This is a scene at Chaumont that I’ve often photographed but yesterday the light was most unusual. Voici un paysage à Chaumont que j’ai souvent photographié mais hier la lumière était très particulière.
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Snow on Château de Menars – Neige sur le château de Ménars
I took this photo of château de Ménars yesterday on the way back from Chambord. The snow was so dazzling that I couldn’t take a sharp photo of the château. J’ai pris cette photo du château de Ménars hier sur le retour de Chambord. La neige était tellement éblouissante que je n’ai pas pu prendre …
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Swanee River – La rivière des cygnes
For once, the weather and the week-end managed to get together so we went for a long walk along the Loire, just north of the nuclear power plant in Saint-Laurent-Nouan which you can see below. Spot the swans in the first photo. 22
CDP Theme Day – Photo of the Year
As usual, the January theme for the City Daily Photo community is the photo of the year. Here are our choices, both river views – hot air balloons over traditional Loire River flat-bottom boats in front of château de Chaumont and a view of the little village of Cour-sur-Loire taken from the bike path to château Chambord. …
Boxing Day – Le lendemain de Noël
There is no Boxing Day in France or in any European country as far as I know but after a full house for Christmas we had a day off where the only thing we did was to take a walk along the river. En Australie comme au Royaume Uni le jour après Noël est toujours …
CDP Theme Day – Gift : Cadeau
I come from tropical North Queensland in Australia and the only thing that is really missing in my life in the Loire Valley is the sun. I find the grey overcast days of winter very trying so whenever we get even the smallest ray of sunshine like that in the photo above, I consider it a …
Light on the Loire – Lumière sur la Loire
It drizzled most of the day today but around 4.30 pm, the sky cleared a little. Il a pleuvioté presque toute la journée aujourd’hui mais vers 16h30, le ciel s’est éclairci un peu.
Tranquil Loire – Loire tranquille
Autumn is coming slowly this year but we won’t complain. L’automne arrive lentement cette année mais on ne va pas de plaindre.
Blois on Sunday – Blois le dimanche
I love driving along the river in Blois on the opposite side from the cathedral and castle. This was actually last Sunday but the post got stuck in Cyperspace. J’aime bien me promener à Blois en face de la cathédrale et du château. La photo a été prise dimanche dernier mais le post s’est …
Misty Moon – Lune floutée
We went to our monthly meet-up in Amboise last night and it was dark by the time we got there. Extraordinary to be sitting outside comfortably in November! Nous sommes allés à notre rencontre mensuelle à Amboise hier soir. C’est vraiment extraordinaire de pouvoir s’asseoir dehors confortablement à cette époque!