Our local supermarket is starting to promote its Christmas fare.

These ones caught my eye.

What were the treats behind each window of this traditional advent calendar?

Tasty meat treats – 😋

And then there was the classic game – Trivial Pursuit. But with a French twist.

Santé!

More Coutheron produce on sale at the local supermarket – this time it’s blette – Swiss chard.

Coming back from a trip to Poland I got on this plane.

Which airline could it be?

Much like my former colleagues at Euronews did when the move to Brussels was announced – it is of course a tribute to Belgium hero Tintin on a Brussels airline plane.

As it was 11 November – a national holiday in France – we went to the local military cemetery – Le Nécropole Nationale in Luynes.

It is home to the graves of 8,347 French soldiers who died in World War I and 3,077 who were killed in World War II – largely in the operation to free Provence from the Nazis which began on 15 August 1944.

There are lots of fighters from the French Empire buried there – from North Africa and Madagascar.

It was, as in Lyon, a very moving experience.

The birds have been enjoying the sunflower hearts at last.

So much so that I have to top up the mangeoire every couple of days. There have been lots of:

Mésange bleue blue tits

Mésange charbonnière great tits

But today I noticed a

Mésange noire coal tits

With its distinctive white band at the back of its head.

And then the real local beauty.

Une mélange huppée.

And what a lovely crest it has too.

Aujourd’hui j’ai reçu un push notification de La Provence.

Il parle de l’arrivé de l’hiver avec les premiers flocons de la neige!

Mais peut être ils tomberont seulement sur le Mont Ventoux.

On a acheté des bûches du bois au cas ou.

Vous vous souvenez de ça – les aubergines très locaux.

Maintenant Coutheron fournit des choux-fleurs au supermarché.

For our latest Sunday outing we went to St Raphaël on the coast.

It was gorgeous. It was hard to believe that it was November.

It is the start of La Corniche d’Or that runs to Cannes.

There is a long, sandy beach. I even dipped my hand in the water.

There is a huge church Notre Dame de la Victoire Basilica. It is quite something.

Some of the other buildings are equally impressive.

All in all a very nice way to spend a Sunday.

In Les Logissons – the commercial part of Venelles – the Christmas decs are beginning to appear.

Apparently they light up – but that won’t happen for a while.

J’ai vu des potentiels travaux Chez France Travail.