Tuesday Photo Challenge: Overhead
Posted on August 6, 2019
Frank setting the theme of ‘overhead’ for the latest Tuesday Photo Challenge is very timely, as the weekend before last I went to the annual airshow (Estevol) near the town of Blond.
As usual, the show featured a large number of impressive kites, including this rather forbidding example:
First Communion
Posted on August 2, 2019
Traditionally, when girls took their first communion in the Roman Catholic church they would wear ornately decorated white lace head-dresses such as this example:
Posted in response to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Backs of things
Thursday Doors: Even More From Perigueux
Posted on August 1, 2019
Just when I thought I was running out of doors to post….I went back to my library and unearthed a good few doors from the town of Perigueuex that will keep us diverted for the next few weeks.
To begin with, some doors that used to be doors:
Some real doors, but showing their age:
Old, but in rather better condition:
And finally, for this week, a juxtaposition of old and new:
Thursday Doors 1 August 2019
Lateral Thinking
Posted on July 31, 2019
Instructions:
- Take bog-standard photo of a grazing horse at the French National Stud in Pompadour
- Crop
- Rotate
- Post in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge with the theme of ‘Animals‘
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Rectangles
Posted on July 30, 2019
Detail from the roof of a contemporary building in the Manarat al Saadiyat cultural district of Abu Dhabi.
Box Kite
Posted on July 26, 2019
Cee’s theme for her Black & White Challenge this week is ‘anything that flies’.
That would certainly include this elaborate box kite, seen at the annual ‘Estevol’ air show at nearby Blond.
Thursday Doors: Azay-Le-Ferron
Posted on July 26, 2019
Earlier this summer we went on a coach trip which included a visit to the Chateau at Azay-Le-Ferron, in central France. Dating back in parts to the 13th century, it is a pretty impressive edifice and, as you would expect, it’s got some rather interesting doors.
Note the date on this first example: 1302.
The family who lived here for centuries were very keen on what we’d today describe as ‘blood sports’, as illustrated here:
Over the centuries, the original building has been modified and extended, so not all the doors ‘match’:
Even the gateway to the extensive ornamental gardens has some character:
And the church just outside the gates doesn’t stint on the architecture:
Thursday Doors 25 July 2019
Nobody’s listening to you…
Posted on July 24, 2019
I saw this group of flamingos on the water in a wildlife park. The isolated bird seems to be haranguing the rest of the group, who are taking not a blind bit of notice.
Looking down on the tourists
Posted on July 23, 2019
Frank’s theme for this week is ‘sculpture’. I certainly have no shortage of images to choose from to fit in with that, but I decided to go with this close-up from Barzaghi’s 1882 ‘Monument to Nicoló Tommaseo’, who looks down on the passing hordes with faint amusement from his plinth in Campo Santo Stefano in Venice. The detail is extraordinary.
Shoes from another lifetime
Posted on July 20, 2019
Cee’s theme for this week’s Black & White Photo Challenge is footwear and that immediately made me think of my favourite pair of shoes back when I was plying my trade as an investment banker and fund manager.
Nowadays, you’re far more likely to find me in a pair of Birkenstock sandals or some ultra-comfy Dr Martens casuals rather than ‘business attire’, but I still have a soft spot for these loafers that I bought almost twenty five years ago. Indeed, I wrote a post on my other blog about them a while back.
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