On the TGV again - off to Paris for a week. Not sure I'll have much time for posting or visiting your blogs during that time. Dried ra...

  'I'm in the garden' says the sign. My friend Marielle had a black vasa cockatoo in this cage. It flew away. Now the door re...

Le nuage du vendredi, photo prise hier. Après la pluie le beau temps, dit-on. Cliquez sur Skywatch Friday pour voir d'autre cieux to...

Pour notre table de Pâques, des genêts dans la colline et les toutes premières roses du jardin. Beaucoup de chocolats aussi bien sûr, indis...

Jardin des Doms, Avignon Amsterdam Maximator 11.6% - brewed in Holland, dumped in Avignon. Amsterdam Maximator 11,6% - brassée en Ho...

Porte d'Orange, Carpentras This is the stall where I bought my strawberries at the Friday market in Carpentras. It was located right...

Fraises, marché de Carpentras At the Friday market in Carpentras, the first local strawberries were out. Here are the cheapest I found: 2...

In the hill behind our home in Beaumes de Venise (Provence), the irises are in bloom. I don't tend to them, they live their lives free...

Boutique Pylones, rue St Agricol, Avignon I'm not sure what to make of this Mona Lisa in black found at Pylones, a trendy home decora...

 Anonymous character seated across from me in the TGV from Paris to Avignon on Saturday. Personnage anonyme assis en face de moi dans le ...

On board the Paris to Avignon TGV train yesterday. "Issue de Secours" means Safety Exit. A bord du TGV Paris-Avignon hier soir.

Beaumes de Venise City Daily Photo Theme Day : Triangles . Here are a few images of the circus that was in town last week. It seems ...

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...