Busy Skies
Posted on October 1, 2023
Plenty of air traffic overflying here, close to the very centre of France.
It’s good for you. No, really…
Posted on September 29, 2023
Cee’s Which Way Challenge this week is looking for images of signs. This one, extolling the nutritional value of wine is hanging on the wall in the bar of our favourite local restaurant.They left out the fact that it could also be considered as at least one of your five a day.
Steampunk submarine
Posted on September 26, 2023
This bizarre metal sculpture can be found in the Japanese Garden in the city of Toulouse, in southern France. It looks like it might once have belonged to Captain Nemo.
And, as you can tell from the foliage, it was taken in autumn.
The old bridge in Bellac
Posted on September 22, 2023
The medieval bridge in the ‘Quartiers pittoresque’ of the town of Bellac. Taken from a riverside cafe where, unfortunately, the quality of the cuisine falls far short of the quality of the location.
Room at the top
Posted on September 15, 2023
A typical staircase in a typical Paris hotel. Our room was on the top (sixth) floor. And, as usual, the lift is about as big as an upright refrigerator.
Two roses
Posted on September 15, 2023
These roses in our son’s garden in Oxfordshire were a particularly delicate shade of pink.
Sharing the nectar
Posted on September 7, 2023
I spotted these two bees taking their fill of nectar from one of the flowers in my son’s garden. Looks like there was plenty to go round.
Smell the roses
Posted on September 2, 2023
This is the road that runs through the Cotswold village of Hook Norton, not far from where our son and his family live.
And that’s our grand-daughter smelling the roses outside that spectacularly floribund house.
Dried peony leaves
Posted on September 2, 2023
Although we didn’t get any blooms on our peonies this year, it has to be said that they are growing old gracefully. I was struck by the way the leaves had curled up on themselves.
Encyclopaedic History
Posted on August 31, 2023
Back in June, I took some photos to illustrate the the lots in a charity online book sale. Nobody showed any interest in this admittedly handsome set of encyclopaedias, however.
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