Wednesday Window on Provence - Self Portrait

In our portraiture exploration, I just assigned my impressively adventurous students (I love them - and they really do impress me!) to do a self-portrait.  Since I wouldn't ask them to do something I wouldn't do, I thought it fitting to take my own assignment and update mine.  If you've never done one, it's an interesting process...just ask my students!

Reflections are easy when the spring sunshine is filling our little corner of the world.  Today...err...not so much.  Rain in the 'hood.  But nothing like what happened in Texas yesterday...lordy, lordy!  I hope all of our friends in the mighty state of Texas are okay and finding their way through yesterday's whopper storm!

Yours...in the window...
leslie

A Little Musical Interlude...And A Huge Favor To Ask

Oh my!  Is It April Already??!

Just a little hiccup!  Those pesky spinning plates took a tumble...but one foot in front of the other, things should be up and running shortly.

In the meantime, today's post offers a little jazz concert for your listening viewing pleasure...

...and a huge favor to ask:

The instacanvas folks are opening galleries according to votes/requests artists receive.  You can help me out by going to this link:  instacanv.as/lafourchette   then vote for my gallery to be opened.

When you click on that link, it will open a page where you'll see a big yellow button that says, "Request Gallery Opening".  Click that and you're done!  Well...all except for my heartfelt thanks for supporting my yet-to-be-opened gallery!  (Curtsy here.)

Hope your week is off to a great start.  Thanks for hanging in there while I picked up plates.

Yours, with my nose pressed to the window of my yet-to-be-opened gallery,
leslie

First Sunday of Spring

My favorite (I mean f.a.v.o.r.i.t.e!) tree in town is this one...

...and this is the first year I've managed to catch a photo of it in full bloom.  The display of white feathery blossoms usually arrives within the first few lovely days we have here as winter heads out of town...but it doesn't last long because our spring is tempermental.  As you can see by the grey skies in the background, this lovely burst is likely to be stripped in the next few days by winds or rains or both.  Yay, me!  I managed to catch it this time...albeit with a background of clouds.  Oh well.  There's always next year.

Bon dimanche...or what's left of it!
leslie

Saturday Morning Marché

Ahhh...spring at the flower market!

Bon weekend!

leslie

Jazz Hands - All Six of 'Em!

A little jazz concert for your Friday...

As spring shows up in the 'hood, so do traveling musicians to bring a little music back to our daily lives.  I always love this part of the season of awakening.

Yours in the front row,
leslie

Little World Views

Place Albertas in Aix...I never get tired of shooting here...

à demain!
leslie

Wednesday Window on Provence - Chez Moi

Is it spring yet?

Yours in a reverie about Katharine Hepburn...really I am....  ;}
leslie