Fed up with a blocked septic tank? This might help. A4and A5 posters.

Le coque sportif. In French, a boiled egg is an 'oeuf à la coque'.

"et, hup !"

"Yes doctor, he's very devoted and is doing his exercises several times a day..."

Café allongé. A long coffee. Allongé also means laying, or lounging.

Has anyone seen the corkscrew? On reflection, it was quite clear to see.

Radio d’Artagnan. One for all on 97.6 FM

I can only see fog! A duck who needs his glasses cleaned.

This little duck went to the optician and didn't like what he read.

This little piggy went to the optician and didn't like what he read.

Even dogs can be shortsighted. 

In French, Jean sounds just like the English Sean. Connerie is rather rude, but could be translated as bullshit (or worse. Look it up.)

A Gascon in Paris. Forget the black dress, she has a black chicken!

Someone is enjoying his games of boules more than he should.

We all have ‘Apps’ on our mobile phone, but ‘App’ is also a short, informal way of saying ‘appétit’. 

The sheep shearing salon in the mountains.

Motobécane was a make of motorcycles and scooters.   Canne (with two Ns) is a walking stick.

Les bottes bio. In French, Bottes are boots, but are also bales of hay, or straw.

The French for a herd is troupeau. This herd are in for a painful landing.

“How are the hemorrhoids?”  A life spent on stilts is hard on some parts of the body.

Old shepherds never die, they just get a stairlift.

A cabinet medical, or a Cabernet?

Baby is kept safe behind the 12 volt electric guard.
What works for the animals, works for the baby.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

There is a little corner of the universe that will always remain Gascony.

The new prop has arrived.

Who needs a GPS when the locals can point you in the right direction?

The Poules Landaises. Chickens from Les Landes who have adopted the traditional Landais stilts to get to the bird table. Available as art prints in formats A4, A3 and A2, as well as on canvas. A4 and A3 prints can also be ordered with mounts. 

Registering your imported car for a French carte grise at the Prefecture... It can take a while.

Apples baked on a bed of wafer-thin pastry, generously sprinkled with armagnac. All agree that it is delicious, but is it called a Tourtiere Landaise, or a Croustade Gasconne?

Out in the field, daddy keeps his animals within an electric fence, so why not at home?

The shepherds of Bordeaux have taken something out of the winegrowers book and automated their shearing. A grape plucking machine has been adapted to shear sheep.

When the palombes migrate through SW France, hunters climb up to their cabins in the top of the trees. Sometimes the ladders need repairing. This lazy hunter has strung up a trapeze instead and his fellow hunter is not happy!

When the wood pigeons migrate through SW France, some hunters become obsessed. It is sometimes called the 'Maladie bleue', or the blue sickness, due to the colour of the pigeons. This one has asked his wife to call his work to say that he won't be in for the next few days as he has the 'Maladie bleue'...

All for one... and one for all. The gascons, their culture, their cuisine, their traditions, all in one. On the square of Lupiac, the birthplace of d'Artagnan.

A stolen kiss under a bunch of grapes, amongst the vines.

Carré d'agneau is a rack of lamb. A carré is also 'argot' for a square-cut, bob hairstyle. 

Natural wine. Pure, unadulterated pleasure, for some.