Thursday Doors: Chabanais – empty shopfronts
Posted on October 31, 2019
More doors from Chabanais, but there’s a theme this week and it’s one I’ve written about before – the demise of the independent local retailer in rural France.
Thirty or forty years ago, the town could probably have supported two boucheries, but no longer..
I found the English sign in this window a little anomalous:
Other trades have also struggled to keep going:
Thursday Doors 31 October 2019
Ribbit
Posted on October 30, 2019
There’s a small pond in the corner of our garden that every summer is commandeered and jealously guarded by the local frogs.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Coast
Posted on October 29, 2019
A section of the rugged Pacific coast north of Sydney, Australia
Posted in response to Dutch Goes The Photo! Tuesday Photo Challenge: Coast
Monday Window: Side-chapel of Perigueux Cathedral
Posted on October 28, 2019
Another stained glass window, this in a small side-chapel of the imposing Byzantine cathedral in Perigueux.
#MondayWindow 28 October 2019
The kitchen of the castle
Posted on October 25, 2019
This surprisingly modest old kitchen is on display at a Chateau in the Dordogne departement of France.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things found in a kitchen
Thursday Doors: Chabanais
Posted on October 24, 2019
After concentrating on the old railway station last week, this time we have a series of photos all taken on the same street in Chabanais.
What struck me most about this first image was the geometric form of the view through the doorway on the left.
Adjacent to that pair is this green example:
The common theme of the remaining images is that they all feature not only doors but also gates and railings. There is quite a broad spectrum of states of repair.
Thursday Doors 24 October 2019
Outside the Notaire’s
Posted on October 23, 2019
These brass plaques can be seen outside the offices of Notaires (public notaries) all over France. However, they’re not all as aesthetically framed against a rough-cast wall as this one, in Confolens.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Sunset
Posted on October 22, 2019
This giraffe in the game reservation on Sir Bani Yas island in Abu Dhabi has no idea that the setting sun makes it look like it’s wearing a golden crown.
Monday Window: Old barn at Asniers
Posted on October 21, 2019
My contribution to #MondayWindow this week is a now bricked-up little window in an old barn in the nearby village of Asniers. Originally, this would have provided light and ventilation for the livestock kept within, but in all likelihood this barn (like ours) is now only used for storage.
Monday Window 21 October 2019
Floored Genius
Posted on October 18, 2019
Cee’s theme for hew Black & White Challenge this week is ‘Walkways, Hallways and Elevators’. This may be stretching a point, but this complex geometric pattern of wood inlay is on the floor of what could be described as a hallway in the Chateau at Azay-Le-Ferron. It’s impressive enough in real life but is even more striking in monochrome.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Walkways, Hallways and Elevators
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