Category: GENERAL

LES CADRANS SOLAIRES: THE AMAZING CERAMIC TILE SUNDIALS OF COARAZE, PROVENCE

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The sundials shown below are in Coaraze, a small medieval ‘village perché’ (650m) in the Alpes-Maritimes, Provence, north of Nice. They include sundials by artistic polymath Jean Cocteau, novelist, poet, dramatist, designer, artist and filmmaker; Ponce de Leon; and Henri Goetz, among others. They are located in two places in the village (1) on the front and side walls of the Marie (2) at the top of the village on a south-facing walls in the square in front of the church

MONA CRISTIE – LA CHEVAUCHÉE DU TEMPS

GEORGES DOUKING – LES ANIMAUX FABULEUX

JEAN COCTEAU – LES LÉZARDS (lizards are the historic symbol of the village)

GILBERT VALENTIN – LES  TOURNESOLS                     

FABIENNE BARRE (2008) – on the side wall of the Marie, with a view of the village

ANGEL PONCE DE LÉON – BLUE TIME (1961)         

HENRI GOETZ – LE PYTHON ET SA COURONNE EN VERT ET OR (1961)                        

SACHA SOSNO (2007)                        

“BEN” – BENJAMIN VAUTIER (2008)

rollingharbourlife – THE SPIN-OFF BLOG

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WELCOME to rollingharbourlife, the only-slightly-odd-looking-when-written side-project that will contain a variety of photographs and other stuff having nothing whatsoever to do with the Delphi Club, Abaco, bonefishing or indeed anywhere very exotic. Sorry about that.  But now you are here, why not have a little rootle around and see if there’s anything you might enjoy. If there is, good. If not, no harm done. Probably.

The other ethereal entity to keep an eye on is rollingharbour.wordpress.com [and also http://www.delphi-bahamas.com if you might be interested in an upscale fishing trip]

I am hoping there won’t be an emergence of irreconcilable ‘artistic differences’ between the two blogs, of the sort that will lead to an acrimonious split, drink ‘n’ drugs hell, and a spell in the Priory for one or other blog (or both).

I’ll put up a few images to get started, then add other details – including contacts and so forth – in due course. Being a spin-off, this blog will be less attentively nurtured than the main event, but it will grow in its own good time…

© IMAGE RIGHTS The blog images are mine all mine, unless otherwise stated. Please assume they are all © rollingharbour and let me know if you wish to use one, because I have used some myself elsewhere (one of them has even won a modest prize, for Heaven’s sake) and… the legal part of my brain is already kicking in at the prospects.