Saturday Sept 28th

After lunch we were back out with Cecile for another photo session. The way the rest of these would work is that we would meet the gardians in the marshes and they would round up or bring with them the horses for the session. This afternoon it was mares and foals. We were constantly trying to position ourselves to get the light and backgrounds we wanted. The horses were sometimes very cooperative, sometimes not. We did manage to get something.

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Here they come. Ready to go to work. _8508925 _8509186 We could not complain about the light. It was very nice.

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We were hoping to get them in the water but the mares were reluctant to take the foals in until they had checked it out. Then they seemed to like it.

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_8509737 _8500207 We stayed until sunset.

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Then back to Patrick's for dinner. Patrick is the proprietor of La Table à Rallonge Inn, just a very short walk from our B&B in St. Laurent. Cecile had indicated her hope that we would take our meals there, Jeanne Marie included, with the rest of the group. But we were left with some unanswered questions beginning with his name. Unusual name for a Frenchman, nest pas? Is this some Irish expat who prefers the weather in the south of France? If so we did not come to France to eat Irish cooking. The Irish are trying but they have not caught up with the French in cuisine. And we were hesitant to commit to having all of our meals at a place we'd never tried. Well, our concerns were completely unfounded. Patrick is French and provides the best example of French country cooking one is likely to find anywhere. It was sooooo good! Just another delightful serendipity for this trip. 

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Early to bed. More shooting in the morning.