Just a few days ago my blogging friend Richard of Zurich pointed to my attention a frightening trend revealed in the Guardian : France'...

Have my foreign readers ever heard of the CRS (compagnies républicaines de sécurité), France's riot police? These specially trained mili...

Curved lines, straight lines, two ways of approaching today's theme day for City Daily Photo bloggers. Top photo: art nouveau facade of ...

Monday, back to school. Graffiti steps leading to Lycée Saint Joseph, rue des Lices. A lycée is a senior high school for students aged 15 to...

I went for a walk with my daughter yesterday afternoon along the river Rhone, but we got caught in a storm and came home soaking wet. The ra...

You will easily recognise the Popes' Palace and the remparts that circle the old town, and on the top photo, the Pont d'Avignon with...

For those of you who were getting addicted to nude women on this blog, sorry there's a bug: censorship has kicked in. Pour ceux d'en...

Musée Calvet Female anatomy in painting often calls for close scrutiny. L'anatomie féminine en peinture appelle souvent une observation ...

Musée Calvet, rue Joseph Vernet On Sunday afternoon I also went to Musée Calvet . Entry is through a beautiful paved courtyard followed by a...

Collection Lambert, 5 rue Violette A building is more than a place to live... it has an influence on human emotions. Would you agree with th...

Of someone who is daydreaming the French say that they are in the moon, dans la lune . That's how this cute young boy appeared to me. I...

Fontaine de Vaucluse I crossed paths with this praying mantis last Sunday while on a hike in the hills above Fontaine de Vaucluse, not far...

Villeneuve-lez-Avignon At number 29 in rue de la république is a cute little window with white shutters and two cats sleeping on the window ...

You saw them in full bloom in August, now the seeds are ripening. Vous les avez vus en fleur en août, maintenant les graines mûrissent.

The four basic tastes of life: Sweetness, Pleasure Sourness, Vigor Saltiness, Emotion Bitterness, Learning. If you take the time to let ...

I took this picture of this typically French window because I liked the shutter's shadow on the pale light ocher wall in the fading Sept...

Food stall, Ban des Vendanges Finger-licking good French pastries: from left to right, croissants, pastis landais, cannelés and sacristains....

Place Pie Close encounter between juveniles of the human species - much interest generated on both sides! Rencontre entre petits d'homme...

On Tuesday night I was having dinner with the Benauts (my blogging friends from Adelaide, South Australia) at one of the tables on the right...

In my sister's pool, l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue "Deep Blue or My Feet as a Fish" - This is my contribution to a photo challenge ...

Rue du bon martinet Tout est si calme. La plage est déserte. Des vagues minuscules caressent le sable de leur écume. Une mouette, posée sur ...

Ile de la Barthelasse The apple season started about three weeks ago and we are now seeing new season apples on the markets. These two young...

Les Angles Just five kilometers from the city center are hills covered with pine trees, juniper, small kermes oaks - typically mediterranean...

View from my window during another storm in July... and just after. The roofs have had a good wash and the heat returns instantly. Vue depu...

View from my window Skywatch Friday : The weather has turned to hot and sticky in the past 24 hours and the skies finally opened up above ou...

The species: Argiope Bruennichi or wasp spider . I think it's missing a hind leg. I believe this is a female as they are four times lar...

End of summer means fig season in Provence. These little ones come from my sister's garden. I love them. La fin de l'été, c'est ...

After two full months of summer vacations (July and August), today is back to school day for all French children. "Franglais" ( co...

Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut USA No, this isn't Avignon but New Haven, CT. Each first day of the month is theme day for City...

Côtes du Rhône, Jardin des Doms Last night in Avignon was the 'Ban des Vendanges', a celebration of the start of the grape picking s...