tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54270062058106979242011-07-08T03:23:55.922-07:00Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-14128011388186757792009-12-22T14:24:00.000-08:002009-12-22T14:25:04.617-08:00<a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzFHPw9c_uI/AAAAAAAABG4/LM_U7N9Z6dk/s1600-h/DSC08757.JPG'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzFHPw9c_uI/AAAAAAAABG4/LM_U7N9Z6dk/s320/DSC08757.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-1412801138818675779?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-81080824717423515672009-12-22T14:14:00.000-08:002009-12-22T14:14:27.764-08:00<a href='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzFEwR3-UiI/AAAAAAAABGw/9xXv4ullVlQ/s1600-h/DSC08843.JPG'><img src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzFEwR3-UiI/AAAAAAAABGw/9xXv4ullVlQ/s320/DSC08843.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-8108082471742351567?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-70942113399827880172009-12-22T14:10:00.000-08:002009-12-22T14:10:20.016-08:00<a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzFDykQfSsI/AAAAAAAABGo/RBvIoj1xrHo/s1600-h/DSC08839.JPG'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzFDykQfSsI/AAAAAAAABGo/RBvIoj1xrHo/s320/DSC08839.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-7094211339982788017?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; 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Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-30327791578146415512009-12-22T12:00:00.000-08:002009-12-22T12:00:24.305-08:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzElV3ZRUGI/AAAAAAAABGY/T6MRhuD30UU/s1600-h/DSC08778.JPG'><img src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SzElV3ZRUGI/AAAAAAAABGY/T6MRhuD30UU/s320/DSC08778.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-3032779157814641551?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-53525456847862110182008-07-14T10:05:00.000-07:002008-07-14T10:14:47.634-07:00<b>Bastille Day</b> is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day" title="National Day">national holiday</a>, celebrated on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">14 July</a> each year. In France, it is called <b>Fête Nationale</b> ("National Celebration"), in official parlance, or more commonly <i><b>quatorze juillet</b></i> ("14 July"). It commemorates the 1790 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_de_la_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration" title="Fête de la Fédération">Fête de la Fédération</a>, held on the first anniversary of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille" title="Storming of the Bastille">storming of the Bastille</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">14 July</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789" title="1789">1789</a>; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Republic_%28France%29" class="mw-redirect" title="First Republic (France)">First Republic</a>, during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>. (excerpt from Wikipedia)<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1fNtyiC6NE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1fNtyiC6NE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-5352545684786211018?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-6953430258865480102008-07-06T17:29:00.000-07:002008-07-12T07:47:10.278-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5dgMbUwuI/AAAAAAAAAm4/NVmSYKAJzU8/s1600-h/DSC05990.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5dgMbUwuI/AAAAAAAAAm4/NVmSYKAJzU8/s320/DSC05990.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-695343025886548010?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-86887543626806690062008-07-06T17:28:00.000-07:002008-07-12T07:55:33.808-07:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5cNCGz_1I/AAAAAAAAAmw/253OGtqZO3I/s1600-h/DSC05996.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5cNCGz_1I/AAAAAAAAAmw/253OGtqZO3I/s320/DSC05996.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-8688754362680669006?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-50486680948040072782008-07-06T17:27:00.000-07:002008-07-12T07:57:41.063-07:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5ZIFTHW1I/AAAAAAAAAmo/QL7kAS5Itfk/s1600-h/DSC06035.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5ZIFTHW1I/AAAAAAAAAmo/QL7kAS5Itfk/s320/DSC06035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5ZIFTHW1I/AAAAAAAAAmo/QL7kAS5Itfk/s1600-h/DSC06035.JPG">Vance at the arena in Nimes</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-5048668094804007278?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-40216622565859688652008-07-06T17:26:00.000-07:002008-07-12T07:57:41.063-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5X_oPopEI/AAAAAAAAAmg/uyceW-Vy1hg/s1600-h/DSC06015.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5X_oPopEI/AAAAAAAAAmg/uyceW-Vy1hg/s320/DSC06015.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-4021662256585968865?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; Patty Woodyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387359118521064099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5427006205810697924.post-54147944562297438202008-07-06T17:25:00.000-07:002008-07-12T07:58:11.618-07:00<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Why does Vance always have to use a dictionary to speak French?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5TOQrWAVI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/apyv7lIFUoc/s1600-h/IMG_5670.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5TOQrWAVI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/apyv7lIFUoc/s320/IMG_5670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219200522629022034" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5TOaNFnbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/UhxHGxNWzow/s1600-h/IMG_5669.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_qKMvoF224lY/SG5TOaNFnbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/UhxHGxNWzow/s320/IMG_5669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219200525186473394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"> Talking with friends after church in Montpellier, France.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5427006205810697924-5414794456229743820?l=woodyardnewslifeinfrance.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vance &amp; 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