Provence ~ A Winter Wonderland

Surrounded by white fluff

 As famed Provencal writer Jean Giono said, Provence is a very cold region with very hot summers.  After spending two winters here (not counting my seven-year stint as a teenager), I fully agree with Mr. Giono that the area undergoes a major change the minute autumn ends. 

Most people who have stayed with us at La Petite Gardette remember it as a lush and sunny holiday spot, the ideal place to warm up their toes and leave all worries behind.  That, of course, is an accurate description on the property in summertime.  As the following photos  attest, winter is an entirely different story...
Hard to believe it, I know, but some years we get enough snow at La Petite Gardette to sled down the golf course's fairway! 



The property seen from the tee #16 - no golfing that day!

Our snowman was begging for a plane ticket to anywhere warm!

He had had enough of the weather and insisted he wanted to go to Florida to thaw out!

We haven't had proper snow yet this year, but the season is still young, as they say ... Some snow did fall a couple of weeks ago but didn't stick, much to the kids' disappointment, and the grown-ups relief!