Community Gardens in Amboise – Jardins ouvriers à Amboise

I usually leave photos of Amboise to Stuart on Amboise Daily Photo, but I couldn’t resist this one of the very frosty community gardens on our way from the butcher in Chaumont to the Amboise market. Normalement je laisse à Stuart de Amboise Daily Photo le soin de prendre des photos sa ville mais je …

A lake in Sologne – Un lac en Sologne

Sologne is a vast area of about 5,000 square kilometers that starts slightly south east of Blois and is bound on the north by the Loire River and on the south by one of its affluents, the Cher. It includes château de Chambord and is known for its many lakes, ponds, marshes and forests. Its …

View from my window in winter – Vue depuis ma fenêtre en hiver

Same view from my window at Closerie Falaiseau a few hours apart. It is the Loire River opposite that causes the morning mist. We hope the overhead wires will be eliminated one day. Même vue depuis ma fenêtre à la Closerie Falaiseau à quelques heures d’intervalle.  C’est la Loire en face qui provoque le brouillard …

Sun on the Bread Oven – Soleil sur le four à pain

The beam on this bread oven is original but not the bricks. The inside vault has been restored but there is no hearth. One day perhaps, it will come alive again … La poutre mais non pas les briques de ce four à pain est d’origine. La voûte intérieure est belle mais il n’y a …