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I took these yesterday at the garden in Menton. This is the best time of the year to see the lotus in flower. What a fantastic flower. They do not last very long, so if you are around my way, please visit the garden! This is Val Rahmeh and they are also in "La Serre de la Madone".

I was chasing them again! They all come from my garden. As I have wild flowers, there are lots of different kinds, but what a lot of patience one needs!

I got these photos of butterflies from my garden. What an atmosphere! The leaves are fig leaves. Funny to see them on a leaf, as they are normally on flowers.

Just a series of photographs of drops. Notice what's inside the drops. That always facinates me.

As promised, I've put up more flowers from "Val Rahmeh". Hope you enjoy the variety as they come from all over the world. I've never seen such rare flowers in my life and this is why I photograph them. Enjoy!

Thank you all my dear friends for all these visits which give me so much pleasure. Hope I can produce more interesting paintings and photos to continue this way. It is a pleasure to be on Ipernity and to have all this contact. A BIG thank you!

This is the garden where I had my vernissage and the exhibition is still on. What a lovely place to be! It's magic!!!! Althought I don't know all the names of the flowers, I see the beauty in them, and for me that's what is important. Fill yourself up with this beauty, and it will enrich you. There will be more to come.

I love taking photos of flowers and especially of roses in this artistic way. What do you think? There is such a lovely atmosphere. These were taken in my garden a little while ago.

These are in my exhibition as well. The little girl is Erin Rose and what I wanted to get is the softness of her look. The other is my son Nicolas, who was very difficult, but I think he is happy with it. These two gave me a lot of pleasure to do. By the way, the exhibition is going off very well and I have sold 3 so far. I never expected to sell any to tell you the truth. But I am enjoying the contact with the public and that is important. Most of the people like it, but of course you cannot please every one.

These photos were taken by a friend of mine and shows the atmosphere of the exhibition last Friday. What a lovely evening we had! It couldn't have been better.

These will be part of the exhibition that I will be having from the 9th of May to the 15th of June. This will be held at the garden Jardin Botanique Exotique "Val Rahmeh" in Menton. I have created an album of all the paintings that will be exhibited there. Please click on "Albums" and then double click on "Painting Exhibition in Menton" There will be water colours,oils,pastels and tempera. One room will be exclusively flowers, and sceneries, and the other room willl be my 4 seasons and portraits. If any one is around my side of the world, you are welcome to come. I will be present every afternoon to welcome my guests. If any one would like to contact me, my e mail addres is: christinevalin@wanadoo.fr All the paintings are for sale except certain portraits of course.

This is a selectionn of at least 1000 photos that I took in Australia. Notice how often I take trees, as I loved them. The bush fire was a bonus, as I just happened to be there while one started! The pinicals were out of this world, but then "nature" is always so marvellous, what ever it is, or where ever it is!

Aussi atmosphere, trees, animals etc. Everything that impressed me! It will go on. Hope you enjoy them.

Just a few photos of sceneries from Rottnest, Australia, just to give you an idea of how beautiful it is!

These are impressions of my holiday. I was facinated by the various different kinds of birds and trees there, and how the Australians live so close to nature.

I was lucky to be able to visit Perth and its surroundings, which was one of the most interesting holidays I've had. Although this was one year ago, it's still very much in my memory. Let's say it's another world! I will be putting on quite a few, so watch out for them.

These were taken at the day and night parade.

These were taken at night, during the carnival at the gardens which were lit up. It was an excellent evening and the Tahitians danced for us most of the time. These people gave a sense of peace and beauty and were so nice to the public, that everyone were enthralled with them, including me. It was just fantastic. I have been to Tahiti, and in my eyes, one must not leave this world before visiting these islands. It's the most beautiful part of the world, - the sea, the islands full of flowers, and people who are so peaceful.