Today's ambitious piece of field work began and ended in the perched village of Saignon, seen below through the cherry blossoms. I began by leaving the car in Saignon (end of the walk), and biking 20km to the village of Lourmarin, on the opposite slope of the Luberon mountain.
The spring fliowers were out in numbers and in great heaping patches.
Primula:
Liverwort, one of the first flowers to come up in the Spring. "Liverwort" because its leaves (not in this picture) have three lobes, resembling the liver, and at one time using the medicine of signatures this plant was used to try and cure liver disease (didn't work though...)
The tiny village of Sivergues, nestled in the middle of nowhere in the Luberon mountains:
After completing two one-day hikes during the day I reached the village of Saignon. Below is the main square and its beautiful fountain:
