Thursday, September 17, 2009

Ahhh....cafe au lait.....the real thing.



We have arrived in France.  
Hours spent passing through gateways in the sky...passing through clouds of time, sunsets and stars which sing our way.   

We fold our wings and land into a village called Soreze.  An hour south of Toulouse in the south of France.  Can anyone question the that magic exsists?

There is a little cafe right down the street....wifi and cafe au lait.  Ahhhh....Oh la la....
This is where you can find me in the morning.....
Here are photos of the 350 year old house we are staying in.....



We went off on a road trip yesterday.  Fields and fields and unbelievable fields of sunflowers past their prime, heads bowed after being held high and proud for so long in the heat of summer.

And yet I did manage to find one last Sunflower, sung to by the bees in grattiude, I'm sure.

My heart swells with the beauty of the old towns, with people still living in homes that have protected so many over the many hundreds of years.....but give me an deserted ruin any time and my heart stops!   Look what we found....hiking up and through fields of bowed sunflowers to loose ourselves in history, memory and dreams of past lives.....


an entrance in.....
what's left of the ceiling....
an ancient door, now leaning against the wall...
Wow...look at this.  It must have been the ceiling for a Madonna statue...
Still....you can see the beautiful yellow...the blue stars.....I want to hold it in my hands, but I must only keep it in my heart.

So that was yesterday and today....I'm not sure where we are off to....
but I'll keep you posted.
Ahhhh.....life is good.
Tout droit tout droit tout droit...........just keep on going.....


6 comments:

pinkglitterfae said...

this is exciting!! it's my dream to vistit France one day...I love those pics of the ruins, how wonderful! and a good cup of coffee...what more would you want, lol?
have fun! look forward to more photos

Jennifer Hepler-Takens said...
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Jennifer Hepler-Takens said...

The joy and beauty of France. I have travelled there dozens of times through books and in my dreams. I have a covetted old mustard jar from France that I love! I enjoy hearing about your travels

Andy said...

I just want to be there so bad. Last weekend I saw Julie & Julia and that really got my mouth watering, and now with your blog!! The house you are staying is so chariming in the Monet colors - I can close my eyes and just feel being there! This is so wonderful that you are taking the time to blog. Patrick forwared the pictures of Gary and Kent and Gary already looks French!

Anonymous said...

Have a wonderful time Marilyn! Gail's with you, right? Give her a big hug for me~: )
L~P

Teresa aka Tess said...

Awesome home and photos. Love the sunflowers and, and, everything else. :)