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
In the red
Posted on November 20, 2019
Many years ago, I did a weekend beginners’ photography course in Abu Dhabi. We were let loose for an hour or so to snap away at whatever took our fancy, and I came across this graffito on the floor of the compound. So I took out my wallet and posed it underneath.
I still have that wallet; and it’s still empty.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Fantasy
Posted on November 19, 2019
Frank’s theme for this week is ‘fantasy’. I suppose one way of defining that is as something that doesn’t actually exist but you would quite like it if it did.
The possibilities are almost endless, but on a very still day on the River Charente in the Dordogne there’s more than a suggestion of fantasy about the reflections of the riverbank.
Monday Window: Unoccupied building, Chabanais
Posted on November 18, 2019
This window above the abandoned premises of a video hire shop (remember them?) in the town of Chabanais is lifted out of the ordinary by the eerie presence of an old lace curtain.
#MondayWindow 18 November 2019
L is for Logs
Posted on November 15, 2019
If you have a wood-burning stove, then it’s getting to that time of year:
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