Harvest

Bounty from the harvest filled the Marché today. The contrasting colors on the vendors display tables draw my interest. It's almost as if they are creating a scene for a still life painting.Foilage or food? This landscape is tasty...Can you guess what we are having for dinner?

Persistant Beaute (Persistant Beauty)

"Persistant beaute" I love walking through our village. The streets are narrow and most of the houses have large stone walls blocking their view, but even then beauty emerges from the cobblestone. I'm often mesmorised by volunteer flowers and vines.

Marche Nordique (Nordic March)

A beautiful fall morning. It was the perfect day go "marching" through the forest of Fontainebleau. The forest is huge and very dense. You really don't walk alone and it's always best to take a map so you don't get lost. I have wondered a time or two when I have ventured out on my own if I should leave bread crumbs along the path. But then again I don't want to attract the wild boar or foxes that roam the forest. There are countless walking groups that take excursions. I have joined a Nordic walking group. They meet two days a week and walk in the fashion of cross-country skiing. It's amazing how using poles can enhance your work-out.


We are lead by an instructor. Everything is in French so I try to listen, but mostly I'm just watching and following the group. She does warm-ups and then starts us walking. Today we went through some steep rock formations and had a wonderful view of the forest. My good friend Tifiny was there to walk alongside with. It was the perfect start to the day.