My village in the South of France

Walking into my village, Sommieres to buy artisan food. people make food and come to sell it, twice a week, Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings inside the streets of my little historic village. Together with my friend Veronique Seban above. She used to live in Tokyo and we were a lot together, then she moved to paris a few years ago, vbut we make a point to see each other each year during the summer.

We have the same taste also we always end up buying the same thing! She is a lot of fun to be shopping with, or just to be with!

 

At my parents’ home

 

With my Mom, we just came back revolting apricots in her garden close to where her horses are. I love nature and what it gives…. I feel home when I am in the fields and with animals. How could I survive leaving in big cities, since my thirties??!!!

We eat them for diner… elle est belle la vie! (life is beautiful!)

My home, the Mas Bleu

It is a Bastide located in the center of the village, with huge stone walls. The house was built some 250 years ago and it was a winery. Some of the walls inside the house still have the imprints of the wines, because their was huge cuves that have been dynamited later on, and that I decided to keep like it. Because I love the past stories that a home has to offer. I like old material to rebuilt like in the old times, it makes my home having a big character.

 

I found those horses in the mountains of Chiang Mai in Thailand, and shipped it to France. I bought 5 of them total, because we are a family of 5….

Can you see the giant Japanese fish hanging from the roof? It is my lucky charm. I put it back in every-time it rains….because it is hand-painted and very delicate.

 

 

Children time in the summer

With Liona, Veronique’s daughter, a beautiful mix of Cuban and French blood. A Miss France in perspective!

Below the children dormitory, with 6 double beds!!! It is my favorite room in the house. It is big, colorful, happy and peaceful. I put a lot of Asian influences from my stay in Hong Kong and Japan. Mixed with typical Provencal walls and roofing, it looks great and unique.

 

I am the super nanny of the modern times!I have a magic to mke children behave when they are alone with me…. hihihi….. Not only the misses you see!

At night, it is

-shower before diner, then setting up the table

-brushing the teeths after diner and reading for 20 n in bed before I turn off the lights for a deep sleep in heaven.

 

Bon appetit!

I never feed us anything that does not come naturally. If it is inside a box with lables that I cannot read, then it is a big no-no.

I buy the fruits and veggies in abundance, at the fresh market. Each day, the children go to the boucherie (meet shop) to buy a few steaks or an organic chicken. We like to buy fresh fish inside the village. And lots of yummy yogurts. I make home-made sorbets & confitures (jams) with the fruits that I gather at my parents garden.

 

Need some fresh water? careful Miss Vero, this is my beautiful crystal water pot!!!

 

Reorganizing the house

Nect o the kitcjhen there is this huge room with white walls a a big chimenea, where I had installed the children playroom. It has been a real paradise for the kids until now, but this year I realized that Noa and Luca were not little kids anymore but almost teenagers, also I decided to make a big change and donate all their baby toys and to replace with Flippers, soccer table, ping pong etc…. Everyone is helping me c;lean up and reorganize.

 

My family….

A horse lovers family….. My Brother Philippe, his wife Dany and children Basile, Colette. My Sister’s daughters Stella and Lou Nae, my parents and my son Noa Bleu.

 

 

Hope you enjoy sharing my private life for once….. a bientot!