Contributor blog post by Caroline Longstaffe:

When you leave a place for several months, however much you love it, even somewhere as special as Lourmarin, you find yourself wondering. Wondering if it is really is as magical as the images you have so firmly imprinted in your mind. Wondering whether you’ll feel the same when you return. And then you do and wonder why you ever left.

…Continue reading here for Caroline’s early spring photos of the Luberon Valley and its beautiful perched villages. We already know her creative talents (writing and photography). Recently, she explored her artistic side with a furniture painting workshop in Ménerbes with artist Liz Wyatt.