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.
A Cold And Frosty Morning
Posted on November 28, 2018
Appropriately enough for the time of year (in the northern hemisphere, at any rate), Cee’s Fun ‘Foto’ Challenge theme this week is ‘cold’.
After the temperature dips overnight in the absence of any cloud cover, the bay leaves on our laurel bushes are tipped with frost.
Flight Path
Posted on November 23, 2018
I have to admit that this is a pretty free interpretation of Cee’s Black & White challenge this week of ‘public transport’. However, the image – which is really all about the clouds – does include an aeroplane, which is certainly a form of public transport.
This particular ‘plane is on its final descent into Heathrow Airport in London and is just passing over the railway bridge that crosses the Thames at Barnes.
Thursday Doors: More From Perigueux
Posted on November 22, 2018
After the last few weeks’ diversions, we’re back to the town of Perigueuex in the Dordogne for another selection of doors from its medieval centre.
To begin with, two doors for the price of one, with a nice juxtaposition of old and new:
And here are a couple more doors with some colour to them:
But it remains the case that most doors are just plain brown – even this comparatively modern one:
As well as these older examples:
Thursday Doors 22 November 2018
Toilet Humour
Posted on November 21, 2018
I have no explanation why this cartoon is nailed to the wall on the second floor of an old building in the town of Sarlat, and is visible only through a window on the staircase of a museum.
It is quite amusing, though, so fits Cee’s Fun ‘Foto’ Challenge theme this week of ‘funny’.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Memories
Posted on November 20, 2018
I wonder if Frank had forgotten that the theme for this week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge – Memories – is the same as one he set in March this year?
Whatever, this is perhaps the oldest photo I’ve ever posted here, it having been taken in the summer of 1978 on a family holiday in Cornwall. That’s our daughter being delighted at her first experience in a boat that we’d come across when she and I went for a walk on the beach.
I remember quite clearly that when we got back to where we were staying she went round proudly telling anyone who would listen: “I’ve been in a boat”.
Mist on the river
Posted on November 16, 2018
The Vienne river flows over the weir on a misty morning in the town of Chabanais.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Flowing water
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