Tuesday Photo Challenge: Woods
Posted on July 26, 2017
Not quite constituting a wood in itself, this line of trees divides the two fields that lie behind our house. On a clear, bright sunny morning after a very cold clear night earlier this year, the frost on the bare branches was too good to miss.
Tuesdays of Texture: Fenceposts
Posted on July 25, 2017
Favouring the rustic look with these fenceposts at the Roman archaeological site of Cassinomagus:
Phaetons
Posted on July 21, 2017
These two old buggies – phaetons – are in the vintage vehicle collection of Chateau de Meillant
Thursday Doors: Chateau de Meillant (1)
Posted on July 20, 2017
After a visit to the restored Cistercian Abbey at Noirlac, feautured last week, we visited Chateau de Meillant, a very grand edifice that has ben in the same family for over 500 years.
How they made it through the French Revolution without an appointment with Madame Guillotine I don’t know, but the current owner lives in one wing, of which this is the main door:
The rest of the house is open to the public and is richly endowed with period features, taking photographs of which is forbidden – not least because they sell more guide-books that way. On the outside, though, there are plenty of Gothic doors to admire:
Behind the chateau is what used to be the servants’ quarters:
and the stable block, which now houses a collection of vintage cars:
Next week more from Chatea de Meillant, including some rather less pristine examples.
Thursday Doors 20 July 2017
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual
Posted on July 20, 2017
According to this reflection in a distorting mirror at Chateau de Maillant, I seem to have lost quite a bit of weight recently. And that is unusual.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Definitely Yellow
Posted on July 18, 2017
This week’s Tuesday Challenge at Dutch Goes The Photo is to post an image of something yellow.
I don’t know what these flowers are called, but they are most definitely yellow.
Tuesdays of Texture: Gargoyle
Posted on July 18, 2017
This gargoyle – I believe it’s in the form of a griffin – sits looking out from the roof of Chateau de Meillant, in central France. (Incidentally, I haven’t edited the colour of the sky at all – it really was that bright.)
Knot(hole)
Posted on July 14, 2017
This knothole can be found in an ancient wooden door up in the medieval citadel of the French town of Confolens.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything Made From Wood
Thursday Doors: Noirlac
Posted on July 13, 2017
Last month we went on a day’s outing by coach with a local group. In the afternoon we visited an ornate chateau (watch this space…) but we began at the restored Cistercian Abbey at Noirlac, in central France.
A slightly different take on ‘doors within doors’:
If anything, the interior is even more impressive:
Although the requirements of modern life can sometimes be a little jarring (that silver column is an air-conditioning unit, I think):
And it’s always nice to see the backs of doors:
Thursday Doors 13 July 2017
Lawyers With A Heart?
Posted on July 7, 2017
Cee’s challenge this week is to post an image of a sign.
I spotted this outside the offices of a firm of advocates in Confolens, just at the right time of day to get the interesting shadow.
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