Le Ponceur

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

The King of the vineyards prunes his vines before winter

In Course Landaise the art is to avoid the cow as it charges and to be as close to the horns as possible. This chap took it to the limit, but the crowd are in for a close encounter themselves!

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

Never, ever tell anyone where you found the mushrooms.

Birds of a feather stick together.

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

Playing on the phrase ‘Elevé en plain air’, which means 'raised free range'. This happy duck is being raised in a Gers landscape. 

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

Taking deep breaths during the Tour de France cannot be healthy!