The temperatures have gone up – a maximum of 7 degrees today and 12 tomorrow – and it looks like they may stay there for the next ten days or so. A blue sky makes a big difference to someone born and raised in tropical Australia! Les températures sont montées avec un maximum de 7 …
Category Archives: Water
Chaumont Water Tower – Château d’Eau à Chaumont
The reservoir (also known as the “water tower”) was built at the time the estate of Chaumont was acquired by Prince Henri-Amédée de Broglie before the arrival of the landscape architect Henri Duchêne. The architect later turned it to good advantage, surrounding it with a copse of trees and bushes. In those days, the water tower’s …
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Reflections in Onzain – Réflexions à Onzain
Mill Race in Fall – Bief en automne
A mill race is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. The mill itself, Moulin de Champigny, in this particular case, is on the other side of the road. Entre autres, un bief est un canal conduisant l’eau sur ou sous la …
Giant Holly – Houx géant
This amazing holly bush (see photo below) is in Molineuf next to a B&B called Moulin des Charmes – and charming it is! Ce merveilleux houx (voir photo ci-dessous) se trouve à Molineuf à côté d’une chambre d’hôte qui s’appelle le Moulin des Charmes qui correspond bien à son nom.
The Mill on the Stream – Le moulin à eau
After we first visited the little town of Suevres with its many water mills and wash houses last September, we promised ourselves we’d go back in the summer. We cycled there from Blois last weekend. This one is known as Moulin Pont (Bridge Mill) for obvious reasons. Après avoir visité la petite ville de Suevres avec …
Postcard from Australia: Point Lonsdale – The Seagull
We had a very windy walk today along the coast at Point Lonsdale on the Bellarine Peninsula. The wind on the pier was so strong that the seagull in the photo was literally suspended in the air. No wonder the Port Phillip Head’s Rip is so notorious! Nous avons eu une promenade très éventée sur …
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Postcard from Australia – Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010 . It was a convict penal settlement from 1839 to 1869 and one of Austalia’s biggest shipyards, operating between 1857 and 1991 with the first of its two dry docks built by convicts. L’île de Cockatoo dans la baie de Sydney …
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Birds in Flight – Oiseaux en vol
Lac de la Gloriette in Tours when we got back from Villandry. Lace de la Gloriette à Tours au retour de Villandry.
The Water Wheel – La roue à aubes
This beautiful wooden water wheel is to be found in Aubigny-sur-Loire. Cette belle roue à aubes en bois se trouve à Aubigny-sur-Loire.