Birthdays have been taking me into Cajarc by bike more regularly the last couple of weeks. Getting cards to the states for family and friends takes forethought if you want to be timely. Forgetting the French holidays can really mess you up. So on Friday, I was off by bike to get cards, write cards, mail cards, and pick up a few things at the Intermarche to tide me over into next week.
I'm loving being back on my bike...the freedom, the exercise, and feeling good all over just by having my biking legs back again. On the way home, I remembered my favorite garden plot near the river and thought it might be more in bloom than on my last visit. I was right. Parking my bike and my backpack, I walked up and down the road trying to get some pretty shots that felt French to me. What better way to say Happy Birthday to a nation and savor your own independence, on your bike beside the river soaking up the beautiful flowers of a very happy garden. Happy Bastille Day! Happy Quatorze Juillet!
...and I hope you enjoy this little bit of an independence day in France!
They are spectacular, huh? I was hoping for some of my own but I'm beginning to wonder if the bulbs I bought are going to come up...much less bloom! Oh well, We looking pretty pretty as it is around here!
Posted by: Laury Bourgeois | July 15, 2012 at 07:01 PM
I did this same walk with Lucie on Friday morning. And took some photos of that same huge dahlia! I'll be blogging about it today as well.
Posted by: Evelyn | July 15, 2012 at 08:34 AM