A man among men

The french artist , writer and poet Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

loved the French Riviera and Villefranche very much.

He painted the small local Church,  leaving behind

the memory of a good and kind man,

 respected and cherished.

Baby lighthouse

Port de la Santé
Villefranche-sur-mer

Almost shadows

9am. /10am.

social distanciation

Celebrating

May,23 in France is

#SailorDay

 

#JournéeNationaleDuMarin

 

Away we go

drying

Careening aera

Moonlight

Walking Seagull

 

 

 

"La mouette" (The seagull)

is the name of a local association of people

lucky enough to own a "pointu"( name of local fishing boats)

Those people protect old ships

and fight to keep them in a world

of modern motorships.

 

 

Cleaned and ready

back to breath

Beginning of the end

Tomorrow ,in my part of France ,

the lockdown will be over .

Which means that I should be able to walk again along the beach,

to stroll again on the wharfs , to explore the shores again ..

Or not.

It will depend on how people will react.

Maybe , two days later ,

the lockdown will be back.

 

However, during those times we have passed through,

 I could count on the help of family and friends.

I'd like to thank them all today.

 

Thanks to

 

My father , Louis;

My uncle , André;

My grand-father, Félix, and his two Brothers, Jean and Antoine;

My great-grand father Giobatistta, and his brother Carlo.

 

Thanks to the pictures and tales you left me ,

I could spend some more time with you,

 and show what you've done in your rich lives.

 

And  special thanks

to

Taken For Granted ,

and to

James

 

You gave me motivation to go on feeding this blog!

Every of your comments was highly appreciated!

 

 

 

Wrestlers

 

One of the ways to celebrate

January first , 1917.

Must be a boys thing..

 

Rich and poor

Circa 1910 .

It's winter , in  Menton , French Riviera .

Two men with fur coats , and a third one with a camera ,

decide to sail for pleasure .

So they rent a boat , and a crew .

 

Two worlds in the same boat ..

 

 

 

Welcome on board !

Sometimes ,

 family came to visit you at the office..

 

 

..and sometimes , some of them

drunk too much wine to celebrate..

 

 

Circa 1930 ,

Saint-Tropez

Two faces 1956

Official

Officious

Sunday smile

"  Miss , Don't you think  it smells like  fish ? ..."

Asian Bliss

Circa 1955 , Vietnam