Bonjour mes belles,

Yesterday our guests had to leave at 7h30 as they had an early flight, which meant that we were able to hunt for some stock for the shop and attend an apple festival that was taking place in a charming village in the lot et Garonne, not far from where we live.

 
Needless to say, we ended up buying quite a lot of items while we were there.

I always think that French bread looks better in a basket....

We purchased some of this fabulous purple garlic but I am now wishing that we had bought more as it will not last long chez nous.

 French Boyfriend bought me some of these fabulous gourds which really do scream Autumn and I have displayed them in a medicis vasque.
 Now that the courgette season is almost over I have a feeling that I will be using a lot of these beauties, great for soup or tagines.
 To me  these eschalottes are saying Boeuf Bourguignon, and now the weather has cooled down I may just have to make some....

 FB loves this shot as it is like a painting, to me it reminds me of our last trip to Normandy when we visited the Calva factory and there were mountains of apples everywhere...

You don?t have to drive very far in France before you encounter a road shaded from either side by an avenue of towering Plane trees.  Many of the Planes are around 200 years old, and as much a part of French roads as the motorists and cyclists who use them. 

Likewise, you can often find Plane trees planted i...