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Stall #25
Posted on July 4, 2019
Stall #25 in one of the stables at the French National Stud in Pompadour looks just like this~:
Three windows
Posted on June 26, 2019
While in the great cathedral of Cahors, my eye was drawn to these three stained glass windows and their juxtaposition with the curve of the dome
The two arches
Posted on June 19, 2019
Cee’s fun Foto Challenge theme has moved onto ‘two’ this week.
This pair of arches are part of the church in the nearby village of Lesterps. Nothing to do with McDonalds
Who you gonna call….?
Posted on June 12, 2019
No, this isn’t my new smartphone…
Last weekend we visited the Chateau at Azay-le-Ferron. This telephone, now located in the kitchen, was apparently the first (so number one) telephone to be installed in the entire Indre département. Which of course begs the question of who could they call?
And the winner is….
Posted on June 5, 2019
Cee’s theme for her Fun Foto Challenge this week is ‘Smile’.
The nearby town of Le Dorat is hosting the World Sheep-shearing Championships next month and already the place is en fête in anticipation. An amusing feature of the preparations is the decoration of shop windows with paintings related to the theme, including this one.
As far as I know, the Mondial de Tonte, as it’s called, isn’t a sheep beauty competition, but the winner here is certainly smiling, even if the runners-up don’t look too happy.
Sixteen feet
Posted on May 29, 2019
There are sixteen feet in this image, captured last weekend at the French National Stud in Pompadour. Just as many legs, too.
The Swan
Posted on May 16, 2019
Cee’s topic for this week is ‘feathers’, so here is a serene swan on the lake in Linlithgow.
Bridge of shadows
Posted on April 24, 2019
Bright sunshine in Cahors casts the shadow of the Pont Valentre onto the weir beneath it.
Polished
Posted on March 15, 2019
A display of well polished copper kitchen utensils, to be found in Chateau Villandry.
(for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge with the theme of ‘Shiny)
Round Patterns
Posted on March 5, 2019
This image is multi-tasking as my entry this week for both Frank’s Tuesday Photo Challenge with the theme of ‘Round’ and Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, where the subject is “Patterns‘.
It is a photograph of one of the magnificent crystal chandeliers in the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, captured by setting my camera’s auto-timer and laying it on the floor of the prayer hall, pointing up at the ceiling.
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