A while ago I asked an English friend who used to have a property in France, what she missed the most about no longer having it and she said her local grocery store. I laughed, but completely understood why. I love my local shop. It is in walking distance from our house My Local Shop[Read More]
Art and Cauliflowers in La Côte d’Azur
Last Saturday we went to a vernissage at the Beddington Fine Art Gallery in Bargemon. Bargemon is a little town perched on a hill in the Var, above St Tropez about 2 1/2 hours from where we live. The Vernissage was for Lume, who is a young, up and coming French Artist based Art and Cauliflowers in La Côte d’Azur[Read More]
Eating and Dressing
I have recently been thinking how clothes are like food; or rather dressing habits are like eating habits. There are clothes you wear everyday and clothes you wear to work and those you don for special occasions and it's the same with food. French women never leave their Eating and Dressing[Read More]
Market Day
As I needed to test if my email subscription was working, I thought I'd send you some pictures from my weekly market. Market Day[Read More]
The Journey
People often talk about ‘the journey’ being the important thing in life rather than the getting there. Here's a journey I recently found myself on in the pursuit of marmalade making. The Artist, who likes toast and marmalade for his breakfast, was coming to the end of his The Journey[Read More]