This is St. Martin's church on the main square in old Limoux. Limoux is called the flower city. There are pots of flowers on every fence,bridge rail,in all the round abouts and hanging from the air everywhere!

It is a sight to see.  We went to the square to show Adam a typical city square, and he wanted to take us to dinner so that took care of two things at once. There are restaurants and cafes all around the square and they post their menus for you to see so that you can make a choice before you sit. As we were walking around the square we saw that there was a free concert at St. Martins. Two trumpets and an organ, it said, so we went in to check it out..WoW..what an organ..and how beautiful was the church..The music was Baroque and beautiful and lasted about an hour and a half. Adam did not think that he would like it but was pleasantly surprised, but after he was starving, so we went onto the square for dinner.We all got cassolet, which is a regional dish..duck, sausage and white beans in a casserole..It was ok, Adam did not like it too much, but gave it a try..this pic was taken at about nine forty-five as the sun was striking the church tower

When we came to the house there was a small garden to the left of the terrace. It was over grown with weeds that fell over to the terrace. I did not want to offend anyone by weeding their garden so I just pulled back to where our terrace began and left it. The garden was about 4 feet wide at the widest part angling back to about 2 feet at the end of the wall. A large mock orange had been somewhat topiaried into a ball, but needed trimming and the roses were not looking too well...one day when our American friend came for coffee I asked him to whom it belonged. Harold had been friends with the previous owner so I thought he might know. He said, "why, you, this goes with the house...Well that day Michael went to work and got all the weeds out and clean..while he was clearing he found a small rustic bench that had been covered with vines..I have been at work on it ever since.. there are new flowers added about every week. We now have the roses, zinnias, a hydrangea, cleome, and a border of lavender that hopefully next year will be brilliant! A few herbs have been added and the yellow rose of Texas, yes that is Texas right here in Montazels...has been moved to a better location and hopefully that will flourish..