Looking down Rue de bourget to the Northeast

 

Tools, Rue de Bourget

They have been replacing the pipes for our street for the last few months. We have been here for the finish.  The street has gone from a mix of concrete and asphalt to a slippery layer of dirt and stones. It is now on the way back. Today they secured all of the pipes and filed in around them. They removed then recemented these large rocks in front of our housed are now filling in and grading the street. We have been told by our engineers neighbor, Jean-Pierre, that within a few weeks we'll have a brand spanking new Rue de Bourget!
 

Mary and Fredo, Saignon

 

My first day back in Provence. We went to the Lourmarin market and I opted for two produce cliches, more to come.

 

Norfolk Island pine, Garden

 It took a bit of a hit in the freeze, but the green is reemerging.

Monsteras

 

Monsteras

 The end stage of the frozen leaves. Soon, compost.

Dock

 

Clyde's Banana post-freeze

 The same frost nailed all of the banana plants in the area. I love the look of folded paper. They will come back.

Monstera, garden,Holga

Sometimes the better lens isn't the best lens.
 

More azaleas, garden

 

Azaleas, garden

 

Japanese shadows, garden

 

Monstera leaves

They turned wonderful colors as they died.

 

Monstera leaves, post-freeze

We had a rare heavy frost here a few weeks ago. It got down to 22f -5.5c and knocked the garden into next week. For the first time in decades I feared that i might lose the Monstera. These leaves are in the first stages of frost burn. I lost every leaf on every plant This week the first green baby leaves appeared. Yay.