We all know ‘The Laughing cow’ cheese. It’s literally translated from the French brand ‘La vache qui rit’. This cow prefers frying.

At the Cannefour, one canardly believe the choice.

Fourcès is a beautiful bastide village in the north of the Gers, with a circular 'place' that is set around where the old chateau used to be.

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.

Ah, Nature, miles from everything…  no noise…  no stress…   hmm, no signal…

When hunting for moles, one should always remain vigilant.

Porc de France. ‘Porc’ is pronounced with a silent c and rhymes with Tour

The annual flower market in the beautiful bastide of Tillac.

The new prop has arrived.

Dancing her way back from the market.

Watching me, watching you. 

A little word play. ‘Mon Pote âgé’ translates as ‘My old mate’. but ‘Mon potager’ (which sounds exactly the same) means ‘my vegetable patch’.

'Tis the season to be skiing. 

A pack of 5 cards, and multiples thereof. 

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!

Catching up on gossip at the local butcher's.

Grandpa Gonzales is taking no risks.

A pack of 5 cards, and multiples thereof. 

Someone left the gate to the chicken run open again.

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 proof its provenance, the Gascon Noir chicken is sold with much of its black feathers attached and is dressed in blue with a waxed mediallion and is a very fashionable bird in Paris

To each their own task. 

Captive wood pigeons are set in the canopy of the trees to draw in the migrating palombes. This clever chap has trained his pigeons to also entertain them.

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. 

This poor chap couldn't duck under the radar.

When hunting for cépes you need all help you can get.

The lovers of the lake got married and are celebrating with their first dance.

A pack of 5 cards, and multiples thereof. 

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.

When the French say that they're doing 'La tournée des grands-ducs', it means that they are going on a classy drinking tour of all the best joints in town. An upmarket pub crawl.

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!