21 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (48) - the Buttonhole


Not everyone wore a buttonhole so presumably this gentleman is a family member.

'When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole'
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)

Tomorrow...the last day of the wedding.

Nice-Matin's headline today: 'America is Back!'

20 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (47) - a Sea of People


A sea of guests celebrating the wedding in Gorbio. Is the man bending over looking through a monocle? Perhaps he's taking a photograph.

And today there will be considerably more than a sea - there'll be an OCEAN - of people in Washington D.C. for the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America.

The great day has finally arrived! Barack Obama, an intelligent, charismatic, charming, thoughtful man brings change and hope to America and so to the rest of the world. Happy Inauguration Day, Mr President.

19 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (46) - the Fruit Cup


This couple are spooning something out of tiny glasses. You can see a tray of them in the smaller photograph - they are decorated with flowers. Perhaps a fruit salad? Perhaps a sorbet?

18 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (45) - Proud Papa

That's my girl!

You may remember the adorable Laura - click on the link to see another photograph of her.

17 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (44) - Style


Two beautiful women, two different ways of dressing - and both stylish.

'Fashions fade, style is eternal' - Yves Saint Laurent

16 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (43) - the Tomboy


All the children at the wedding were just delightful. French and Italian children are so much part of life here and are used to eating out with their parents so today was just another day, albeit a special one. Dare I say it, they know how to behave.

The adorable little girl in the middle of the photograph - you see her again on the left - turned up in many photographs. She had so much energy, she never stopped laughing, and she seemed to be everywhere. A little tomboy. Actually she reminded me of myself as a child!

I didn't know if there was a word for 'tomboy' in French and it appears to be garçon manqué but of course in English it can be used for a girl. Whether or not it is in French, I don't know.

And the beautiful child dressed in white - you can see her portrait HERE.

Update on Mama Mia and Mistral - please click on the link.

15 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (42) - the Blond


As you probably gather, I just loved taking photographs at this wedding and one of the most interesting things was the diversity in guests. Compare this tanned gentleman, for instance, with his long blond streaked hair and relaxed form of dress and jewellry, with the bronzed gentleman shown four days ago.

14 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (41) - the Chewing Gum


This is a tale of a lump of chewing gum.

This young couple - just look at her amazing shoes - are leaving the wedding. He stops (small photo) as he has 'something' on his shoe. That gets sorted and they continue. Kudos to her walking with those high heels on the cobblestones?


13 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (40) - the Thoughtful Husband




Do you remember the mother helping her child to drink - a glass in each hand? (see photo on left)

How does such a Maman get something to eat? Easy - along comes the helpful husband, ready to feed his wife a tasty goody - you see this in the B & W pic and also in the last one.

Note the area specially created for the children.



12 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (39) - Girl Talk


Two friends catching up - girl talk.

In the smaller photograph, I wonder what fascinating snippet of information is being discussed. You can almost hear this beauty saying - in French, of course - C'est pas vrai! - Oh, no!


11 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (38) - Bronzé


Good looking, sun tanned, smartly dressed - a guest at the wedding...but does he bite his fingernails?

10 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (37) - the Football


At a village wedding, life goes on around it. Here you see the bride and groom walking up the village to change their clothes for the main reception later. Ahead, a village dog, and on the right, a football is held steady. Outside the church village children play with the rose petal confetti and perhaps dream of the day when it will be their turn.

09 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (36) - the Father of the Bride


Everyone is pouring out of the church and then turning to await the appearance of the bride and groom. The gentleman with the buttonhole is the father of the bride. Don't you love his expression? He is positively bursting with pride and justifiably so. And don't you think he could play Hercule Poirot?

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Results of the Caption Competition from two days ago. It was so difficult to choose a winner, because all the Captions were good and made me laugh. In the end I chose two different ways of interpreting what the boy might have said.

One is Marley from Cheltenham Daily Photo, who wrote: "Fancy giving that a go?" I liked the brevity of this - just an aside, as it were. It seemed to go with the boy's expression.

The second is Kate from Visual St. Paul, who perhaps got to the essence of what a child would really say with her choice - "Oh, gross."

A postcard of Menton will soon be on its way to Marley and Kate. Thanks so much to everyone who commented.

08 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (35) - the Second Onlooker


You can see in the smaller photograph what a marvellous view this man has - see his window very high on the right?

There was another onlooker at the wedding - remember the old lady with the painful hands? Click on the link to view.

Caption Competition from yesterday - results tomorrow.

Update on Mama Mia and Mistral on Postcards from 'Pension Milou' today.

07 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (34) - the Kiss + Caption Competition!


The kiss outside the church.

Look at the young man in the white suit just behind the bride and groom. What is he saying to the young lady in the pink dress? A postcard from Menton for the best answer.

You can see another photograph of this young man, who incidentally had a broken foot. Please click on the link.

Results of the Caption Competition. Please click on the link.

06 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (33) - Little Girls' Games


Games at the entrance to the village. The bride and groom at about to climb the village to change ready for the main reception later at Cap d'Ail.

Tomorrow - the Kiss

05 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (32) - Throwing the Bouquet


Un, deux, trois - wheeeeee - the bride throws a wedding bouquet. In fact, there are two bouquets because her mother (the lady with the hat) is holding the bride's bouquet for a few moments.

In the smaller photograph, everyone looks delighted to see who has caught it. I believe it means the young lady will be the next to be married and I suspect the bride threw her bouquet with great attention as to where it landed!

04 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (31) - Flight of the Rose Petals


Meet the bride and groom again - this time deluged with rose petals.

A short time after the wedding they kindly emailed me, saying how much they enjoyed the photographs. I hope you enjoy these too, Patricia and Walter.






03 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (30) - Rose Petals, the Mayor & the Cool Guy


In the UK, when a couple are married, they walk down the aisle with 'Here Comes the Bride' blasting out from the organ. They smile at everyone sitting in the pews on either side as they exit the church. In France, all the people leave the church first and just outside the door, they are offered handfuls of rose petals to throw over the bride and groom when they appear.

In the main photo, you see a lady with baskets of rose petals. On the right of the photo, in the dark suit, is the Mayor of Gorbio. I adore our mayor. He's an artist of considerable repute and he does so much for the village, in particular, putting on many cultural events. It's not usual to see him sitting in the bar, his jeans covered in paint, whilst he puts the world to rights with friends.

In the smaller photograph, you see guests ready with rose petals in their hands.

Note the gentleman on left in the main photo wearing the white suit - he's the Cool Guy. Click on the link.

02 January 2009

Village Wedding Revisited (29) - the Handsome Couple


Remember the village wedding in Gorbio? Yesterday's photograph of little Lisa was taken that day and it reminded me I have so many more photographs, not yet shown. As it was, I posted for 28 days - please look at June/July if you missed it.

At the time I thought I'd posted enough but I know it was a well-received series - so let's go back and meet a few more people. Anyway, isn't it a nice way to start the New Year?

Here are a most handsome young couple amongst the crowd outside the church after the ceremony.

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