Stretching Away….

Although the local sheep market is a relatively small affair, it’s still possible to get a perspective of the sheep pens disappearing into the distance.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Vanishing Point

The Sheep Market

The pens are already in place for the village’s monthly sheep market.

Last on the card April 2023

All-Day Ovine Buffet

The commune in which we live consists mostly of agricultural land, principally for pasture and mainly for sheep. This particular field is adjacent to the village recycling point.

March’s Last Photo

Sunflowers

Like arable farmers everywhere, the locals practice crop rotation. A couple of years ago our friend Jean-Claude gave over one of his fields to cultivating sunflowers.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Grow

The outside light

In France, it is a legal requirement that all doors with external access must have a light above them (although it doesn’t have to be on all the time). This one is above our kitchen door.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Lighting

Misty morning

A cold and misty morning overlooking our neighbour’s fields.

CMMC 18 January 2023

Halfway there

Heading west from our house, it’s about a mile to the nearest ‘main’ (everything is relative) road. This stretch of the glorified track is at about the halfway mark.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Roads

July’s Last Photo

This is part of the ‘deli’ section of our local village shop – the Superette’.

If you’re wondering what museau de porc is, let me enlighten you: it’s pig’s snout.

I am not making this up. Or eating it.

The Last Photo July 2022

Fauchage

Two or three times a year the local mairie sends out one of its fleet of tractors to cut the grass and trim the hedges that bound most of the minor roads in the commune – including the one that passes through our little hamlet. This is known as the ‘fauchage’ – not to be confused with ‘chauffage’, whch means heating.

These guys don’t take any prisoners and there’s no room to pass them, so you just have to get out of the way as best you can.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: anything with wheels

December’s Last Photo

Appropriately enough, sunset on 2021. You will not be sorely missed.

Last Photo On The Card December 2021