Far away

It was a beautiful day today -- it must have been 20C easily. So I went for a walk in the vineyards. There were so many bees in the masses of almond blossom that you could hear the trees buzzing from a distance. When the air is clear, you can see the Pyrenees from here; that faint white shape is Le Madre, also known as la Patate.

S was nearer; here's the photo he emailed to me from the refuge last night, to which I responded "Que la montagne est belle !"

Now he is back,. exhausted after two days' snowshoeing, and some lamb shanks with apricots have been simmering on the stove all afternoon -- smells gorgeous!