Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Les Temps

We have had more than our share of rain this summer in the southwest of France. But on the bright side I have seen more rainbows than I ever have in one summer. I have seen 5 different rainbows including the double one below in just the past two months.



As a result of all the rain the river is high & moving along quite fast. Everything is still a very lush green when usually it is quite dry this time of year



The wild flowers have been amazing too.



I especially love my walks after the sun comes out. Seeing the fields of flowers and all the pretty butterflies in such perfusion is a real treat.



I noticed on one walk recently that someone is keeping bees. I crept in to take a closer look & watch the bees busy at work.



I wonder who the bee keeper is? I don't know but it reminds me of all the local honey products available in the market. I am sure with all of these beautiful wild flowers these bees will make some delightfully tasty honey.



Hope you are looking forward to a honey of a weekend. May it be filled with wild flowers & even perhaps a rainbow.

6 comments:

  1. We have had more rain than usual in SC too and there is more coming this weekend, sigh.
    I love seeing your rainbows, they are so pretty.
    Local honey spots are springing up everywhere which is wonderful, for us and the bees!
    Enjoy

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  2. Rainbows, rivers, flowers, bees and honey. You've made me happy with all these beautiful things! Lovely pictures, Sally!

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  3. Lovely photos, Sally. Your rainbows turned out so bright!

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  4. Great, the double one!
    We are in Saint Jean de Luz and have (for the moment) quite lovely weather for the Bask Country...
    Warm greatings!

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  5. I love every single thing in this post but that rainbow is to die for!

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  6. What a wonderful post! That is the one thing I haven't seen this summer ... a rainbow (even after our rains). We have bee hives on our land and each fall the honey producer brings us fresh pails of honey! Mmmmm!

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