Menton Daily Photo

Intense concentration as the waiter delivers two beers in the gardens of the Mirazur restaurant (2 Michelin stars) in Menton. ~ Une c...

Love is in the air at Aix-en-Provence! ~ L'amour est dans l'air à Aix -en -Provence!

Hoping the Coal tits will nest on my terrace this year. They did a few years ago but since then they visit to eat the sunflower seeds...

There have been two very large palms on this side of the village of Gorbio for as long as I can remember - and now there is only one.  As...

This is how many of us garden in this part of the world.  If you live on a hillside, your land will be terraced like this.  Mine is.  Thi...

The delicate lacy flowers of a white wisteria hangs over railings in Menton's Old Town. In China it's called ' chiao teng&...

You have flowers today because I've been practising with a new lens - a Fuji f2.8 50-140mm which is the equivalent of a 76-214mm in ...

This beautiful tree is to be found near the Musee Cocteau. It's called the Silk Floss tree, or in Latin, Chorisia Speciosa. *****...

This sculpture of the late Princess Grace of Monaco is by Marcos Marin and is currently displayed amidst olive trees in the Parc du Sa...

A sprig of mimosa for you all on St. Valentine's Day. ***** Pour la Saint Valentin, un brin de mimosa pour vous tous.

'I believe a blade of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.'  Walt Whitman *****  « Je crois qu'u...

Kiwi fruit hangs from the pergola of a Gorbio garden. ***** Des Kiwis qui pendent d'une pergola d'un jardin de Gorbio.

Suddenly, one day, this sunflower appeared in my garden.   I've never planted a sunflower in any of the gardens in any of the countri...

My 'mulot' and me... well, we have a difficult relationship. A 'mulot' seems to be vernacular in French for several ...

This wonderful plant produces the most amazing show of white flowers every spring and will drape its beauty over fences and trees. It&...

According to Nice-Matin we've had a month's rain in three days - which means the plants are happy. Today: sunshine!  ~~~~~ ...

Yesterday, we had a heavy fall of snow that finally started to settle - winter had arrived. One hour later it was gone ... That was w...

You'd not know that it's almost December, would you?  This is a potato vine, by the way  (solanum jasminoides). ~~~~~ On n&...

A soggy spray of plumbago after rain.  ~~~~~ Un petit bouquet de plumbago, détrempé après la pluie.

The Bastion seen through a datura bush. ~~~~~ Le Bastion vu à travers un buisson de datura.