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Tuesday
Aug032010

Vintage Provence

Yep, still lovin' on the Hipstamatic. In fairness, Provence doesn't exactly need the aid of a cute vintage makeover to look incredible, but I still enjoyed taking the pictures.

Presenting - two weeks in Provence as interpreted by The Mighty Hipstamatic...

Le petit déjeuner:

Freakin' delicious apricot juice:

Man, this stuff is so good. And you just can't buy it in the UK. Well, you can, but you have to order it online and it costs mucho dineros, whereas the French stuff is available in every grocery for about £1.50 for a large bottle. I cleaned out the local shops before we went home, and now have a large store of it in the kitchen cupboards. Sweet.

Tarte aux fraises:

Travelling Weber braai (yeah, it's all about the food):

Obligatory new holiday-flip-flops-from-Accessorize:

Obligatory huge bug-eye sunglasses:

Lavender:

The view from the shady vine-covered pergola of Cottage Number Two:

And the vines themselves:

Sleepy boy Jack Russell:

And sleepy girl Jack Russell:

Le sigh. Je t'aime, Provence. We haven't had a drop of sunshine in Manchester since returning home two weeks ago. Boo, English summers! On the plus side, I have another two weeks of holiday right now, which means that although it's only 10:30 am, I'm feeling a little bit sleepy so what the heck, I'm going to gather up the Jack Russells and go take a nap. Liking it.

À demain!

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Reader Comments (3)

Really fun pix. Thanks for sharing. I'll try to link to this post, from my blog, one of these days. Anyway just wanted to say that I enjoyed!

Bonjour Julie - thanks for visiting! I discovered Provence Post a while back, and it's one of the blogs I check pretty much every day.

August 11, 2010 | Registered CommenterSimply The Nest

Guess I haven't been visiting too often these days: this is the first I have seen this post! Your filter and framing is fun in these. I'm SURE those two weeks went by much too fast: where did you end up going?
I leave for Paris 9/2 and can't believe it's almost here: just a little.....side-tracked with the new house!

August 18, 2010 | Unregistered Commenteraneyefordetail

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