Les Temps des Cerises - July Letter

It's been pouring cats and dogs in Paris the past 5 days. I got drenched head to toe yesterday and decided it's time to graduate to one crutch/bequille and one umbrella instead of two crutches and NO umbrella.

Meanwhile inside it's been raining cherries/cerises for the July sketch letter. If you want to see the full art please visit Etsy. Some people like to be surprised...

The cherry guy at marché Bastille was wearing a pairs of joined cherries on his ear and giving them out liberally.

Coco Jobard sent me this picture of the perfect heart-shaped Summit cerise she found at La Grand Epicerie. They arrive after the Burlat and remain for the rest of the season. Juicy and sweet.

I've always been a cherry fan. As a kid I used to bite into each cherry and check the color inside. The blacker the better. Here they're called 'Noir'. Don't wash your cherries before stashing in the fridge (in a plastic bag) if you have any left to stash. Wash just before eating. Cherries are easy to freeze but the pitting is no fun.

Dalloyau made a nice fuss over cherries this month.

Natch I went to check them out.

The tarte had my name on it but I thought the religieuese would be different. Crunchy on the outside and creamy, custardy inside with more intense cherry in the middle. Nice but I should have gone with the straight up cherry tarte. C'est la vie.

Spritz yourself in Guerlain's Cherry Blossom perfume(200€)...at least at the BHV counter.

I was so focused on the white rabbit I completely missed N2 Nérédies nice red cherry earrings at Galeries Lafayette.

If your going nuts over cherries why not a shirt full of them? I found this near Giverny in a thrift last year. I hope I wear it some time...

This bag is at BHV right now(15 euros) for cherry nuts. Hurry up!

For the winter months there's always Haribo jelly cherries. Not as tasty as the real thing but in a pinch...

I stopped in the cute

bistro Les Temps des Cerises for lunch (formule 14.50€) and they were serving cherry clafoutis for dessert. Very yum
31 Rue de la Cerisaie, 75004

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