Washing Stones

Oh my, I am such a bad blogger - no posts for months!!  Today I want to share some pictures of a cave near where I live that has fresh water running through it.  Inside is a series of washing stones where the women of the hamlet used to come to wash their clothes and linen in days gone by.  If you look carefully you will see the two indentations for the knees on the top of each stone and then the ridges cut into the stone to provide some friction when rubbing the clothes.  If you catch the light at the right time of day it produces coloured dancing lights on the walls of the cave which the local children believe to be fairies!  How magical!

Harvesting

Bonjour!
I am sitting in my studio and it is dusk.  The combine harvester is cutting the barley in the field 20 m in front of me.  Almost surreal,  this huge machine with its headlights roaring towards me! Sadly it has just ploughed through all the stray sunflowers self seeded from last years crop that I was going to fill my vases with!  Must be quicker off the mark.  The farmer is sitting high up in his cab accompanied by his small son - love that the future of this beautiful rural corner of S W France is passed from generation to generation. 
Bonne nuit
Carolyn xx

MEMORY BOOK

Hello there!
Today I am sharing a memory book I made some time ago.  Hope you like it!

OMG!!!!

I had a VERY nasty experience last week.  I was swimming along quite happily in our pool when I suddenly realised I had company!!  A VIPER!!  I have never moved so fast in my life and even managed to climb out of the deep end without the aid of any steps!!

two new tags

Thought I would share two new tags I have made this week. 

 

 

The English are MAD!

I finally made Sophie, my French neighbour, certain beyond any doubt that the English are mad yesterday when I explained that our coq is called Eric after Eric Cantona - she said, "You give your poultry NAMES??????!!!!"

Catching Up

Oh my - I must blog more often!  We've had an awful spring here in France - cold and rainy - I think everyone everywhere has been suffering.  However it now feels like summer with a temp of 26 degrees today and I have been swimming in our pool nearly every day for over a week.  I don't mind too much if the water is a bit chilly - I find it rather refreshing. 

Still really enjoying Tag Tuesday and am very happy to have been asked to set the themes to follow on from our alphabet challenge.  Lots of new people joining - some great talent - check it out www.tagtuesday.BlogSpot

Thought I would share some more photos of my work so here goes:

A bientot
Carolyn xx