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:
Thursday Doors: Chabanais – Double doors: and more
Posted on November 14, 2019
This week’s instalment of the doors of Chabanais has something of a theme in that it features exclusively double, or even multiple, doors.
Even something as prosaic as a garage can be accessorised with some curtains:
Or even some ornate decoration on the roofline:
Garages aren’t necessarily for just one vehicle, however:
Follow the signs for the public conveniences, though, and you’ll be in for a disappointment:
Finally, an old workshop:
Thursday Doors 14 November 2019
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Slope
Posted on November 13, 2019
Let’s play a word association game. Last week, Frank’s theme for his Tuesday Photo Challenge was ‘steep’. What else could it be this time but ‘slope’?
The almost impossibly picturesque village of Saint Cirq Lapopie clings to a hillside near the town of Cahors, in southern France. There isn’t a level (or particularly wide) street in the place, so lots of slopes. This is probably one of the more challenging ones.
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