tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post4469839696996286158..comments2024-03-28T08:26:11.899+01:00Comments on A Yankee-in-Belgrade: Twig broomsPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00241553607254199559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-58525673184511094392008-06-21T17:33:00.000+02:002008-06-21T17:33:00.000+02:00Only the Manx withces use these now, of a evening ...Only the Manx withces use these now, of a evening of course for nightflight. No, seriously I can't recall seeing any of these here, but now I will have to go besom hunting. <BR/>Plenty in the South of France though, the small villlages. I hope you are enjoying yiur time away.Jane Hards Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162628972166464736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-25127744430738347142008-06-21T08:31:00.000+02:002008-06-21T08:31:00.000+02:00And, as the Europeans can tell us -- not everythin...And, as the Europeans can tell us -- not everything has to be made of plastic!<BR/>Reminds me of the Parisian street sweepers I encountered on my (very) early-morning walks there back in the sixties.Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620873522996260383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-26144078656862115062008-06-21T07:51:00.000+02:002008-06-21T07:51:00.000+02:00You are so right about this type of broom being ra...You are so right about this type of broom being rare here in the U.S. now! "Louis" hasn't seen one of these in years and years!Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-76262414987264389542008-06-21T05:23:00.000+02:002008-06-21T05:23:00.000+02:00I remember the brooms & the broom stands in "pijac...I remember the brooms & the broom stands in "pijaca" from my childhood in Tuzla! Again, thanks for the memories. (That's how I found CDP - thru TuzlaDP.) I find it facsinating that I moved here close to where you grew up and you moved to now former Yugoslavia. Please look me up whenever you come this way. Natasha (Tash) of PVDPTashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098034737961019226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-20653033560841213942008-06-21T01:07:00.000+02:002008-06-21T01:07:00.000+02:00I've one similar but made of straw in a similar fl...I've one similar but made of straw in a similar flared circle. Didn't know twigs could be used. A renewable source for sure!Chuck Pefleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886326288618029812noreply@blogger.com