Let it Snow!

Brrrr….It started snowing in the middle of the night and literally has only just let up (and it’s 7pm)… Lacoste is covered in snow and I imagine everyone is snuggling close to an open fire as there isn’t a single car on the road (we tried to leave our drive but the car politily declined…) [...]

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Getting Busy

I love Mondays….I suspect there are not many who share my sentiments (especially if I remember my corporate days) It’s totally selfish really, Monday means my little guy goes for a few hours to his nanny (or ‘Assistante Maternelle’ as they are called in France), from noon till five, I get the chance to busy [...]

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Le Figuier

Figs are gorgeous fruit and make any dish look and taste mouth-watering but I had no idea that they turned the most wonderful jewel tones in Winter…couldn’t resist sharing these photos of the fig tree in our garden as it changes colours

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January fog

January in our  “petit coin” often means waking to a fog laden wonderland. We live at the bottom of our village, with the Marquis de Sade castle watching over us from far above. On days like this, as you climb the path towards the castle, you rise above the fog which hangs over the valley [...]

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Noel Chez Nous

This Christmas we stayed at home in Lacoste and celebrated with my mum, I got my ‘Delia’ on and cooked for three days solid, Hot smoked salmon pie, homemade relishes and bread sauce for the turkey, Baked Alaska for dessert, four different vegetable dishes to appease the vegetarians ….Loved every minute especially as I had [...]

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Looking back on Christmas in the Luberon…

Zinc ornaments and handmade felt decorations displayed within weathered glass-houses, a trip to Edith Mezard in Lumieres always is a feast for the creative senses and this year was no exception with an outdoor artisan market in their grounds Handmade silk angels nestle in the manger Leaving the luxury of EM, we swung by the [...]

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