Old windmill above Saint Saturnin les Apt, Vaucluse, Provence, France.

I asked if I could take his picture.

No robins here.

An Englishman in France. Our friend Rupert, contemplating his morning coffee and cigarette, in the Place des Herbes - Duchy d'Uzes in the Gard.

Kids in hats

We were at a gastronomic fair in Gardanne a couple of months ago and were having lunch. These three women were sitting across from us. I asked if I could take their pictures. Three generations, sitting together, eating lunch, drinking some wine and enjoying each other's company.

Grandmother.


Mother.


Granddaughter.

Shopping in the winter light - rue Gaston de Saporta - Aix


More shopping - Rotonde - Aix-en-Provence


A pause for coffee - Le Gaulois - Sainte-Sauver, rue Gaston de Saporta - Aix


In the winter sun - Rotonde - Aix

A slightly different selection than my usual pictures.
The boat intrigued me. Wooden, with a French name, and with a red ensign, plus the cross of St George.


I got closer, because of the dog.


That's when I saw the plaque -


Yes, L'Orage was one of the boats that went to Dunkirk and came back.

A bit of a departure - as these are in colour.

The lighthouse at the entrance to the yacht harbour.


Another breaking wave.


The 'French Connection' house. This house was used in the opening scene of 'The French Connection', when Charnier drives up in a Jaguar.
Avenue De L'Amiral Ganteaume, Plages de Bestouan, Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.