Glorious.
It is a word true to its sound, both expansive and bright, reaching upwards. And that is the feeling floating through our courtyard these past few days. Remi and I – yes and the dogs too – are waking up slowly to the Spring that has arrived on our doorstep in full force.
Suddenly, everything needs to be clean, to be swept, to be made new in order to echo the sudden growth all around us. Finally, the rusty iron candelabra has been hung above our old teak table. We have been planting and repotting – including a new jasmine that I will watch crawl over our walls until it emits that sweet, true perfume that is most certainly…glorious.
This happiness.
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I am sending out my Very Best Wishes to those of you that are celebrating either Easter or Passover this weekend. And Peace and Joy to everyone…
It most certainly is, Edgar. Poor Persephone ruling the underworld so that we can have our seasons…
I know how you like the photos of the boys, Marsha. Can you tell that they are both begging for their supper in the last shot with them together?! I can!
I can't take credit for that. Remi did it as a surprise for me when I came home from being in the States so long last year. I love it.
And it is great to have an outdoor sink here. There are a lot of places in Provence that have a full-on "Cuisine d'été" or a Summer Kitchen with sink, fridge (for rosé of course), prep area along with the bbq.
You and your Banksy. How I hope that he stays!!
I think that you are asking about the front door – but I can see why you would be confused because it is actually white but when the sky is crazy blue above it comes out as blue in the photos. 🙂 We are going to repaint it soon, so it will look nice and proper…
Thank you Jeanne! I hope that you did too. But as for that steamy Saigon air? NO THANK YOU! 😉 Oh la la when Remi and I were there we were both just hopeless in the midst of it. We would work either early in the morning or late in the afternoon/evening and would nap in the middle! I know that you have said that you get used to it but it is the one thing about that amazing part of the world that I am not so crazy about…
Gros Bisous,
H
Nina, our boys are total Sun Dogs! Really! They only switch to a cool spot when they can't take the heat anymore. 😉
I don't know if you have read here that my Mom and Sis are in Michigan (Ann Arbor/Chelsea/Ypsi area) and so I am well aware of what a crazy hard Winter you have had. Oh My!!! Sending good thoughts to hang in there…and thank you for your wishes as well.
I love that Remi's little creation around the olive tree was inspiring to you…
Thank you so much Leslie. The front door is open right now! They come and they go. The big surprise is that BEN is loving being outside so much…our couch potato!! Both love the sun. Kipling will spend some mornings in Remi's office and they both find their way to me in the late afternoons…when they want to start begging for dinner! You know how that goes…The water from the faucet is super cold so we only use it judiciously on them but we spray down the flagstones in the evenings in the height of Summer and it is wonderful for both the humans and the puppers too.
You are so welcome Lee, thanks for being here.
Thank you Emilia! I hope that you had a fabulous Pasqua – I bet that you cooked up something great…
I bet it must be just lovely in your parts too…