Posted on April 7, 2025
It’s a particularly timely challenge for this week’s Lens-Artists, because as it happens my last outing was only yesterday (Sunday).
The first ‘big’ local event of the year round these parts is traditionally the annual ‘Fête des Fleurs‘ in the village of Magnac-Laval, about a half hour’s drive from here. It is held in the grounds of the local agricultural college, which is based in this rather grand-looking chateau. I’m always amused by the jaunty tilt of that windvane.
As you can see from the blameless blue sky, the weather was very kind, which is certainly not a given for this time of year.

Lens-Artists Challenge – Last Outing
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: blue sky, chateau, Flowers, Last Outing, Lens-Artists, Magnac-Laval, wind vane
Posted on November 3, 2023

Category: Black & White Tagged: Black & White, chateau, Curves, CWWC, Montpoupon, Roads, Roadscapes
Posted on June 15, 2020
British readers of a certain age will understand the reference if I were to say that this week “we’re going through the…..round window”.

Category: Windows Tagged: Architecture, Azay-le-Ferron, chateau, Monday Window, Windows
Posted on April 20, 2020
Chateau Carbonnieux is in the Graves area of the Bordeaux wine-growing region.

Category: Windows Tagged: #MondayWindow, Bordeaux, chateau, Chateau Carbonnieux, Windows
Posted on June 1, 2019
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week has the theme of ‘Any kind of house’.
Well, I suppose everyone needs somewhere to live – although probably not in such a grand edifice as this at Chateau Villandry.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge : Any kind of house
Category: Black & White Tagged: Any kind of house, Architecture, Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, chateau, Composition, House, Symmetry, Villandry
Posted on March 7, 2017
The Charente river, in western France, is lined with impressive chateaux, of which this is one of the prime examples:

52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 30 – In The Distance