Les Plombiers Landais
Les plombiers Landais. (The plumbers of Les Landes)
Plombiers sounds almost like palombières, which are the huts used to hide while hunting wood pigeons (palombes) in Les Landes.
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Les plombiers Landais. (The plumbers of Les Landes)
Plombiers sounds almost like palombières, which are the huts used to hide while hunting wood pigeons (palombes) in Les Landes.
The secret to Boeuf Bourguignon is to marinate it in red wine.
Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. Available as greeting card as well as on large-format canvas.
So, ‘Volaille’ means ‘fowl’, ‘vol’ means ‘fly’, ‘ail’ is French for garlic. So ‘Vol’ail ! Easy, eh?
When you're retired and too old for la chasse, this is a good alternative.
Porc de France. ‘Porc’ is pronounced with a silent c and rhymes with Tour
A little word play. ‘Mon Pote âgé’ translates as ‘My old mate’. but ‘Mon potager’ (which sounds exactly the same) means ‘my vegetable patch’.
Before machines took over, wine picking was a happy family affair, rewarded by they 'casse croute' under the trees.
Quille de neuf, or Quille d'un oeuf ?
Quille is a skittle game played in South West France, very similar to those played in the UK. The nine 'quilles' can be knocked down in different formations to win different points. These ducks have created their own version. I hope the egg is hard boiled!
This young gigolo has caught the eye of the ladies, much to the annoyance of the head of the herd.
In gascony, the time seems to go slower. More time to enjoy the pleasures of life.
To each their own task.
These old rugby players have joined up years after their last match together. The old scrum-half feed them the beer as he did the ball, all those years ago.
Playing on the phrase ‘Elevé en plain air’, which means 'raised free range'. This happy duck is being raised in a Gers landscape.
The beautiful Canal du Midi runs from Toulouse to Sete on the Mediterranean coast. Available as A4, A3 and A2 giclée prints.
A fete lunch can take its toll, if one doesn’t pace onself. This chap has obviously had too much ‘apéro’, wine and armagnac.
This mushroom hunter is surprised that he feels rain… It is known that mushrooms often grow beneath the palombières in the trees. When a hunter has to go, he doesn’t waste time or reveal himself to the pigeons. We see grey cranes passing overhead en route for the corn fields.
The angel's share, or 'la part des anges' is the small volume of alcohol that evaporates while a spirit matures in the barrel. These gascon angels are making the most of it!
This chubby chappie needs all the help he can get to jump clear of the oncoming cow...
A tisane is an infusion, often herbal tea. This waiter is providing his happy customer with an armagnac, infused with the flavour and colour of the oak vat.
It seems that all our neighbours have their own way to get rid of moles.
The Gascon landscape like a quilt on a bed. Pillows for the Pyrenees. Sleep tight, mes amis.
Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.
This cock is not likely to pull a muscle as he takes a beer and fag while watching his horse come in at the Cafe des Sports.
One should celebrate a birthday, even when we'd prefer to forget how old we are! Available as fine art prints in A4, A3 and A2.
Under the arches of the market hall in Trie sur Baïse (65). Available as an A4, A3 and A2 print
"All that Jazz" is a well-known standard, but when we're at Jazz in Marciac, we are surrounded by "All that Gers"...