From yesterday morning… Mont Ventoux in the background #pleinairpainting #pleinairenprovence #montventoux

One last shot today of #lebarroux. The church was shut alas. Learned that Prince Charles used to paint here when visiting his godmother who had a house nearby. The nearest town is #carpentras.

While Im in vehicular mode, came across another vintage beauty in the village of #lebarroux. Love a sidecar and for some reason they remind me of funny scenes in movies and make me laugh. #sidecar #vintagemotorbike #vintagemotorbikewithsidecar #vintagemotorcycle

Red, white, and blue. I want to bring this little vintage trailer home but im afraid it wont fit in the overhead. That and husband would kill me. #vintagetrailer #lebarroux #provence

The lovely little, and I mean little, village of Le Barroux. Love a plane tree. Will post a painting soon – maybe not mine. .
#lebarroux #provence #provencalvillage

Bonjour Provence! The view from my window at Hotel les Geraniums in Le Barroux. Looking forward to first workshop day with @ianrobertsartist

One more look from photo shoot last week – while I’m in nostalgia mode. This is @chefstephvalentine ‘s #sbrisolona cookies and lemon posset in my grandmother’s Limoges pots de creme. Pretty sure my mother never used them, as i never laid eyes on them until after she died and we were going through her things. (She was more a Charlotte Russe kind of person, which she made in a cut glass bowl.) Nice to give old things new life. However as I think of this in the wake of Florence, which will destroy so many things, some of them precious to us, I realize that no thing is more precious than life and those we love. Be careful out there all of you in Flo’s path, and Godspeed. .
#californiacookingwithsouthernstyle out next summer from @skyhorsepub #rancholazaca #lemonposset #oldfashioneddessert #potdecreme #limoges @royallimogesfrance Photo by @deborahllewellyn !!!

This photo by the inimitable @rkart1 of our beautiful pink mountains with my fat head in the way. And my dress clashes. But the light as captured by her artist’s eye, is great. Thank you dear Renee. .
#rancholazaca #prettylight #sanrafaelmountains #santaynezvalley #californiacookingwithsouthernstyle oh! and my fab earrings i love from my darlin @cynniereid by @rderavenel

Are we officially now in Indian Summer? Temperatures in the 90s yesterday at the ranch and was all I could do not to jump in the pond… But somehow just looking at it cools you. A painting? #iwanttopaintit
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#rancholazaca #pond #indiansummer #reflections

Who knew a raw squash salad could be so beautiful? @chefstephvalentine that’s who. This and 99 more gorgeous and yummy recipes to come in #californiacookingwithsouthernstyle out next summer frim @skyhorsepub Food ohotos by the inimitable @deborahllewellyn

A slightly premature “fall” flower arrangement for #californiacookingwithsouthernstyle photo shoot at #rancholazaca Recipes by @chefstephvalentine Book from @skyhorsepub

More flower fun shooting #californiacookingwithsouthernstyle with recipes by @chefstephvalentine and many gorgeous photos by @deborahllewellyn and others… .
#rancholazaca #cookbook #santaynezvalley #francesschultz #francesschultzflowers #francesschultzentertains