April 2011
Friday, April 29 2011
- ARCH - I visited the famous ARCHE DE LA DEFENSE, this square modern undecorated arch. It's amazing, surrounded by (entourée de) high, modern, glass, 20th century buildings; no cars, fascinating. It was built in 1986 by François Mitterand, a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideas It is 108 metre high (…)
Sunday, April 17 2011
- ABSTRACT STRIPES - rayures - Colours on the side of a sailing boat in a shipyard waiting to be repainted. I like abstract photos and I like this one in particular; it looks better bigger. I would like to print posters of my photos, but where would I put them? (…)
Saturday, April 16 2011
- MARSHES - des marais - The painting the reality I was there! This is the view from the Tour de Broue, 25 metres high, dominating the now marshes in Charente Maritime. It was built in the XI th century as the donjon of a château, rich from the commerce of salt. Ocean waves (vagues) came to its base until the XVII (…)
Friday, April 15 2011
- SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH P - P? What begins with P? i couldn't find anything - then, of course! No label on the packet and can't remember the name - they're good, I like them. Then I remembered another photo I had taken when I walked round a shipyard where yachts were waiting to be repainted: Original, isn't it? I liked the (…)
Saturday, April 9 2011
- SHEDS - cabanes - I added (j'ai ajouté) 3 photos to the WALL OF THE WORLD group, They are the walls of the oyster huts in Ile d'Oléron. I must go back another day and take some more photos, those huts are fantastic colours. This time I'll go in the morning when the sun is on the other side (de l'autre côté). (…)
Friday, April 8 2011
- 30° - April 8th and the temperature was over 30°! For two days we've had meals (des repas) outside in the garden, lunch and dinner, it's just like summer. Nature is 3 weeks ahead (en avance), look at the vines Usually they don't start growing (pousser) before May; the farmer is afraid (a peur que) frost (…)
Wednesday, April 6 2011
- HOT - Only April 6th and it was 25° today, too hot to sit in the sun! March was very dry (sec) and they're already talking about lack (manque) of rain and drought (sècheresse). The farmer hasn't sowed (semé) the maize in the field opposite my house yet (pas encore) and maize needs (a besoin de) a lot of (…)
Tuesday, April 5 2011
- SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH N - N is difficult, I didn't know what to photograph - how about this one? Amusing, no? The title: Noddy going for a ride. And this one? The word is "necks" of course. I took this one in the Palmyre Zoo in Charente Maritime where I live. For the moment in THE CHALLENGE there are not many other photos, (…)
Monday, April 4 2011
- 2 BRIDGES - 2 ponts - This afternoon I was sitting looking at this view calm and quiet, beautiful. I was watching the tide come in (la marée monter). I was on the Ile d'Oléron, you can see the bridge I took from the continent, and behind it the bridge over the river Seudre - all in Charente Maritime of course. This is (…)
Sunday, April 3 2011
- JAPAN 3 - No photo today but a gif link to a site for help for Japan after the earthquake (tremblement de terre) , the tsunami and the nuclear disaster. Artists are giving paintings to sell by auction and a book will be printed which can be prebought (préacheté), all proceeds will go to Japan. You can see the (…)
Saturday, April 2 2011
- HOOPOE - I was in the garden today watching the birds on the lawn (pelouse) and I had a very special visitor a HOOPOE. Click on the link and you can listen to its call which is unique. It says "oupoupoup", that is why it is called a hoopoe. It didn't come very near, I watched it with binoculars (jumelles) (…)
Friday, April 1 2011
- OPPOSITES - All styles at one wedding (mariage)! Long/short, slim/fat, tall/small, black/white, daring(osé)/discreet, elegant/frumpy, high heels/low heels(talons hauts/bas). Here's another short and tall one: He has to stand on the pavement to be as tall as his colleague! (Il doit se tenir sur le trottoir pour (…)