The Shark Lagoon is enormous! It contains 450 square meters of water with sharks, rays, groupers, jacks, moral eels and turtles, on a coral reef that teems with tropical fish and live corals. The presentation of live corals in such a space is a first. This tank can be viewed from four different angles. One panel alone is 5.90 metres high and 7.90 metres wide.~~~~~
Monte Carlo Daily Photo and Menton Daily Photo celebrate their 5th birthdays today - that's one photo (sometimes more) every single day for five years - twice! Not quite sure how it happened, but it did!
In fact, it all started with Eric Tenin's Paris Daily Photo and his vision for a world-wide City Daily Photo community of which today there are 1452 representing cities all over the world. I will be forever grateful to Eric for starting something that was to totally change my life and in ways I never could have imagined. Who knew I'd fall asleep at night reading books on photography!
According to Google, Monte Carlo Daily Photo has 13,000 visits a month (of which 7,500 are unique visits) and with 27,000 page views. You can see, with these monthly numbers, why I can't stop and indeed I don't want to! It's such a honour and a privilege to know so many people are enjoying the photos. A heartfelt thank you to my wonderful readers, for your loyalty, encouragement, kind emails and comments - without you, I think I'd have faltered long ago.
But along with the numbers have come friends - blogging friends, photography friends, people who come and visit and who I'd not have known but for the blogs. People who write me - we've never met - but are friends nonetheless. And one thing is particularly important to me, acceptance by the people of the amazing village where I live - Gorbio. Gorbio is 11 kilometres from Monaco. I adore this village, its traditions and its people who have so generously made me (a foreigner) welcome. They know me as the English woman, with the blogs - the one who always has a camera in her hand! I feel very much a part of this medieval hill village and I can't begin to tell you how much this means to me.
Please hop over to Menton Daily Photo for a photo of me, taken by the Mayor of Gorbio, smiling at you all and saying thanks so much.
You are a wonderful, inspiring woman! Your photos rekindle so many emotions about the area of the world I love.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work!
Bonjour Jilly, like I already said on Menton Daily Photo, I know what it's like to post a photo a day, so I can really say out loud: congratulations.
ReplyDeleteLet's meet next time I'm in Nice.
Again: un grand bravo !
jameson, you are so kind and Eric, yes please, I'd so love to finally meet you when you next come down south. x
ReplyDeleteHappy blog birthday, Jilly! You are absolutely amazing managing these two blogs for such a long time. And this is such a joyful photo to celebrate the day with. I don't get to visit as often as I'd like, but I hope you keep on photoblogging for many more years to come.
ReplyDeleteI just left a congratulatory note over on your Menton site, although I should add that it was your Monaco site that drew me in to all of your sites, as I searched out for Monaco rather than Menton initially because we had enjoyed visiting Monaco in 2002, and hope to return and do so again.
ReplyDeleteJilly I love your photos and descriptions - thankyou for sharing with all of us and happy 5th Birthday from a dedicated follower from Perth, Australia.
ReplyDeleteHilda, Dave and PJ, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment - really means a lot to me. Hope we get to meet up one of these days, Dave when you come back to Monaco.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jilly and a job well don!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Jilly! I read your blog almost for 1 year and it's really fascinating! Wish you all the best, warm regards from Ukraine =))))
ReplyDeleteI have visited almost everyday for the past year as a moment of escape from my ordinary life. It is a wonderful page and I appreciate it very much. Happy 5th anniversary
ReplyDeleteOh oh so well done. And for years now. And I've been following along.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Well, a belated and very heartfelt: joyeux blogaversaire!!! 5 years, wow!
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary to you and your great photo blog!!! Love your work and dedication. All the best to you.
ReplyDeleteHappy 5th Birthday!! Blogs like yours are a huge inspiration to me.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 5 years of the Monte Carlo blog! I just hope their Monaco majesties sent you a letter of thanks and congratulations, too!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for 5 great photo-blogging years. You know that I visited both blogs time to time, but I really love your photos and comments. Next 5 years I will be here again.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you can post all days in 2 blogs. I have problems to do in one. Next june, MuDP turns 4.