Avignon Festival of Theatre

Avignon Festival of Theatre

Back in July, I spent an amazing weekend at the Festival of Theatre at Avignon in France. It is the largest theatre festival in the world, which lasts a whole month and has over 900 registered shows – that’s not including all the street performers either....
The Language of Fragrance

The Language of Fragrance

How do you describe a smell or fragrance?  Is there an established language, like wine tasters have to describe the best and latest vintages?  Is this a cheeky fruity little number, or a chocolaty fragrance?  … Why might I want to? I was out walking the dogs...

The Monolith

It was beautiful weather here in the Languedoc region of France last week and we took the opportunity to spend a couple of days down by the beach next to the large and very modern marina town of Gruissan. I spent a wonderful evening wandering around the marina with...
House of Glass

House of Glass

From a trip to Nimes back in August, this is the interior of the Modern Art Museum.  I previously posted a picture of the outside (here) and have been waiting for the chance to process some more of these shots.  The museum was designed by a master of modern commercial...

Whistling in the wind

It’s been a while since I lasted posted anything. Last week saw a mad dash to Holland and back, a trip of nearly 3000km in 4 days! Phew! Back to work now and a post from an evening out in the vineyards a few weeks ago. Scattered around the countryside here in...