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Cellpic Sunday: Spot The Bee
Posted on July 7, 2024
Cellpic Sunday: Camera-shy
Posted on June 30, 2024
So there I was, wandering around the medieval reconstruction site at Guédelon, when I spotted a charming little tableau: two donkeys with their heads together, grazing quietly in their enclosure.
I approached quietly but they must have spotted me, as they raised their heads and moved, dammit. Firstly, one disappeared behind the other and then they both turned tail and headed off – for pastures new, no doubt.
Cellpic Sunday: Another room with a view
Posted on June 23, 2024
On a couple of occasions this year I’ve posted photos of the views from various hotel rooms I had recently stayed in.
We, this is another- from the past week. It is, shall we say, unprepossessing. Then again, it wasn’t a hotel room.
Cellpic Sunday: The Guédelon workhorse
Posted on June 11, 2024
Last weekend, we went on a day trip (a very long day trip) to a place called Guédelon. Here, since the late nineties, a group of craftsmen have been using traditional materials and traditional methods to construct a medieval (14th century) castle completely from scratch. It’s not a reconstruction or a renovation, it’s a new build and it is absolutely fascinating.
The site is large and widely spread out, and this noble beast spends its day drawing a cart ferrying workers and materials around it.
Cellpic Sunday: Rural Transport Infrastructure
Posted on June 3, 2024
There are many positive aspects of living deep in the French countryside, but easy access to public transport definitely isn’t one of them. People just have to make do…
Cellpic Sunday: Big red
Posted on May 26, 2024
Our neighbour is something of an automobile buff. For some reason best known to himself, he has recently acquired this improbably large red Mercedes camion. It does clash somewhat with his blue Porsche with the yellow wheel arches though.
Cellpic Sunday: Approaching menace…
Posted on May 19, 2024
Cellpic Sunday: Anyone for garlic?
Posted on May 12, 2024
New Growth
Posted on May 5, 2024
Cellpic Sunday: Fuchsia from below
Posted on April 21, 2024
I am generally terrible at recognising flowers. I know a rose when I see one, and I can spot a daffodil a mile off. Apart from those common examples I am more often than not on rather shaky ground.
However, I do know what a fuchsia looks like. This specimen was, quite literally, bought off the back of a van last Sunday morning in our local village and almost immediately installed in a hanging basket by Madame.
The only way of getting a decent shot of it in situ was to use the front camera on my iPhone from underneath. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this result. Bonus point if you spotted the snail.
Obviously there’s been some editing going on. Cropping, of course, plus lightening of the image, which was very dark due to having to have the phone pointing at the sky. I also tweaked the texture and clarity, all in Lightroom.
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