Oh the horror or as they say here quelle horreur! ‘They say’ indeed, I can’t say horreur without bringing up a furball. The point is Neil had the winter tires put on the blue bubble car today. Oh very sad this. It’s coming. Just as it does every year. My denial is still strong, it’s 15 degrees and sunny making snow and ice seem a long way off. But last winter we were caught off guard, shameful for seasoned Canadians but I see putting the tires on early as insurance. The more extensive my preparations, the more likely it is that not a single snowflake will fall.
Also shameful for a shrinky gal like me is that I’m not mentally prepared. I was going through some photos this morning and I found that I’m already missing green leafy things and clay flower pots full of brightly coloured posies. I’m never satisfied. As soon as the splendour of autumn fades I want to see cherry blossoms. I came across these springtime shots I took in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain (say that fast three times), a small town not far from where I live.
I wonder why these particular pictures made my face feel flushed as if I’d been holding it up to the June sun? It was neither sunny nor especially warm the day I was there. But then again this is the town where Chocolat was filmed. Maybe it was Johnny Depp’s Irish lilt whispering in my ear. Not even the winter from hell could take the heat off that.
Hey Bobbi
We are experiencing our first “storm warning” here in Halifax. I, like you, think winter should be eliminated. Fall directly to Spring would suit me fine. Always in denial, my boots have not been sprayed, winter mitts and such still put away….. I do have snow tires on though. so maybe the snow will miss us.
I’m in deep denial as well. On my own, I love winter but with little kids to worry about, I’m a wreck. Keeping tabs on all those gloves and hats and boots makes me want to run away…
… to this place. What beauty. And, yes, my face is flushed, too. Even that car makes me feel romantic. The curl of the iron gates. Pure gorgeousness.
Quelle coincidence! Woke up 15 minutes ago to the first snowfall of the season…white ,white Ottawa.
Smugly,retired moi will go make coffee and daydream of
Flavigny…???? and life’s possibilities.Thank you, as always, for starting the day off right.
I like winter — or at least being inside looking out at it, preferably with a hot drink and a quilt — but I loathe (in the pathological sense) driving through it.
My snow tires are scheduled to be put on next week. Maybe I should move that up?
(but Flavigny-sur-Ozerain is beautiful — and so, for that matter, is Johnny Depp)
Oh these pictures make me want to hop a flight.
How I loved Chocolat. The visuals were stunning, but then again Juliette Binoche can do no wrong in my eyes.
this really has very little to do with these gorgeous pictures or the cold (which i’m pretty sure is always out to get me on a variety of levels, from frozen hands to season affective disorder), but…
my husband was trying to explain gypsies to my daughter the other day and was giving them a bad rap and i had to add that from what i know about gypsies, they are way easy on the eyes, love chocolate, and wouldn’t be that awful to hang out with.
he gave me a look like i was crazy and i said, “haven’t you seen choc-o-lat?”
I look at these photos and think “Yes. These places do exist outside my imagination.”
Now, to make it part of my reality.
Chocolat is one of my favorite movies ever. All that food, all that Jonny!
Bobbie, these photos are so beautiful, and clear. Surely a coffee table book for France could be a second book……..just a thought
i’ll trade you green and sunshine for snow!!!
Aw, cute little car!
Yeah, it’s snowing where I am right now. Didn’t get the snow tires on soon enough :)
Great pictures to keep you warm through the winter.
I love those deux cheveaux cars…. always have always will.
I’m filled with winter dread, too, no denial possible when it’s necessary to take public transportation everywhere. Here in Chicago Illinois US, the seasons are mostly summer and winter and I’m always wishing for spring.
Your photos are awfully lovely. They remind me of so many places I’d love to visit.
Oh I love Chicago, even in the winter!
Maybe you could keep these photos handy all through the winter months….they will definitely help!
I must ‘go along’ with your first commentor that winter has arrived here in Nova Sctia!
As soon as I saw these pics all I could think was how HOT it was the first time I went to flavigny . . .must have been July or August and there were hollyhocks everywhere. I still have a favorite picture of my mini in front of a direction sign just outside of town. How I miss driving the Yonne and Auxerrois byways!!!
Woah, being anywhere that Johnny Depp has breathed is enough to make me flushed. Gorgeous pictures, hun. Really love them.