We all know ‘The Laughing cow’ cheese. It’s literally translated from the French brand ‘La vache qui rit’. This cow prefers playing the game of quille, a type of skittles played in SW France.

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

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!

The horse waits impatiently as his master feeds the cattle.

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

This piggy is doing her best to pop the cork.

A traditional scene from the past, though the two on the right have just seen their future.

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!

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.

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