At my Monday morning painting class, once a month we switch from still life to portrait. Last Monday the sitter was Deodat. He sat for us...

The olive oil we got straight from the press in return for our olives back in December was a beautiful light green in colour but not very ...

Rue Petit Grenier, Avignon J'ai photographié cette affiche  rue Petit Grenier mais c'aurait pu être ailleurs : on la retrouve d...

Rue des Teinturiers, Avignon   I showed you the big mess that rue des Teinturiers was back in February. This being one of Avignon's ...

Don't expect to see me visiting your blogs this weekend, I'll be fully immersed in Avignon's 17th Globe Trotters Festival , on...

Beaumes de Venise This little chap was eating the grass off the Beaumes-de-Venise sports field a couple of days ago. Along with a lama, ...

Test: à quoi reconnait-on que cet arbre en fleur est un amandier? - Facile, les amandes de l'année dernière sont encore là  ! Quiz...

Here's the terrace of one of Carpentras's most endearing spots:  Point de Lumiere café also called Café de la Citoyenneté Heureus...

Sur l'ile de la Barthelasse face au pont d'Avignon Just for the sheer pleasure of it, another picture taken on Sunday afternoon. ...

On Monday mornings, work permitting (I have very fluctuating working hours), I go to my oil painting class in Carpentras. It's always...

Back home now, I did something on Sunday afternoon that I hadn't done in many months: take a walk along the Rhone river across from th...

Finishing off with my little Canary islands series, a few photos of La Gomera, one of the smallest islands in the archipelago. Having no r...

Another set of photos to show you the diversity of scenery that can be experienced along the coast of Tenerife:  the auditorio of Santa ...

The island of Tenerife in the Canary islands was my holiday destination last week. Here are a couple of views of the fantastic hike we did...

Guess where I was last week? (sorry for being away from blogworld, now you understand why) Not on board a sinking ship, fortunately. The o...

Notre Dame d'Aubune, Beaumes-de-Venise Almond trees are in bloom, spring is almost here. How comforting. I don't cope with winter...

A touch of red in the midst of winter: cotoneaster branch in someone's backyard in the old village of Beaumes. Un peu de rouge au co...

Beaumes-de-Venise Vignes nues d'hiver après la pluie : un coin de ciel bleu, une flaque, un reflet. Bare vines after big winter rain...

Caromb, Provence Along the walk near Paty Lake I mentioned in a previous post , we reached the little chapel of our Lady of the Victory wh...

Vieux village, Beaumes-de-Venise Texture, wood. At first I figured these shutters had originally been painted yellow but that colour would ...

Mont Ventoux depuis la colline de Beaumes Another view of snowy Mount Ventoux,mid afternoon this time, from the hill above the village of ...

Rue des Teinturiers, Avignon Il y a d'énormes travaux dans la rue des teinturiers en ce moment : tous les pavés ont été retirés, des...

Back on December 19th I mentioned that we'd just finished picking our olives and that I would report on our olive oil production ...