THEME DAY-Landmark

I'm back in Belgrade, but a bit under the weather, so not much going out for a new photo for this month's theme day of Landmark.

Showing you the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde in Marseille, as seen from the Old Port.

Check out other posts for Theme Day right here.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween!  I am back in Belgrade, but this is a photo from Gorbio, France, believe it or not.  This jack o'lantern was perched on someone's windowsill a few days ago when I was visiting Jilly Bennett.

Gorbio, France--des olives

Olives on a tree in the village of Gorbio.  My last day here visiting Jilly Bennett of MENTON DAILY PHOTO. Thank you, Jilly, for a super stay and for showing me around your lovely village and Menton.

ABC WEDNESDAY--"P" is for "perched on top...."

A view of the beautiful little village of Gorbio, France, perched on a hilltop above the city of Menton. I'm here visiting Jilly Bennett of Menton Daily Photo for a couple of days.


 Check out other Ps on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Aix-en-Provence---pottery

Pottery as sunny and bright as the weather.  Notice the olives on one olive tray; lots of olives here....!

Off to Marseille tomorrow, then on to Menton/Gorbio to visit Jilly Bennett, who has several blogs, including her photography site.

Cezanne's atelier

Visited Cezanne's atelier. You're not allowed to take photos inside, but of course I sneaked a hip shot.  (Thanks to Roger for coughing and covering up my click...)

I enjoyed seeing the real items Cezanne painted from.

Des bolets

Boletus mushrooms on a market in Aix....there are sooo many kinds of mushrooms available here now.  I love just about all kinds of mushrooms.

Aix-en-Provence: the santon maker

Santons are little figures (literally, little saints) that are typical of Provence.  Originally they were made to represent the nativity, but expanded into local characters, such as women in Provencal dress, men carrying loads of sticks, and so on. In the bottom photo you can see that there's even one of Aix's well-known painter, Paul Cezanne.  The top photo shows a worker in Fouque's famous santon workshop working on a figure.  Santons come in sizes usually ranging from about a foot tall to tiny 'flea' santons, all beautifully hand-painted....and very expensive.

Pain au chocolat

Still in Aix and getting up early to walk around taking photos before most people hit the streets.

All this of course makes me hungry....cafe creme and a pain au chocolat...

Aix-en-Provence.....

I am currently in Aix-en-Provence, France, where I studied 46 years ago....  Several of my classmates came over for a mini-reunion, including our director and his wife.  We are having an absolute blast....  More photos to come, of course.

Caught this chic French woman at the market...note the earrings, scarf, lavender beret, rings...  I love her expression.

ABC WEDNESDAY--"O" is for "Original"

This fellow is wearing what I think is an original hat for a guy, along with his maybe not so original pigtail.  At first I thought Coke might have been the original carbonated soft drink, but not so.  Carbonated drinks have been around for quite a while, it seems.  As far as classics are concerned,
root beer was mass produced in 1876, 1881 brought us the first cola-flavored drink, Dr. Pepper was invented in 1885, Coca Cola in 1886, and Pepsi in 1892.

"Osveži se"  (another O) on the Coke machine translate as, "Refresh yourself."

See other Os on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.