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...
A wonderful ride south of the giant, combining nature and gorgeous architecture.. Prieure de St SymphorienYou will always stumble upon a lavender field at some point if cycling in our area in early summer...
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...
Mei Line production, originally created for la Baye des Anges, cannot but be shot in it's lovely background for best effect... A selection from various photoshoot this spring and summer. All those products are available for purchase on line at www.meiline.fr .......
A little tour of this historic soap making factory, one of the few still making real Marseille soap. The process of making Marseille soap was defined the late XVIIe century, under Louis XIV as a soap made in Marseille, based solely on vegetal oils, without colouring,...
Like I mentioned in another the "Going back to my roots" blogpost, dumplings in general, and baos in particular, have become a bit of a family obsession, which in time, has spreader to our friends who have started making them after tasting them at our place! Our La...
Some pictures of our crop this year Courgette flowersLemon cucumbersBlue squashRound courgetteLeek flower
As I look back to our pictures from this first confinement, now that we are just starting the second one, I can only be thankfull for what we have here Seeds start coming out!Those directly in soil as wellComfrey gardeningTuscany cabbageSorrelBlack radishIt's planting...
On my way to Baume-de-Venise, I was struck by the beauty of this tiny chapel. It was closed, but the exteriors and the landscape around it where very much worth the detour. Will go back for a visit one of these days and report... The tower stands proudly and is...
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