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The street market
Posted on October 27, 2023
Our local village traditionally holds a ‘vide grenier’ (literally ’empty the barn’ – in other words a car boot or yard sale) on the first Sunday in October.
In past years this has been held on a patch of grass known as ‘Le Camping’, although nobody’s ever actually camped there. Given the time of year, this has often been churned up into a quagmire and it has rained throughout..
More recently, though, the practice has been to close off the main street and hold it ‘en bourg’. This year, the weather was kind and there was a big turnout. Still mostly tat on sale, though.
And yes, there’s a beer tent.
The water hammock
Posted on July 28, 2023
The box that this item came in described it as a ‘hamac de piscine’ (‘swimming pool hammock’). Helpfully, the English translation of hamac contains two Ms, which qualifies it for Cee’s latest Midweek Challenge 9as, of course, does ‘swimming’).
The image is no David Hockney, but I liked the framing provided by the sides of the pool, and also the brightness of the colours on a sunny afternoon.
Summer’s Last Hurrah
Posted on October 4, 2021
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Cold and Warm
Posted on December 27, 2018
Nothing like a cold ice-cream to cool you down on a warm day.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Shine
Posted on October 23, 2016
Plenty of sunshine reflecting off the lovingly polished chrome of Terry’s Triumph (includes free image of photographer at work).
Thursday Doors: St-Germain-de-Confolens – the sunny side of the street
Posted on September 22, 2016
More from St-Germain-de-Confolens this week. I should explain that the village’s main (effectively only) street runs more or less north to south alongside the Charente river. In practical terms that means that on sunny afternoons the shadows can be quite harsh. However, I think the doors are still worth looking at.
This door’s obviously still in use:
Unlike this one, opposite, of a closed-down restaurant…
…which echoes the colours of the building that houses the Post Office. The modern door doesn’t have a lot to say for itself, but I like the strong geometric shape of the security grilles:
Finally, my favourite of this week’s bunch – gloriously decrepit, with the finishing touch of a rose growing next to it:
Thursday Doors 22 September 2016
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