tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post799481092320388724..comments2009-09-30T11:37:52.189+10:00Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-79576602805464204182009-09-30T11:37:52.189+10:002009-09-30T11:37:52.189+10:00MmeB, here I was thinking <i>you</i> were the Francophile ... :)Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-90794321676141370512009-09-30T00:02:57.385+10:002009-09-30T00:02:57.385+10:00I&#39;m thinking that I&#39;ll have to introduce you to my Francophile husband.MmeBenauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365277537757094040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-90040912100897126892009-09-29T17:09:18.325+10:002009-09-29T17:09:18.325+10:00Katie ~ that&#39;s lovely, merci beaucoup!Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-50141827247918437892009-09-29T11:45:44.982+10:002009-09-29T11:45:44.982+10:00Fantastique! Looks like a marvelous place to meet up with friends when in a Parisian mood. I&#39;m constantly amazed at how your art can so easily evoke such a powerful desire to be somewhere!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017577882203582185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-83751845250608076862009-09-29T08:06:57.321+10:002009-09-29T08:06:57.321+10:00Petrea ~ that&#39;s right up there with a hot air balloon over Paris and our Hugh Jackman gondola party as a dream come true! And you&#39;ve hit the nail on the head as always. How lovely this funny blogworld is...Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-39037938702970113972009-09-29T02:24:57.171+10:002009-09-29T02:24:57.171+10:00Alexa and Shell (since I&#39;m subscribed to this post and eavesdropping), don&#39;t a lot of us pine for a gander at Australia, too? Wouldn&#39;t it be a hoot to converge on Brisbane and meet at the Italian cafe under the Eiffel Tower?<br /><br />Chatting with my international friends has me dreaming of world travel every day. My French friends, my Australian friends, my New York friends, my pals in Turkey...<br /><br />It keeps me feeling positive about the world and saving my pennies.Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-44139703491960812202009-09-28T15:36:00.132+10:002009-09-28T15:36:00.132+10:00Alexa, somewhere out in the ethers, my lost comments are having a partay with your lost comments. :) When you visit me someday, there&#39;s also a gorgeous Italian cafe, right under the Eiffel Tower {don&#39;t know why they didn&#39;t swap}, so we can alternate between pretending we&#39;re in Venice <i>and</i> Paris.<br /><br />Kedron is just on the north side of the city, and we are far west of the city - it&#39;s about 30 mins drive from us without traffic. Quite convenient to the city. Nice choice, but it&#39;s hard to go wrong here. :)Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-40068561634124502622009-09-28T12:05:04.221+10:002009-09-28T12:05:04.221+10:00I really thought I&#39;d left a comment here before I went to my Internet-less mom&#39;s house for the weekend! This charming painting just makes me want to come and visit this cute place in Brisbane. (I&#39;m also suffering along with Petrea of a bad case of missing Paris and longing to be there).<br />Coincidentally, right now I&#39;m watching an American cable show called House Hunters International, and this episode was about someone looking for a place in Brisbane. She ultimately chose a place in Kedron—anywhere near you?Alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03620873522996260383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-62394900832072385152009-09-28T08:27:57.181+10:002009-09-28T08:27:57.181+10:00Lily ~ hee hee! {I&#39;m currently trying to delude myself that I needed an excuse to hose down the house from top to bottom ...}Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-47538401010920974322009-09-28T04:43:55.801+10:002009-09-28T04:43:55.801+10:00I love my &quot;delusions of grandeur&quot; I don&#39;t know how I would get by in life without them!<br />I saw photos of the red dust storm, it was unbelievable!Lily Hydrangeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10488357854017358868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-86353728898951700862009-09-27T11:06:51.717+10:002009-09-27T11:06:51.717+10:00Petrea ~ I hope you make it to Paris again soon... you have many kindred spirits pining alongside you. {Small comfort, I know.}<br /><br />PCN ~ You WILL make it to my corner and it&#39;s a date! {Don&#39;t look up as you&#39;re crossing the road...}Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-16583586753932151062009-09-27T07:05:07.144+10:002009-09-27T07:05:07.144+10:00Shell, how charming! One day, when I make it to your corner of the world (it WILL happen), can we please meet under the Eiffel Tower?Pop Culture Nerdhttp://popculturenerd.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-5207672495908381232009-09-27T03:24:30.594+10:002009-09-27T03:24:30.594+10:00I wonder if all my pining for Paris is bad for me. Every day I check Paris blogs and websites. I haven&#39;t been there in 3 years and I feel wistful for Paris all the time. A couple of days ago my husband said, &quot;I just had this great nostalgia for Paris wash over me,&quot; and I said, &quot;Don&#39;t you always have that?&quot; and he looked at me like I was crazy.Petreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-78486044978281397732009-09-26T08:54:39.557+10:002009-09-26T08:54:39.557+10:00Mise ~ ah yes, &quot;look after the sense and the dollars will take care of themselves...&quot; :)<br /><br />Hiker ~ the locusts occurred to us, too, though I was hoping the dust would disorientate them.<br /><br />Margaret ~ Thanks for that link ~ they are seriously cool! <br /><br />Thanks, ET Suzy ~ hee hee!! Sorry to tease you... maybe next Francophile Friday. ;)Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-41773756344646280892009-09-26T02:58:08.161+10:002009-09-26T02:58:08.161+10:00*sniff*sniff*sniff*<br /><br />Eiffel Tower? Did someone say Eiffel Tower?<br /><br />Wonderful illustration, Shell. I always love your designs.Eiffel Tower Suzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04573215118946859329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-69926378426894290452009-09-26T01:00:39.169+10:002009-09-26T01:00:39.169+10:00Here in LA we the Watts Towers. http://www.wattstowers.us They&#39;re pretty cool.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-43283766233392365922009-09-26T00:27:31.469+10:002009-09-26T00:27:31.469+10:00J&#39;adore it! (I knew the scary dust cloud hit Sydney, but didn&#39;t realize it had made it up to Brisbane. As we&#39;re saying about our own selves here in Calif, what next, locusts?)altadenahikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17344846300271547931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-44707031916921726572009-09-25T21:44:19.054+10:002009-09-25T21:44:19.054+10:00Ah, but delusions of grandeur are priceless. I&#39;ve very tempted by that discount, but trying to be sensible and think of my stash of artwork awaiting framing. Will sense prevail...?misehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-12657351907632459192009-09-25T18:35:23.668+10:002009-09-25T18:35:23.668+10:00Aww, thank you, Cafe!! {After cleaning red dust out of just some of my nooks and crannies for six hours yesterday, I felt far from a work of art. :) }<br /><br />Marylène ~ definitely now is not the time to visit {see my reply to Cafe}. We look every bit &#39;the sunburnt country&#39; at the moment. But a good spot of rain will sort that out. Hopefully only a week or so away!<br /><br />Thanks, Finie! {I think I&#39;ll nickname you, &quot;my little lamb&quot;. ;) }Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-84265548381546985602009-09-25T16:50:42.456+10:002009-09-25T16:50:42.456+10:00hi sherree.. I always love your artworks! so fresh..heemmmmm... :-)Finie Ramoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08445042912890889238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-88858681296817765282009-09-25T16:44:07.209+10:002009-09-25T16:44:07.209+10:00I love this drawing ! Makes me want to visit Brisbane ! But maybe later when no sand wind everywhere, lol !!!Marylènehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15529601370829793771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-39550514076687914662009-09-25T16:30:45.695+10:002009-09-25T16:30:45.695+10:00You&#39;re a Work of Art!Cafe Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115520512264907360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-54217202145415142742009-09-25T15:59:55.333+10:002009-09-25T15:59:55.333+10:00Cali ~ charm is included with your menu selection automatically. :) And I infinitely prefer your idea of Brisbane as Le Petit Paris, rather than its common nickname of BrisVegas {euw}, though it&#39;s unfortunately apt until we have some rain to settle this dust...Shell Sherreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815983123229218451.post-6378834835206995962009-09-25T13:36:22.852+10:002009-09-25T13:36:22.852+10:00Does the real coffe shop have as much charm as your painting? <br /><br />A miniature ET? How cool is that? I think Brisbane should be called little Paris. ;-)from calihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11951370729193773794noreply@blogger.com