Rue du Vieux Sextier / Rue des fourbisseurs A belated Christmas-related post with a flash mob that took place on December 22nd when a mas...

Christmas is over but the pedestrian streets of Avignon are more crowded than ever. " I've got a nice parcel for you" says ...

Moment de calme après le déjeuner de Noël. Le feu ronronne dans la cheminée, les boules du sapin brillent dans un coin, la table n'a p...

Une fête de Noël, c'est d'abord de l'amour partagé. En cette période de Noël je vous souhaite à tous, du fond du coeur, beauco...

Moulin à huile du Comtat, Caromb.  I should have posted these photos ages ago - they're the follow-up on my report about our olive ha...

Rue Paul Saïn, Avignon   Of the street lamps you see here, one is only a shadow. Can you tell which? De ces lanternes, l'une n'es...

E@sy Web cyber cafe, rue Thiers, Avignon. L'extérieur apparaît très basique mais peut-être qu'à l'intérieur vous trouverez le ...

Rue du bon pasteur   Au coin de la rue Guillaume Puy (en face du garage Frandji pour ceux qui connaissent) un petit plaisantin a transfo...

When the sky turns to pink before nightfall. Quand le ciel vire au rose avant de s'assombrir.

Dans la grande chapelle du palais des papes durant la messe dédiée à Marie, le 8 décembre 2012, tout le monde était debout. D'où venai...

Last Saturday 8th December I followed the traditional Catholic procession dedicated to Virgin Mary. A couple of years ago the candle-lit p...

The chapel of Notre Dame d'Aubune emerging from the fog on a cold autumn morning among vineyards where leaves are turning to a variety...

To the west of the picturesque village of Beaumes de Venise lies Notre-Dame d'Aubune, a small Roman chapel dating from the 11th an...

Rue du Pont Trouca A single word stenciled in the middle of a narrow street in Avignon : artisanal. For the first time a new meaning dawn...

I experienced bucket rain and winds of a rare violence when I drove home from work on Wednesday night. When I stopped at the service stati...

Autumn v iew from the garden shortly before sunset. The plains and hills beyond get smothered in soft layers of pink.The air is still. I r...

Friday 16th November was the day we selected for picking the olives in the grove below the house. A friend came over to help and the thre...

Beaumes de Venise Last week after a foggy morning over the vineyards of Beaumes de Venise, the fog dispersed in patches as the earth warmed...

Beaumes de Venise Just after the sun disappeared behind the hills to the west, the grapevines' golden leaves kept glowing for an ama...

Side by side in one of the pedestrian streets of Avignon, a (self-?) portrait by Julie (see her signature under the drawing) and a man  I...

Dans ma nouvelle maison on se chauffe surtout au bois. L'après-midi quand le soleil vient réchauffer la maison et caresser l'âtre,...

There's a young lady in the window of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry whose message is unclear to me. Is she suggesting we turn a b...

A brisk 15-minute walk up to the top of the hill behind our house brings me to a vantage point with fantastic views to the countrysi...

Taken a couple of weeks ago during a dreadful cold wave we had. Isn't it amazing that a freezing day can produce such a fiery sunset? ...

Another month or so and the olives will be ready to be picked. You then take them to the mill to have your olive oil extracted. I look for...

Near Chateauneuf-du-Pape   Au milieu des vignobles de Chateauneuf-du-Pape, un jardin de campagne sans prétention avec un portillon noyé ...

Yesterday morning I saw the full moon set just as the sun was rising but my camera had ran out of batteries and I was unable to take a pho...

 Calanques de Cassis  Alors que l'hiver est en train de nous tomber dessus avec une chute spectaculaire des températures et un mist...

New home, new blog title : Although I still find myself in Avignon often,  I no longer live there full time hence my erratic postings of l...