Village Life

Early morning in the French village is anything but bland and colorless. Once you've started your walk through the narrow streets and headed out towards the vineyards and farmland, your senses are overwhelmed by the colors of the landscape. Besides the vines changing from green to red and gold, the old buildings, painted doors and shutters, stony roads, the everyday things, all appear to have soaked up the sunshine, even in the shorter days of Autumn.

Join me on another stroll through the village of Caunes-Minervois in Southwestern France where my brother and his family live.

Looking back toward the village.

One villager must have a penchant for the tropics - a palm tree in the land of vines!

Beautiful home in a converted barn.

Would love to peek behind the blue door.

French pumpkins are gorgeous.

Vegetable garden near the 9th century abbey - amazing amounts of veggies were still being harvested even in October.

The village laundry, now closed and may re-open as a bar!

One of many Caunes pink marble village fountains.

Texture ~ stone, wood and of course lace.

Which way now?

Will I ever run out of photos taken in France last October? If you're wondering I can assure you I still have more to share.