We are heading into the time of the year when I get quiet. I am more interested in looking than in speaking as if I need to take in fuel for a fire that will burn in the spring. Or maybe it is just a state of mimicry of the sleeping land around me. Also so very quiet. A faded form of flânerie.
Yesterday was one of those afternoons where dear friends pulled Remi and I out of our hibernation to spend the day in the Luberon. Originally, the excuse was to buy wine at the truly excellent Chateau la Verrerie but alas, they were closed as is so much during this “off” season. Fortunately for us, our friends had reserved ahead at a charming auberge in Curcuron. We tucked Ben under the table as best as we could and then spent the next few hours talking until the cheese trolley was rolled away. Yes, of course, we needed to walk after and so off we went. I held my camera low and tight, looking for scraps for fuel. Happily, I found enough that this day will be stop-watched into two or three.
i was just about to cancel my trip (sick as a poor dog…) …but these images are calling me. I guess I will brave the flight, Paris, get my health in order to take in the amazing cites of the Luberon. Would you like to get together in avigon after the deballage. i will get a chip for my international cell phone and will get in touch. hat is the best way to reach you?
I do not know of that blog!
Its Australia Day today so I must try to find your friends blog – I bet she is having a BBQ!
We did today 🙂
Thanks LJ! I have been wanting to get to the Malle shop but there is always too much to do when I am in Paris. Have to make that a priority! I'm a redhead and have really acidic skin–perfumes either disappear or change so I have to try them. I know that Malle uses a high concentration of natural essences over synthetics so it could be a good bet for me. The house of Guerlain is the same–unusual for such a big house–hence my love of Jicky!
Do you know my friend Virginia's blog Glamour Drops? She is in Melbourne and her blog is one of my favs.
What a beautiful place! Its hot as anything here in Australia and I so want your cool weather at the moment 🙂
If you go to Paris the Frederic Malle perfume shop is there and you must try Portrait of a Lady and , if you love roses – Une Rose is another beautiful perfume by Malle!
Yes – Jicky is one of my favourites too!!! LOL
Love your blog!
Yes, as Jane and Lance said above, I think it is just the rhythm of things!
Yes, it was definitely what it felt like–especially as it was so warm that we could have eaten outside! In the meantime, I am happy curled up with my books and Ben.
I have an awful hard time in January getting out of the house, even though this January has been mostly sunny blue skies.
The photos are beautiful, it looks like nice weekend 🙂
Hello Heather:
These days of shorter hours of daylight are conducive to seeking solitude and hibernating from the world at large. It is a natural rhythm and it is good to go with the flow rather than fighting back. And, what a wonderful invitation from your friends, just the sort of long, lazy, lingering lunch which feeds the soul and restores the spirits.
How beautifully you have captured the essence of the place. Those flashes of ochre, catching the rays of light,are surely heralding that spring is not so far off now!!
Thanks Ally. I actually did a franglais and originally typed "flannery". Oops. Know you understand that! And as for you feeling more quiet, I certainly couldn't have guessed if you hadn't said so…Bisous.
Well, I think that is just the body reacting to a lack of light! I didn't really get it until I did a theater festival in St. Petersburg, Russia in the middle of winter. Absolutely zero light and EVERYONE took a nosedive and were drinking crazy amounts of vodka (well, also to stay warm but that is another story). I know that I need sun and these shorter days put me in a different place. Not necessarily a bad one, just different.