My dear friends, I have been silent for a few months, as I did not tthink that I had “hot news” to share with you! However, I had the chance to travel during this period, sometime fare, sometime close to home…

In Auguest, we had the pleasure to host our older grandson for a week. With him, we went to the Beauval zoo. We liked the “Birds show” a lot. My grandson loved the swimming pool in the ressort nearby :-)! We visited also the air and space museum in Le Bourget: nice but not as good as the one near Toronto!

We spent two weeks in Toronto, then it was time to go back home for the appointments at various hospitals and doctors. I met with my fantastic graft doctor at Saint Antoine Hospital According to her, I am “cured”! The result: my next appointment is scheduled in two years…. I don’t know how I will be able to survive without meeting her :-)!

Later, we visited another part of the Loire valley, near Chateauneuf sur Loire. It was a weekend “Journée du patrimoine “, so we had the chance to visit places which are usually closed or for which there are no commented visits, like the Abbaye of Fleury: beautiful and interesting comments by a monk from the abbaye.

Recently we went to Dol de Bretagne, where my brother moved during the summer. We ade a short walk from “la pointe du Grouin” to “Cancale”, using the “custom officers’ path”.

Of ccourse, I resumed my “artistic wworks”, both stained glass and clay modeling…

Fall season started, and I don’t like this time of the year..

Soon, I might have more news…

Take care everybody!

With love.

At the end of June/ early July, we visited “Les Pouilles”. First time in the south of Italy! Wonderful! Very nice people! It was a little hot, but not more than the weather at the same time in Paris!

From Bari, we used a car to travel around. Very convenient… we visited Bari, Matera, Polignanoa mare, Monopoli, Martina Franca… So many beautiful churches to visit! Many Saint Antoine statues :-)! A must: the trulli (we spent three nights in them), the sassi…

Here are some photos taken during the trip:enjoy!

I was able to travel because of the stem cells graft I had ten years ago! Thank you people at the Saint Antoine Hospital Hematology Department (special thank to my great graft doctor), my anonymous stem cells donor, my great family and friends: I love you all!

Ten years ago, on June 15th 2016, I entered the Saint Antoine Hospital in Paris to have an hematopoietic stem cells transplant.

It saved my Life!

Thank you all the doctors and nurses of the Hematology Department, and in particular my fantastic graft doctor. Also, a special thank you to Marie, the nurse who performed the stem cells plansplant, a firsst time for her! Of course, my anonymous stem cells donor, a young lady from Germany(?), was the key player. I don’t forget my wonderful family and friends…

Before I entered the hospital, my daugther Marie, who was in London at this time, offered me a small purse on which was printed ” To the Moon and Back”. I had to follow this advice and I did it!

With Love…

We are already in May, gone the Labor day and its lily of the valley! I have been busy working on clay modeling projects, both in the workshop lab and outside in the modeling club in Orsay…

I finisheda small satained glass project: a rainbow butterfly, an order from my younger grand son!

We visited the Henri Rousseau exhibit at le Grand Palais in Paris: beattiful!

We visited the peony conservatory in the Château de Sourches, near Le Mans: thousands of different peonies, a burst of colors and shapes!

My garden is not as beautiful but still I have various flowers…

Soon, it will be the tenth anniversary of my hematopoietic stem cells transplant! It went so fast, hard to believe! I have been lucky to be saved by an outstanding team at the Saint Antoine Hospital in Paris, and in particular my great graft doctor, who is still there to support me after so many years! Of course, I would not be around if I did not have the support of my wonderful family, my friends, and my stem cells donor (too bad I will never have the chance to tell her thank you…).

With love!

A few weeks ago, we had visitors from Canada: our family came for vacation in the Alps with us! We spent a week in Valloire. We had a fantastic weather, sunny , not too cold, but with a lot of good snow (according to the skiers!).

At home, Spring was there, with the beautiful camelias.

We also visited Matisse exhibition in the Grand Palais in Paris…

I worked also on old and new modeling projects…

Apple trees and cherry trees are blooming…

Soon it will be time for me to have a blood analysis: after 6 months it is important for me to know where I am regarding my blood .

As usual, I would like to thank people from the Saint Antoine hospital ( my graft doctor!), my family, my firends, and my donor who saved my life!

With love…

Greetings from Bures-France!

I have been very quiet since the end of last year… sorry!

Before going to Toronto in mid-january, we had a January 1st brunch in a restaurant near the Chambord Castel: delicious lunch! We took the oportunity to have a walk around the castel (closed for January 1st).

We spent two weeks in Toronto with our family: it was very cold and we got a lot of snow! It was difficult to walk in the streets!

Back home, I started my “artistic” work, clay modeling and stained glass…

To celebrate my wife’s birthday, we went to Britany. We had a wonderful weather with a lot of sun and spring like temperatures! We visited the Mont St Michel, Cancale, la pointe du grouin, Saint Malo…

In my garden, Spring is coming…

Soon, we will go to the Alps to meet our canadian family, who came to France for skiing!

Beside a sciatica which gave me a lot of pain when I was in Toronto, I am doing OK. However, I should make a blood analysis as I am always “anxious”: my last analysis was 6 months ago.

Every day, I am thinking of the great team of doctors from Saint Antoine Hospital, and in particular my fantastic graft doctor, of my anonymous donor: they saved my life! I don’t forget my family and my friends!

With love

Greetings from Bures-France. Today, december 22nd 2025, we are almost at the end of the year. It is time to summarize what I achieved as “an artist” :-)!

I finished a few projects related to stained glass, both lead and Tiffany. Here are photos:

I have been pretty slow, so I did not do much….

I have been more successful with modeling, mainly because I can work in my usual class, but also now in a workshop in my former lab! Here are some photos:

This year again we travelled to several places in France, but also in Italy and, guess what, in Toronto-Canada !

For me, the year is finishing up with a “ophthalmic shingles”, which showed up a week ago! My fantastic graft doctor came to my rescue : She prescribed me first a high dose of antivirus followed by a long terme treatment, year long! Next december I will get a shingle vaccine injection…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all !

With Love

Another week-end spent to explore France: this time the Loire Valley and around. This part of France is famous for the numerous and beautiful castles, but also the churches and the abbeys.

We started our tour by a visit to the Castle “du Lude”, somehow less famous that other castles around. Weather was very cold but sunny, so we had the chance to take a walk in the gardens!

After a short stop to a winery making sparkling wins, we spent the night in a “cave house” hotel near Louresse-Rochemenier. This area is famous for its cave houses. Some of them are now hotels or restaurants: great experience!

On sunday, we went to Saumur. It was raining hard so we did not have the chance to visit the city, just the castle…

Before going home we stopped by the Fontevraud Abbey: a must see place, where we spent a night a few years ago. So beautiful, even with the inclement weather!

I hope you will enjoy the photos?

With love, to the people at Saint Antoine Hospital,and in particular my stem cells doctor, my donor, and my family and friends.

A new modeling project: “The Ladies”!

Several steps are needed to finish the project.

First step: modeling the ladies using clay.

Second step: firing the clay to make it strong, like a rock.

Third step: “painting” using a special enamel, a white enamel making “cracks” when fired.

last step: using black India (China) ink to reveal the cracks, a kind of “Raku” effect!

Enjoy!

To “celebrate” my birthday, we went to Normandy for a week-end. Of course, November is not the best time of the year to expect good weather, and Normandy is not the sunniest part of France ;-)! But we were lucky enough to have a nice weather on saturday…

We went to Veules les roses, a small and charming village located on the “côte d’albâtre” in Normandy. We went also to Sotteville sur mer, famous for its cliff staircase, and Varengeville sur mer, known for Saint Valery churchand its modern stained glass windows. Of course, I could not stop myself looking for Saint Antoine statues in various churches :-)!

On the way back home, and under heavy rain, we stopped by Rouen and visited the cathedrale, not worth it…

I will be “soon” three quarters of a century old, but only ten years old if I count my stem cells “birthday” graft as a second life :-)!

Thank you people from the Hematology Department at Saint Antoine hospital, and in particular my fantastic graft doctor, my anonymous donor, and my family and friends for giving me the chance to live this second life( I always hope that one day my anonymous donor will recognize herself and will contact me…).

With love!