- Eucalyptus
- Château de Chambord
My kids were fascinated by the 'minecraft trees'. - Mont Dol
An almost 400 years old chestnut tree. - Route D673
One cannot not stop here. What a lovely place. On the road D673 just south of Calès. - Pont Sarrazin
An old bridge in Massif de l'Esterel. - A detail in Théoule-sur-Mer
What a lovely detail on a house in Théoule! - Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Montagne Sainte-Victoire (1890s) by Paul Cézanne. Another one of my favourites in the gallery. - The big trees
The big trees (1902-1904) by Paul Cézanne - Villefranche-sur-Mer
- 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
- A tree trunk
Tiny little bugs started at the right top corner and grew fatter and fatter as they moved on, mostly towards bottom left corner. - Good morning sunshine!
- Pointe de vue Gravette in Antibes
- Pointe de vue Gravette in Antibes
- View towards SE
View from the artificial lake (left to right): Tête du Puy (2528 m), Crête de l'Aste (2620 m), way back Le Peouvou (3222 m), Crête des Pareis (2622 m), way back Pics de la Font Sancte (3371 m), Aiguille de Chambeyron (3396 m) and Brec de Chambeyron (3376 m), Pointe Jean Rostand (3220 m) ... Very little snow indeed. I should acknowledge the source: PeakVisor.com - Winter in Vallouise
- Petite Onde
- Black and white
The Onde valley where the sun doesn't shine - winter 10 meters higher - spring - Biot
A very picturesque house in central Biot. A lovely detail is the missing paint on 'dog's corner' ;-) - 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. - A tranquil garden
- Red!
Rowan and larches in the background. - Rowan in snow
Yes, I took a lot of photos. - Rowan in snow
- Rowan in snow
- Rowan in snow
Oddly enough, a few days later, the snow fell down, and also all the rowan fruit. But only from these two trees. Microclimate? Or maybe birds? - Rowan in snow
Looking up a rowan tree. - Rowan in snow
Are there too many photos of rowan? Probably, but I love them so I don't care. - Tournoux
What an idyllic place, so far from everything. - Col de la Pousterle
Even the hiking paths are well prepared. - Col de la Pousterle
Not many people walked the path that morning. - Tête d’Amont (2814 m)
What a lovely day for a walk. - Col de la Pousterle
Next to the hiking path is the cross-country skiing trail. - Col de la Pousterle
- Belvédère du Fournel
More snow than last year, but still not a lot. - Rowan in snow
- Gyr
From Vallouise to Pelvoux - Gyr
View from Gyr valley (Pelvoux) towards Puy Saint Vincent. - And a frog!
A super-cute frog. These animals are apparently illuminated at night. - Puy Saint Vincent
View towards Station 1600. And towards Mont Pelvoux (3943 m), Pic de Clouzis (3465 m), and Cime de la Condamine (2940 m). - Above Tournoux
- Île Saint-Honorat
A super soft and super quiet path. - Des oeufs de bouc
One of the windows/openings of the cave. - Heaven.
- Château de Chenonceau
The vegetable garden with all sorts of plants. I love the tiny apple trees forming the borders. Yes, those are 40 cm tall trees :-) - Château de Chenonceau
The avenue leading to the castle. Great shade in the summer heat. - Les Roches de Ham
A lovely walk. A wonderful view. Delicious galettes. And cidre. - Le Fort du Guesclin
As everything in Brittany, this place is also full of history. Romans, destroyed, fortress in 800s, destroyed, fortified castle built by Bertrand du Guesclin in 1100, destroyed in 1598, this one built in 1756... - Cap d'Erquy
It was insanely hot walking here, no shadow in sight. But it was worth it. - Côte de granit rose
A walk along the Côte de granit rose at sunset, somewhere between Ploumanac'h and Trégastel. - Côte de granit rose
What a lovely place for a house! - Château de Costaérès
Another spectacular place. A neo-medieval style manor on one of the islands. Built by a Polish engineer Bruno Abakanowicz, later Sienkiewicz wrote Quo Vadis here. Now owned by the comedian Didi :-) - Côte de granit rose
Every interesting rock has a name, I'm sure an interesting name was given to this one as well. This one is close to La Plage Saint Guirec. Update: it's called Napoleon's hat :-) - La Dordogne
Dordogne river. What an interesting place this part of France is. View of the river from our campsite. - La Roque-Gageac
A lovely place to rest and enjoy a drink. Especially in such a heat! - Puy de Pariou
One of the most photogenic volcanoes around there. Unfortunately the weather was quite meh so (this time) we didn't climb the Puy the Dôme. - Puy de Pariou
What a lovely place for a walk. We climbed up the hill from the back side, returning down the stairs. - Puy de Pariou
Puy de Pariou with Puy de Dôme in the background. Of course once we decided not to climb the Dôme but the Pariou, the skies cleared. - Puy de Pariou
What a lovely and tranquil place this forest is. - Valloire
I love the tree shadow on the church. Must be even lovelier in the winter. - Olive tree
Sculpture of an olive tree by Constantinos Valaes in Galerie Lefakis in Saint-Paul-de-Vence - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A sculptured olive tree. - The hills above Èze
A lovely foggy walk starting from Voie Aurélienne. - The hills above Èze
Apparently there is wildlife in these woods. A boar or a fox could be 5 m away and I probably wouldn't notice it! - Mimosa
Acacia dealbata - Eucalyptus
And plantations of eucalyptus. We are close to Grasse after all. - 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
The traffic sign being swallowed by a tree looks almost like a lizard/dinosaur eye. - Good morning!
Before sunrise in my favourite garden. - Hello sunshine