Posted on May 12, 2023
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
Category: Black & White, Composition Tagged: Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, France, Rural, sheep market, Sheep pens, Vanishing Point
Posted on May 1, 2023
The pens are already in place for the village’s monthly sheep market.
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: April's Last Photo, France, Last On The Card, Last Photo, Rural, sheep market, Sheep pens
Posted on April 2, 2023
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.
Category: Landscape Tagged: France, Last On The Card, Rural
Posted on February 8, 2023
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
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, France, Rural, Sunflower, Things people grow
Posted on January 19, 2023
Posted on October 28, 2022
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
Category: Black & White Tagged: Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, France, Roads, Rural
Posted on September 8, 2022
Out here in rural France, we’re surrounded by nature of course. That doesn’t mean it’s all idyllic, but it’s hard to take a walk during lambing time in spring and not feel, at least for a minute or two, that all’s well with the world.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Nature
Category: Uncategorized Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Lambs, Nature, Rural, Sheep
Posted on June 12, 2022
It must be said that the monochrome version of this image of a huge pile of hay bales covered in black plastic does have a lot more impact than the colour original.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Stacked or piled
Category: Black & White Tagged: Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, Rural, Stacked
Posted on April 22, 2022
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
Category: Black & White Tagged: Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, Fauchage, France, Rural, Tractors, Wheels
Posted on November 19, 2021
A century and more ago, there were no school canteens – at least not in little village schools like this one in Montrol-Sénard. Pupils brought their hot lunches from home and kept them warm on the stove in the middle of the classroom.
Category: Autrefois Tagged: CMMC, Cooking pots, France, Montrol-Senard, Rural, School