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This painting was an order It was ordered by the boy in the centre of the painting. He wanted to seize this instant of his life as he was so happy. He was in college with his two friends and they were having a drink in the old town of Nice. The boy on

It was a lovely sunny day and looked like spring, but very cold! These were a few photos I took with a wide angle lens to try it out!

These were taken from the other side of the bay of Menton. I wanted to show the movement of the pine trees there and the light in the late evening is lovely.

These were taken on the beach and I just couldn't get over the lovely colours on the beach reflected by the sky!

I look after Mahé every Wednesdays, so try to teach him how to paint. This is what happened last Wednesday.

It was a dull day as you can see from the clouds, but I like the mimosa against the grey of the clouds, which brings it out better!

Carnival has started in Menton and I went yesterday for the "corso". The weather was beautiful and so it was a huge sucess. It was crowded and people come from all over the world. It is the only carnival where oranges and lemons are used to make up the

I hope you enjoyed it! I will be putting up more after I have been to the night show.

Let me take the opportunity to thank all my friends for their visits and loyality! I do really appreciate this.

Just a few odds and ends while I have been showing my family the town and it's surroundings!

These were some of the orchids I shot at the international orchid show!