Sorry to say I was technically challenged and could not seem to get meal photos on the same page as the art photos....so here goes.  First a big basket of crudités that were accompanied by both an anchovy sauce (very salty) and rémoulade. There were whole eggs, a whole onion, green onions, radishes, whole tomatoes, … Continue reading Photos of lunch at St. Paul de Vence

It is a sunny and beautiful Sunday in Nice...light and fresh air are streaming in through the open windows in Timothy Smith's office.  We are sipping coffee, chattering, taking photos, clipping dead blossoms from balcony flowers and listening to the sounds in the Port.  The resident dove was on the windowsill awaiting her handout when … Continue reading St. Paul de Vence

We've had a good day all in all today...here in Nice.  However, there is a prevailing sadness tonight as we muse about the machine gun armed guards we saw walking through the old part of Nice late this morning and as we returned from a little excursion early this evening, the large van full of … Continue reading Saturday Night, April 29th, Nice

The last two days we have been immersed in art...two VERY long days, too tired to get photos up on the blog,. Yesterday was a rainy and cold day. We spent the day at the Chagall and the Matisse Museums here in Nice. Today, sunny and beautiful, we took the bus an hour's drive up … Continue reading Chagall, Matisse, Picasso, Calder, Miro, Rouault and Légère

Jan and I are sitting in Tim's office planning our day, nattering about the weather, about garden tours and she said to me, "Look to your left".  There sat the dove, cocking her head, looking this way and that.  She really monitors our activities...très amusant. Her seedy breakfast is served!!  

On Tuesday afternoon we took the #81 bus from Nice along the coastal highway to Villefranche sur Mêr.  It is just a ten minute ride from here, spectacular vistas at every bend in the road both back towards Nice, across to Cap Ferrat, and ahead to the charming old, old village that was our destination. … Continue reading Villefranche sur Mer

    We have been in Nice for a week today.  It's raining and we are tired after a very busy day yesterday, so have decided to lay low, catch up, and rest today.  Which brings me to a little tale that began a week ago last night.  That's when our flights arrived, late in … Continue reading Seeds…Susie…Lovey

I forgot to post this on Sunday, Election Day.  This was the masthead for Google in France.

One of the wonderful department stores in France is Galeries Lafayette. Yesterday we took the tram (a first) to Place Massena and ventured forth for a little window shopping at the Nice store.  Pictured above is a display of chairs, handbags, shoes and accessories in the current African springtime theme. The design ideas were presented … Continue reading Galeries Lafayette