A great big THANK YOU!

One of my favorite photos that I took while at Magdalen College, Oxford one glorious summer. The gate promises wonderful adventures beyond.

In the last week two very exciting things happened (well at least I thought they were exciting)

1. Since starting blogging in November last year the blog has had 10 000 views! Not only that, occasionally someone liked something too!

2. Today a very kind reader pushed the follow button and became the 200th follower!

I know that there are those blogging gods and goddesses out there whose blogs proclaim their thousands of devoted followers, and with just cause, but to me, 200 kind people who thought for a moment that they might like to come back again after reading a post or two of mine is a wonderful gift and I am very grateful.

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I just wanted to thanks all of you who have taken the time to look at La vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin and given me your likes, your friendly encouraging comments, and an opportunity to connect with many of your own wonderfully interesting blogs!

Below is a gallery of some of my favorite photos that have appeared on my posts. If you would like to explore more then hit plus sign at the bottom of the Home Page and you can access all of the categories and search functions. Or just choose from the categories listed at the top of the Home Page itself.

Meilleurs voeux! everyone and remember…Life is too short to drink bad wine!

 

I snapped this lucky shot in April in Paris with les Invalides in the background. A wonderful day!

Oxford through one of the apertures at the top of Magdalen Tower Oxford

Such a peculiar contrast. A vintage car show in the grounds of a 14th century castle. I snapped this just as the show was ending. Vincennes

This faun frozen in a musical reverie I snapped in the Jardin du Luxembourg

This butterfly rested on the plant in the Exmouth Gorges, its tattered wings nearing their end and yet it still flew off into the sunshine. https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/thought-for-the-day-fly/

Who could one not feel bliss when greeted by this view over the ramparts! The vivid lichen which covers the tops of the walls in St Malo only serves to compliment blues of the sea and the texture of the rocks exposed at low tide.

Standing here in the soft grass I took this picture while a gentle breeze gave the slightest ripple of movement in the treetops. Taken in spring in Versailles

Here I am in happier times in front of the Lapin Agile. I ask you, Dear Reader, do I look like a perfect Santa to you?

In the Chateau of Vincennes a bridge in the sky leads to the Donjon.

I snapped this lucky shot in April in Paris with les Invalides in the background. A wonderful day!

The sun just rising on the horizon, the moon and a single star hovering above the makeshift tent we built on the desert island.

St Malo in the distance while the tide rushes in to trap the unwary traveler lingering at Chateaubriand’s tomb. https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/rebel-without-a-causeway/

A beautiful warm day in Exmouth, Western Australia…before the shark…

The tiny Square Rapp is an Art Noveau gem and with a view like this when you step out the door each morning life must be good for the luck few living there.

On a perfect summer’s day in Oxford I came across this little mill, reflected in the rippling water. https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2014/12/16/quiet-reflection-2/

Quote: “One should always strive to reach a worthy goal. I feel that posting 200 posts on Wordpress definitately fits this criteria.” Bloggy Mc Blogster https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/mondayitis-i-got-an-award/

On a crisp morning in spring we turned back and say this wonderful view which I snapped with joy.

In the morning light the harsh landscape high up in the gorges of Exmouth sang with a peculiar beauty.

Your Christmas Getaway – Feeling a little down this December? Why not rent Vaux le Vicomte and flee to France. Don’t bother telling your family and friends. You can always claim you were abducted by aliens if they ask any questions.

This charming view from the abandoned picnic ground at the base of a cliff I fortuitously tumbled down at Blenheim Palace was a joy to behold.