Fall 2007

A walk through the village

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Also typical. That is the front door. You simply lift the overgrowth and enter. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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Most of what grows on the walls of the village seems to be doing so of its own accord. Husbandry consists of cultivating one's garden, and keeping plants in pots blooming and healthy. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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What caught my eye were the vestiges of paint. This door is hundreds of years old. The last coat of paint was probably fresh at the beginning of the 20th century. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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Someone obviously left these deliberately. That's how I found them. Makes me think of Hoagy Carmichael somehow. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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Another typical detail you can miss if you don't look closely. Amidst a tangle of untended overgrowth, a single bloom. I have no idea what this is botanically. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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The western "street" surrounding the village. Walking it, you mainly see the backs of houses oriented to face the plain below and the mountainscape to the west, where the sun sets. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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I assume that's who it is. Mary ("Holy Mary...") is big in Provence. This niche is in the wall and is barely visible in the previous photo. This niche is maybe eight inches high. There are several such mementoes of the Virgin throughout the village, plus a famous chapel, set in a grotto, halfway down the hill to the plain, accessible only via a tortuous path, and created in the 18th century by a sailor saved at sea. It's filled with ex votos ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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Here's the lock and handle on the old iron gate to the backyard of the Inn. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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Here's the back gate set in a stone wall enclosing one of those west-facing backyards in the village. In the distance you can see down to the fields of the plain, usually planted in wheat or sunflowers. Mont Ste.-Victoire, once again, is in the distance, partially obscured by a cypress visible between the rungs. ©2007, Howard Dinin. All rights reserved.
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