First snow in Beaumont

First snow of the winter, looking across the valley

Most of the snow melted quickly and we had

 a hard frost this morning

Beauty bush with frost crystals in the Alazard garden,

and a frosty cotoneaster

with such pretty berries!

Lovely day at the house

Walking around the garden in Alazards this afternoon

admiring the colours

The oak trees keep their leaves all winter, they drop

 them when the new ones start to appear.

 Looking up at the cliff across the pool

 

Sunday morning

Mt Ventoux from Mazan

More autumn colours

Mt Ventoux from the south side with it's mantle

 of cloud. (Beaumont is on the north side)

The village is Caromb.

Hydrangas in my garden today.

A bit of snow

The sun came out later after a morning of drizzel,

there is a smattering of snow on the Ventoux.

 The colours around the valley are changing.

This is the crest of the St Amand in the distance,

and the hamlet of Pierlaud

and the longue saffre

A view of Beaumont village 

And our town hall

Gloomy day

Bit of a grey day today in the Vaucluse, so here's

 a picture of an art piece. A snail shell spiral.

and close up

A weekend in Aix en Provence

Away from Beaumont for a change. This is

 Cezannes old house, the Jas de Bouffan in Aix.

in the garden

A walk on Mt St Victoire in the evening

with the moon rise

And during the next day, from the Oppedum

Kaki

After yesterday afternoon's snow it's another

 bright day in Provence. This is a persimmon tree,

 a familier sight at this time of year in Provence.

The fruit are like bright orange tomatoes, with

 a soft pulpy center, and are best eaten after a frost.

Here they are called kaki.

One of my paintings.

Back in Les Alazards

A view of les Alazards from the valley road

looking down to the hamlet through the cherry
 orchards,you can just see the roof of our
 house in the center of the photo

The woods beyond the house, the house is

 center right in the photo

and the GR4 path leading up the mountain which

 will go past  the Sainte-Sidoine chapel

some of my paintings of the area, this is a watercolour

and these are acrylic on canvas

This afternoon it rained and there has been a

 smattering of snow on the hillside treetops

Autumn in Beaumont

Saint-Sépulcre and Mt Ventoux

looking towards Les Valettes

Longue Saffre

Evening light through the vines

Blazing cherry trees

and again

and autumn colours by me

Mt. Ventoux

The village of Beaumont du Ventoux nestles on the

 foot hills of the mountain, Mt Ventoux. Famous as

 the giant of Provence and a great attraction for

 cyclists, being one of the iconic accents during the

 Tour de France cycle race. The summit is at almost 2000m.

The summit is above the tree line, mostly gravel,

 and looks like a lunar landscape

This is taken from the ski ressort of Mt Serein,

 five kms from the summit seen here

Here is the mountain in all it's glory,

from the lavender fields,

from the vinyards

This year the 100th anniversary of the Tour went

through Malaucène and finished on the summit.

Another view of the mountain