Spring at the Sanary-sur-Mer Market (in photos)

Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, spring is here and it’s pretty amazing. The weather has been a bit up and down in temperature, and we got some much-needed rain this week, but otherwise it’s been nothing but sunny skies. It’s so nice to see our garden start blooming. I even planted a few sunflowers… Continue reading Spring at the Sanary-sur-Mer Market (in photos)

Photos from the Solliès Fig Festival

Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, things are slowly cooling down here in the South of France after a very hot summer. The summer attitude is still here, ie. folks still feel like they're on vacation, but the temperatures have dropped considerably - which indeed makes going to the beach and enjoying these last few… Continue reading Photos from the Solliès Fig Festival

Signs of spring in Provence… (a photo post)

Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, I hope it’s warm and sunny in your corner of the world, because for us… spring is on!  We went from thunderstorms last week (even a hailstorm last Thursday) to summer-like temperatures and clear, blue skies. And man, it’s really nice. And the change in people’s moods is pretty… Continue reading Signs of spring in Provence… (a photo post)

The Sunday Brocante at Isle-sur-la-Sorgue… in photos

Greetings dear readers and friends! We're enjoying the long Pentecost weekend over here and thought it would be a nice time to share with you another great experience I had while visiting the Vaucluse a few weekends ago. I had Sunday morning all to myself and it was quite difficult to decide how to spend my… Continue reading The Sunday Brocante at Isle-sur-la-Sorgue… in photos

Colors of the season… Fall in Provence

Greetings dear readers and friends! Well, fall in Provence is just whipping past us... witnessed by the fact that Christmas decorations are already on sale in most stores around town. Not to mention that they're preparing to open our local Christmas market (in Toulon) any day now. No complaints here, as Christmas in France is… Continue reading Colors of the season… Fall in Provence