Daily Views

This photo was taken in October at the Baie de Citrons, where we often spend our weekends going for long walks. Talk about a simpler life ... gone are the five-story stone apartment buildings of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the
Louvre's Pyramide. We have seen the return of a far-reaching horizon (where its very sight restores one's belief that anything is possible), blue skies and the effect of light on our lives. Days are warming up (25-30° C) and the bougainvilla is beginning to bloom. Some say it sounds like paradise, and for many it is.

I am surprised to learn, however, that there are some who are unhappy here.

Photo by Sophie-Alix Kilcoyne, 2005.

Swimming in September

Okay, so I am known by some to never enter a sea or ocean for fear of freezing to death. That is what growing up in Florida does to you. You get used to swimming in "bath water" and it ruins you for life. Well, guess what. I've refound my "bath water", where in a few months, the water will be as warm as the temperature hors de l'eau. Fabulous. I can't wait.

In the meantime, proof here, that in reality I am not the frileuse that everyone thinks I am. This is an attempt, in the month of September, to test the waters. Where? Ile aux Canards ...

Photo by Sophie-Alix Kilcoyne, 2005.

Who's Taking the Photos?

Most of the photos on this blog are brought to you by the talented, young Sophie-Alix Kilcoyne. A photographer from the age of 3 or 4 ...

Taxi Boat, Anyone?

Speaking of Ile aux Canards (Duck Island), there are a couple of ways you can get to this little ilot: (1) you can swim the 800 metres or (2) you can take a taxi boat.

Photo by Sophie-Alix Kilcoyne, 2005.