It's harvest time, for grapes, olives, and lavender (for us because we leave them very, very late for our guests to enjoy), it's a time when we play around plants and enjoy their scent to the very end... Lavender crop 2020 We also dry out all sorts of aromatic and...
Seasons
Lavender crop at la Baye, the 2020 vintage
It's always a delicious time when we cut out the flowers and let them dry before packing them up in little linen pouches. Over the years we have started getting more efficient at doing this, although we only have a small field, it does yield quite a lot of flowers! We...
Spring flowers at la Baye des Anges
Blissfull season filled with scents and busy bugs flying around eating their hearts out. This year, because of covid, we where able to enjoy it like never before, and were very grateful for that. Rosemarywild...
Spring flowers at la Baye
A stroll through the garden is music to one's eyes.. Sakura on the drive.. Lilas Jasmin Wild roses Accacia flowers from the patio's tree mix their aromas with the huge wisteria that overwhelms the senses We have a wide variety of Sauges, quintessential to Provence...
Easter in the time of Covid
Wishing you all a good health and a cosy time with your family. A special thought to those who are going through rough times because of the disease or it's economical consequences.. Nature and the weather having decided to cheer us up, we took up the challenge and...
Bird’s eye la Baye
Going up on a sunny winter day... It might have looked as drone taken views, but I actually took a lift up when the gardener hired an aerial lift truck, pretty amazing views from up there!!
Christmas at la Baye des Anges
Christmas, and it's emotional cosiness translated into images.. This year I ventured into more involved wreath making as I had a collection of dried summer flowers and thought it would be more in tune with the surroundings: the sweet aromas of sauge greet visitors on...
Baking Christmas biscuits at la Baye des Anges
We have strong german Christmas traditions in the family, as my mother in-law is German and we both grew up in Strasbourg. This year, we documented the tastiest of them: Christmas biscuit baking with the wise guidance of my in law, doing that kind of things four...
Halloween @la Baye des Anges
Ever since living in the states, we have picked up on the carving pumpkin part of halloween... However, this year has been special, as we have our own home grown veggies to carve!! Do I look comfy?! It's almost like I grew up that way!! Admiring the view.. Checking...