Artist duo Frank Moth from Thessaloniki in Greece is responsible for the 2023 edition of the Denis Papin staircase in Blois. You may remember some others. Le duo d’artistes Frank Moth de Thessaloniki en Grèce est l’auteur de l’édition 2023 de l’escalier De is Papin à Blois. Vous vous souviendrez peut-être d’autres.
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Café de la Renaissance
A rather unlikely name considering the decoration … Un nom plutôt insolite vue la décoration…
Through the Archway – Sous l’arche
I’m a great fan of trompe l’œil but this looks more like Alsace than Vernou-sûr-Brenne in the Loire Valley. The second one is more local. J’aime beaucoup le trompe l’œil mais on dirait plutôt l’Alsace que Vernou-sur-Brenne en Indre-et-Loire. Le deuxième colle mieux.
Postcard from Cadouin
Who doesn’t love cloisters? And these 15th century Gothic flamboyant cloisters are particularly fine and unusually decorated for a Cistercian Abbey. It is not surprising that Cadouin Abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage site. My favourite sculpture on one of the keystones is Delila cutting Samson’s hair. I also love the all-white and green garden. …
The Bower Bird – L’oiseau jardinier
You may remember a blue garden exhibit at Château de Chaumont inspired by the bower bird’s nest that I posted a few days ago. Chad Addison, an amateur photographer living in Canberra just happens to have a bower bird in his garden. Since retiring he has conducted various workshops as part of a U3A photography …
Trompe l’œil in Bourges
I’m always a sucker for trompe l’œil. It’s such an improvement on a dirty blank wall. J’ai toujours un faible pour le trompe l’œil . C’est tellement mieux qu’un mur aveugle et plutôt sale.
I’m in the vegetable garden – Je suis au potager
This is probably the coolest transmission station I’ve ever seen. Today was the first time I saw this side of it though – I’d only seen the two sides in the second photo that I took a week ago. Quoi de plus sympathique que ce poste de transmission! Mais j’ai vu ce côté pour la …
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The Red Deer – Le cerf rouge
It was minus 4 degrees when I took this photo at 10 am this morning. That’s Joan of Arc you can see in the distance is by the American sculptress Anna Hyatt Huntington. The Salon de Paris exhibition in 1910 refused to award first prize for one of her monumental statues when they learnt who …
Souvenir of the Future – Souvenir du Future
We’ve been back to the garden festival at chateau de Chaumont. The idea here is that our planet earth is nothing in comparison with the universe and we need to remain humble before nature. Yes, we’ll. Nous sommes retournés au festival des jardins du château de Chaumont. L’idée ici est que notre planète n’est rien …
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Notre Dame de Bonne Aide
Jean Michel says we have visited this church in Montbazon before but I’m sure I’d remember the four stained glass windows and the wall paintings. Approved by Napoleon in 1850, it is built in the new-Romanesque style. The wall paintings are by a local – Henri Grandin. Jean Michel me dit que nous avons déjà …
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