Véronique Didier Laurent

Beside the well or  little cottage bordered of lavender, the fig tree enracine deeply and distributes us its fruits.

"In Provence the fig tree looks for the shadow whereas the lavender prefers the sun."

With shade of the parasol the solitary long chair awaits the bather who benefits from the good time which passes.

"In Provence it is the indispensable tool for a good siesta."

To make a success aoili one needs a good marble mortar, garlic pods, olive oil, wooden olive tree pestle and "elbow oil".

"Small craftiness to digest easily this heavy traditional meal of Provence: drink before the meal or later, never hanging."

The little cottage where farmer of Provence was restored and rested when the cultivated grounds was far from the country house.

"Nowadays the meals in the small house of the big father gather regularly the families of Provence. The friends also are welcome!"

The oil pot in the past was used to preserve olive oil with shelters of the light in the part pantry.

"In Provence the olive oil serves for all the recipes and it support easyly the strong temperatures of cookings."

Olive-tree and its branch symbolize peace, forgiveness, fidelity and reconciliation but also force and victory.

"Since millenniums, all the civilizations of Provence dedicated a cult to the olive-tree. It is necessary to say that it always returned to us."

A hot and very trendy decoration resulting from the marriage of two cultures: flax and olive-tree.

"These two noble cultures are exploited since the antiquity. The one is Provençal, the other one not, but their colors are very complementary."

Trim of olive-tree is a thousand-year-old art. The branch seized by the dove to indicate the appeasing.

"The olive-tree, in Provence, decorates the nature but also the inside of the house"

The dimension of olive-tree trunk forces the respect of the age. Certain olive-trees could have to be go alongside to several millenniums.

"The Olive tree of Provence likes the heat, resists to the icy cold and to the fires."

A concentrate of Provence: The shutters 'blue charrette' , the lavenders, the figs, the niches flowered, the potteries surrounds our symbolic olive-tree.

"This paint blue pastel take away insects, it comes to us from our ancestors in Provence who painted everything with this tint: door, shutters, carts.."

Olive oil is an universal cure full with vertue for your health.

"You can also delight with the tapenade, the Provençal recipe with crushed olives"

In the sun laying down the ochre color of the ground is reflected in nature. Sleep the little cottage.

"But the evening continues between friends or by a solitary meditation under a starry sky."

Miss teddy bear was made a beauty but does not manage to thread these slippers alone.

Miss teddy bear put a dress matched with Fanny's slipper.

The lavender pot at the edge of the window moves away with its powerful smell the turbulent fly.

"We see the lavender far off in fields then we find it very near the Provençal ancient country-house, in paths or entrances."

The preserve pot in the past was used to keep food in salt, oil or straw.

"The strong hot season of Provence obliged the ancient to find all the craftiness to protect the food"

In the heart of Provence in summer, the water noise of the fountain rocks our thoughts and refreshes the spirit at these moments of peace of mind.

"The fountain is a part of the Provençal tradition. It was often a meeting place."

The sea prints with the boat a slow and peaceful movement which stops the time at unforgettable instant.

"The boat of the vacationer or that of the fisherman is printed in the Mediterranean landscape."

Quiet but odorous, the hand coffee machine waits the hour of the breakfast, the end of the meal, a friendly visit. It would have anecdotes of them to tell you.

"At daybreak, precedent allocates him in fields, its smell wakes the still sleepy Provençal ancient country-house."

The most appreciated variety of this emblematic provençal ruit names quite simply " The fig of Marseille". " Eh Ouais! "

"In the districts of Marseille the fig tree resists to the galloping urbanization with strength and vitality."