Category Archives: Photography

Paulilles – Dynamite!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Paul

Today the wind arrived. Flags stood starch straight, trees bent, and the skies cleared. The wind was coming from the west, so it came right out of the Pyrenees and out to sea. After going to the public market this … Continue reading →

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Trouble On The High Seas

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Paul

Today dawned with promise of sun, but failed to make do with that promise. Instead we got clouds. When I saw young men heading to the beach with boogie boards I thought the sea might offer some entertainment. In the … Continue reading →

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A Walk to the Windmill

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Paul

Today it was cloudy. Despite the recent cloudy and cool weather the oranges continue to ripen outside our window. We waited until mid-afternoon and decided to take a hike when the sky became lighter. Our destination was the windmill that … Continue reading →

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Collioure By Day and By Night

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Paul

Too much to do and not enough time and energy. Time to get caught up on posts about our activities. We spent a couple of days just wandering about the town, doing some sketching and painting, and taking photographs. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Collioure Views

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Paul

We’ve had a couple of lazy first days in Collioure. The unsettled weather has had something to do with that…sunny, then cloudy, dry, then raining, calm, then windy. Last night some severe thunder and lightning seems to have cleared the … Continue reading →

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Collioure

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Paul

Welcome to Collioure! This is our third visit to this lovely town by the sea. It was a favorite place for Fauvists and other post-impressionist painters. Collioure continues to attract artists as evidenced by an abundance of galleries and ateliers. … Continue reading →

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Last Days in St. Remy

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Paul

Today we moved from our little house in old St. Remy to a new apartment in Collioure. This involved a rainy, windy drive across the bottom of France, hugging the Mediterranean shore from Provence to near the Spanish border. Not … Continue reading →

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A Day At The Camargue

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Paul

Yesterday we revisited the Camargue. This time we began at the salt works, a vast area of lagoons that are flooded and then allowed to dry up to collect the salt. For the first time we witnessed the harvesting of … Continue reading →

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Les Alpilles

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Paul

With sunny weather and no mistral in the air it was time to head for the hills. A favorite spot for sketching and painting is in the mountains near Les Baux, an ancient and huge castle on a clifftop. The … Continue reading →

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Parade of the Ancient Crafts

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Paul

Last night the fete began with a bang…literally. This morning at 9:00 AM an artillery barrage confirmed that the festivities have begun. We spent a large part of the day in our continuing effort to ship a suitcase back home … Continue reading →

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