Lundi matin....

{Blossoming plum trees and dandelions at our friend's fabulous farm}

I cannot believe that it is already Monday morning, why does the weekend always go so quickly?

The weather here in SW France was fabulous at the weekend and it would appear that the sunshine is here to stay, as the forecast is for lots of sunshine for the next 10 days.

Most of the weekend was spent painting, although we did manage to fit a vide grenier in yesterday morning and a visit to see some friends who we have been neglecting of late.

They have the most fabulous farm, which has even featured in one of Rick Stein's books on France and yesterday the prune trees were looking fabulous covered in blossom.

Yesterday our friend; Michelle was making an aperitif out of dandelions (pissenlits in french), something that I had never heard of until she mentioned it.

All you need to do is gather a whole bunch of dandelion flowers (the big early season blooms work best for this purpose).

Place them in a large jar along with a half cup of sugar, a long strip of lemon peel, and the better part of a bottle of vodka.

After two or three weeks, you can strain out the flowers, leaving you with a bottle of pleasant, herby tasting liqueur that will remind you of summer and give your heart a lift.

I will be back tomorrow with some photos of what I have been busy painting.

Note there is no cake left in the house so I may just have to whip a couple up this week, so if anyone has a fabulous cake recipe please let me know as Mr FF has a very sweet tooth and as we all know the way to a man's heart is through his stomach!

Je vous souhaite à tous un fabuleux et très bonne semaine,

L x