Celestial Musings – Réflexions célestes

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.

Stepping into the Loire – Les marches de la Loire

Every year the Denis Papin steps in Blois are redecorated. This year’s theme is water, the Loire and the Loire Valley’s 20th anniversary as a Unesco World Heritage site. The photos are marred by roadworks but I won’t have another chance to take another photo any time soon as we are leaving on holiday tomorrow. …

Black and White Swirls – Tortillons noir et blanc

I’ve been trying to get a photo of the Denis Papin stairs in Blois since I got back from holiday but the light is never right when I’m there. I took this from the car today! J’essaie de prendre une photo de l’escalier Dénis Papin depuis notre retour de vacances mais ce n’est jamais la …

Up in the clouds – Dans les nuages

We’ve been seeing the Denis Papin stairs in Blois from afar but thought they had been decorated to represent a waterfall. A closer look today shows it to be a cloudy sky! The collage, by Imprinova, is a hommage to Geoffrey Hendrinks, aged 86, nicknamed the Cloudsmith due to his watercolours designed to turn objects …