Thursday Doors: Gates of St-Barbant and St-Martial
Posted on July 6, 2017
As promised last week, here is a final collection of images from the conjoined villages of Saint-Barbant and Saint-Martial-sur-Isop, focussing – just for a change – on gates.
Or rather, in this case, gateposts:
An unusually long and well cared-for example:
And it’s nice to see that the cemetery is looked after:
But oh dear…
Next week, something rather different: a restored Cistercian Abbey.
Thursday Doors 6 July 2017
Tuesdays of Texture: Fruit Salad
Posted on July 4, 2017
On the outskirts of Limoges, a forty-minute drive from here, is a shopping centre which has a branch of ‘Grand Frais’ (literally ‘big fresh’). Here it’s possible to buy fruit and vegetables of more exotic origins than are generally available in supermarkets.
Seven Feet
Posted on June 30, 2017
There are seven feet in this image of a sheep being shorn. Can you spot them all?
Thursday Doors: Saint-Martial-sur-Isop – Finale (almost)
Posted on June 29, 2017
This will be the final set of doors from the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop, although we haven’t quite seen the last of what it has to offer…
Last week we faded out to grey and now we’re picking up where we left off. The legend over the larger door reads ‘Vins en gros’ and the date 1895, so this used to be the premises of a wholesale wine merchant.
It wouldn’t be a village if it didn’t have a church and this one, although quite small, is very interesting. The original building is believed to date back to the Carolingian period (987-1268), although what’s visible today is 12th century (with subsequent renovations and additions).
And finally, as regards doors, some houses in rather better condition than some of the ones we’ve seen:
Next week, before moving on elsewhere, some of the gates to be seen in Saint-Martial and Saint-Barbant.
Thursday Doors 29 June 2017
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delta
Posted on June 29, 2017
The snow will melt; the tracks will disappear, the trees will bud again. Even in the 1/6000th of a second it took to record this image, all these processes of change were under way.
[I know I’m not the only one to be a little miffed that this week’s theme of ‘Delta’ is remarkably and unimaginatively similar to last week’s ‘Transient’]
Tuesdays of Texture: Moss
Posted on June 27, 2017
This moss-covered stone can be found in the grounds of the impressisive Chateau du Meillant, in central France.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Steps
Posted on June 27, 2017
Answering the theme of ‘steps’ this week is this dramatic-looking staircase to be found in the twelfth-century church in the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop.
Although the ceiling has obviously been renovated, this steep and winding set of stairs leading up to the roof looks, if not original then pretty old. Not surprisingly, it isn’t open to the public.
More responses to Frank’s latest challenge can be found here: Tuesday Photo Challenge: Steps
Kites
Posted on June 23, 2017
A pair of kites – which actually were black and white – flying together in a stiff breeze at the annual Esteval air show just outside the nearby village of Blond.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Transient
Posted on June 22, 2017
This blossom on a silk tree is lovely now, but will soon be reduced to the dried, shrivelled state of its neighbour.
Thursday Doors: Saint Martial-sur-Isop (2) – Fade To Grey
Posted on June 22, 2017
Last week’s selection of doors to be found in the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop had in common the fact that they were all quite colourful. This week’s doors, however, are gradually having the colour bleached out of them.
To maintain some continuity with last week, though, here’s a still quite chirpy example:
But now it’s downhill all the way, starting with this fading green door that is accessible only by a crumbling wooden staircase that nobody in their right mind would use:
And now, in progressive stages of abandoned neglect:
Until finally we get to a building where even the vegetation’s given up:
‘Oh well, a touch of grey/Kinda suits you anyway”
Next week, proof that it’s not all doom and gloom in St-Martial.
Thursday Doors 22 June 2017
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