Lunch at the farm for 26 at the Mas de la Pyramide in Saint Rémy de Provence - the table is set under a cliff providing shade and protect...

The archeological site of Glanum was definetely worth more than one post . Here it is seen from the hills, with the church and village ...

Today's theme for the June 1st City Daily Photo bloggers' meme is 'the beauty of decay'. Avignon has no shortage of dist...

I bought local tomatoes at the market in the nearby village of Aubignan last Saturday. One was oddly shaped. This isn't a photoshop im...

The Pont d'Avignon seen from the Mireio cruise ship on Sunday 12th May 2013. If there appears to be hardly anyone on board, it's b...

Lunch aboard the Mireio for my mother's 80th birthday : foie gras as an entree, then a wonderful beef filet medallion as a main accomp...

After a very wet day comes a gorgeous sunset. Up the hill above Beaumes-de-Venise, water keeps seeping from the rock face long after the r...

Yes I know: my blog posts have been all about the weather lately but I guess it's a natural change from living in town. In Avignon my ...

And we thought the big rains were behind us. How foolish. We've had solid downpours since Tuesday night and more are forecast until Su...

Sailing up the Rhone from Arles you reach a point where Avignon's Popes' Palaces appears neatly framed in between the arches of th...

Celebrating 4x20 years of love - my mother's 80th - we took advantage of the sidewalk chalk drawing festival in the small village o...

I discovered recently that in season paragliders take off from up the hill behind our house and land in an empty field in the plain below....

Despite the downpour last Saturday this fording on a narrrow country road near Beaumes-de-Venise was still passable when we went through. ...

Another view of Saturday afternoon's dramatic sky change from black to blue in less than an hour. This post is linked to Skywatch Fri...

Late afternoon on Saturday a sort of epiphany happened: after two full days of being swamped by pouring rain we suddenly saw the sun appea...

...come again another day! This is the view we had from home on Saturday... and on Sunday. What a rotten weekend we've had - rained a...

 Dentelles de Montmirail Hike in the Dentelles de Montmirail range last weekend. After two days of glorious weather a cold wind had picked...

Three stickers on a drainpipe : - Buster Adams: You and 211 people like this  (I've checked: it appears Buster Adams is a French phot...

Sudden downpour in our driveway yesterday afternoon. Five minutes, no more. Moments later the cloud had gone, leaving sunshine and a rainb...

  2 place de l'Horloge - Avignon Sales clerk cleaning the glass door of the Hermès shop. Pretty classy to have the famous H tatooed a...

Two views from home on a day quite typical of the type of weather we've had lately: swift moves from rain to shine. The roofs to the l...

As a follow-up to the April City Daily Photo theme day - here are two more pedestrian crossings, quiet village vs. busy town. The top on...

Pedestrian crossing over a road closure sign. The City Daily Photo theme for April was "pedestrian crossing". Click here to see...

Avignon - Route de Lyon, le long du cimetière ESPRIT - spirit of the season. No green leaves on the trees yet, this doesn't look like ...

My local supermarket : Intermarché Sarrians, open Monday to Saturday 8:30 am to 7:30 pm, Sunday 9:00 to 12:00 am. There's also a Lidl ...

Over the past couple of weeks we got lots of rain interspersed with the odd day of luminous sunshine. Last Thursday started as a gray day ...

Rue des Teinturiers, Avignon What are you doing this weekend? Mine will be full-on : I'll be presenting the 16th Avignon Globe Tr...

 Meet our resident pet, photographed from my study, whose window overlooks our driveway and car park. This rabbit is a rare case of chosen...

Sweet talk... Murmurer à l'oreille des chevaux...

I was in Grenoble last weekend and tested my camera in a park in Meylan, the suburb where my sister lives.  Taking photos in such a pleas...