A first birthday at Coin Perdu
Birthdays can be festive. Even in ruins. Or among the rubble. One only needs a sense of adventure. A sense of humor. A sunset and a candle.
So was our first birthday, having Marinell as the privileged member of the family to experience her birthday at Coin Perdu!
The day started off early morning with café liégeois and panini in Brive la Gaillarde and ended with a festive occasion on a beautiful hot summer’s evening at Coin Perdu, in front of the house, amidst the masonry… sunset and blue skies, good food and a smoky fire, special friends, candles and wine, laughter and jokes. The list of carnival can go on and on; from the nibblings on olives in cups around the fire to the gazing at stars in a dark and quiet expanse.
…birthday liégeois…
…dinner under the stars…
…nibblings in cups…
…a cosy fire…
…candles and wine…
…sunset on a birthday…
Coin perdu, a mountain home 
Ohhhhh, that all looks so lovely.
I have such a thing for windows with shutters that are open and have no screening! Do you really not have mosquitos?
June 8, 2009 at 7:08 pm
What an atmospheric evening. Candle light and firelight against the old stone walls…And open shutters, as Pam says..
And to think it all began in the morning with that frothy cafe liegeois. Happy Birthday, Marinell.
annie
June 9, 2009 at 6:57 am
thanks Annie and Pam…yes we do have mosquitos. Tehy will arrive a bit later in the season, but we still open our windows alot. Far less bugs here than in South Carolina. When we arrived ther, I couldn’t understand why the screen doors and windows and opened it all up…untill I saw what came in, the I also started closing up.
Ronell
June 9, 2009 at 5:19 pm
oh once again…we have been part of this festive party…what privilege!!! back in icy cold South Africa….and sweet memories of everyone scrambling around to set this unforgetable table under the stars….thank you mountaineers…!!
me of the hand savouring the liégeois…sip sip …..mmmmmm
June 16, 2009 at 7:35 pm