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Schon mehrmals habe die die blühenden, duftenden Lavendelteppiche sowohl in den Landschaften am Fuß des Mt. Ventoux (Sault) als auch auf dem Plateau von Valensole besucht.
Ohne blaue Felder, die bis ins Unendliche verlaufen, die Dörfer und Landschaften mit ihrem Duft überziehen, ist die Provence schwer vorstellbar. Von Juni bis August zeigt sich der Lavendel vom Departement Vaucluse bis zu den Alpen der Hochprovence, von den Hautes-Alpes bis zu den Grenzen der Drôme von seiner schönsten Seite.
Er ist -ebnso wie das 'Singen' der Zikaden und das Boule-Spiel- ein Symbol des Südens und der Provence.. Der Lavendel liefert ein essentielles Öl, das seit 1981 wie die großen Weine über eine kontrollierte Herkunftsbezeichnung (AOC, Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) verfügt.
Viele Imker aus ganz Frakreich bringen ihre Bienenvölker dorthin - entsprechend beeindruckend ist das Summen von Millionen von Tieren, nur etwas übertönt vom Gesang der Zikaden - auch für die Ohren ein unglaublich beeindruckendes Erlebnis.
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Le plateau de Valensole, peu peuplé, est un grand espace à la française, largement dédié à la culture de la lavande. Les villages sont les héritiers d’une longue histoire, remontant au Moyen Âge, voire à l’antiquité.
Allemagne-en-Provence possède un beau château Renaissance agrémenté d’un parc aux arbres séculaires. Village typiquement provençal, Valensole mérite une halte pour ses agréables cafés, son église du XIIIe siècle et sa jolie fontaine du XVIIIe siècle.
D’autres pépites sont à découvrir : du ravissant village perché de Saint-Jurs, avec ses églises d’un autre âge, on jouit d’un formidable panorama sur la vallée et les champs de lavande. Riez, fondée par les Romains, aligne un bel ensemble de demeures patriciennes du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance.
Enfin, à quelques kilomètres de là, débutent les gorges du Verdon, le Grand Canyon national francais que l’on peut rejoindre après un détour par le ravissant village de Moustiers-Sainte-Marie. En Provence, une merveille peut en cacher une autre !
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From the Archives
Wishing you a a lovely week, dear friends.
Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine, mes ami(e)s.
Ich wünsche eine schöne, etwas sonnigere Woche :-)
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In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.
~ Laurie Halse Anderson
There is a lantern in the soul, which makes your solitude luminous. Solitude need not remain lonely. It can awaken to its luminous warmth. The soul redeems and transfigures everything because the soul is the divine space. When you inhabit your solitude fully and experience its outer extremes of isolation and abandonment, you will find that at its heart there is neither loneliness nor emptiness but intimacy and shelter.
― John O'Donohue
One from the archives - I took this in Alberta.
Will there be a tomorrow?
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Just a gorgeous sea shell.
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Another one from my archives. I thought some colour might be needed seeing as it's the middle of January and a little bit of bokeh never goes amiss, does it? :-)
Somewhere off of NM Hwy. 41 in the Galisteo Basin area of central New Mexico.
I can't believe how many photos from a long time ago that I never got around to processing. This is just one of many.
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Kasha-Katuwe (Tent Rocks) National Monument, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. View is from the top looking northeasterly towards the Sangre de Christo Mountains.
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Hello dear friends!
I am still recovering from an October surgery and most likely have many weeks to go before using my camera - I miss it so much:( Using my left arm and hand is painful yet, when possible I want to pop in from time to time to comment (with emojis) on your photographs.
As I stroll through your images I am so impressed with your beautiful photography !!! It brings me much joy and hope:)
I miss all of you so much!
Take good care and hugs to you all!!
Some men live for warlike deeds,
Some for women's words,
John James Audubon lived to look at birds.
Pretty birds and funny birds,
All our native fowl
From the little cedar waxwing
To the Great Horned Owl
Let the wind blow hot or cold,
Let it rain or snow,
Everywhere the birds went Audubon would go.
Scrambling through a wilderness,
Floating down a stream, All around America
In a feathered dream.
Joy to the World!
Many good wishes Flickr friends for love, joy, and hope! ❤️
One of the baby squirrels in our backyard. I think he's pondering which of my bulbs to eat next. The little critters have voracious appetites.
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A red rose in my backyard just after a bit of rain.
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Just a cloud-filled New Mexico sky taken in Albuquerque NM.
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Just a typical backyard Blue Jay we see here. I believe it is called a Mountain Jay, but I'm not sure. Bird identification is not my thing.
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Pueblo Style hotel and spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pigeons included. Santa Fe is probably my favorite place to photograph structures. The light is usually amazing and always changing.
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Another of the beautiful Pueblo Revival style buildings in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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"There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks.
Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story."
~ Linda Hogan ~
Here's a small bit of Spring for you!
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A view in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, a ways past the Gilman tunnels.
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We get some of the best skies here.
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Wow! 24 faves in 24 hours. Thank you all soooo much!
Thank you all so very much for your visits, comments, and faves. I appreciate each and every one of you! Gracias. Merci. Danke. Obrigado. Grazie. Go raibh maith agat. Tapadh leat. Gratias tibi.
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