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The recycled bicycle
Posted on September 20, 2019
This old bicycle which has been repurposed as a sort of window-box was just crying out for the sepia treatment.
Reading the map
Posted on September 13, 2019
A tourist couple decide what to see next during their visit to the island of Burano in the Venetian lagoon.
Beware of low-flying motorbikes
Posted on September 6, 2019
There’s a bikers’ hotel in the nearby village of Bussière-Poitevine. With this sign hanging from the wall, it’s hard to miss
M is for Mercedes
Posted on August 30, 2019
They do like their classic cars around here:
Posted in response to Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: the letter M or N
Wooden walkway, Burano
Posted on August 23, 2019
A covered wooden walkway on the island of Burano, in the Venetian lagoon.
Lift your eyes towards the heavens
Posted on August 17, 2019
The eye-level architecture was impressive enough, but where could it be more appropriate and rewarding to look up than in a church like this one in Azay-le-Ferron?
A mighty chandelier
Posted on August 9, 2019
This enormous and ornate crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling of the Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman
Posted in response to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Lighting
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
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.
Behind the bust
Posted on June 14, 2019
At the Chateau Azay-le-Ferron, in the Indre département of central France, this bust of a former owner sits on a mantelpiece in front of a mirror that gives away some of the secrets of its construction.
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