The lovely cottage that is our home in Provence (on the right in the picture) is part of a little group of buildings that once was a state-of-the-art flour mill. It was built around 1750, about 20 years before Captain Cook reached the south coast of NSW. We have never really questioned until now why none of the internal walls are parallel, but the owner, Guy, explained to us yesterday that it was built between the original road and the stream that powered the mill – so it’s really more triangular than square. Mystery solved! This morning we drove to the market at Gordes, 30km away, and did our “grocery shopping” for the next couple of days. Our favourite cheese at the moment is Tomme aux fleurs – its rind is covered with summer flower petals of various edible varieties: mallow, cornflower, marigold, strawberry, rose, hay, dandelion. Irresistible!
