CDP theme Brown

What could be more seasonal in France than wild mushrooms – a perfect example of many different browns. These are all edible. For other takes on this month’s city daily photo theme day, click here. Quoi de plus saisonnier en France que les champignons sauvages : le parfait exemple de la couleur marron dans tous …

Going Up – On monte

One of the reasons we live in Blois is so that we can go mushroom hunting but pickings have been meagre in recent years, especially after this year’s drought. We did find a few boletus, parasol and coprinus mushrooms yesterday, but these were the (sadly inedible) pick of the bunch in terms of attractiveness. L’une …

Mist in the Garden – Brume au jardin

Here I was, thinking that retirement would give me more time. The trouble is that I’m not really retired … When I looked out the window this morning, I was delighted to see how the grass has grown again now that the drought is over. However, I have been thinking a lot about next year’s …

CDP Theme Day – Orange

Orange is not my favourite colour but I found someone else’s piracantha hedge to illustrate this month’s theme for City Daily Photo bloggers across the globe. You can see their take by clicking here L’orange n’est pas ma couleur préférée mais j’ai trouvé une haie de pyracantha chez quelqu’un d’autre pour illustrer le thème mensuel …