Just a gentle reminder for those of you, like me, whose winter days are currently swathed in near darkness…Above the clouds, so close to Earth, is a shining sun-filled sky. It is just there, on the other side, lest we forget. I know that I can. But that thought came to me this morning while walking the dogs on the quay of the Rhone River and it cheered me immensely. It was like taking a plane from drizzly Paris only to pierce into the Great Blue beyond…
There is still beauty here.
More on Tuesday with a By Invitation Only post, until then I will send you off with some lovely Schubert to keep you company. As a bonus, you can imagine yourself walking along the beach below instead of the quay above.
Have a lovely weekend…
So true and how fascinating! Well, the Arcadians did reach into New England as well but I am surprised that they would have an Arlesienne style of dress as from what I understood (we did a story on New Brunswick too–beautiful!) they were quite simple in their lifestyle…?? Curious.
It is slow going! Our budget is so limited that there isn't that much to visit here in Arles and we are still trying to decide if we should move beyond the area or not (more about that soon). Did I know that your husband is from Arles?? Does he still have family here? I would just say one thing about your house-hunt. As beautiful as parts of it are (including good deals for real estate), I personally wouldn't live in downtown Nimes. That is just me! But Uzes and Arles? Absolutely!
And Remi and I LOVE Vancouver. We did a story on it for the French magazine Grands Reportages about ten years ago. But the grey part? Not so much. 😉
Grey days, here, too. But it's supposed to get colder this next week, and thus, sunnier. Beautiful photos.
You had a touch of bright sun and we had a trickle of rain last Wednesday.
I'm warmer. Mrs. Abstract returned home safely yesterday afternoon.Michel and I pray for ample rain.Cheers.
Have not been to Occidental to visit Michel's Bistro.
Thank you for Schubert.
Cheers.
Seeing the note from Sharon reminded me that a friend posted a photo of some "girls" who had come from northern New England, perhaps from a Canadian family, to work in textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Their dress so reminded me of traditional Arles dress. I wish I could post it here.
How we and our cultures do travel.
We too are under cloudy skies. This time of year I dream of blue sky and search homes for sale in the Nimes, Uzes, and Arles area and email them to my hubby (He came from Arles to Canada as a child); I'm very disappointed to see that you too are in grey weather. Hopefully your grey weather won't be like ours in Vancouver, we are grey from October to May. ps how is your house hunting going?
Oh, I understand how it must be for you Loree! In summer time here I find myself hiding from it and yet on Malte you have that nearly all year around I would imagine. Plus…cloudy days (especially on the weekends) are a free pass to read as long as you like…
I would happily send you the rain that is falling in buckets outside of the window Michel if only I could! Such a terrible dry spell must have heavily hit the wine industry non?
I enjoy the grey days. I guess I am strange but, sometimes, I just need to be out of the sun, out of its harsh, blinding light.
A very nice way to think about those gray skies. Thanks for the reminder. Here in Northern CA, we are praying for some rain. Year to date (started on July 1), we have had 2.0 inches of rain when we would normally have had 18.5 inches of rain. Have a great week.