Heady perfumed lavender fields, rolling hills of thyme and oregano, hot sun, dusty paths, aching backs and grape stained fingers, hawks sitting on hay bales, the distant throb of a tractor, diesel, warm hands and faces, rich pate, crusty bread, herb scented rillettes, metallic red wine and crisp rose wine, straw baskets, fields of happy sunflowers, gaily coloured fabric table cloths, wooden handled knives, old chipped glasses, straw, floppy cotton hats, red noses, sweet peaches, furry apricots, ripe golden melons, juicy red watermelons, black dusky olives, bitter green olives, salty anchovies, charred sardines, salted butter, crisp flaky pastries, white acidic goat’s cheese, hard mature sheep’s cheese, glossy tapenade, a tian of purple aubergines, stuffed courgettes, ripe, juicy tomatoes, pungent basil leaves, grass-green olive oil, cotton hammocks, old metal chairs, rickety wooden tables, faded oil cloth, red hot sun, wild shrub, tired looking sheep and frisky goats, gnarled olive trees, dusky pink tamarisk, pastis, the clink of boule on boule, fish soup and rouille, bouillabaisse, a tired church clock chimes lazily, couronne bread and apricot jam…