Boots and shoes
Posted on April 27, 2018
I spotted this juxtaposition of two photographs in the window of a shoe repair shop in the old part of Cahors. Footwear: the same but different.
Thursday Doors: Encore Cahors (3)
Posted on April 26, 2018
The gift that keeps on giving…
Another selection of the myriad doors of the town of Cahors. I ended last week with the observation that the predominant colour of the doors was – not really surprisingly – brown. Like these:
Bored yet? How about a bit of white relief, as it were:
Or even some anarchic blue:
And finally something quite different. This shop-front – a former boulangerie – is quite readable:
There are still a fair few doors to come from Cahors (and I’m saving some of the best ’til last), but for the next couple of weeks we’ll be in the city of Poitiers.
Thursday Doors 26 April 2018
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lines
Posted on April 25, 2018
Strong vertical lines demarcate these bolts of cotton fabric on the shelves of Madame’s favourite shop ever, Classic Quilts in Dubai.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Heat
Posted on April 25, 2018
After last week’s rain, this time it’s images of ‘heat’ that Frank is seeking for his Tuesday Photo Challenge at Dutch Goes The Photo!.
There’s no shortage of – often intense – heat in the Arabian desert, even in the oasis city of Al Ain. That goes equally for the world-famous zoo as well. And what sensible pair of lions wouldn’t seek some shade to protect themselves from that heat?
Benched
Posted on April 20, 2018
This well-weathered wooden bench is just outside the Cabinet Médicale, on the main road through our local village of Mézières-sur-Issoire. It’s been there for quite a while.
Thursday Doors: Encore Cahors (2)
Posted on April 19, 2018
Back to the town of Cahors yet again, for more doors from the medieval quarter, starting this week with a particularly shabby one:
Time to inject a little colour:
And some rather better cared-for examples. This one eases the transition from blues…
…to greens:
But there’s no getting away from the fact that brown is the prevailing colour:
Next week another selection from Cahors, then, by way of diversion, somewhere as yet unseen…
Thursday Doors 19 April 2018
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Rain
Posted on April 17, 2018
Answering Frank’s call for posts on the theme of ‘Rain’ for this week was a bit of a challenge. I’m something of a fair-weather photographer, so if it does happen to be raining then the chances are that I’ll be inside and not out getting wet and taking pictures.
Here’s an acceptable compromise, though. I captured this image in the Hunter Valley wine-growing region of Australia a few years ago. It wasn’t actually raining at the time, but it was just about to.
And how.
Perspectives on the Pont Valentre
Posted on April 13, 2018
The Pont Valentré, which bridges the river Lot in Cahors, dates from the fourteenth century, so certainly qualifies for Cee’s category this week of anything over 50 years old.
Then again, so do I….
The bridge’s four towers makes it visually appealing not only from a distance but also – unlike some – when you’re actually standing on it.
Thursday Doors: Encore Cahors
Posted on April 12, 2018
After our little diversion to Rancon over the past two weeks, it’s time to dip back into the cornucopia of interesting doors from Cahors.
Last time we featured some of the doors from the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne, one of two principal landmarks of the town. The other is the Pont Valentré:
There must be literally hundreds of doors in the narrow streets of the medieval quarter, although they aren’t all original or neglected:
Finally for this week, and just for a change, how about an artfully rusted gate?
Thursday Doors 12 April 2018
Weekly Photo Challenge: Awakening
Posted on April 12, 2018
There’s a bit of a story behind this particular image, posted in response to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge ‘Awakening’.
In October 2004 we came to France with the express purpose of finding a house to buy. We stayed in a gîte – I can’t remember the exact location, but it was somewhere in the Vienne département – and I brought with me my first digital camera, a 3MP Olympus compact (really good lens, by the way).
One morning – upon awakening, you could say – I looked out of the bedroom window and saw the dawn mist in the shallow dip between the hamlet where we were staying and the local village.
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