The Harbour, Honfleur
Posted on July 15, 2020
A couple of sailing boats in the picturesque harbour of Honfleur, at the mouth of the River Seine in Normandy.
Monday Window: Abbaye de la Reau
Posted on July 13, 2020
High up in a wall in the unrestored part of the Abbaye de la Reau is this unassuming little window with shutters of an unusual – or at least very old – design.
#MondayWindow 13 July 2020
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 28 Culture
Posted on July 12, 2020
This week, the challenge is to post a picture that conveys ‘your culture’.
Which begs the question, what is my culture? As an English (although I prefer to be Scouse, which is most definitely not the same thing) expatriate living very happily in rural France, the answer is by no means clear-cut.
However, I think this image of a brightly painted old-fashioned cart on display outside the Mairie gives a decent idea of my current cultural circumstances.
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 28 Your Culture
Scary
Posted on July 10, 2020
Complementary Cars
Posted on July 8, 2020
How thoughtful of the owners of these two old cars not only to park side-by-side outside the village shop, but also to choose complementary colours.
Monday Window: Perigueux Cathedral
Posted on July 6, 2020
I missed out on posting a window last Monday, so to make up the shortfall here are two fine examples of stained glass, from the Cathedral of Saint Front, in Perigueux.
Monday Window 6 July2020
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 27 Gratitude
Posted on July 4, 2020
I am eternally grateful that these beautiful eyes look at me and aren’t repelled by what they see.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 27 Gratitude
Look up
Posted on July 3, 2020
A view of part of the mightily impressive vaulted and domed ceiling of the Cathedral of Saint-Front in Perigueux.
I did my usual trick of lying the camera on the floor pointing upwards, setting the timer and hovering just out of shot to make sure that nobody steps on it. It gives a different perspective and also stops you getting a crick in your neck.
Faded Fresco
Posted on July 1, 2020
This faded – and, by the look of it, unfinished – fresco in the church at Confolens is in need of some sympathetic restoration…
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 26 Geometry
Posted on June 27, 2020
We reach the halfway point of the 52 Week Smartphone Challenge with, thankfully, a reasonably straightforward theme: geometry.
The roof of our neighbours’ barn is, if you look at it carefully, a riot of curves and straight lines – and certainly geometrical. It just goes to show that geometry is all around us.
52WeekSmartphoneChallenge 26 Geometry
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