Thursday Doors: Blond
Posted on December 13, 2018
Blond is another one of those picturesque villages within a half-hour’s drive from here at Tranquility Base. It’s big USP is the annual Capon Fair, which took place last Sunday. The weather wasn’t great, so there were by no means as many stalls as in previous years. On the positive side, that left more gaps through which to spot some interesting doors.
The church, which is fortified, is always visible, however:
…although this side door wouldn’t stand up to much of a battering:
Just behind the church is this little stone edifice, which seems to be standing guard over a stream that’s only about a foot wide:
This is one of the doors usually obscured by market stalls:
The garage looks bigger than the rest of the house:
Artistically, this decrepit little door juxtaposes well with the stagnant green pool in front of it:
Thursday Doors 13 December 2018
A Baleful Look
Posted on December 12, 2018
Right up until the most recent post in the Fun Foto Challenge, this week’s theme has been ‘candid’, but now it’s ‘catching people unawares’. It’s too late for me to change now, so you’re getting the post I’d already prepared.
At a recent Sunday market in the town of Chabanais there was, for no obvious reason, a small pen containing a few miserable-looking donkeys. The baleful stare that this one gave me suggests that he wasn’t happy to be photographed – or to be there in the first place.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Challenge
Posted on December 11, 2018
Frank’s challenge for this week is ‘challenge’; which is a bit of a challenge in itself.
However, at the Cassinomagus Gallo-Roman archaelogical site of Cassinomagus, in the neighbouring département of Vienne, they sometimes put on gladiatorial displays, where two fighters challenge each other to combat.
The Wind Tower
Posted on December 7, 2018
Cee’s theme for this week’s Black & White Photo Challenge is ‘Hot and/or Cold’. Here is an image that encapsulates both. This is a wind tower in al-Bastakiya – what’s left of the old part of Dubai. It works on the principle of drawing in the desert breezes at the top and funneling them down to provide a cooler draught at ground level. Air-conditioning, in other words.
Thursday Doors: Perigueux
Posted on December 6, 2018
Another selection of old doors from the town of Perigueux. Mostly brown, of course, but not this first – comparatively unusual – specimen:
But normal service is soon resumed, with these satisfyingly tatty specimens:
Most old doors aren’t completely straight or rectangulat, but this one takes it a bit far:
And finally double bonus points for two doors within doors:
Thursday Doors 6 December 2018
Consider The Lily
Posted on December 5, 2018
For this week’s ‘Fun Foto’ Challenege, Cee is looking for a macro or close-up image. Well, here is a look into the heart of a flowering lily. Be sure to keep that pollen off your clothes, because you’ll never get it off.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Tranquil
Posted on December 4, 2018
Being fortunate enough to live where we do, in the rural Limousin region that is part of ‘la France profonde’, finding a tranquil image to meet Frank’s Tuesday Photo Challenge is not exactly a problem.
However, my go-to place around here for tranquility (apart from home itself) is down by the River Vienne in Confolens on a calm sunny day, where the Pont Vieux casts flawless reflections like these:
Champagne as far as the eye can see…
Posted on November 30, 2018
The hills around the village of Ay are given over almost entirely to vines growing the grapes that will later be turned into (particularly good) champagne.
Thursday Doors: Perigueux again
Posted on November 29, 2018
Continuing with the second tranche of the doors of Perigueux, here are some more old brown ones:
…of which this is a shockingly neglected example, albeit with a rather grand surround:
But why settle for one door when you can have two:
Some doors are better preserved than others, of course:
…and some aren’t even brown:
More from Perigueux next week, then it’s time for another little mini-break.
Thursday Doors 29 November 2018
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Contact
Posted on November 28, 2018
My grandson is a study in concentration as he tries to get his tennis racket to make contact with that pesky ball.
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