Christopher Malcolm

Christopher Malcom aged eighty five and a half can often be found at the head of the table when there are an unlucky thirteen.  The group from California who are here at the moment were off to visit the San Remy asylum that Van Gogh was detained in after he cut his ear off.  Not to be left out, Christopher Malcolm dressed up in a tribute to the great man, with bandaged ear, a palette and a jug full of sunflowers.

After everyone had gone he cut quite a tragic figure, bereft but noble.

Horses at dusk

Two of Olivier Augier's Appaloosa horses are enjoying grazing an abandoned vineyard in the fields between Les Bassacs and Croagnes.  David took this photo of them yesterday on a peaceful and calm evening just as dusk was falling.