Below the chateau of Lavardens, half way through a long day of bringing in the wheat, the farmers gather to eat a well-earned lunch in the shade of the trees.

The hills of the Gers need customised road signs, but this old Quatrelle is still eating up the kilometers after more than forty years of service.

Life is too short to spit out a good wine... though the wine cellar manager may disagree.

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

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

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

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!

Heavy artillery as the pigeons fly over. 

A word play on confrérie, which means 'brotherhood', creates brother of the 'con'

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

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