tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post6824526442022619009..comments2024-02-26T00:40:54.494-08:00Comments on Helen Tilston Painter: Living Abroad in France and whyhelen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-31133812191022286402015-01-11T17:22:24.846-08:002015-01-11T17:22:24.846-08:00Interesting question Helen! It started out as a wo...Interesting question Helen! It started out as a work necessity when we first married. Twenty five years and four children later..it has become a way of life and a passion. Lots of questions still to be answered..it's been a journey..which will eventually come to a fork in the road. Ah..life! Sending you warm wishes from Saigon Helen for a wonderful life in 2015. xxJeanne Henriqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-27678930740577772162015-01-11T14:47:44.927-08:002015-01-11T14:47:44.927-08:00Bless you dearest Helen, for coming to say good-by...Bless you dearest Helen, for coming to say good-bye. I will not delete my blog, and will keep it up as a wonderful memory of a very beautiful part of my life. Thank you for the kindness, the inspiration. AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-63161322085124445512015-01-09T11:45:03.850-08:002015-01-09T11:45:03.850-08:00Darling Helen,
Such an interesting question you p...Darling Helen,<br /><br />Such an interesting question you pose here. Why do some of us choose to live away from our 'home country'? We often ask ourselves this question and rarely reach a satisfying conclusion. Perhaps in our case it is simply that we took a wrong turn ( or could it be right turn) at Calais?!<br /><br />Whatever or wherever we do think that travel broadens the mind considerably and there is really nothing like immersing oneself into a new culture by living there and experiencing the daily life amongst the people. We are certain that our lives would have been the poorer if we had stayed in England. We feel blessed to be able to enjoy the rich cultural life that Budapest has to offer....we only miss the sea!<br /><br />Wishing you and your family joy, peace and prosperity for 2015. May this be the year that we meet in the real life.....wherever that may be.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-61427987407855534932015-01-09T11:23:35.586-08:002015-01-09T11:23:35.586-08:00Ciao Helen,
Nina Simone has had a place in my he...Ciao Helen, <br /><br />Nina Simone has had a place in my heart for many years. For Sam and I the move to Italy was to chase adventure. I have always been in love with Italy since my teenage years and love of art. Backpacking in my 20’s convinced me that Italy was my soul. I’m so happy that I have had the chance to show our children this heritage that belongs to them. Australia is my heart and Italy my soul xxx<br /><br />ciao ciao lisa xlisa | renovating italyhttp://www.renovatingitaly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-18513786284042387662015-01-06T19:13:53.775-08:002015-01-06T19:13:53.775-08:00Hello Helen, well you certainly triggered the hear...Hello Helen, well you certainly triggered the hearts longing for France with this post. I've always dreamed of living there, Amelie style...though it seems a dream it must stay. Popping in the movie now and then transports me...imagining living in that lovely chartreuse tinged Parisienne atmosphere brings on such artistic inspiration, even the music does the trick...it makes me feel that I feel I've lived an alternate lifetime somewhere else for the moment, which is lovely. I admire these ladies so much...they've really chased their French dreams and created that special lifetime reality, and the fact that we get to share in those dreams with them through their wonderful blogs is divine!<br />Happy New Year Helen...<br />xo J~<br />24 Cornershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630767883910250689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-38486227255799202612015-01-06T04:52:20.446-08:002015-01-06T04:52:20.446-08:00Nice Post. All readers will definitely like this p...Nice Post. All readers will definitely like this post. Looking forward to your next post.Wedding Destination in Gurgaonhttp://www.oystersappughar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-87690944613193875292015-01-04T18:53:32.033-08:002015-01-04T18:53:32.033-08:00I always thought I would love to live in France, a...I always thought I would love to live in France, and maybe I will someday - but for now I will happily daydream about it while I live in my favourite place in the world (Canada's West Coast)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511435494230888483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-16212615491401465602014-12-31T20:50:50.409-08:002014-12-31T20:50:50.409-08:00Happy New Year, Helen!! Best wishes for health and...Happy New Year, Helen!! Best wishes for health and happiness in 2015!Louise @ INGREDIENTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883303245642039938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-84442078966697692122014-12-31T08:37:47.238-08:002014-12-31T08:37:47.238-08:00Happy New Year Helen!
Thank you SO much for visi...Happy New Year Helen! <br />Thank you SO much for visiting and for your lovely words.... do hope your Christmas was good.<br /><br />Hugs JaneHalf-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-46738075864721681412014-12-25T21:55:35.463-08:002014-12-25T21:55:35.463-08:00Very interesting blog. A lot of blogs I see these ...Very interesting blog. A lot of blogs I see these days don't really provide anything that attract others, but I'm most definitely interested in this one. Just thought that I would post and let you know. <br />Water Park in Delhi NCRhttp://www.oystersappughar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-7487288599716602442014-12-25T05:47:55.718-08:002014-12-25T05:47:55.718-08:00Well, I haven't ever lived abroad... I stopped...Well, I haven't ever lived abroad... I stopped by to wish you happy holidays and new year, Helen!Kukkaiselämäähttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290634140893043265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-86689045807572382482014-12-24T10:32:13.554-08:002014-12-24T10:32:13.554-08:00My dearest Helen,
Wishing you a very merry Christ...My dearest Helen,<br /><br />Wishing you a very merry Christmas and happy new year. I would like to thank you for all your kindness, support and friendship in 2014 (and for all the years past). May the joy of season fills your heart with goodwill and good health. Best wishes, ASD xxx A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-82561352667538500862014-12-23T16:26:24.742-08:002014-12-23T16:26:24.742-08:00Oh Helen, with my fathers side being Irish and my ...Oh Helen, with my fathers side being Irish and my grandfathers last wish to go back to Ireland I can see why some of your family just choose to stay home, it's a holiday in itself. I would love to live in Ireland, and so does my daughter, not sure we would ever leave if we ever got there.<br />And so true that music is a big influence on how we live, eat, or travel :)<br /><br />It's always a beautiful joy to see your visit to my place.<br />A Merry Christmas to you and yours.<br /><br />Xx<br />DoreBurlap Luxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134718817693134037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-9806321634849194212014-12-17T13:16:22.242-08:002014-12-17T13:16:22.242-08:00I don't think I'd like to live somewhere t...I don't think I'd like to live somewhere that was not my own country, but that's mainly because I do feel rooted in England, and all my family and most of my friends are here. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-88340201658211929402014-12-15T16:30:43.065-08:002014-12-15T16:30:43.065-08:00Good evening Helen! I just came home to read my bl...Good evening Helen! I just came home to read my blog and I wanted to come by to thank you for commenting. You sang in Gaelic in church? What a GORGEOUS LANGUAGE! I am in love with language, and to hear many familiar songs in other tongues makes me want to cry - to think the peoples of the world need and want to express themselves with such different sounds, inflections and beautiful words...it's wonderful. I love Enya's version of Silent Night. I am glad you came by.<br /><br />Happy Christmas! AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-14090424259256654432014-12-09T11:54:37.720-08:002014-12-09T11:54:37.720-08:00Love a couple of the blogs you mention and know so...Love a couple of the blogs you mention and know something of their stories about why they live in France. Romance, for one. I can see why....France is enchantingly romantic, at least from what I've seen of it :)rjerdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453912819445395042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-88738114377488290662014-12-07T16:05:43.677-08:002014-12-07T16:05:43.677-08:00Lovely post. I love Europe and especially France ...Lovely post. I love Europe and especially France and I am contemplating on visiting Europe again this spring and am quite excited about it. I will have to visit some of the blogs that you have mentioned too. I am so glad that we became connected through blogging. Have a lovely weekend.Sunflowers With Smileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312609081449141785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-48998822127208048362014-12-05T15:55:45.286-08:002014-12-05T15:55:45.286-08:00Having only a visit, nudges me in the direction of...Having only a visit, nudges me in the direction of dreaming of a life living in Europe. Oh Helen yes music plays a big part in how I react to the daily activities, and how it moves me in a direction to paint something artful or mold and bend something to take shape. While building a wood structure or a French theatre music will play in the back ground encouraging a fantasy of where I am living in the moment of my day dreaming. I know you know this feeling being your an artist, and inspiring people, places, or things inspire greatly.<br /><br />I remember your Ireland post, my grandfathers dream before he passed was to return to his home there, I would love to share in your beauty and walk the lands your home resides, it was a most beautifully intriguing post and a home to love.<br />I would love to live in the south of France, you know I would take any cottage or farmhouse for that matter anywhere in Europe, it just inspires the best in any artist who feels the right kind of rightness in its beautiful language of arts.<br /><br />Thank you dear for always visiting and encouraging my art, I have joined in on a theatrical production with blog friends come visit, you will see why I day dream.<br /><br />Xx<br /><br />Bisous<br /><br />Doré Burlap Luxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134718817693134037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-40103966073567519642014-11-25T14:49:20.321-08:002014-11-25T14:49:20.321-08:00My dear friend, We certainly do like the same mus...My dear friend, We certainly do like the same music. I think we could talk for house and listen to music and be perfectly happy.<br />Helen xxhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-81708613089078050492014-11-25T14:47:35.789-08:002014-11-25T14:47:35.789-08:00Dearest ASD
Home is where the heart is and the hea...Dearest ASD<br />Home is where the heart is and the heart can change and long for greener pastures. <br /><br />How interesting that you should mention our beloved Dirk Bogarde. I recently started re-reading my collection and they are still as exciting as the first time I read them. Dirk adjusted to all that life offered both the good and not so good times. He is one man I would love to have met. I was saddened when he died. Did I mention that I planted a white lilac bush at our farm in his honour. Who can forget his delicious chicken dish that you posted and which I have cooked on numerous occasions.<br />I wish you a quick recovery and fond wishes till next time<br /><br />Helen xxhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-78051278671100132232014-11-25T14:38:15.507-08:002014-11-25T14:38:15.507-08:00Hello Marianne
It sounds like you have travelled ...Hello Marianne<br /><br />It sounds like you have travelled extensively and where do you live today?<br />I understand when you say "it gets into our blood". We are dusting the suitcases this week.<br /><br />Helen xxhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-32968526400233751942014-11-25T14:36:03.826-08:002014-11-25T14:36:03.826-08:00Oh Helen,
I live in France in my heart. I teach F...Oh Helen,<br /><br />I live in France in my heart. I teach French, I did live in Nice for a while, but so temporarily because I had a life here with my husband. But when you know a language, you live in that mindset. How did I decide to get there? I really don't know other than when I was a very young child, I read MADELINE and the drawings of an independent little girl living in a disciplined and interesting situation just spoke to me. I wanted to go to Paris, and since then, I've never returned.<br /><br />What lovely links you have provided. Vicki is my daily read, and I am familiar with the others who are just as talented and beautiful. It takes a courageous spirit to step out into new worlds, that is for sure! Thank you so much for coming to visit. Enjoy your holiday! AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-33880914013334340412014-11-25T14:34:58.625-08:002014-11-25T14:34:58.625-08:00Switzerland is beautiful too. I can see the attra...Switzerland is beautiful too. I can see the attraction. I will give you permission to take your family with you!!! We can always dream<br />Thanks for visiting<br />Helen xxhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-7631171343610156902014-11-25T11:05:55.916-08:002014-11-25T11:05:55.916-08:00PS. We share the same taste in music! I love Nina ...PS. We share the same taste in music! I love Nina Simone. I admire the way she sings and interprets her songs.A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-18144720591838898062014-11-25T11:04:08.403-08:002014-11-25T11:04:08.403-08:00My dearest Helen,
This is a thought-provoking top...My dearest Helen,<br /><br />This is a thought-provoking topic. Why do we call a place home? Many people find that a place called home is more than a geographical link or connection. After all, home is where the heart is. <br /><br />For example, our beloved actor, Dirk Bogarde lived for many decades in France and perfectly happy in his domestic paradise with his partner (until he sadly became unwell with his ill-health, they had to move back to England). I still read his books from time to time.<br /><br />I hope all is well with you. I am sorry for my long absence. I am so glad to hear from you.<br /><br />Take care, dear Helen,<br /><br />ASD x <br /><br /> A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.com