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Where are We?
Posted on March 2, 2023
“Siri, give me an image that shows where we are without saying where we are”.
Board Games
Posted on February 15, 2023
I have to say that I’m not a great fan of board (bored?) games: probably something to do with the sinking of my boredom threshold as I get older. Nonetheless, we have a decent selection in a cupboard.
For the young people, you understand.
Sunflowers
Posted on February 8, 2023
Like arable farmers everywhere, the locals practice crop rotation. A couple of years ago our friend Jean-Claude gave over one of his fields to cultivating sunflowers.
Duck Feathers
Posted on January 11, 2023
I took this photograph at Al Ain Zoo, in the United Arab Emirates. A bog-standard common duck may seem out of place surrounded by all manner of exotic fauna, but its feathers are nothing to be ashamed of.
Wide-eyed and four-legged
Posted on January 4, 2023
This Shetland pony, who used to live with a few companions in a field a couple of hundred yards from our house, had a very docile temperament, although you’d never guess from this manic, wide-eyed stare.
Ducking for Apples
Posted on December 7, 2022
Our twin grandsons have probably outgrown the idea of ducking for apples on Halloween, but they used to love it.
The courtyard
Posted on November 30, 2022
The warm glow of the sodium lights gives a caramel tone to this view of the courtyard of a hotel in the centre of Toulouse.
Weathered
Posted on November 16, 2022
About a mile from our placee is a slowly rotting old house, irretrievably derelict. The roof has now collapsed, but most of the window frames are still just about intact.
The Liver Bird Reigns Supreme
Posted on October 19, 2022
This cloud formation over our house was too interesting to ignore…
…especially as it reminded me of the iconic Liver Bird, the symbol of Liverpool, the finest city on earth:
The Roman Column
Posted on October 13, 2022
There’s plenty of texture in this artfully lit section of a column dating from Roman times, on display in the Archaeological Museum in Toulouse.
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