Rural Reflections
Posted on February 8, 2014
Two photographs taken close to Tranquility Base. Yvette’s barn is actually in the hamlet, while Chez Fiaud is a couple of kilometers away, on one of our local walks.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Object
Posted on February 1, 2014
This photograph was part of a ‘homework’ assignment on a weekend Photography course I took a few years ago. The decanter’s multi-faceted stopper threw up endless possibilities.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
Posted on January 28, 2014
A palm tree reflected in the blue plate glass windows of the Bainunah Hilton on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche.
The double bluff is that the palm tree is actually a mobile phone mast.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Family
Posted on January 20, 2014
Three photographs with a recurring theme, taken at the Vallee des Singes, in the Vienne departement.
The one of the Capucins has already been featured, with others, in another post over on my other blog.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Window
Posted on January 11, 2014
A stained glass window in the church at Montrol-Senard.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
Posted on January 4, 2014
Snowdrops traditionally mark the arrival of spring:
Winter Walk
Posted on December 29, 2013
It’s been pleasantly, if unseasonably, warm and sunny lately here at Tranquility Base: perfect weather for a walk along the quiet local roads.
The hedgerows are full of both life and death:
Some more images:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy
Posted on December 28, 2013
So, which two year old wouldn’t like playing peek-a-boo with grandpa?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Community
Posted on December 14, 2013
Community? Well, it’s a broad brief, to be sure. I suppose ‘community of interest’ would qualify as an example, and if these guys don’t have a shared interest – and mutual trust – then I don’t know who does.
[National Day celebrations in Abu Dhabi; also illustrates one of the advantages of living on the twelfth floor]
Winter sun and frost
Posted on December 10, 2013
At the moment Tranquility Base is sitting under a high pressure weather system, bringing cloudless sunny days and heavy night frosts.
An early morning walk in the fields provided images of both.
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