Mystery building

I’ve been intrigued by this building ever since I first saw it over ten years ago. It is just outside the boundary of a shopping centre on the outskirts of Limoges.

I have no idea what it is, but the combination of shapes – including a spiral staircase – certainly fits the bill for Cee’s Black & White theme this week of ‘Geometry’.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Geometry

Autumn Leaves

Bare branches and a carpet of fallen leaves indicate the arrival of autumn in Beecraigs Country Park near Linlithgow in central Scotland.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Autumn Scenes

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Rest

A three-year old grandson takes forty winks underneath the personalised quilt made for him by his doting grandma.

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Rest

Monday Window – Confolens

An obviously restored but none the less accomplished stained glass window from the medieval church in the town of Confolens. If you look closely it is possible to see that it wasn’t actually in situ, but rather was resting on the wooden floor, propped up against a wall.

#MondayWindow 3 February 2020

52-Week Smartphone Challenge: 5 – Symmetry

Week 5 of Khurt’s 52-Week Smartphone Challenge has the theme of ‘symmetry’. Reflections are always a good place to start when seeking symmetry, and bodies of water are always a good place to find reflections.

This pond is just across the road, about a hundred feet from our front door. It was completely dry back in the summer, but it’s done very little except rain here since late August, so it’s now an impressive little body of water.

52WeekSmartphoneChallenge: 5 – Symmetry

Motoring Signs

These signs are on a door at the ‘Route 66’ biker hotel in nearby Bussière-Poitevine

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Signs

Haymaking

I suppose that, strictly speaking, this is not so much harvest as haymaking, but I think it stands on its own merits as a contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto theme for this week of ‘harvest’.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Harvest

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Cat

Frank was probably thinking more about domestic pets for his theme this week of ‘Cat’. However, we haven’t had a pet cat since the late eighties, so we will have to settle for another member of the feline family, rather higher up the food chain.

This cheetah was in the game reserve on Sir Bani Yas island in Abu Dhabi. They’re very elusive (as well as rather noble-looking), so we were lucky to be able even to see one in the flesh, let alone to get close enough to capture a halfway decent image.

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Cat

Monday Window – Tranquility Base

Just over 50 yards from our house in the little hamlet that I refer to as Tranquility Base is this small window in – for want of a better word – a shed. It belongs to a couple who spend the summer here (although not in the shed).

Does anybody else see the resemblance to a cartoonish human face?

#MondayWindow 27 January 2020

52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 4 – Warmth

The setting sun gives a warm glow to the sky on what would otherwise be a chilly autumn evening. We were heading home – and that’s where the real warmth is.

I took this photo through the windscreen of our car. I would like to point out that I was not driving: I don’t can’t.

52WeekSmartphoneChallenge