The leaves are turning, the winds are gathering strength and the sun seems to be shuffling ever further away. Looks like it's time to retire that summery header! I'll be sorry to see it go but it's beginning to look a little out of place. Before I make it disappear, I have to show you where it was taken and give you a sense of what a special day we had there.
We headed down a dirt track past fields of maize ripening in a baking sun, a pretty chateau on the horizon...
After ten minutes of trudging, laden with picnic supplies, we reached our destination.
Our friends' 'pool'.
Dappled shade, glinting water...
Stillness and quiet...
A place to sit, a place to eat...
Dragonflies to chase and capture on camera, and hundreds of tiny frogs that refused to be immortalised thus!
Peaty water in which to swim...
...or paddle, to cool down...
A tiny boat for messing about...
Everyone took a turn, even if some of us quickly found that we were unlikely to be making the next Olympics having discovered hidden rowing talents!
The picturesque deckchair was actually too fragile to sit in - but it DID look the part!
We felt very privileged to have had our friends' little corner of paradise to ourselves that beautiful day.
Merci beaucoup Paul et Odile!
Looks idyllic! Lovely summer memories.
ReplyDeleteLiz @ Shortbread & Ginger
That looks divine.
ReplyDeletePerfectly Lovely, you lucky thing. I would kill for a glimpse of sunshine right now.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like absolute paradise. Your friends are so lucky!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place. Leave your header there, it will remind everyone of a sunny summer
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxxxx
Idyllic spot, paradise indeed. All beautiful photos but the one of the dragonflies, well that is just stunning.
ReplyDeleteCarol xx