Organic urbanism

MONTEROSSO BOARDWALK, LIGURIAN COAST IN ITALY

I would recommend Cinque Terre to anyone. A divine part of the world, which more than deserves its spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It looks good from every angle and the "straight down" view is no exception... to my humble eye.

By the lemon tree

CORNIGLIA, ITALY

The depths

GROTTE DE LA MADELEINE, ARDECHE

Where there's a will there's a way, Gorges de l'Ardèche

THE WATER DECIDES AT "LE PONT D'ARC"

A postcard shot from an Easter long weekend in Archède. A inspiringly peaceful part of France. I'll leave it at that - my arms and hands are still recovering from Saturday's six hours of canoeing. My dignity is still recovering from the canoe flip at hour 4.

Happy Easter!

Candles and petals

Be my valentine

Espresso collection, Juan-les-Pins

Soft Blue

Mother and daughter, Dolce Acqua

WALKING TO DOLCE ACQUA

Dolce Acqua, Liguria

A NARROW UNDERCOVER ALLEY OF DOLCE ACQUA AND ITS ARCHES > ENTERING THE BORGO OF DOLCE ACQUA > A PATCH OF SKY BETWEEN THE TIGHTLY PACKED HOUSES > UN GATTO

We popped across the border for a day in the beautiful 15th century village of Dolce Acqua - a labyrinth of dark narrow paths  winding through tall stone mass of buildings, all that cutely held together by those trademark roman arches.

Deep in thought

MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER ON THE ROAD HOME FROM A DAY TRIP IN ITALY 

Tea time chez nous

THE DINING TABLE, OUR PLACE

Inaugurating our new dining table on boxing day en famille.

Shooting stars

ONE OF MY YOUNGEST NIECE'S BEAUTIFUL SKETCHES AND HER VERY FIRST WATCH

xoxo Santa

MY NIECE ATTENDING TO IMPORTANT TEXTING ON XMAS DAY - RECIPIENT UNKNOWN

My Christmas slippers

MY NEW BABIES BEFORE THEIR FIRST OUTING

What's in the box?

PRESENT OPENING AFTER MIDNIGHT

This post is not so much for the shot as for the fact that I wanted to share this discovery with you. Most of my adult life I have heard about how much women are dying to be handed that little blue box by their lover. For the men out their who are not yet in the loop, the little blue box is so highly prized because it comes from Tiffany's. All this is now superseded in my mind as I recently received the big blue box. Thank you mon chéri! And the big blue box is the one we should all be dreaming of. Because the big blue box comes from Grey Goose and contains 70cls of liquid deliciousness and two goose stamped martini glasses. Now THAT is the cat's whiskers of presents! Tchin-tchin!

Waiting for Santa

A FRENCH LESSON, "LA FAMILLE": LA MAMAN > LE PAPA > LE CHERI

A first hand photographic account of the unfortunate effects of a five course Christmas Eve dinner. Once again, Santa goes unwitnessed... by most :) But you won't be seeing any Claus shots on this blog. I'm not taking any chances with the naughty list.

Two Thousand and Twelve

Crossfire

MY GRANDMOTHER'S ON CHRISTMAS EVE, TAKEN ON MY MAMAN'S IPHONE

The men, ready to get stuck into it; the women, firing away. I usually only post pictures taken by me but I love this one taken by my mother on her phone. There's so much happening in this shot: to me there's just a perfect "off-the-cuff" balance to it.