Menton Daily Photo

Caring for loved ones at Christmas ... ***** A Noël, prendre soin de ceux qu'on aime ...

Black and white in the cemetery. ***** Noir et blanc dans le cimetière.

Two of Menton's magnificent steeples. Photo taken from the Cemetery of the old Chateau. ***** Deux des magnifiques clochers de Me...

The church steeple, higgledy-piggledy roofs.  The golden onion of the Russian tomb in the cemetery, which sits above the Old Town of Ment...

Flowers tumble over the grave of a newly-departed in Menton's old cemetery. ***** Fleurs qui se fanent sur la tombe d'un réce...

The Russian chapel is being restored!  The golden onion was repainted a year or so ago and now there's scaffolding up, as you see.  ...

There are many Russian graves in the old cemetery of Menton, as there are many British. Dmitri was born in 1852 and died in 1887 - he wa...

Some of the residents of Menton's old cemetery get to enjoy a pretty good view. ~~~~~ Certains des résidents du vieux cimetière d...

Concession in perpetuity: how long does forever last? ~~~~~ Concession à perpétuité : combien de temps dure l'éternité?

It's been a while since I walked up to the old cemetery above Menton but whenever I do I'm always overwhelmed by the beauty, th...

Not everyone has a mausoleum - for some it's a mound of earth and a broken headstone. ~~~~~ Tout le monde ne possède pas un mauso...

We're looking through the wrought iron gates of the tiny Russian chapel. This tomb is the resting place of a Polish man who devoted...

 The tiny cemetery at Mortola Superiore was built by Sir Thomas Hanbury in 1881. The carved words outside the gates are by Confucious ...

We've seen the Russian chapel in the old cemetery before but don't you love the way it appeared - yesterday - to be framed by those...

Theme Day this month and the word is ' edges ' - so here are a lot of them... the edges of the cross and pedestal, the edge of the...

Cemetery of the Old Chateau: 'Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.&#...

Happily the rain has gone. Now we have grey skies, so here's a shot from the cemetery, taken in November. Two weathered cherubs - or ar...

I'm not sure I'd want to see my dear departed's death mask. Would you? ----- Je ne suis pas sûre d'avoir envie de voir le m...

'Tenderness is the repose of passion.' ----- 'La tendresse est le repos de la passion.' ~ Joseph Joubert (French essayist 17...

Today is the hundredth anniversary of the tragic death of two young people on the same day. The Cyrillic inscription on their grave in the...