Matching Tiles
Posted on December 3, 2021
The white tiled background gives you a fair idea of which room in a Scottish hotel this particular example of decorative carrosserie is to be found.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Matching Things
November’s Last Photo
Posted on December 2, 2021
A frosty end to the month of November here in la France profonde.
Succulent
Posted on December 1, 2021
I don’t know what this bit of flora is called. It looks like a succulent of some kind and I saw it in the town of Cahors. It is definitely all one colour though.
Horny
Posted on November 26, 2021
A few sets of impressive’looking horns on view here in this group of oryx at Al Ain Zoo in the United Arab Emirates.
Stone Steps
Posted on November 25, 2021
No doubt a safety hazard, but these stone steps have obviously survived everything the Noth Sea has thrown at them for a very long time.
Both Sides Now
Posted on November 24, 2021
A clever way of getting an all-round view of this elaborately decorative pendant, on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum (‘The V&A’) in London.
At Anchor, Pittenweem
Posted on November 21, 2021
Fishing boats at anchor in the inner harbour of Pittenweem.
Self-catering
Posted on November 19, 2021
A century and more ago, there were no school canteens – at least not in little village schools like this one in Montrol-Sénard. Pupils brought their hot lunches from home and kept them warm on the stove in the middle of the classroom.
Approaching Menace
Posted on November 13, 2021
There is something faintly threatening in this silhouette of a French military helicopter against a backdrop of looming clouds. Not to worry though, it was only at a nearby air display a few years ago.
Blue Sky Thinking
Posted on November 11, 2021
The bluest of blue skies above the town of Perigueux.
This image has been cropped but is otherwise completely unretouched: the sky really was that blue.
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