Collection

On Sunday morning I suggested to Brian that we should go to the vide grenier in Essoyes. We have been to this one before and have always enjoyed it, as it’s such a beautiful village and the location for the vide grenier is under the trees that surround the football pitch. I bought a couple of things, a piece of silk for 3 euros - which I want for a light - a couple of crystal decanter stoppers - to add to my collection - and some ribbon.

There was a stall where the guy was selling some beautiful old railway models. They were simply gorgeous, and something we hadn’t seen before. He also had lots of vintage games, but we resisted these. What we couldn’t resist though was an old metal grape collection bucket, that would have been carried on your back and used during the harvest (vendange). Just need to think where it might go now, I think Brian will be looking to have it in his cellar.