Isn’t it funny that the people who will travel 500 miles to visit you as soon as you move to France are the same people who never popped round when you were just 10 minutes away?

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 015 – Never so popular

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“The market? Oh, as you can see, that was yesterday.”

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 014 – Marché Hier

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Many people enjoy their property in France by coming down for a long weekend to see their second home, spending two days cutting back nature and then going home again!

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 013 – M25

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The eternally important art and practise of idle conversation!

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 012 – Le Chai

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Every year there is a jazz festival in Marciac and thousands of people descend on the area each day for those two weeks. For the rest of the year, Marciac is a sleepy town with a few cafés and a weekly market. This is a sketch I made one day on the square while listening to the jazz. A short Gascon blowing his trumpet from the well-known tower of the church in Marciac.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 011 – Jazz in Marciac

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It’s a jungle out there. Our potager has its share of slugs, mice and hares, all chomping away at the fruit and veg of Caroline’s hard work. What was once a cute little ball of fluff is now an eating machine. It’s war!

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 010 – Hare Potager

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Despite appearances, running a chambres d’hôtes can be very hard work, as many of our friends know only too well.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 009 – Everyday Holiday

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Just like Tuscany and the Cotswolds, but with less Range Rovers. We love the rolling hills and rich crop colours of The Gers, with the Pyrenees in the distance.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 008 – En Campagne

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Dreamhouse – the search for the perfect house in France can sometimes seem never-ending.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 007 – Dreamhouse

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Champignons – We’ve all got a Petit Coin – the secret is not to let anyone else know where it is!

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 006 – Champignons

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Brown Ducks – The hundreds of duck farms in the Gers produce the foie gras, magret, gesiers and confits that make the region so famous.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 005 – Brown Ducks

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In France, boules isn’t just a matter of life and death. It’s far more important than that!

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 004 – Boules players

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The whole world gathers, and the whole world stops… at the Bike café

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 003 – Bike café

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An old man sitting on a bench in the shade of the bandstand in Mirande when a new little friend appears, attached to a long lead. At the other end of the lead is its owner, unaware of this new encounter.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 002 – Bandstand

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Isn’t the internet a wonderful thing?

Aren’t blogs wonderful?

Back in the early days of A Taste of Garlic (yonks and yonks ago – well, all the way back in December 2009), I reviewed Caroline and Perry’s blog about their life in the Pyrenees (see Caroline and Perry in France.)

Ever since then we’ve kept in touch and exchanged emails.

And (where’s that drum roll when you need it?), from today, it will be Perry’s funny, witty and detailed cartoons that will be giving you your morning chuckle.

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A dog is a man’s best friend. The chap watering the flowers notices that his dog has decided to help him as well.

Perry’s cartoons of country life are a great success. They are full of detail and there is always something funny going on.

This cartoon is available for 15 euros, excluding VAT and postage, as a print on A4 art paper, signed by the artist. Perfect as a gift or a souvenir of life here in the slow lane. – Order cartoon 001 – Arrosseurs

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