CDP Theme Day – Out of Focus

This month’s City Daily Photo’s theme Out of Focus which is a bit of a challenge for me because I am one of those people who likes their photos to be as sharp as possible. Since my photos are always taken with an iPhone, I used Instagram to blow up a sharp photo then I used …

Sunset over Blois – Coucher de soleil sur Blois

I hesitated to take a photo of the sunset over Blois with my iPhone as we drove back from the forest near Chambord today but fortunately Jean Michel insisted. J’ai hésité à prendre une photo du coucher de soleil sur Blois avec mon iPhone au retour de la forêt à côté de Chambord aujourd’hui mais …

Rooftops of Amboise – Toits d'Amboise

Most of the photos I take of Amboise are from l’ïle d’Or looking across at the castle. This one is taken from the other side of the Loire and shows the castle from the back. In the foreground you can see a troglodyte house. Presque toutes mes photos d’Amboise sont prises depuis l’Ile d’Or en …

Holly and Clematis – Houx et clématite

We have lots of red berries on our holly this year. The leaves at the bottom right are clematis. It wasn’t supposed to invade the holly bush but I am fast learning that plants have a mind of their own! Nous avons beaucoup de baies rouges sur notre houx cette année. Les feuilles en bas …

Tea-time in Blois – L'heure du thé à Blois

I was in the middle of Blois at afternoon tea time time. The cakes at Stéphane Buret’s Salon de Thé looked very temptant – but I resisted! Je me suis trouvée au cente ville de Blois à l’heure du thé aujourd’hui. Les gâteaux chez Stéphane Buret étaient bien tentants mais j’ai résisté …

Postcard from Nantes – From the Balcony

This scene is behind Graslin Theatre in Nantes but so far I haven’t found the origin of the statues in the foreground or the people on the balcony watching them. Cette scène se trouve derrière le théâtre Graslin à Nantes mais je n’ai pas encore trouvé ni l’origine des statuts en avant-scène ni les personnages …