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Photography by theonlydeadheadinthehameau
Signal failure
Posted on July 29, 2020
The trains no longer stop at Chabanais – indeed, the spur line is not used at all – so this array of signalling equipment is redundant.
The wide blue yonder
Posted on July 22, 2020
A stunt aeroplane goes through its aerobatic paces at the annual (but not this year, obviously) Estevol air show at Blond.
The Harbour, Honfleur
Posted on July 15, 2020
A couple of sailing boats in the picturesque harbour of Honfleur, at the mouth of the River Seine in Normandy.
Complementary Cars
Posted on July 8, 2020
How thoughtful of the owners of these two old cars not only to park side-by-side outside the village shop, but also to choose complementary colours.
Faded Fresco
Posted on July 1, 2020
This faded – and, by the look of it, unfinished – fresco in the church at Confolens is in need of some sympathetic restoration…
Kitchen doorknob
Posted on June 23, 2020
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week demands images of doorknobs.
Her wish is my command, so here – viewed from above – is the knob on one of the drawers in our kitchen. They look nice, but do try to avoid walking into them.
A Single Flower
Posted on June 17, 2020
Cee’s Fun Challenge for this week wants images of a single flower. This was one that emerged from a scattering of mixed wild flowers that we sowed in our garden last year.
Hats Under Wraps
Posted on June 10, 2020
Madame rocks a nice hat, but there are very few opportunities to wear one in the French countryside. Rather than hide them away, however, a series of them stand – under wraps – on the top of her wardrobe.
https://ceenphotography.com/2020/06/09/cffc-hats/
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Hats
Tagged
Posted on June 3, 2020
The artist who produced this graffito, on the outskirts of Nantes, is obviously committed to the cause, given that whoever it was had to scale a wall to get up onto the roof of a shop.
All made by man
Posted on May 27, 2020
The fence was made by men. The rusting cars were made by men.
And so was the destruction: Oradour-sur-Glane.
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