I’ve been wandering around Blois recently, noticing all the different gates (and doors) and trying, unsuccessfullyl so far, to find a photo for the next theme day – shadow and highlight. And now it’s been raining for three days … Je me promène dans Blois en remarquant tous les portails bien différents et en essayant, …
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CDP Theme Day – The Heady Smell of Lilac
Not everyone in the world has come close enough to a lilac bush to inhale its heady fragrance. Some people don’t like to have it in their home, it’s so strong. Wisteria, which blooms at much the same time is more delicate. I love both. For other takes on this month’s City Daily Photo Theme …
City Daily Photo Theme Day – The Beauty of Simplicity
This month’s City Daily Photo theme is the beauty of simplicity. I love the simple lines of this little lead light window in my kitchen. The stone in the middle is a cabochon from Chartres Cathedral. When the previous owners heard that the cathedral was selling off cabochons left over during renovation of the cathedral’s …
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City Daily Photo Theme Day: Where I belong – Chez moi
Despite the fact that I am currently visiting Australia, which I left in 1975, the place where I belong is and will remain Closerie Falaiseau, our Renaissance home in Blois, built in 1584. The Loire Valley, with its many châteaux, untamed river and many bike paths, is home forever more. For other entries in this …
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City Daily Photo Theme Day – Coffee House Scene
For this month’s City Daily Photo theme day, I wanted a typical scene in a French café in a provincial town so we went to Onzain, about 15 kilometers from Blois. It’s Sunday morning, about noon. The café also has a betting licence so people can buy lotto and lottery tickets and back horses, etc. It …
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CDP Theme Day – Photo of the Year 2015 – Photo de l'année 2016
The City Daily Photo theme day this month is the photo of the year for 2015. First, I checked out my nine most “liked” photos on Instagram, then asked the readers of my other blog, Aussie in France, to choice their favourite. I took this photo of Château de Sully, on the Loire, last April, on a …
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City Daily Photo Theme Day – Shop Window
Regular readers will know that I already posted this photo two weeks ago. I hesitated but I am not a shopper and have no other photos of shop windows in my archives. Theme day crept up on me too late to go window shopping and this photo kept coming back to me all the time …
CDP Theme Day – Ephemeral
The best light is often at the end of the day in summer, particularly over the Loire. This is my entry in the City Daily Photo Theme Day of “ephemeral”. For other entries, click here. La lumière est souvent meilleure en fin de journée en été surtout sur la Loire. Voici ma contribution au thème …
City Daily Photo Theme Day – Shelter
Lavoirs or wash houses are to be found throughout France and were still in use in the mid-20th century. They provided shelter to washerwomen all year round. This one is in Suèvres. For other entries in the City Daily Photo Theme Day, click here.
CDP Theme Day – Curiosity
I have to say that this month’s City Daily Photo theme did not inspire me. It’s hard to say what can be considered a cusiosity. In the end, I decided to post this photo that I already published some time ago. I’m not sure what these rows of corn cobs represent but they are rather …