Gin and lavender....

Provence is always wonderful! It`s 34 degrees and I am ensconced on a cushioned lounger by the pool surrounded by lavender, lemon trees, olive trees and the call of the cicadas. Gin and tonic with ice? Oh yes please don`t mind if I do.

We did some truffling on the way down here and there is the most divine rose bedecked bed canopy in the car and I will try and photograph it later. I have some very pretty textiles and some quirky finds already, so today I can relax.

Another?....yes please with ice again.... merci.

I am looking forward to the weekend markets and last year I found some stunning 19th century printed cottons and a host of velvet millinery corsages. I always find the textiles are so pretty here ...hoping I can truffle some this year.

Another gin and tonic? I shouldn`t...but go on then I am on holiday.

Did I tell you about the bed canopy in the car?

Last night we sat out at 10pm in the still warm air on the village square...another gin...yup...I serperse it will be fine. Itsh very impertant to be hydrated in the sun.

In the cur there is a bid gallopy that I will fertogert tonight when the sun gers dooningtons.

Anuffer gin? Why nurt

Soooooo I arm ooon my ollidays in the serf of France. Did I menshun I ard a bid canoopart in the cur? Can you `ere the shicardders shinging? Thart limon tree is larning a bit to the larft...

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