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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette
Posted on August 18, 2014
A French military helicopter making an appearance at a local air show last summer
Monet’s Garden
Posted on July 29, 2014
I recently visited Monet’s Garden, in Normandy. You’ve probably heard of it, and of Monet himself, the founder of Impressionism.
The garden itself is rightly famous, although I was surprised to discover that almost all of the plants there are quite common varieties, rather than horticultural curiosities. What grabs the attention is the way they are all closely planted in what is a comparatively small space.
The overall impact is quite stunning, but for me the details were even more impressive. Clever old thing, Nature.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
Posted on July 14, 2014
Recently, I went to a display of old cars and farming machinery in the village of Lesterps, not far from here. I now have many, many pictures of ancient tractors and some quite cool vintage cars, but this image of a child’s tricycle from yesteryear is perhaps a bit more than just a record shot.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Twist
Posted on May 25, 2014
Another staircase, this time from a hotel in Paris (which, fortunately, was also equipped with a lift).
Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring
Posted on May 4, 2014
One of my little ‘projects’ for this year is to record the passing seasons here at Tranquility Base by taking a photograph on the first day of each month of the same view – of our large field – from the same perspective. Here, I’ve run the last three together to illustrate how Spring has come to rural France this year.
Shame about the weather…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned
Posted on March 5, 2014
Oradour-sur-Glane is a village not far from here. In 1944 it was the scene of a Nazi atrocity, which can be read about here.
A new village was built nearby after the war, but the original is now preserved as a permanent museum and memorial to the 642 named victims.
Rural Reflections
Posted on February 8, 2014
Two photographs taken close to Tranquility Base. Yvette’s barn is actually in the hamlet, while Chez Fiaud is a couple of kilometers away, on one of our local walks.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Window
Posted on January 11, 2014
A stained glass window in the church at Montrol-Senard.
Winter Walk
Posted on December 29, 2013
It’s been pleasantly, if unseasonably, warm and sunny lately here at Tranquility Base: perfect weather for a walk along the quiet local roads.
The hedgerows are full of both life and death:
Some more images:
Winter sun and frost
Posted on December 10, 2013
At the moment Tranquility Base is sitting under a high pressure weather system, bringing cloudless sunny days and heavy night frosts.
An early morning walk in the fields provided images of both.
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