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After a year of nearly total isolation, either because of lock down or because I chose to for health reasons, last Saturday was my first glorious day of freedom!  Finally vaccinated - a massive thank you to those brilliant scientists, I drove down the valley to Menton with my camera, somewhat tentative...had I forgotten how the camera worked! So enjoy the day with me, glorious sunshine with Menton looking her absolute best.  All sorts of dogs appeared: a beautiful lady dressed completely in white with her two little white dogs, there was a demonstration for action on climate change along...

Young love, a bench overlooking the Mediterranean on the French Riviera and a guard dog to give you privacy. This is a new print, 'SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME' in the shop to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. This pretty area in Eze village is the beginning of the Chemin de Nietzsche, a narrow windy track that leads down to the sea at Eze-Bord-De-Mer where you'll find the beach villas of Bono and next door, that of The Edge. Frederic Nietzsche, poet and philospher stayed in Eze during the 1880s, arriving in a depressed state but the beauty of Eze and...

Yesterday was World Galgo Day. Every year in Spain, thousands of galgos are born and bred to hunt. The 1st of February marks the end of the hunting season in Spain, the day when many galgos will face a death even more brutal than the wretched lives they have led, simply because they are no longer useful. They endure a life of fear and cruelty and when they are no longer useful, they are savagely killed or dumped in the desert to die of starvation and thirst.                               Despite her injuries, gentle Magda loves life nowThey are a beautiful...

Hello dear friends, So, finally an end to 2020 with its sadness and tragedy and fear.  But it was also a time for reflection, for thinking about possible changes to our lives, some of which may well be for the better.  So I wish you and your loves - be they human or canine or feline...a safe and happy 2021.  At least we can hug our dog because I know we can't wait till we can hug each other too. This photo is of me in doggy heaven!  And no, they are not my  dogs except for one: my boy,...

Hello dear friends, I wonder if you think of chihuahuas as I used to - little dogs who could do nothing else except submit to being dressed up in pink, perhaps be driven about in a pram and lie about all day being petted.  Just lapdogs... but I soon discovered it is not so!  My photographer friend, François has two chihuahuas and, yes, they love the attention when they are dressed up. Indeed, Helios and Indy have an extensive wardrobe of clothes and an even bigger one of sunglasses. One day François and I went down by the sea at...

If, because of Covid, you can't hang a photography exhibition indoors, then you hang it 'Hors les Murs' - ('Beyond Walls')   Photomenton organises a 10-day Festival of Photography each year in November with an exhibition of the work of 110 photographers at the Palais de l'Europe in Menton.  However, with France in its second Covid lock down of course this has been cancelled. But there is no stopping creativity and innovation for artists and here you see how the committee of PhotoMenton have arranged for one or two images from each exhibitor to be displayed at Les Sablettes Beach...