Some nice still life photos from France

Here is an example of some of the marvelous spider webs throughout this region (on a lamppost in the yard of our hotel).
And the grape vines are usually PAINFULLY straight everywhere we look. Kinda like the rows of corn in the Midwest (USA) this time of year.


Right now, the flowers in most of the rotaries/round-a-bouts are quite beautiful

A trip to Yvoire, France, on Saturday

A day late, but here are some photos from beautiful Yvoire, France. We took the ferry from Nyon and spent about 4 hours there.

There were cascading flowers everywhere!

The next four shots from from the "Garden of the five senses" in Yvoire. J really, really loved this! E & S walked around instead.




This, below, is where we had our lunch of tiny fillet of perch, sauteed in butter, with French Fries and white wine. Lovely!




And this is of the Castle of Nyon from the returning ferry. Nyon is also beautiful!

This vineyard is just east of S's new school!

The Sunday Market in Divonne, France

We went to the weekly village market this morning - we are doing research: what are the products, who are the vendors, who has the best selection, quality and prices, what regions produce the best for the season, and in general determine our preferences. This is a huge undertaking, but we are committed. I am keeping notes so that when you come, we will be well underway....always thinking of you.

A broad view of the Market in Downtown Divonne.

The best poulet (chicken) vendor. How they managed to do this job without creating great pools of sweat, I'll never know. Maybe because all the folks at this stand have 0.1% body fat!

Beautiful Cantrell Mushrooms!!

The spice table is a symphony of earth tones.

We don't see sausages like this in the States.

And chickens with heads and feet!

The locals tended to be gathered around the fromage (cheese) vendors.

We are enjoying our much needed day of relaxation and away from the stress of installation.