JACKIE'S NOT IN FRANCE, SHE'S IN GREECE...
Thank you Jan, for the wonderful idea of inviting artists to add a little to your blogsite. A great idea and I’m sure it will prove a successful one! To introduce myself, I’m a Mixed Media Artist who grew up in New Zealand, and I’ve spent most of my adult life in Sydney. My adventures began when, to celebrate a milestone birthday, I ventured off to France for 3 months to spend the winter painting. It was during my stay in Frayssinet le Gelat that I met Jan and Phillipe and fe
SUNNY SUNDAY
It was Philippe’s mother’s ninetieth birthday today and a midday meal had been planned to celebrate, before heading off we took the dogs for a quick walk. For the past week, the weather here in the Lot has been, if not at its sunniest, invitingly mild so walking Lili and Tiki recently has become a pleasure and not a chore. There are more and more signs of spring everywhere. Lili admiring our local wild heliborus foetidus. Daffodils are popping up all over the place. The firs
SPRING HAS SPRUNG
After a beautiful sunset last night we woke up to an equally beautiful Sunday morning. Before taking our two very impatient dogs Lili and Tiki for a walk, I did the rounds of the garden and potager, camera in hand, to check for signs of spring. They were everywhere! When we got back, Philippe immediately set to work installing the posts for a new chicken run for our beloved Chooks. Spot the goldfish Uncle Richard's bench A very happy Tiki Happy Chooks too The rose arbours in
THE MILLAU VIADUCT
If you ever come our way the three hour drive from Cahors to Millau is a must, as it’s there you’ll find the breathtakingly beautiful Millau Viaduct. Whenever Philippe and I have a rendezvous in Provence or the Camargue we always take the Millau route, at least one way, and each time we do we fall in love with it all over again. Here are a few facts about it: The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. De
A WINTER'S WALK
At a loss for inspiration on the first day of the new blog, it dawned on me that taking a walk with Philippe and our dogs, Tiki and Lili, might help clear the brain. Delighted to report that it did. After a chilly week of gloomy grey skies, the sun reappeared today and there's nothing more beautiful than our little pocket of the Lot on a sunny winter's morning. Our hamlet, Les Mespoules, lies about one and half kilometres below the tiny village of St Caprais and Tiki and Lil
