The Caged Bird that Sings for Nathalie
Guess who came to stay for the weekend? Yes, it's the divine Nathalie from Avignon in Photos and here she is doing what she does so beautifully - taking photographs. We went to the hill villages of Dolceacqua and Apricale in Italy on Saturday and yesterday spent the day in Menton and later, a quick trip to Gorbio.
We lunched by the beach at La Pergola, where I had the best risotto I've ever eaten - Nathalie had a plate of assorted fried fishes, which she declared to be excellent and all this washed down with a delicious pale rosé called Out of the Blue. Of course all this meant we had to walk it off and so, after lunch, we wandered along the Promenade de la Mer (Les Sablettes) where Nathalie noticed the caged birds at the Teranga Plage. Her photo is below.
Come back soon, dear Nathalie! Life is always the best fun when you are around.
belle position du photographe, maintenant je sais pourquoi tous les photographes ont mal aux dos ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous! I would have loved to join you on your little excursion!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a delightful weekend. You two have so much in common, given your background of both of you living in Australia and now France, and both being such talented photographers and observers of people, places and animals.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of animals, I have another post showing some dogs coming up in a couple of days
J'aime beaucoup la photo sur laquelle figure Nathalie. Et la sienne aussi, mais la première est vraiment parfaite (une forme de mise en abyme, un peu comme en littérature) avec juste ce qu'il faut d'ombre pour garder le mystère. Je pense que vous avez toutes les deux beaucoup de talent.
ReplyDeleteBefore i read your text, I thought; "That is one of us", -and than after reading it, I knew it was "one of us".
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you had a nice time together! :-)
Thank you so much Jilly for having me, we had such a great time!
ReplyDeleteDave is right about the many things we have in common, and Australia is one. Both Jilly and I instantly recognised this bird as an Eastern Rosella (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rosella), a common Australian parrakeet. I can't help but feel sad to see one in a cage when I've seen so many flying freely around suburban gardens.
How nice to have a blogger visit! I so enjoyed meeting two bloggers in NYC and two in Seattle...who's next?
ReplyDeleteLovely photos, both of them, and I love the little bird.
The meeting of other bloggers is one of the greatest joys of belonging to this community. Maybe Sharon can pick me up on the east coast and we'll come together to Menton for a gathering.
ReplyDeleteLife is so good!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delight to see our dear Nathalie in front of the camera and behind it! :) I know you two had a grand time together. So fun to hear all about it.
ReplyDeleteNice little birdie,Nathalie!
Best to you both,
V
Oh my, our Nathalie certainly does get around... in Paris just a few days ago (I will be posting about that soon), now on the Riviera ! What a life ! A gorgeous bird too...
ReplyDeleteWell, if I got back to the south of France I don't know if I would be taking pictures or talking to you. Life is so tough in your part of the world.
ReplyDeleteMON DIEU!
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling
miam-miam
Great that you could get together.
ReplyDeleteMake sure that when Sharon picks up BC, that you give me a cooee as well. I'll join the fray in a twinkle of the eye!!
ReplyDeleteYou've made a nice picture of Nathalie "in action". And nice to watch her result......the "effect" of the cage is splendid....
ReplyDeleteWhat's a rosella doing out of its own environment? It seems to be OK, thankfully!
ReplyDeletePhotoMarg, what is any bird doing in a cage? You are right, of course. These people love their birds tho and all were OK. We had terrible weather after this photo and the area of the restaurant was pretty much washed away but the birds were all saved, thankfully.
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