Musical discovery pop-folk music: Easter of Picardy and Easter Picard Band

I have just discovered Easter of Picardy, a young person of Quebec of 25 years, who is at once author, compositor, and interprets.

His first album, Miss, myself and us, recorded with his group, Easter Picard Band, went out in April, 2007, but only for month in France.

You undoubtedly already heard the first single extracted from the album. It is about Gate 22 (twenty-two, for the non-English speakers;)) (to Read continuation …)

Cold porcelain (or paste with corn) - stage 1: recipe and test

I who knew only paste with salt and paste Fimo (not given:-(), I simply cracked by seeing the wonders which it was possible to make porcelain cold (known as under the name of paste with corn), with a little of patience, and as, very talented!

It is Gigi who made me discover this technology. Go to see Taillefine, his wasp, this is worth visit! (And she also makes very pretty things in paste with salt!) (Et elle fait aussi de très jolies choses en pâte à sel !)

I therefore rummaged around on other sites and bare almost so many recipes as handy women! (Read continuation …)

BOULEVARD: The Captain Smashes - Scenario of Mariolle - Duarte's Pictures and Gamboa

The collection Ex-Libris of editions Delcourt has as vocation to adapt classics of French literature in comic strips, to touch other readers than those of the novels, and perhaps, to give them desire to reread the eccentrics!

It is with The Captain Smash that I discovered this collection, but I remember having hesitated within bookshop before The island in the Treasury, adapted by Stevenson.

If, as me, you do not know the original work of Theophile Gautier, here is in some words the history of the first volume of the Captain Smashes. (Read continuation …)

Fixing things - Game: Fabricate a pinwheel (paper windmill)

I offer you a simple and play activity for the children of any ages, the realisation of a windmill, called also pinwheel.

The children will then be able to instal it in the garden, if it is pricked on a wooden baguette, or simply to run with to see it turning. In that case, it is better to accomplish the windmill with a thick handle, as we made it with Tim.

The equipment: (Read continuation …)

Ideas of exits in Lorraine of France 3 with “Small reckless adventures between friends”

You search a nice walk in the Vosges, an inn, a sports exit to be made in Lorraine? All ideas of exit in Lorraine and in Champagne-Ardenne are in “Small reckless adventures between friends”! (I discovered this programme on France 3, a mine of ideas, introduced in real situation.) (J’ai découvert cette émission sur France 3, une mine d’idées, présentées en situation réelle.)

Principle: every week, two candidates explore together a sector of one of the regions Lorraine or Champagne-Ardenne, guided by the production of the programme, of course! (Read continuation …) (Lire la suite…)

Scissors to cut the pizza up Gadget? or useful utensil?

We (children and parents) sums big amateurs of pizza, and brought some change in our habits of consumption. In the first time, deep-frozen, the pizza became later "homemade “, by making patiently raise paste with bread …

Finally, we have become for some months supporters of the mark Croustipâte, adapted to my rectangular plates of cooking, and to our appetite!

The problem which I have however to solve is the cutting up of the pizza, because no way to cut up directly from my baking tray! (Read continuation …)

Game on DS: My life in the farm, for all budding farmers!

You always felt like occupying you of animals, to milk the cows, to pick up eggs of your hens Or else you dream you can drive a tractor, to draw furrows in your fields, to seed seeds, to pulverise the products which will eliminate insects and mushrooms …

My life in the farm is made for you! Officially intended for Tim (7 years), I also took a lot of pleasure to throw me in the challenges of this adventure, purpose of which is to create a big farm and to win a maximum of trophies. (Read continuation …) (Lire la suite…)

Karaoké: The chorus girl from Ipanema (English version of “To Garota de Ipanema”)

You all know this written title in 1962, probably one of the most knowing of crammed on her nova, exported by Brazil thanks to his English adaptation.

The most famous version is that of Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto and João Gilberto, on the album Getz / Gilberto of 1963. (You will find besides two photos of Stan Getz in illustration in my video karaoké.) (read continuation …) (Lire la suite…)