In the air

Love and hope ,

light and colors ,

new breath . .

No doubt : It's spring !

One day

Only one day left before spring.

Some details already give a preview of its arrival..
There's something in the air..or on the beach!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

I simply needed to find a beautyful red haired boy to wish you a..

Stained-glass window

This is not a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Holy Chimney . .

This is only the perfect reflection of an old chimney in the stained-glass window !

This is my contribution to WEEKEND REFLECTIONS, a meme hosted by James.

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Windows

Open to life or closed on mystery . .

Telling stories or keeping secrets . .

Always mute , and yet always talking . .

Which one is your favorite ? . .

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 One more window HERE

Wednesday doorway / Porte du mercredi

Some doors and gates give you the feeling that you're not only crossing  a wall from a place to an other, but also that you're walking from a time to an other..

(The same gate, seen from both sides..)

An other door HERE.

Old stones tell us..

All along the shore, you'll find such small towns built upon hills.

In times when danger could come from everywhere around, it was important to see ennemies before they could reach you..

Every house was built as / or / in a wall, every wall was thought as a protection, every street was supposed to be narrow and broad enough to stop an invasion, every gate was supposed to be closed as quickly as possible, every tower was used as watching place..

And , of course, the final goal, the castel , was supposed to protect eveyone if every other mean had failed..

Today, the castel is a museum.

The only invaders are tourists, and I'm afraid nothing can stop them!..

But let's be glad to live in peaceful times..

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More details of the streets HERE .

A closed door opens other ones..

I came to Les Hauts-de-Cagnes to visit Auguste Renoir's house. But the door was closed..

Luckily, he was not the only painter to be inspired by this lovely place..

Ferdinand Decon painted the chapel around 1900..

Monique Giresse choosed the castel in 1979..

..and André Derain showed one of the stone doors around 1910.

More discoveries tomorrow...

Spring..

..is already there, in the the monastery's garden..

I wish you a very colorful week-end!

It's all about memories

Toys in the shop window bring us back to childhood. But who knows where the old reflected walls  will bring us back to?...

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This is my contribution to WEEKEND REFLECTIONS, a meme hosted by James.

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