Extremely Urgent!

Botz sent me a WONDERFUL birthday package. Here are the remains of a delicious chocolate Eiffel Tower, and the note and envelope with all things french on them. I should have shot it before I ate the top off, but ... I am impulsive.

She sent it Express Mail "EXTREMELY URGENT!" ... (thank god we were home when it arrived!) so I bit the head off it instantly. Good choc!

Studio Office

I am gradually taking over the entire house. This was meant to be a bedroom, as was my studio itself. The dining room has become my yoga room.

My Studio

My studio is a mess right now. I am posting these "before" pix, and maybe I will post some "after" ones as well.

View of the Alps

This is part of the view from St. Paul. I made this out of two photos, so you can see a seam, but you get the idea ... the Alpes Maritimes are visible on the right, those snow-capped mountains. Click on the photo to see a larger view of it, and the mountains are very clear.

Eiffel Tower

How could I go to Paris without taking a photo of the Tour Eiffel you ask?? Well, here it is. The spring trees are still open enough to show it in this view.

Niki de Saint Phalle Fountain

This fountain by Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 - 2002) was at the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, in Nice. They had several other pieces of hers as well. One of her strongest projects is her Tarot Garden, see my link "Niki de Saint Phalle".

Sainte Paul de Vence

St. Paul de Vence is a medieval hilltop walled village. These photos were taken of the town itself.

Cote d'Azur

This photo was taken through the train window, so it looks smudgy and has reflections, but it gives you a sense of the coastline along the Cote d'Azur between Nice and Marseille.