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- Renoir's house
La Ferme des Collettes, Auguste Renoir, 1915. His home. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Yup. - Hello there!
Plenty of interesting, intriguing, provocative or simply beautiful art in the many galleries around town. Unfortunately I couldn't find the author - or the title - of this one. - Eucalyptus
- Lavender
A lovely tiny lavender, growing wild in Massif de l'Esterel. - Lavender
I find it fascinating that lavender grows in the wild. - Nature morte a la sole et aux trois oursins
Most of the drawings/paintings in the Picasso Museum are like this. Maybe I don't get art, but I have dozens of very similar drawings from my kids. - Théoule-sur-Mer
Promenade André Pradayrol - A detail in Théoule-sur-Mer
What a lovely detail on a house in Théoule! - Villefranche-sur-Mer
- Èze
View from the exotic garden in Èze. - Exotic garden in Èze
- Exotic garden in Èze
- La citadelle Saint-Elme in Villefranche
La citadelle Saint-Elme is from the 16th century. - La citadelle Saint-Elme in Villefranche
Roof of the remparts at the citadel. - Mediterranean garden
- L'île Sainte-Marguerite
A stroll on one of the Lérin islands, L'île Sainte-Marguerite. The whole island is just beautiful. - L'île Sainte-Marguerite
Pointe du Dragon on the island of Saint Margaret - L'île Sainte-Marguerite
- L'île Sainte-Marguerite
Pointe du Dragon is one of my favourite places on the whole Côte d'Azur. - L'île Sainte-Marguerite
Carpobrotus, also known as (according to Wikipedia) pigface, ice plant, sour fig, and Hottentot fig. To me it is just a very very pretty succulent. - Decoration on the Château de Nice
One of the mosaics on the way up the Castle hill in Nice. Inspired by ancient Greece. - Decoration on the Château de Nice
One of the mosaics on the way up the Castle hill in Nice. Are these Spartian soldiers riding dolphins? - Nice
View of the Bay of Angels (Baie des Anges) from the Castle Hill - A letter box in Biot
Letter boxes in Place de l'Église in Biot. Is one hole for letters and the other for pigeons? - Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Biot
Some frescoes in the church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Biot. - A gargoyle?
I actually don't know what or who his is, but he surely looks scared. Or scary. - Rue des Tines in Biot
And another lovely corner in Biot. - Brugmansia (Angel's trumpet) in Biot
- La Légende des siècles
I wonder what is behind these doors... Maybe just a huge Hugo fan? Place des Arcades in Biot. - Antibes
One of the lovely streets in the old Antibes. - Anibes
Another lovely street in the old Antibes. - Rue du Haut Castelet in Antibes
And yet another magical street in the old Antibes. - Passion fruit
A lovely gradient of colours on the passion fruit. - Hermes
These Hermes perfume bottles remind me of Magritte's The Son of Man. - Flowers in Antibes
Wonderful. Just wonderful. - Biot
A very picturesque house in central Biot. A lovely detail is the missing paint on 'dog's corner' ;-) - Théoule-sur-Mer
The town lies at the borders of Massif de l'Esterel, a wonderful reddish volcanic mountain range. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't that nice. - Femme allongée
A statue by Popoy (1993). - Towards Pointe de l'Aiguille
This is a super-beautiful path. I wish I could share the wonderful scent of all the blossoming bushes and flowers. - La pointe de l'Aiguille
Now this is a magic place. Beautiful. Red. And windy. - La pointe de l'Aiguille
This landscape literally invites you to paint it. - Rocks in Théoule-sur-Mer
These are some funny coloured rocks. - Les Sangliers de l’Esterel
These are some funny statues by Golec & Golec (2013). - Théoule-sur-Mer
- Antibes
Le Fort Carré in Antibes - Chambre d'Amour in Valbonne
- Valbonne
Super-cute doors in Valbonne. The world would be a friendlier place with more doors like this. - Le Paradis by Chagall
Marc Chagall, Le Paradis (1961). Eve's creation on the left and the Temptation on the right. - Adam et Ève Chassés du Paradis by Chagall
Marc Chagall, Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (1961), detail. My favourite part of the painting. - Carpobrotus
I just have a special affinity for this plant. - A tranquil garden
- More beauties in the garden
- Île Sainte-Marguerite
View of the Sainte Marguerite island. And the beautiful sea in between. - A wild orchid
My favourite plant identification app PlantNet says this is Long-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia). - Des oeufs de bouc
One of the windows/openings of the cave. - Heaven.
- Daisies
- Carpobrotus
- Île Saint-Honorat
Areal view of Saint-Honorat. Lérins Islands are so so beautiful. - Prévert's house
Jacques Prévert lived here. I would too. - Impermanence
Impermanence by Dominique Rayou (2020ish). J'adore. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A sculptured olive tree. - Poppies!
I love poppies but mid-March is simply too early. Even for Côte d'Azur. - Èze
I know, I know, Èze is famous for its views... but I love Èze in fog even more :-) - Èze
Hedgehog Agave in the Exotic gardens of Èze. - Èze
Exotic gardens in Èze. - Èze
Another wonderfully placed beauty, unfortunately I don't know her name. By Jean-Philippe Richard. - Èze
The clouds are rising so we even got a bit of a view. - Èze
Rue du Barri - Èze
Rue du Barri - Èze
Up towards Col d'Èze. Now that is a steep climb! - Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Villefranche as seen from Plateau Saint-Michel. - Lac de Saint Cassien
Not much going on in this time of year at Lac de Saint Cassien. - Siagne river
- Siagne river
- Siagne river
What a picturesque place this is! - Le moulin de Saint Cassien des Bois
The mill is under renovation... and I suppose the people working there had a good time ;-) - Eucalyptus
And plantations of eucalyptus. We are close to Grasse after all. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
View from Belluny. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
Hydropower plant and its dam. And a lonely tree. - Belluny
Well, the path around Belluny is not the most frequented. Yes, this is the path. - Mouans-Sartoux
A lovely old town, very similar to Valbonne. - Mouans-Sartoux
This is NOT how you repair an old wall. - Structure permutationnelle
Structure permutationnelle, an intriguing sculpture by Francisco Sobrino 1998/2015 in Mouans-Sartoux. - Structure permutationnelle
Structure permutationnelle in the gardens of Château de Mouans-Sartoux. - Good morning!
Before sunrise in my favourite garden. - Hello sunshine
- Biot
Rue de la Poissonnerie in Biot. - Biot volcano
A tiny hill is all what is left of an ancient volcano. - Biot volcano
But what a lovely and remote place it is. - Sunrise
A place where time stops.