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Old 31-10-2008, 11:11 PM
Janet Conroy Janet Conroy is offline
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Originally Posted by Judith in France View Post
This is on topic!!!! :-) This is in my friend's Judy's garden who
lives 20 minutes
from me. Judy is a well known artist and also sculpts. The lavoire
was where women washed their clothes in the "old days". To show scale
I have stood on the mount, note the stones jutting out below my legs
where one climbed up, please excuse my bum! The mermaid is almost
finished, and I have posted a pic of that also, all with my friend's
permission, hope you enjoy them.

http://i34.tinypic.com/21b5dow.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/27xe2va.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2mwcfud.jpg
http://i37.tinypic.com/2ngc5cp.jpg

Judith
What an amazing thing.
I've seen loads of old public wash houses in France usually with a faintly Romanesque feel - columns, tiled roof, etc , but never one with an arch into a hillside on private land.