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.
The well-trodden path
Posted on November 12, 2019
An autumn walk among the fallen leaves on the riverside path in Chiswick, west London.
Monday Window: The Grand Mosque, Muscat
Posted on November 11, 2019
The Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, features many stained glass windows. In accordance with Islamic tradition, images are geometrical and abstract rather than featuring depictions of the human form.
#MondayWindow 11 November 2019
The Old Stone Bridge at Sainte Radegonde
Posted on November 8, 2019
The River Vienne is comparatively narrow as it flows between the villages of Sainte Radegonde and St-Germain-de-Confolens and it’s crossed by a very old stone bridge. Look over the side and you’ll see that the roadway is supported on a number of pontoons, such as this one.
Thursday Doors: Chabanais – The decaying courtyard
Posted on November 7, 2019
We’re still in Chabanais this week, for a whole row of mouldering doors in a little courtyard just next to the former Mairie.
This is the old Mairie, in its commanding position at the head of the bridge that crosses the Vienne:
But look to the right of that image. Better still, go into that little courtyard and you’ll find this little trove of very tatty doors:
Thursday Doors 7 November 2019
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