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Inside Notre Dame de la Garde

Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally Our Lady of the Guard) stands high above Marseille, watching over the people below.   Local inhabitants commonly refer to it as la bonne mère (“the good mother”). Standing, as it […]

Wooden Door

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it. Also linked to Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors.

A Refreshing Point of View

Looking back over my recent photo collections, I notice that I rather like a refreshing point of view: glasses, with or without refreshment, often feature; sometimes as a focal point, […]

Orange Rooftops of Collioure

Collioure is a beautiful little town clinging to the hillside around a stunningly picturesque cove in South West France.   Even the rooftops with their warm orange tones do not […]

Trompe l’Oeil in Bedarieux

I particularly like the muted colours of this painting and the care that has been taken to produce it; it is convincingly realistic.  The girl IS real, but the dog […]