A cooler week in Avignon


Not sure if temperatures below 92F qualify as cool, but compared with the 99-100F we have had it seemed better, or maybe we are just acclimating a bit. I got out on a few afternoons just for sketching, quite nice. Since I am contemplating switching to oils from acrylics I have been using Procreate to…

TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday Tip


Art is about observing, if we can’t find something to sketch we are just not looking. We tend to overthink or look for the “perfect” scene. Zoom in, or sketch a detail instead of trying to sketch everything you see. Yesterday I was sitting at Le Cave des Pas Sages – this was my view….

A hot week in Avignon


One of my weather apps says that the average high temperature for August in Avignon is 88F. The whole time we have been here it has been between 96-100F, so on the average it has been too hot to go out much. We have ventured out for foraging in the morning when it was a…

Settling in Avignon


We have been here a week now and are enjoying the south of France, we even think we are acclimating to the heat a bit; it has been hot – high 90sF. It is even possible the heat is easing some of Tricia’s knee pains, fingers crossed. Not owning a car is quite common in…

Still in Normandie, for a bit


We are enjoying our time back in La Thébaudière. We have been doing some spring sorting, going through clothes that we just never wear and then donating them to groups that will get them to people who can use them. It is quite beautiful here. You turn off of a narrow road just barely wide…