buttery yellows, lilacs and creamy whites ...... .....

I can't believe how quickly the seasons come and go

Last Spring I spent a few days in the little village of Giverny

home to Monet's garden - it was chock block full of the most wonderful colours

buttery yellows - lilac - creamy whites

and every now and again a splash of vibrant red

A sight to make my heart sing ! 

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Skywatching over Brittany ....

Emerald Coast - Brittany - France

One of the things I love to do when travelling in different corners of the world

is capturing the different sky-scapes

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Skywatch Friday

Strolling around Lourmarin ........

Lourmarin sits in the heart of Provence

and I would like to say that it is a sleepy little village with residents going about the normal life

but it has become well known amid the tourists trail and now anytime between 11am and 3pm

it is difficult to find a seat in any café or eatery.

The beauty of staying a week or two is that us long stay tourist

get to savour the ambiance of a place by rising early and strolling the deserted laneways

before mingling with the locals in the little boulangerie

carefully selecting a few delicacies for

le-petit-dejeuner

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Carrosserie ......

I had to smile when spotting this car shop in the lovely village of Bonnieux

I know the French like to use the suffix ie for a lot of shops

like Patisserie-cremerie-boulangerie and Pharmacie

But to see this quaint business referred to as a Carrossserie

really made my day.

Oh! and wouldn't it be nice to go zipping around Provence in that

cute cherry-red Volkswagon

If only I could get the hang of driving on the opposite side of the road !!

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Golden Days in Provence ....

 golden banksia roses drooping along this wonderful golden stone archway

in the pretty village of lourmarin

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no blue without orange ....

Faded and worn blue shutters fit beautifully upon burnished orange stone walls

 in the perfume capital of the world  - Grasse

As Vincent Van Gogh once said

"There is no blue without orange and without yellow"

I think he was right !!

Reflections in Place Massena .......

 ~   Place Massena  -  Nice France  ~

reflections everywhere in this beautiful area

where people from all over the world come

to take -  and be photographed

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Lichen and Roses ...........

Verdun - Normandie

spotted along the lane beside one of our many B & B stopovers in rural France

such a pretty corner of the world

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