An old blue van by the farm house. The vines have been cut, the wood will be burned in the pizza oven. Faded provençal blue shutters on the hostel in St Baume. In the distance the mountain that Cezanne painted…

 There is a house with almond green shutters. Leading up to the house is a stone wall which is lined with lavender bushes and olive trees. This morning when I woke up I pushed open the shutters and saw the castle of Lagnes in the near…

Ladelle and I drove along the route de Crete… to sit on top of the cliffs and have a picnic. The wind, oh the wind had another idea and it did not include picnic. Ladelle saw the Mistral in full…

I am not French and after twenty some years of living here I still do not drink coffee. Though the crossiants and baguettes cut into tartines had me from the get go. Every morning there is a pot on the…

The sun was up, the morning was cold and wet. Chelsea was still sleeping (she is home during a school break).A peep of a knock sounded on the door: Tap, tap……tap. Opening the door I did not expect to see…