Into the mix
Posted on July 22, 2023
Looking down into the stainless steel mixing bowl of our food processor.
Japanese Garden
Posted on July 20, 2023
The city of Toulouse, in southern France, has a number of parks, of which the Japanese Garden is one of the most famous. It’s not Monet’s Giverny, but it’s pretty good, even if the red bridge may be a little derivative.
Two keys
Posted on July 15, 2023
Front door and postbox. Counter-intuitively, the key to the postbox is bigger than the one for the front door.
Sweet William
Posted on July 13, 2023
A Side Of Venison
Posted on July 12, 2023
A few years back, we visited a safari park in central France, where this noble beast kindly presented us with a side view.
These Boots Are Made For Riding
Posted on July 7, 2023
Last weekend, we went on a voyage (coach trip) to Chateau Montpoupon, near the city of Tours, so north of here but south of Paris.
The chateau has been in the same family since 1857, although it originally dates to much earlier than that. However, as well as the house itself, there’s a very extensive stable area. The family has a tradition of being very involved in equine activities, especially hunting, as this room (and there are several more like it) illustrates.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: beginning with the letter B or W
Dried Flowers
Posted on July 5, 2023
I’m no expert on gardening of any kind and I’m especially useless at remembering the names of flowers (unless they’re roses or daffodils), so I don’t know what this is called. It flowered in the spring and now the petals have dried into this interesting form.
Under occupation (Part 2)
Posted on July 5, 2023
Last week we saw the front of the World War II coin that we dug up in our fields. Now, in line with Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, here is the reverse side.
Dated 1943, this two franc coin actually wasn’t worth much at all. During the war, the franc was a satellite currency of the German Reichsmark, so this was the equivalent of 10 pfennigs, or 25 US cents at the time.
The legend (reads – in English- ‘Work. Family, Fatherland’. Although this dated from the Nazi occupation of France, don’t read too much into the word ‘Fatherland’: it also appears in the first line of the French national anthem ‘La Marseillaise’.
Festival time
Posted on July 2, 2023
Summer is definitely here, which means that it’s festival time in France – including our nearest town, Bellac.
Under occupation
Posted on June 27, 2023
As you will undoubtedly be aware, France was occupied by Nazi Germany for much of the Second World War.
We discovered this coin, struck from cheap base metal, while digging over some ground to establish a potager (vegetable patch). It dates from that period and displays the symbols of fascism – the fasces (bundles of sticks) and the double-headed axe.
Posted for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, which calls for an image of the front of any one item. Next week Cee will be looking for images of the back of any item. Any guesses?
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