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Poinsettia at its peak
Posted on January 3, 2024
If you want something red (as Cee does for this week’s Fun Foto Challenge) you don’t need to look much further than a poinsettia, especially at this time of year.
Relics
Posted on December 28, 2023
This somewhat macabre collection of gold and silver items are to be found in the trésorerie of Albi Cathedral and contain the relics of its patroness, Sainte-Cécile.
Allegedly.
The blue mural
Posted on December 17, 2023
This mural, made up of characteristically blue Portuguese tiles, is to be found in the Chateau de la Mercerie.
Shovel
Posted on December 5, 2023
Earlier this year we visited a vineyard in the Loire region. One of its interesting characteristics is that its ‘cellar’ is actually at, rather than below, ground level. The wine matures in vats (about the size of an old telephone box, for those of you old enough to remember such things), which are sunk into the floor.
Okay, it wasn’t exactly first-growth grand cru classé, but the rosé was perfectly quaffable.
As you’d hope, though, it was scrupulously clean, a condition no doubt aided by frequent applications of this well-worn shovel and brush.
Shedding some light
Posted on November 28, 2023
There’s a decent shopping and light industrial centre on the northern outskirts of Limoges. Tucked away in a corner are these bright orange sheds, no doubt illuminated at night by these striking lights.
It’s cold out there
Posted on November 14, 2023
That’s the side of our house on the left, looking towards the front. You wouldn’t choose to go out on such a cold and bleak day, now would you?
Shopping street in Perigueux
Posted on November 7, 2023
This juxtaposition of two unrelated items of street furniture in a shopping street in Perigueux can raise a smile.
Zen Garden
Posted on October 31, 2023
This restful Zen garden can be found in the Japanese Garden in the city of Toulouse.
Let’s make soup
Posted on October 24, 2023
This stall in the weekly fresh produce market at Perigueux has everything you need to make one of the most comforting soups for an autumn or winter’s day.. And they all – potatoes, leeks and onions – grow in the earth.
A Fiery sunset
Posted on October 17, 2023
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