601493986172-HSK3XU409V747TSTY8IX/04b2b5f2-ac76-4339-8831-dc09d71c2a29.png Letters from Elisabeth - C’est la moisson…long summer days, balmy nights, and harvesting wheat at the Chateau… A scene from the 1950s in the wheat fields of Normandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601494033209-T172RHYYXGXTTSJ9TNWN/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - C’est la moisson…long summer days, balmy nights, and harvesting wheat at the Chateau… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/jzfba38rka8gc8bv2yvtj1qq22tokp/2020/8/11 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597154699797-Z8VK5HXZANR29SBONK8Y/61241325-d40a-43f7-b2d2-36e2bdb22086.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From the milking parlor to the Chateau…an old-fashioned dairy farm…and our Temple… Off to the pasture after milking. Pascal’s Brettone pie noir or Blackfooted Breton cows on a pretty morning in July. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597154926030-NS2XYYY148ZT36LF7W7M/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - From the milking parlor to the Chateau…an old-fashioned dairy farm…and our Temple… - Our Protestant Temple is a rare survival from the 17th century. The old count transformed it into stables for stallions, and built walls out of cinderblock to keep them from looking at each other or leaping out to find the mares. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597154987179-XTFW66ZX5F5HZVRDBBDM/8efaac30-979b-4d16-a669-6c4a662def6d.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From the milking parlor to the Chateau…an old-fashioned dairy farm…and our Temple… The Grand Condé, dead at only 39, prince of the blood, famous and beloved general of Louis XIV, was also a leader of la Fronde, the rebellion of nobles against the king. His grandfather was first cousin to Henri IV, the Louis’ grandfather. Bust by Andre Couysecox in Louvre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155036794-MV5G458ZWIEW0UDYKBPC/120988f5-a971-4aac-9d94-6d932d879030.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From the milking parlor to the Chateau…an old-fashioned dairy farm…and our Temple… Louis XIV at 23, when he definitively took the reins of government into his own hands. He was 15 when he defeated the rebellion that was led by his older cousin, the Grand Condé. The portrait by Charles LeBrun, 1661. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597155235166-XW7I818TTGX5NLV0XEAW/562df5d4-0c4f-48e5-9bb8-2aa8528018c3.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - From the milking parlor to the Chateau…an old-fashioned dairy farm…and our Temple… A hazy summer day in the pasture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597411742117-ON0N44IC16QTV59ISP0Z/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - From the milking parlor to the Chateau…an old-fashioned dairy farm…and our Temple… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/z1i7mwoeo18r7dglzk0i1z6ksogtwb/2020/8/11 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597154227591-DB53THD82Y7BKOYIT1DK/StormingTheRedoubt.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Belle fête du Fourth of July!...How France helped make America…Impressionists at Honfleur… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597153730528-HNGROGW7F26SQVXH4CUM/French+tweet+re+Croissan%27wich.png Letters from Elisabeth - Belle fête du Fourth of July!...How France helped make America…Impressionists at Honfleur… One Frenchman tweeted “Hey, Burger King, we killed our king, maybe it’s your turn now?” Up in arms about the Croissan’wich! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597153871519-G8QWYJ4KIGO1L5LWREO3/Montesquieu.png Letters from Elisabeth - Belle fête du Fourth of July!...How France helped make America…Impressionists at Honfleur… The philosopher Montesquieu proposed the separation of powers to safeguard civil liberties. The Founders adopted his idea in the U.S. Constitution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597153944333-4HOW8EO97SOKWA4BX818/port+of+honfleur+with+sailboats.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Belle fête du Fourth of July!...How France helped make America…Impressionists at Honfleur… The Vieux Bassin at Honfleur. Honfleur was an ancient port of departure for Viking raiders, medieval traders, French explorers and fishermen. It was home to many of the French officers and sailors who fought for American independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597154062824-QBDKQRGQUW6DPDBVBZGP/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - Belle fête du Fourth of July!...How France helped make America…Impressionists at Honfleur… Gustave Courbet’s “Rivage près de Honfleur » of 1866. Honfleur was an artist’s colony for painters including Monet, Corot and Pissarro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597411825298-9FDA2NY6GYG7FHFOAJPE/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Belle fête du Fourth of July!...How France helped make America…Impressionists at Honfleur… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/ykp3oxh18i67sgnjsribml6sreutti/2020/8/11 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597151964205-WVS0B2311KJ2D3N7YOZ3/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin Monsieur Roblin’s shop stands where a charcuterie has been for more than a century in the village of Courtomer, as this old photo shows. Here, you can find fresh meat, cooked dishes to take home, and an array of excellent sausages and other pork products. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597152243339-SF2SIBH3OCPCA95VYZEP/1200px-Pieter_bruegel_il_giovane%2C_autunno_03.JPG Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin Breughel painted these country folk in medieval times, but the same jolly community activity takes place in farms across France today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597152396975-DBBFUBFA4GU2IVFELI1R/poster.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin - “Dans le cochon, tout est bon,” …as the dicton goes. Every morsel of the pig is good to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597152641131-KKVWAA3TU3KAMYX40SIM/FOURNEL%281887%29_02vendeur+de+pates+chauds.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597411920255-5E1JQIO2TRHJOZMM80XX/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597153343761-9BICX7VDIE5IDKD9A1JB/Screenshot+2020-06-26+at+12.25.36.png Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597153164873-8G97F88AOHVQ53ZWY1Z9/cheery+array+of+charcuterie+chez+Monsieur+Roblin+at+Courtomer.JPG Letters from Elisabeth - A final reckoning comes to the farmyard…delectable victuals chez our charcutier…a recipe from Courtomer’s Monsieur Roblin https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/-precious-legskatia-comes-on-the-scene-a-life-with-horses/2020/8/11 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597151307075-EBR4YJIUTXHTLURE9Q8W/katia+and+victoire+june+8+proud+look.JPG Letters from Elisabeth - Precious legs…Katia comes on the scene…a life with horses… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597150891726-77XLRQU736AIHBNT5YJP/katia+and+victoire+for+photo+band.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Precious legs…Katia comes on the scene…a life with horses… Victoire gives us a proud gaze as newborn Katia learns to feed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597150508874-GI5974WYCZH64501LXVX/michel+pelaez.png Letters from Elisabeth - Precious legs…Katia comes on the scene…a life with horses… Michel soars over the bars at the Championnat de France with the great Anglo-Arabe Andante, in the 1970s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597150436617-KK3PCDRSMFKRJ47EH512/katia+and+victoire+twilight2.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Precious legs…Katia comes on the scene…a life with horses… Katia’s first twilight, with her mother Victoire as evening falls in the pasture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597151556643-TO1AS0G1OZKCY7HNZOWT/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Precious legs…Katia comes on the scene…a life with horses… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597151187112-UPCRICA0G6RE4RPW4CUL/geraniums+in+june+at+chateau+de+courtomer.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Precious legs…Katia comes on the scene…a life with horses… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/just-like-1789plus-a-change/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602165856261-RYWXOSKAEJ7C06234U01/052cf4bf-851f-47a1-81ed-6f38a72df5d3.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… A watercolour of the Chateau de Courtomer in the early 19th century, in the entrance hall today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601494962987-53MBU38XOBG1LAL1NVEK/8e1b594e-7339-40f9-8c53-d5c59a58829f.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… The "charpentiers" on the roof of the Chateau, on a snowy winter day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601495052460-MSFRU3DG4R2DG341SDSM/03fa044f-3b71-4493-8b9c-9492188b3b32.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… Piranesi's influential engravings of Roman ruins brought classical architecture back into fashion. The Temple of Hercules, drawn in the 1770s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601495103670-UZ5D1B76TJJVTO034D4G/90cc1ab8-d776-4649-b295-e4b803cd526f.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… Louis XVI mounts the scaffold. The Old Regime ends, and the Terror begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601495254207-DQRN0FDA4DZADQ1U62OW/827eb366-1ccd-4129-a81f-59c4994b540b.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… Portrait of Voltaire, the 18th-century's public intellectual and influential social critic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601495469052-EZ7D8EGHCGKCPVLHW6W0/b47e0b7b-9bc2-4f24-8b57-2e27bc099866.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… The scaffolding went up and the old roof came down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601495631406-NV2G0FM0WRUAY6BY4RTE/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Just like 1789…plus ça change… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-mothers-love-love-never-forgotten/2020/8/11 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597149165798-E2OFVE5UZGFINI15G5O3/Screenshot+2020-08-11+at+13.37.26.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “A mother’s love, love never forgotten!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597149293842-O1HNQPWXWN6Z170K66QU/85649750-8f06-4a12-8bb9-92a1bcb65ccc.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “A mother’s love, love never forgotten!" Shadows across the lawn at Chateau de Courtomer in June...leaves and grass lush and green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597149394221-T57ZVM4FK0ETD5XN5QWN/c7b2c216-9dc8-42fc-bcea-8b77854df31f.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “A mother’s love, love never forgotten!" The enfilade of spaces within the Chateau brings light to the interior of all the rooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597149981588-J2SQJKUNB8SUTFICYOQX/8e081a6c-a20f-48e8-b794-be438a9c64e9.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “A mother’s love, love never forgotten!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602165970265-26UJU51JTA8UPFY114C4/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - “A mother’s love, love never forgotten!" https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/fte-des-mresmother-comes-to-the-chateau/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601495961967-8RZH765UI0POMMIJLKOT/eca2dcbd-5b10-4a56-b18f-9b5a4412031a.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Songbirds of spring on the estate…le pont de Pentecôte…and de-confinement comes at last A hoopoe fresco from an Egyptian tomb. The ancient Egyptians believed the hoopoe could hear secrets and detect water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496071218-NHKXUOQHN42DU0AG3YJP/899a4573-c16d-49f2-b942-a8352a1dadf4.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Songbirds of spring on the estate…le pont de Pentecôte…and de-confinement comes at last Madame Francine’s Mignonnette is raising a lively litter of bird-lovers, shown here at rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496221084-HJ52UNLKJXCX73KAIDV5/faae9410-76fa-4c2a-866a-567d617c52fe.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Songbirds of spring on the estate…le pont de Pentecôte…and de-confinement comes at last https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496393386-3XR3PQ0M6SDMJSBUSHGH/4758a26a-0f88-4bce-a52e-3d5d36090c08.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Songbirds of spring on the estate…le pont de Pentecôte…and de-confinement comes at last A rustic bench under a chestnut tree; a quiet spot for observing birds in the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496529380-SSC8AEDJ8CYR4OLQZYPP/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Songbirds of spring on the estate…le pont de Pentecôte…and de-confinement comes at last https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/the-birds-of-spring/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496876918-GTQZRFH3FO612JA7LRVY/752fb64f-8547-4e60-af1d-2874acf9011e.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The birds of Spring A bird’s eye view of Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496920021-HCZFUS9SKHIFJS9AJ1VM/ec5723f0-a720-44cb-a197-90dddbfe27b5.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The birds of Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601496968356-SZ2YTHLQU0BQQGFLSXAX/038be398-3ad9-4c96-b94d-b485c9ba3f06.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The birds of Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601497162625-OOPMMKWFK0V7IK3DX4DC/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - The birds of Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601497483886-97N1CTF0W5CBR6AB2EDC/aae9bf35-d34c-4fc1-99e1-fb19740d76f5.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - The birds of Spring A hungry bird-hunter can be placated with a saucer of milk! https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/an-arduous-but-beloved-missionnew-life-at-last-in-the-renovated-farmhouse/2020/8/10 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597058270259-57OO2WEPWJ7FDR964ABF/db465111-ef44-48f8-a1b1-ebe5b0748c5e.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse Traditional insulation in the grenier, or attic, of the Farmhouse was reused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597058362211-2CNCODWKYLU7R9NEZGB0/ef7878a1-25df-402d-ba01-8a82f0462c17.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse Walls were stripped back to bare stone and floors and ceilings were removed for restoration, revealing the original framing, or charpente, of the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597058430608-AJRCPPNMCTDMZJEMH118/5246e843-dd6d-4df7-b590-661184665997.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse The kitchen in mid-renovation. Italian terrazzo tile was all the rage in the 1950s, the last time the Farmhouse had been updated. Of course, we kept it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597058516536-OIZ0T35VXRXLPSLUE03D/08e6e9f0-f871-49e1-aeb0-c5e36c233343.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse The window sills of the Farmhouse needed repair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597058569251-92LO8Y2D3IQT381M2G2Z/5fcdcc81-817a-4502-a418-8f79134af1bf.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse At last, coffee and a book (Proust, of course) in spring sunshine at the Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602166732457-BMDGHJ9WSUJ38UU9NXVB/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597148919080-SV4OQWNMB881103JL8XE/43d1432b-9810-4ee0-9bb5-f10c04051401.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - …an arduous but beloved mission…new life at last in the renovated Farmhouse New life comes to the Farmhouse of Chateau de Courtomer; happy little princesses in the park https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-daring-propositionnew-life-for-ancient-skillsrestoring-the-farmhouse-part-3/2020/9/30 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601498432419-5UOXHZD0A0U5T7WKQSJ0/bad80bce-3ed7-4393-adf1-cb9cdc45e86b.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 Monsieur le châtelain and Monsieur Xavier inspect the works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601498604548-6L8R502LPOOPDJNEG6W0/0cebb081-2030-4211-b79c-bbb48359866e.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 Alexandre skillfully rebuilt the fireplace and chimney, using the original bricks and stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601498784586-BC0B8YA03UQMGZIB4ALZ/e0a74e57-745e-4f85-b5e9-e3d712548f40.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 Michel sculpts the linteau for the chimney piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601498834949-AZZFCXY8JASZG4RMM36U/ab9f539f-85cd-431b-8ac3-bcd09cd25df6.png Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 Drawing from a 19th-century handbook, showing traditional roof construction, la charpente. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601498897180-DMYXH3LDLI74X6K0Y5K2/ce00ec17-a45a-45d9-919d-3df4adcb5c2b.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 A re-purposed window from the old Farmhouse brings interior light into a new bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601499198865-EBG7AGG4V97V032Z3UD4/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1601499014595-XHIG6ERRRK1S4QXKKSEV/75e0344e-bb87-4aa4-a79f-25adc98090ec.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - A daring proposition…new life for ancient skills…restoring the Farmhouse, part 3 We saved hand-made iron nails from the beams. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/-cattle-on-the-grasskittenshow-we-renovated-the-farmhouse/2020/8/10 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597057736826-1A5KJKXSHCOK4BAMDQ1G/cd71dd1e-7984-4dcb-9c1f-972233983b66.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - … cattle on the grass…kittens!...how we renovated the Farmhouse… The cattle left their winter quarters this week for the green pastures of spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597057795003-46PGN2AMTJZU0RB1REVR/e03eb0f8-c3e7-4724-a7dd-7fb451760c79.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - … cattle on the grass…kittens!...how we renovated the Farmhouse… The little cousins chose Fleur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597057925745-2UBW46LOKAR58T5GW8CQ/772d248d-b5a9-49ba-98cc-502fba0893ae.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - … cattle on the grass…kittens!...how we renovated the Farmhouse… One of the comfortable bedrooms at the Farmhouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597058096996-DFE7WLE3B7HVKCRBO782/969c3446-1928-45ba-823c-ca045b863b44.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - … cattle on the grass…kittens!...how we renovated the Farmhouse… The renovations take off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602167279671-EI8E0JT9G6G0QYJS4LYE/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - … cattle on the grass…kittens!...how we renovated the Farmhouse… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/a-new-life-for-the-farmhouse/2020/8/10 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597056161906-ZWCRP4WKBZY3I6K6A6TC/29ab884b-841a-416d-91af-084c03cb7c1c.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - ...a new life for the Farmhouse... New life comes to the Farmhouse; Eugènie does her devoirs, or homework, outside in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597056270581-WYEXA7Q0UZWASPUZS5ZO/eb561d25-5d31-4a19-8c53-934c894caa34.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - ...a new life for the Farmhouse... The inside of the roof of one of our granges – stone barns – on the grounds of the Chateau showing its wood framing, or charpente. When the roof leaks, repairs must be made! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597057530298-UPLVFCU0ICTZ4GSCTM1O/00bd91a1-854a-4144-a3d3-498b42e6b6b7.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - ...a new life for the Farmhouse... “When we grow up, we want to live in the country…and we don’t want to work!” say the little cousins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602167473873-RPH671ICYWMLIA77460R/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - ...a new life for the Farmhouse... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597057583589-67U1VVR4YH2XCPYFVYRY/60d2af36-c67f-4001-8bfc-3cbb24574008.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - ...a new life for the Farmhouse... Conferring with Monsieur Xavier in our workshop, the old dairy near the Farmhouse. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/nf3ck2zwehm553otb1sajahsni4yro/2020/8/10 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055878885-9LK5EA7MOWG7PT0PDASJ/ce3b9030-e8d2-41d1-b829-1d451e9b7a1f-1.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “A chaque âge ses plaisirs! » The first rose of spring opens against the Farmhouse wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055927168-ICZ536NTZELJF4BZG3BO/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - “A chaque âge ses plaisirs! » Split logs from our woods are stocked in a grange of the basse-cour, or farmyard, ample provision for spring evenings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602167770344-RPNY203ZFISY6IJO3VAT/image-asset.png Letters from Elisabeth - “A chaque âge ses plaisirs! » https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055983844-E0FOLA4BBKK8MJJJ4IOQ/0cbbb981-286d-4539-938a-08e8545b8325.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “A chaque âge ses plaisirs! » Clo dances along while Henry shows her how to ride a trotinnette. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/letters-from-courtomer/2020/4/11 monthly 0.5 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594992329956-UGP5O249R1TLAD2PMCXT/Normandy%2BEngagement%2BSession%2BRebecca%2BMark_LFP150.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “C’est l’été !” exclaimed Madame Francine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1586637710118-Q30UCWWRDN6O4MD02GU1/Screen+Shot+2020-04-11+at+1.41.24+PM.png Letters from Elisabeth - “C’est l’été !” exclaimed Madame Francine From the 11th century, the monks of Mont Saint Michel had a special “droit de brebiage” that provided them the best lamb from each flock that pastured on the salt marshes around the abbey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1586637789015-M4SR67SK2BOWZIDBKJFF/Screen+Shot+2020-04-11+at+1.42.50+PM.png Letters from Elisabeth - “C’est l’été !” exclaimed Madame Francine Madame Ludivine took special care to make sure Courtomer's children would have their Easter treats this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594988804009-ZRJF3O5DA74SK20MYDQD/chateauvenuefrance Letters from Elisabeth - “C’est l’été !” exclaimed Madame Francine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1586637998505-64CRQOP0EKT0W71FT8TT/Screen+Shot+2020-04-11+at+1.46.20+PM.png Letters from Elisabeth - “C’est l’été !” exclaimed Madame Francine Chef Franck in the kitchen at Chateau de Courtomer last summer. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/letter-from-courtomer/2020/4/11 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594990641985-FCZBEO49SBWI3CQ18JCK/Screen+Shot+2020-04-11+at+1.38.48+PM.png Letters from Elisabeth - “I feel like Tom Sawyer” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594990925936-T58D95WRNIF6SRVXOSN1/Screen+Shot+2020-04-11+at+1.36.27+PM.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - “I feel like Tom Sawyer” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594991663668-KYY18209AK06VZY5SE68/image-asset.jpeg Letters from Elisabeth - “I feel like Tom Sawyer” The big iron gates of the Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594989616512-RVHU70VL9UFZ71WA6WFM/Chateauvenuefrance Letters from Elisabeth - “I feel like Tom Sawyer” https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/letter-from-courtomer/2020/4/5-1 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1586041465710-AX94HTRLRBZC0E2CDE4D/Screen+Shot+2020-04-03+at+8.25.46+AM.png Letters from Elisabeth -   “Well, that’s la France,” Oysters usually arrive fresh from the Normandy coast at Courtomer’s weekly “marché.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1586041541082-EH4FV2M3UUZ9V2VGESQ9/Screen+Shot+2020-04-04+at+4.05.27+PM.png Letters from Elisabeth -   “Well, that’s la France,” A jolly bar makes a village; Courtomer’s bar and restaurant usually serves 300 regular customers a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602168225584-KVA963BA2T0VIDYU04IH/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth -   “Well, that’s la France,” https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/printemps-la-campagne/2020/8/10 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055287097-ZE6YQIOZTGOZ2Y1T0PS7/14963048-27ed-4895-a1cc-429b5190210a.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "Confinement" à la française... At the Farmhouse, years of neglect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055485467-IDCWKVYSAGO9TNKPNHCJ/5f50416b-0bea-44fb-b4d1-70200b9f938f.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "Confinement" à la française... The linden allée this week, with the springhouse where the girls washed their clothes in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055559921-FQZA7RSZQ3X2UHHNR0JN/a0e2efcf-37b9-42e4-b239-c6ba84f4a66d.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "Confinement" à la française... Back in the 50s, in front of the Farmhouse (merci, Gilles de Moor!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602168409232-3PF3X5BPC6H076MUWQEJ/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - "Confinement" à la française... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055650928-CRZBU50Z4QMQ21TVNWRS/b842faee-4cb5-4f9f-9631-c50dd70675e4.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - "Confinement" à la française... Spiders spin their webs on gates that open rarely https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/ji2mgmophum5pg42thdqd39yprrh6z/2020/8/10 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597054902195-T4OD2A3HDCW9MGSP8547/c42989e6-a61b-4f3a-ad25-0223450c38f0.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Quiet spring at Courtomer It is a delight to peruse the collection of old books at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597055026988-3CNQBP126JZDGTAZB9P8/ea00596e-4dd5-4362-a0d6-7bee4e50a8fa.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - Quiet spring at Courtomer Our young bull, enjoying a hay bale in the sunshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602168564113-IYM1SXY1QQQDHFNYZYIA/EB-01.png Letters from Elisabeth - Quiet spring at Courtomer https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/lettersfromelisabeth/madame-mireille/2019/6/5 monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1559748761676-JB03BAYHSY4ON8VCUZXD/61340596_1193989104118114_2912202094016462848_o.jpg Letters from Elisabeth - 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A grand dining room with long tables decorated for a wedding reception at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1594903264729-B9XBRM8KN53STUPCDJ5E/Wine+tasting.jpg Services - A barman pouring wine into a glass at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900450340-240CJX16MF8H6R6J78TQ/14C.jpg Services - Elegant, floral wedding stationery, specially designed for a bespoke, intimate wedding at Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900426927-8RH9BTCE7N22HETBDY5J/GraphiqueColl%C3%A9-2.png Services - At Chateau de Courtomer, a woman skillfully arranges a bouquet of dried flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900445692-61ZHBMU9IJ5UJIZZ1NB2/GraphiqueColl%C3%A9-3.png Services - A woman is arranging wedding flowers on an easel in front of Chateau de Courtomer on a bright and sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900457532-IF00BCZID6XUN4672SR4/67C.jpg Services - A wedding table setting with pink napkins and pretty flowers at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900453904-9ZUXHHSCAXL81HDO5N3R/93C.jpg Services - A cake adorned with flowers and champagne glasses for a wedding reception at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900534074-HF2QG0QZ7I3JWI7MURPF/ElodieWinter_Capucine_Workshop2-202.jpg Services - A wedding planner arranging flowers on a table at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900574081-6JQTTRZOA9Y6NPANSLLN/IMG_5688.jpg Services - People relaxing with a drink and food on comfortable chairs outside the chateau at sunset, listening to a chef talking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669900674587-PIM5YPHPQUUQIA2Y8ON1/P_20201128_164944.jpg Services - A classic car is parked on a country road at sunset near Chateau de Courtomer. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/history daily 0.75 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1532461911674-F7Z107C7FNJ66EOEQRJQ/36641713_10215228170050081_3889716155002126336_o.jpg History Photo Courtesy of Gilles De Moor, former resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595513750611-X810Z9G4X0P3PLLKXLP9/11779952_445424128974619_6315258208499849931_o.jpg History - “By the 1600s, the medieval chateau was beginning to crumble …Times had changed.” “Built in 1787-1789 by the last marquis of Courtomer and Parisian architect, this abode replaced a feudal Chateau built in the middle-ages and demolished in the 18th century.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597406495997-P8034VMFX76286098NF7/screen.jpg History Coat of arms of the Saint Simon de Courtomer family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597416063388-G8S6SCH4AD7Z8P7NA33K/20190222_104.jpg History - “The Barons of Courtomer… …like many independent-minded noblemen, converted to Protestantism. In the temple on their lands, the family was baptized, married, and buried.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597416102552-8S43XVQ6L189N6W1SZ9V/20190222_108.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595514128547-9ZEPTWE0ZVK2MUVIX46A/pic2.jpg History 19th-century illustration of the Ancient Protestant Temple of Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595856606321-4MY7Y2UYIJR096V5CKHK/20190222_025.jpg History - “Land was the source of the Marquis de Courtomer’s wealth and power.” “…He held thousands of acres of farmland, owned monopolies on mills and communal ovens, controlled and enforced justice in the jurisdiction of his domains.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602695243070-AOKFFYF16FN0OPFQZCGA/pic3.jpg History Detail of the Marquis de Courtomer's warhorse from his portrait at Chateau de Courtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602695216731-RITVSB0YYGJ9SLVSFFMA/pic4.png History General Custine's execution as viewed from England, where commentators were aghast at the guillotining of a revolutionary patriot. Custine was the great-grandfather of the last Marquis de Saint-Simon de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1602695047464-B5H0D14KV1Z250BTGVUR/pic5.jpg History View of Chateau de Courtomer in 1864, from a book of engravings made for the comtesse de Turenne d’Aynac of Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1597407086844-5ZUHMT0LDLA02HI9F9CN/Elizabeth+relaxes+with+the+team.jpg History - Bonner family purchased the Chateau de Courtomer in 2005. 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I've been several times and everything continues to get better. Everything from the furniture to the kitchen and grounds shows impeccable taste. ❞ — Joseph, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1f3a34d6-d284-4bf8-ac26-7642e89e5760/Max%26Nicole_ChateauCourtomer_Preview+%288+of+30%29.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ec5036d0-1fca-4cc0-af00-28901b0a4b3b/Max%26Nicole_ChateauCourtomer_Preview+%2822+of+30%29.jpg Testimonials - “We felt like royalty staying at the Chateau de Courtomer! We could not have felt more at home.” — Marylin, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/672b5f5e-40ec-44ba-afea-373b2e267b6f/67C_1.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/900e5fe4-682c-40c5-b560-26ea0df8f9bb/55C.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5b4201b7-40dd-43db-bae3-c2f5fa8ff719/56C-2.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/acfee514-0b8c-4d1f-8ca7-07e2f9a1b318/55C-2.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8c896052-f802-4056-a893-d04da7022af0/93C.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f4940a5c-66e2-43a9-90fd-dcc93ccb4eb8/ChateauDARCY-15.jpg Testimonials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/newsletter-1 daily 0.75 2020-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595504353210-35H29AXRSS4BYCI8VLHK/chateaurentalfrance Newsletter (Copy) https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/features daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7a464910-4460-4a64-8d82-a1a0bc27bf07/Screenshot+2026-02-24+112925.png Media - James Tracy Films Château de Courtomer Wedding Videography // Elizabeth & Matthew “the service was personal, unique and intimate. Drinks in the garden with live jazz before heartfelt speeches over dinner and late night dancing in the orangery, I was never short of something beautiful to film.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/0f92b7c0-d10f-4379-9f04-d287ef18c5bc/Chateau-de-courtomer-wedding-photographer-35-768x1152.webp Media - France Mary Sales A romantic Chateau de Courtomer Wedding editorial with Darina & Julian “Set within a vast private estate in the Normandy countryside, Chateau de Courtomer feels peaceful and elegant, with a sense of history and grandeur that instantly sets it apart.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/63581e3c-0f63-418d-9086-0a91a8039c28/984396-43697-l-YGunyBE+%281%29.jpg Media - Magnolia Rouge Luxurious French Wedding Inspiration at Chateau de Courtomer “Driving up to the chateau was like traveling in to the set of a movie. I was in love. History, architecture and all things European have my heart. Chateau de Courtomer has such a rich history and has preserved the entire space to perfection.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b5707935-85b3-456a-9204-8abc5f618098/2020-03-27_0066-1024x759.jpg Media - Amy Mulder Photography How I Found My Way Back to my love for Film Photography July 19, 2020 “I love France. The light, the color palate, the culture, the food. It fills my heart with joy and stirs my creativity like nothing else. I was in love.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f5499139-4839-4be3-b778-d56163862f12/Wedding_Venues_in_Normandy_Chateau+de+Courtomer54.jpg Media - Wedding Sparrow Intimate French Chateau Wedding with White Roses in Normandy August 29, 2024 “When the sun started to set it was so romantic," said Kaitlyn. "Having our dog there and be a part of all the festivities made it very special as well, she is our baby, and we even had her sign our marriage certificate!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/7b2471df-b5f2-4c08-9f07-5bd59407f01b/normandy-france-wedding-photographer.jpg Media - Wedding Sparrow Bridgerton-inspired elopement inspiration at French chateau August 8, 2022 "This visual feast is inspired by classic French opulence, femininity and romance, with soft textures, ornate architecture, and refined fashion with a designer feel." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a4b0d42d-c864-4a3f-b2c1-d6a85ef4d1c2/File_006.png Media - Wed Vibes 8 French Châteaux for a Picture-Perfect Destination Wedding November 8, 2022 “The Chateau, Orangerie, Farmhouse, and Park offer couples an endless range of possibilities for organizing a wedding and their after-party.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/ef40e07b-19ad-4821-a9d7-aa66f67b1ad8/5e82484699f1a%24%21900x.jpg Media - Style Me Pretty A Modern French Chateau Wedding With Old World Details? Oui, Oui! April 28, 2020 “Complete with lush blooms by Oleander, a timeless color palette of neutrals, greige, ochre, mink, and tarnished silver, and the most jaw-dropping backdrop of Chateau de Courtomer... it's all just too beautiful for words.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/403192d7-0a8d-401a-a875-45fc321b3471/Liz+%26+Matt+Chateau+De+Courtomer+%28906+of+1089%29.jpg.jpg Media - Andrew Keher An Elegant Destination Wedding in Normandy September 27, 2023 “Elizabeth and Matthew’s wedding brought together two families, two cultures, and a lot of love. Flying in from the US, they made Château de Courtomer the setting for something truly personal.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/48c9b4b5-d831-44c2-8abb-031560af3691/chateau-de-courtomer-melanie-anne-photography-055-683x1024.jpg Media - French Wedding Style A Pastel Weekend at Château de Courtomer in Normandy March 11, 2024 “In the soft countryside of Normandy, Summer Nicole and Michael brought family and friends together for a spring wedding that unfolded with focus and ease..” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/9b0e3eaa-9c19-4910-b9ce-25657d2465aa/Chateau_de_courtomer_destination_wedding_victoria_amrose-4-1536x1024.jpg Media - Victoria Amrose Chateau de Courtomer wedding venue in Normandy, France “From the moment you arrive, you’ll be struck by the perfect symmetry of the chateau; it really does have the wow factor and lends itself perfectly to those dreaming of a romantic wedding!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/01f310bc-df5a-4980-b1af-1bb9f9801f30/chateau_de_courtomer_wedding_photography_by_chymo_more-36.webp Media - Chymo & More Chateau de Courtomer Paris Destination Wedding “For this style couple, it was the perfect combination of “chic & modern” and “black tie in a chateau”, creating an unforgettable experience for their guests who traveled from the Netherlands and the U.S.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e633dea2-4abd-43b0-b04b-d9fc15c0e343/KatieTraufferPhotography-Chateau-Courtomer-2021-82-scaled.jpg Media - Katie Trauffer “The bride’s two flowing gowns, a classic ivory confection by Otilia Brailoiu and a dreamy soft blue creation by Joanne Fleming added to the ethereal romance of the day.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/73e45dab-2b08-47f8-85d7-829430efd820/paris-chateau-wedding-venues-kay-cushman-3500.jpg Media - Kay Cushman “The impact of intentional florals, the play to be had when a dress has movement, the natural elegance of European estates--all these fold together to create a stunning canvas for the story of a day.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6786f20d-3274-4505-bacc-5145c3fa3770/984396-43697-l-YGunyBE.jpg Media - Magnolia Rouge Luxurious French Wedding Inspiration at Chateau de Courtomer “Driving up to the chateau was like traveling in to the set of a movie. I was in love. History, architecture and all things European have my heart.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/e65f9871-c3a2-444d-91a3-1d4dccb740ab/chateau-de-courtomer-pascal-Vo-photographer-french-wedding-style-39-1025x1536.jpg Media - French Wedding Style September 25, 2024 An Intimate Styled Shoot at Chateau de Courtomer in Normandy “For couples exploring grand salons and ballrooms in Paris or château estates across Normandy, Château de Courtomer offers rare flexibility: refined interiors, close garden access, and a design logic that keeps scale human and atmosphere calm” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/bc660f0c-9cb5-45ba-8a1e-4b9e05bf2484/Chateau-de-Courtomer-wedding-3-scaled.webp Media - Kerstin Auer October 14, 2024 “This classic wedding at Château de Courtomer defied bridal conventions and celebrated individuality. It was a gathering that cherished personal style, artistic expression, and a carefree approach to love” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/3549461a-abeb-4907-901f-c4305b402fe4/chateau-de-courtomer-rachael-ellen-events-34-1.jpg Media - French Wedding Style — February 13th, 2024 Beautiful French Wedding at Chateau de Courtomer in Normandy. “Guests arrived to the sound of gravel underfoot and cool air drifting across the lawns before settling in for oysters and champagne at a welcome dinner styled like a Parisian bistro.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/2b2afa3f-8ce2-4ed8-8102-aad51386a327/IMG_9561.jpg Media - Destination Weddings — June 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1687359151416-EH8LKMNE6Q9VKNGXQX82/IMG_9552.jpg Media - The cover of weddings magazine with a couple sitting on top of a car and holding a bouquette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1687359153272-N16CSGPQTJHDFRH3Y6SV/IMG_9553.jpg Media - A magazine spread with pictures of a French chateau wedding including a bride and groom kissing next to a champagne tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1687359149687-LABPL8NCOQ7MCT4UGT9L/IMG_9570.jpg Media - A magazine spread titled, 'Parisian Charm in Normandy' with pictures of a French chateau wedding at Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1687359148254-2IBMG6S0VIK2MWSX1OOS/IMG_9567.jpg Media - A magazine spread with pictures of a luxurious, intimate French chateau wedding at Chateau de Courtomer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/04d67532-8b87-4c57-8fde-cbf0dbc9ad25/56C-2.jpg Media - Ruffled — March 30, 2022 “Photographer Claire Eyos takes us on a journey through this romantic visual narrative teeming with pear and apple details, embellished high fashion and Château de Courtomer wedding views. Aurélia Boulenger designed each moment with the Normandy setting in mind, careful not to intrude on the pastoral interlude of the setting where the ceremony was held...” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/901ab283-8a26-4b02-ac55-021b69a11620/ChateauDARCY-7.jpg Media - Wedding Sparrow — August 8, 2022 “Today we're bringing you Bridgerton-style elopement inspiration full of elegant fashion, dreamy flowers and luxurious styling. Chateau de Courtomer in Normany is the scene of this beautiful editorial, captured by European wedding photographer D'Arcy Benincosa and inspired by a Bridgerton-meets-Vogue aesthetic.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/27209433-3acd-4cf5-b778-09950be237e5/ChateauDARCY-178.jpg Media - Jeanette Mertrand — November 7, 2021 “A soft pastel and dusty blue color palette, extravagant florals, flowy dresses and a perfect blend of old-world countryside with modern romance. This French destination wedding is sure to inspire!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8c36a2ed-a35f-4f78-81ed-821729d5a554/ChateauDARCY-206.jpg Media - Kay Cushman “Let me tell you a story. It's a story of romantic light, a French château, and the most magnificent cake I've ever seen. But it's also a story about love, as they always are. An hour's journey from Paris sits a chateau in the hills of Normandy. It's sun-washed façade reflects the happy yellow of the day, and its stately frame has seen more years than I can count…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8ffbac92-46cc-4967-a687-7916fb4538ff/Laetitia+%26+Cedric+%2853%29.jpg Media - 5 Star Weddings “Sofia Weddings & Events meticulously planned this intimate, stylish wedding editorial all the way from the UK and it was directed & captured on the day by Victoria Amrose Photography…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/b21cd257-0ff9-4044-95aa-ad2e498ef91a/chateau+rental+france Media - Condé Nast Traveler’s 67 Best — October 31, 2022 “We grilled hundreds of award-winning designers, architects, chefs, authors, photographers, hospitality experts, and more to find out their favorite escapes in the U.S. and around the world.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/71a57b05-3f62-4965-8692-1becfb8d1b67/chateau+rental+france Media - French Entrée “When Elisabeth and Bill Bonner bought an estate in Basse-Normandy, they had a battle with a derelict building on their hands. But they refused to be beaten...” — Nicola Venning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/004ddef5-9541-4f83-a0ec-e4e1d040802d/_DSC8667.jpg Media - Scout Guide — October 02, 2020 “Elisabeth Bonner grew up traveling extensively through Europe and over the years, developing a deep passion for France in particular and its rich history, stately museums, and quaint streets…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6bab03d3-0317-476a-a3c3-879b6c0f2248/Chateau+to+rent+France Media - Magnolia Rouge “We can never go past a beautiful French Chateau shoot. They have such a charming magic to them and conjure up visions of elaborate parties in bygone years…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/393a4856-d95f-4d84-b401-6d89d7bde0eb/Destination+wedding+France Media - Style Me Pretty “When the insane talents of Lauren Fair Photography and Julie Paisley Photography come together to design an inspiration shoot in France, you just know it's going to be out of this world epic…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1595861207638-2ZWTGZD314NVXW354E8M/Chateau+to+rent+France Media - EQ Living “The quiet grandeur of Chateau de Courtomer… The sound of gravel beneath the tires rouses me from a semi-state of slumber as my driver navigated to the wide-open doors of Chateau de Courtomer, my final destination. I had flown all night and was driven from Paris through a cluster of quaint Normandy villages, offering me my first foray into the allure of this pastoral region of France… “ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596040334899-VF97EWNND0DHCFR5AHXJ/Destination+wedding+France Media - The Knot A Destination Chateau Wedding Is Easier to Plan Than You Think. If saying "I do" at an 18th-century estate sounds like your jam, read on... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596032169918-MXCJJFGLE9OLZAPMXXNK/Destination+wedding+France Media - Stylist Three gorgeous French Chateaux you can rent this summer. The picturesque Chateau de Courtomer in Normandy is utterly grandiose and a show of the kind of creamy architecture you’ve been dreaming of … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596041383169-BXM674P7BFAD4B05MMKQ/Normandy+Chateau+to+rent Media - France Today After a recent stay at the Chateau de Courtomer in Normandy, we have the scoop on why renting your very own French castle makes a perfect family holiday… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596041922434-Z2YWZ9GTX9B1RY1XNPVP/Normandy+Chateau+to+rent Media - We’ve been Scouted Inspired by the grandeur and beauty of the Palace of Versailles, Chateau de Courtomer, owned by a local Baltimore family, was built to reflect an ideal of nobility and elegance… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596042204018-2JQCLVF41DQVPY1GVHTO/picnic_outside_courtomer Media - Pure Wow Available for private event rentals, Château de Courtomer can be rented with the option of cleaning and cooking services (a private French chef? Yes, please!)… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596043006635-THST3PROUX9LYY5PO26C/Chateau+to+rent+France Media - Brides The grounds of this storied chateau in Normandy have been restored with the utmost care to their originating 18th-century beginnings when it was rebuilt from an even earlier medieval fortress… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596043558349-KRF8VTCCU8L32TS5DV7A/formal_dining_room Media - The Observer A vacation at Versailles might be out of the question, but living like true royalty — at least for a weekend — no longer is. Enter the 25-bedroom Chateau de Courtomer, here to make your wildest Marie Antoinette fantasies a reality. Here’s, everything you need to know about Courtomer’s rich history — and the even richer experience you’ll get if you stay there… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596044147448-003XHZN06D03J5SPR96X/Chateau+to+rent+France Media - Chowhound “Foie gras, or the technique of gavage, is something that dates back to the ancient Egyptians,” says Franck Ete, the preferred private chef of Chateau de Courtomer, a distinguished French chateau open to guests that is located in the Orne region of Normandy… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596044981686-SYP53Z2A2QQMN8Z7CIL1/Normandy+Chateau+to+rent Media - Forbes The landlocked Orne department of Normandy is quintessential French countryside, with rolling fields, tiny villages and earthly pleasures like Camembert cheese, apple cider, foie gras and boudin noir. Now, you can have a bucolic getaway here in royal style in a newly restored 25-bedroom chateau available for private rentals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1596045546486-590D8AXYCV4N5P7FRLHY/Normandy+Chateau+to+rent Media - Robb Report One of France’s last grand châteaux has been carefully transformed into a modern-day palace. Normandy’s newest over-the-top rental château is far more than just a pretty face. (…) it has become a palace once more, this time fit for 21st-century guests… https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/farmhousefrenchentree daily 0.75 2024-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616330876219-4V725A32WJ05UKSWE27A/chateau+rental+france Our Farmhouse Renovation by French Entrée https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616331044197-18XJJPI50XM7EBVVZ9JS/Courtomer+farmhouse+restoration+French+entree Our Farmhouse Renovation by French Entrée https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1616331094092-5TJQHL2A87XK5K1XLZAN/Courtomer+restoration+farmhouse+French+entree Our Farmhouse Renovation by French Entrée https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/thefarmhouse daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1759759275057-R20I89OJ2UK9SN4RTJBL/ChateaudeCourtomer-+lounge150.jpg The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1759759275220-AAKMI2EVOH3YCPTO5QQA/ChateaudeCourtomer-Farmhouse+facade+1_websize.jpg The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1759759276535-S11WKZMK8YZ1VCTA8HT3/Farmhouse+diner+table_websize.jpg The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/58aebb98-9830-4c75-8231-e99f26db4e81/Farmhouse+diner1+_websize.jpg The Farmhouse - Space to relax and play The Farmhouse has its own private entrance and driveway and is independent of the Chateau and other farm buildings. It looks out to a large, walled apple orchard, newly planted with heritage cider varieties. The gravel patio in front of the house is equipped with everything our guests need for alfresco dining- barbeque and elegant garden furniture. Just next to the farmhouse, is a large barn- where we store the barbeque, it is also perfect for storing your bikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1759759463694-B34UDUJRC3TSPPF0FFD3/FH+ground+floor+bedroom+1_websize.jpg The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1759759463821-SYKA1CE1GK9RCLFLB7XU/Ground+floor+bedroom+FH+websize.jpg The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1759759465284-7ZX5G2S3NTR7BMXD5UEX/twin+room+1st+floor+far+right+websize.jpg The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1630841360903-5GRFYVYPGTBWTOEX1JRF/chateau+rental+normandy The Farmhouse - Pets welcome For those of you that travel with pets- they are very welcome but please clean up after your dogs and keep them under control at all times. The estate includes a working farm and our Limousine cows are usually relaxed and easy going but they can be protective of their calves in the Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/8b923990-d709-4789-8830-a97c58b8b98b/13.JPG The Farmhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a7635f47-c2c6-42e3-a14c-37dbb37a148e/Farmhouse+garden.jpg The Farmhouse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/withlovefromcourtomer daily 0.75 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/a08fec1e-2da8-4c0d-afbd-658fc50964e6/WLFC-Landing-Page-Composotion-copy.jpg #WithLoveFromCourtomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/6639e40e-3d82-4566-8d7b-0d71372e38ad/Idea+Posts-07.png #WithLoveFromCourtomer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f080ef35-fc85-49e6-af82-f13f5b968a65/Postcads+WLFC-06.png #WithLoveFromCourtomer - Photo guidelines Think “Postcard” worthy snapshots, pictures which sum up your stay and the magic of Chateau life. Which photo depicts your most memorable moment best? For some it will be a beautiful spot on the estate, reflections in the moat, a sunset observed or the ‘golden hour’ enjoyed. For others it could be a candlelit feast shared with family and friends, a relaxed barbeque or dancing till dawn in the Orangerie? Share your different perspectives on Chateau life, as lived by you, and captured through your lens. For group pictures we would like you to focus on smaller groups (maximum 15 people). If you are visiting in 2022 or Spring 2023 you can plan your shoot when you are on site or just grab that shot as it happens! If you have already stayed with us review your albums and perhaps you will win the opportunity to return? Find our full Terms & Conditions here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/89dd066a-454e-493e-a2de-3a324b2ca8f1/Idea+Posts-08.png #WithLoveFromCourtomer - You want to enter? All you need to do is: Submit a Photo to your public Instagram profile. In the event that you do not wish to make your Instagram profile public, we suggest you create a public account just to submit your entry photo for the duration of the competition. (minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels, high resolution, dated and compliant with the Photo Guidelines). Caption #WithLoveFromCourtomer @chateaudecourtomer and share briefly why this was your choice. Add Location to pin the GPS coordinates of the Chateau before posting. Entries, one per person, will be accepted if you follow these three simple rules. Please note that by entering the competition you agree that your image can be used in promotional material, digital and print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/5bf48539-bfa0-4b95-ba53-daa7d713d232/Likes+final-01.png #WithLoveFromCourtomer - You want to vote? All you need to do is: Search #WithLoveFromCourtomer in the toolbar. LIKE your favourite submission to VOTE. The 20 most ‘liked’ post, over the year, will qualify for the final! Leave a comment and tag a friend to increase the contestants chances of winning a stay with us or a bottle of Ruinart champagne! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/539560d3-4702-4f98-8a35-1029b6e5479c/Win+a+stay-01.png #WithLoveFromCourtomer - First prize The First Prize is a three night stay at the Chateau for ten people (extra nights may be added on at your own cost depending on availability). The 20 pictures which have attracted the most likes by 21st March 2023 12:00 (GMT+1) will go forward to the final. The final will be judged by a panel of judges in April 2023 and the winner will be announced on May 1st 2023. The judges’ decision is final. Winners will be announced on our @chateaudecourtomer instagram and our website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/966c5cdd-c7a8-4380-84c1-043d3953b381/Win+a+bottle+WLFC-02.png #WithLoveFromCourtomer - Quarterly prizes Quarterly winners will be decided according to the number of ‘likes’ their image receives and will win a bottle of Ruinart Champagne, delivered to their doorstep. They will be announced every three months, on the 21st June, 21st September, 21st December 2022 and 21st March 2023. Closing date for entries is 21st June, 21st September, 21st December 2022 and 21st March 2023 at 12:00 (GMT+1). Winners will be announced on our @chateaudecourtomer Instagram and our website. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/withlovefromcourtomertermsconditions daily 0.75 2022-03-22 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2023-06-07 https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/accommodation-in-normandy daily 0.75 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/56cbdfe3-c5c7-4de2-865c-57fc7dbd4d91/chateau%252Brental%252Bfrance Accommodation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/08c501ad-2f3d-4591-9c64-51444236a1db/Farmhouse+facade_websize.jpg Accommodation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1afd7cee-389f-42c3-a218-bb90b1a7aed3/1+Gatekeepers+Facade.jpg Accommodation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1669738435710-IB884TJW988QG93YH94J/The+Orangerie+perfect+for+parties+and+seminars+.jpg Accommodation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chateaudecourtomer.com/the-cottage daily 0.75 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/1afd7cee-389f-42c3-a218-bb90b1a7aed3/1+Gatekeepers+Facade.jpg Le Cottage du Haras - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/988620e8-1ec9-4307-876c-698a2cca9270/2+Gatehouse-105.jpg Le Cottage du Haras - Space to relax and play The Farmhouse has its own private entrance and driveway and is independent of the Chateau and other farm buildings. It looks out to a large, walled apple orchard, newly planted with heritage cider varieties. The gravel patio in front of the house is equipped with everything our guests need for alfresco dining- barbeque and elegant garden furniture. 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It looks out to a large, walled apple orchard, newly planted with heritage cider varieties. The gravel patio in front of the house is equipped with everything our guests need for alfresco dining- barbeque and elegant garden furniture. Just next to the farmhouse, is a large barn- where we store the barbeque, it is also perfect for storing your bikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4c9d405417fcd9991d8a1c/f9bb0e89-9b1d-4596-93e5-3a6dd9425cef/Orangerie+disco.jpg The Orangerie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.