Boulevard Limbert Massive industrial action throughout France yesterday, including Avignon. Teachers, postmen and a majority of civil servan...

Auditorium du Thor When my friend Cyrille, who is a professional ballet dancer at the Avignon Opera, invited me to come and see him dance Tc...

Pujaut Yes, congratulations to all, the photo in my previous post was the dried up clinging tendrils of a vine. I loved its iron colour. So...

Pujaut Can you guess what this is? Answer in my next post... Savez-vous ce que c'est que ça ? Réponse dans mon prochain billet...

"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear..." - how inspirational was Barack Hussein Obama's inaugural sp...

Rue de la petite calade No, there hasn't been a new snowfall but I couldn't resist showing you a few more of the snow shots I took a...

Rue du portail Magnanen -AVOMAT-QUE ? Lavomatique, laundromat. Wash and dry in an hour, open 7 am to 7 pm. Not the best kept of places by th...

Rue Joseph Vernet The little chalets of the Christmas market have been dismantled and put away this week and most Christmas trees have now b...

near Les Vignères Berries in an apple tree orchard - wonderful bird food. I spotted a few blue tits and if I were as well-equipped, talente...

near Les Vignères While most of the snow has now disappeared from Avignon's town centre, I was surprised when I took a walk on Saturday ...

Jardin des Doms Few of you would have seen the Pont d'Avignon in those circumstances. Isn't it nice? The traffic was extremely slow ...

Rue de la Bonneterie There was a forecast for snow yesterday - what thrilling news, snow is so rare here! I wasn't to be disappointed: t...

Would you buy those little angels for your garden? If so, this place near Le Thor has everything you need: old and rusty antique garden gat...

Along the river Rhone I believe a photo should be composed like a painting, with the same search for eye-pleasing harmony and tension in lin...

1st of January! As a new year dawns, bloggers of the City Daily Photo webring participating in our monthly theme day were invited to pick ...

Bare trees, houses hurdled together, a mild ray of sunshine over the old town on a cold winter afternoon. Arbres nus, maisons serrées les u...

Epines d'hiver.

Rue Saint Agricol In summer the café cum ice cream parlor le Goeland (the seagull) shows a very different face: the glass windows are pushe...

Le Réveillon is the name given to the two big evening meals the French have on Christmas night (December 24th) and New Year's Eve (Dece...

Rue Saint Charles Last days of shopping before Christmas. From talking to shop keepers, I understand that this December hasn't been as b...

nPlace Pie Santa's youngest daughter is a pretty girl. Pity she's always dressed in black... La plus jeune des filles du Père Noël e...

Place de l'horloge Evening crowd at the Christmas market. Foule du soir au au Marché de Noël.

Route de Sorgues In the dead of winter, when Provence doesn't quite resemble what you see on postcards. Au creux de l'hiver, quand ...

Comparing apples with apples: Depending on where you buy them, the difference in price and quality can be huge even if all are grown in Prov...

Rue des teinturiers Remember my Art is Digestion post of 18 November? (scroll down or click here ) Well there's some news, someone cam...

Gondolas and bridges, yes it's Venice of course. I had never been there before and the Doges city proved more of a delight than I had im...