The Loire Valley and especially Blois
This photo of the famous hounds at Château de Cheverny comes to us from a Dutch reader Kees van Dijk who visited Blois this summer and had the pleasure of seeing the hounds being fed at 5 pm. Cette photo des fameux chiens destinés à la chasse à courre du château de Cheverny nous vient d’un …
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Autumn has not been very colourful this year, but this vine-covered barn with its green doors in Cours-sur-Loire is an exception. L’automne n’a pas beaucoup de couleurs cette année, mais cette grange recouverte de vigne vierge avec sa porte verte à Cours-sur-Loire est une heureuse exception.
These six edible mushrooms, collected in a forest about 1/2 hour from Blois, near Lancôme, are, from left to right in a spiral, Bordeaux cep, leccinum griseum, boletus (perhaps another leccinum griseum in a more advanced state), beefsteak fungus (also known as beefsteak polypore or ox tongue) and sweet tooth mushrooms (also known as wood hedgehog or …
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We had stopped by to get some daffodil bulbs from one of our neighbours in Les Grouets when I looked up and saw this amazing sky! Nous étions arrêtés chez un de nos voisins aux Grouets pour prendre des bulbes de jonquille lorsque j’ai levé la tête et j’ai vu ce ciel étonnant!
This photo was taken in a forest next to the little village of Lancôme in Sologne. I don’t know if there is any connection with the famous perfume. Cette photo est prise dans la forêt à côté du village de Lancôme en Loir et Cher; Je ne sais pas s’il y a un lien avec le parfum.
This lovely forest photo was taken on All Saints Day by my friend and neighbour in Les Grouets, Paul Courtet. C’est mon ami et voisin aux Grouets, Paul Courtet, qui a pris cette belle photo de forêt le jour de la Toussaint.
Ten days without being able to post because the website got blocked when I tried to change the URL to loiredailyphoto.com! Even my IT-savvy son couldn”t find the solution but today when he removed the removed the new URL altogether, it started working again. The photo was taken on Saturday when we cycled from Blois …