Autumn sunrise
Posted on December 4, 2019
The soft colours of an autumn sunrise over our fields fits the brief for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Glow
Posted on December 3, 2019
The interiors of many old churches can be rather cold and austere, with great slabs of now-bare stonework. Not so the medieval church in the town of Chauvigny, especially with the warming glow of the sun shining through stained glass windows.
Monday Window – Venice
Posted on December 2, 2019
An impressive array of windows on the upper floor of this palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice.
#MondayWindow 2 December 2019
A working environment
Posted on November 29, 2019
Back to a previous life this week for Cee’s Black $ White Photo Challenge with the topic of Doors and Drawers.
This was my office on the twenty-third floor of the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, where I spent the last – and best – ten years of my working life. That’s the door on the right and obviously those are drawers underneath the desktop.
What I can’t get over is how tidy it was. My desk at home is an absolute tip.
Thursday Doors: Chabanais – small doors and more
Posted on November 28, 2019
Another instalment of doors from the Charente town of Chabanais. To begin with, a selection of smaller examples, in varying states of preservation:
Next, two doors of broadly similar design but radically different condition
But my clear favourite this week is this repurposed doorway, which now boasts a Limousin sink
Thursday Doors 28 November 2019
Black and white on white
Posted on November 27, 2019
This black and white butterfly was happy to feast on the white buddleia bush that grows in our garden.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Peace
Posted on November 26, 2019
When we lived in Abu Dhabi, our go-to place for a little peace and relaxation was the Sir Bani Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi. This was the swimming pool.
Monday Window: Carcassonne
Posted on November 25, 2019
An unusually-shaped and exceptionally ornate stained glass window in the Basilique de Saints Nazaire et Celse in the city of Carcassonne.
#MondayWindow 25 November 2019
On the tiles
Posted on November 22, 2019
It’s a few years ago now, but our builders asked if, as a temporary measure, they could leave a pallet stacked with old rooftiles outside our barn.
‘Of course not’, we said. ‘Just collect them when you’re ready’, we said.
They’re not ready.
Thursday Doors: Chabanais – lonely and unloved
Posted on November 21, 2019
We’re still going through the fruits of my most recent doorscursion, to the Charente town of Chabanais. I’ve tried to group the images by theme each week and this time I’ve gone for the saddest, shabbiest doors I came across.
None more so than this:
There’s a small area in the town centre that’s about to see some renovation activity and is currently fenced off, so I thought I’d better record it before they go and spoil it. The flowerpot on the step adds a touch of poignancy.
More old abandoned examples:
Not so old, but not particularly cared for:
Thursday Doors 21 November 2019
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