Weekly Photo Challenge: A Good Match

Posted on February 23, 2017

“A harmonious, pleasing combination” – the old stonework of the Pont Vieux that crosses the Vienne river as it flows through the town of Confolens on a calm, sunny day.

And what could be a better match than a reflection – especially when even the tall trees in the background echo the reflection in the water of the lamp post in the middle of the bridge?

Category: Weekly Photo Challenge Tagged: A Good Match, Bridge, Confolens, harmonious, Reflections, River Vienne, Tranquility, Weekly Photo Challenge, weeklyphotochallenge

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Tuesdays of Texture: Gnarled

Posted on February 21, 2017

It’s too early in the year to be able to say for sure what exactly this moss-covered tree (bush?) is, but it’s espaliered against part of the old ramparts of the town of Confolens – and obviously has been for some time:

Tuesdays of Texture

Category: Texture Tagged: Confolens, Gnarled, Moss, Texture, Trees, TuesdaysofTexture

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Mundane? Plantpots

Posted on February 21, 2017

I spotted these forlorn planpots outside this second floor window of an obviously unoccupied building on the main shopping street of the town of Confolens, in the Charente département of France:

Mundane Mondays

Category: Uncategorized Tagged: Abandoned, Confolens, Mundane, Mundane Monday, Plantpots, Windows

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52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 4 – Reflections

Posted on August 29, 2016

Very happy to see that reflections is the new topic for the 52 Weeks Photo Challenge. That’s much more like it – one of my favourite subjects, in fact.

This is an image of the River Vienne as it runs through Confolens. The water is calm at this point, just upstream from the weir