It's Hot in July and the Lavender is in full bloom

We all know that the south of France is hot in July, but in our little corner of the Cote d'Azur it is usually bearable and not as bad as some areas - the next department to us, the Var, is usually 5 degC hotter than here. Even so, it has been over between 30 - 35 degC for nearly two weeks. It's impossible to do much in this heat, but this gives me the ideal opportunity to enjoy the French summer pastime of 'Fariente' which means lazying about and to practice my painting.

I spend most of the day surveying the garden from the balcony and enjoying the result of all the effort earlier in the year. The agapanthus and lavender are in full bloom, so there is a lot of blue in the garden which gives a lovely cooling effect. Usually the garden looks dry in July but we had a lot of rain in May and June which set the garden up for the summer.
Here are a couple of photos to show how abundant the garden is at the moment

Last year the hot weather inspired this painting which is available as a print from Zazzle and as a card from Greeting Card Universe. Called Fariente it evokes the lazying about dream.

Fariente - 'lazying about' Poster by Marionsart
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The original is in pastel and the measures 40x50 cm and can be seen on my website. Art by Marion
I also like these Lavender cards that are available on Greeting Card Universe and Zazzle


Lavender Haze Blank Art Card by MarionsCards
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