I forget how much I love taking photos. It was one of the things that made me happiest as I was backpacking. Snapping away, catching those fleeting moments, looking through full memory cards immediately taken back to those incredible times and places I’ve been lucky enough to experience. However, as we’re staying put (for the time being anyway) I don’t have any monumental landmarks nearby to flex my lens. But that shouldn’t stop me from doing something that makes me happy.
So, I grabbed my camera and headed out to this adorable little place not far from where we live. Le Vivier du Valmont is this beautiful green space with picnic tables dotted around a still lake surrounded by a large leafy forest. I was last there on a chilly autumnal day crunching on frosty fallen leaves, so it was great to see the place blooming.
Spring has certainly sprung.
We’d had a lazy Saturday night which involved pizza (I swear the small independent one near us makes the best pizzas in France), cuddles with our new kitten Louis (more on him later this week) and snuggles on the sofa watching an oldie but a goodie film Coach Carter. Samuel L Jackson you are a legend. So waking up without a hangover meant we could blitz the cleaning, have a leisurely breakfast, find our walking boots that had been gathering dust since South America and venture out to get some fresh air.
Towering trees formed an apple green celling above us as we strolled hand in hand past old couples on benches and teenagers lazing in the sun. Even though sun was streaming through the leaves there was still a chill in the air, so the winter coat (and shades) stayed on.
Wild flowers, nettles and fallen branches stood in our way on the winding trekking paths. We may have taken a wrong turn as at one point we found ourselves walking through overgrown grass still wet with dew, getting stung by pesky nettles, ah nothing like a country walk?!
Tiny wooden bridges called for posing. I’ve lived in France for so long but I still haven’t mastered that chic French thing have I?!
It was such a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon. We left with my memory card full, my feet aching but my heart happy. I hope you all had a great weekend?
