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High stakes
Posted on October 11, 2023
A neatly stacked pile of sharpened wooden stakes at Vignoble des Champs Gonneau, a vineyard in central France. They make a very agreeable rosé…(the grapes, not the wood).
Steampunk submarine
Posted on September 26, 2023
This bizarre metal sculpture can be found in the Japanese Garden in the city of Toulouse, in southern France. It looks like it might once have belonged to Captain Nemo.
And, as you can tell from the foliage, it was taken in autumn.
The unrequited Peony
Posted on August 8, 2023
Madame in particular is very fond of peonies. We have three dotted about our terrace, but this year not a single one has bloomed. Now it’s too late, as the leaves are progressively turning from green to a contrasting brown.
Out of place
Posted on July 26, 2023
This street lamp – and the very modern design of the wholly impractical balcony next to it – is actually rather incongruously placed in a cobbled street in the medieval part of the town of Saint-Junien.
Japanese Garden
Posted on July 20, 2023
The city of Toulouse, in southern France, has a number of parks, of which the Japanese Garden is one of the most famous. It’s not Monet’s Giverny, but it’s pretty good, even if the red bridge may be a little derivative.
A Side Of Venison
Posted on July 12, 2023
A few years back, we visited a safari park in central France, where this noble beast kindly presented us with a side view.
Under occupation (Part 2)
Posted on July 5, 2023
Last week we saw the front of the World War II coin that we dug up in our fields. Now, in line with Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, here is the reverse side.
Dated 1943, this two franc coin actually wasn’t worth much at all. During the war, the franc was a satellite currency of the German Reichsmark, so this was the equivalent of 10 pfennigs, or 25 US cents at the time.
The legend (reads – in English- ‘Work. Family, Fatherland’. Although this dated from the Nazi occupation of France, don’t read too much into the word ‘Fatherland’: it also appears in the first line of the French national anthem ‘La Marseillaise’.
Under occupation
Posted on June 27, 2023
As you will undoubtedly be aware, France was occupied by Nazi Germany for much of the Second World War.
We discovered this coin, struck from cheap base metal, while digging over some ground to establish a potager (vegetable patch). It dates from that period and displays the symbols of fascism – the fasces (bundles of sticks) and the double-headed axe.
Posted for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, which calls for an image of the front of any one item. Next week Cee will be looking for images of the back of any item. Any guesses?
Swinging…
Posted on June 21, 2023
This Bonobo monkey seemed to be having fun swinging on a rope at the Vallee des Singes park, not far from here.
Half A Blogger
Posted on June 18, 2023
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week looks for an image of half of something. Here’s a blogger then.
Fortunately, as regards this challenge I don’t consider myself to be a wit…
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