Low Tech
Posted on February 19, 2021
Even with all the latest technology and machinery available to them, farmers’ work is hard. It’s difficult to imagine how tough it must have been when everything had to be done by hand with simple toools like these.
Stacked
Posted on February 16, 2021
Out here, wood-fired heating is still the norm, so there’s a lot of bois de chauffage to be seen in the nearby fields. This particular stack of logs, just down the road from us, would be enough to keep a home fire burning for years.
Left Behind
Posted on February 14, 2021
They do things differently here in La France profonde.
If you were trying to sell your house, the chances are that you’d have it spotless, impeccably tidy and quite possibly pervaded with the smell of freshly-baked bread and perked coffee.
Here it’s quite common for everything to be just left behind, like a particularly scruffy Mary Celeste.
We didn’t buy this one…
Blue and Green Boats
Posted on February 11, 2021
Reedy
Posted on February 10, 2021
These exceptionally – almost surreally – long reeds can be found on the bed of the River Indre as it flows through the town of Loches in central France.
Licenced
Posted on February 5, 2021
The Hungry Tortoise
Posted on February 5, 2021
Say what you like about the humble tortoise, but they’re never going to run away from you when you’re trying to get in for a close-up shot to reveal the intricate textures of shell and body.
Dinosaur
Posted on February 3, 2021
No, not me.
For her Fun Foto Challenge this week, Cee wants images of non-alive animals.
Even if this used to be a real animal it would have been dead for millions of year. It’s a head-on view of a model Tyrannosaurus Rex which can be found at the Paleopolis theme park in the Auvergne region.
Muddy Tracks
Posted on January 29, 2021
The tractor needs to exercise a complicated turn in the corner of this field, providing an elaborate pattern of its tyre tracks in the mud.
Weeping Willow
Posted on January 29, 2021
This weeping willow stands at the corner of the pond in the centre of our hamlet, illuminated by one of our four (count ’em) street lights.
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