Summer Son et Lumière
Posted on January 22, 2020
France’s Fête Nationale (don’t call it Bastille Day, whatever you do) is, of course, on the 14th of July – right in the middle of summer. Any decent-sized village will put on at least a firework display to mark the occasion, but here we go a little further, with a son et lumière show as well.
Monday Window: Montrol-Sénard
Posted on January 20, 2020
This exceptionally lustrous stained glass window can be found in the old church (parts dating back to the 11th century) in the village of Montrol-Sénard.
#MondayWindow 20 January 2020
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 3 – Black & White
Posted on January 18, 2020
A full moon far outshines the streetlamp in lighting the road that runs through our little hamlet.
52 Week Smartphone Challenge Week 3: Black & White
Thursday Doors: Tranquility Base again
Posted on January 16, 2020
For the uninitiated, ‘Tranquility Base’ is the nom de plume, as it were, of the little hamlet where we live: eighteen houses (including five holiday homes) and three streetlights – count’em.
Amazingly, there are (were) still some portals that haven’t been posted on here: until now.
Q: When is a door not a door? A: When it used to be:
This is on Paulette’s barn, as is this:
All of which forms a piece with the main house:
Much of the hamlet used to belong to the local sabotier (clog-maker), hence the fact that there are more than one of these signs
At the bottom of the garden behind the house currently inhabited by my old mum is this mysterious, disused shed:
But by far the best of this crop is here, which for years has been hidden behind a sheet of corrugated iron:
Thursday Doors 16 January 2020
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Public Transport
Posted on January 15, 2020
Not all forms of public transport are stressful, commuting nightmares. This is the catamaran which ferries guests from the mainland to Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Signs of Spring
Posted on January 15, 2020
Although this winter has been very mild (so far at least), it’s still too early to say that Spring has arrived, so here is a bud emerging from the soil in years gone by
Posted in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring
Monday Window: Bruges
Posted on January 13, 2020
Although this window is part of the edifice of one of the grandest buildings in Bruges, it’s a little surprising to find it at the end of a very narrow and nondescript alleyway.
The Brame
Posted on January 10, 2020
The River Brame flows quickly over its rocky bed up in the woods near the village of Thiat.
Thursday Doors – St Junien revisited
Posted on January 9, 2020
Recently we’ve had to spend some time at the hospital in the nearby town of St-Junien.
It’s a comparatively modern place, although it replaced an adjacent much older and smaller institution:
It’s on the outskirts of the town but is surrounded by old houses, some of which boast rather interesting – in a decrepit kind of way – doors:
and gates…:
Some are better looked after than others:
But for a demonstration of what it means to be houseproud, it’s tough to beat the lace curtains on this garage:
Thursday Doors 9 January 2020
Frosty Morning
Posted on January 8, 2020
So far at least our winter has been wet rather than cold, but there has been the odd frosty morning:
Posted in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Winter
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