July 2012
Thursday, July 26 2012
- SUMMER HORIZON - How happy I am this year without the field of maize: I can see the horizon and there are beautiful colours with the field of sunflowers (tournesols). It's all so open and relaxing, I can just sit there and look. The barley is still there, it hasn't been harvested yet (il n'a pas encore été (…)
Monday, July 23 2012
- SWEPT UP -balayé - Mystery on the patio: this is what I swept up (balayé). Where did that cat thing come from? It looks like (ça a l'air de) a Christmas thing, It must have been on the patio a long time! (…)
Saturday, July 21 2012
- PLANT HAIR 2 - Remember this I've made 2 more: Amusing, no? i think so, that is the essential. (…)
Wednesday, July 18 2012
- SUMMER HARVEST - moisson d'été - Time to harvest the barley (l'orge), it's late in fact because of the rain. just look at the dust (poussière) in the evening sun. Summer is also the time for the hollyhocks (roses trèmieres), they're beautiful also with the sun behind. (…)
Saturday, July 14 2012
- WINDOW WITH FLOWERS - A challenge in the 'WINDOWS AND DOORS' group: Two small ones for me - I don't suppose I'll win. (…)
Friday, July 13 2012
- RAINY JULY - I don't believe it! July 13th and it was like this all day: rain and high winds. Then suddenly at 7pm the rain stopped and blue sky appeared and the sun came out. What a relief - but the wind didn't stop and the temperature was only 17°. I wonder how many towns cancelled their firework (feu (…)
Thursday, July 12 2012
- REDBUBBLE CHANGE - Oh dear, redbubble has changed its page setout, I hate that, I've just spent at least (au moins) an hour looking how to do my usual things! I was just in time to enter a challenge: 'Through a rainy window' and I put this one in I took it from inside a bus, fortunately, it ws pouring (il pleuvait à (…)
Tuesday, July 10 2012
- NEW GROUP - I've just joined a new group on redbubble: LUSCIOUS FOOD HOUSE, though I must admit I find it difficult to take good photos of food. But I have quite a few, especially of cakes so I'm putting them in the group. Here's one that is not of cakes: This is how they sell sprouts in Northallerton, (…)
Friday, July 6 2012
- STRANGE STATUES - Work seen in the Palais de Tokyo at the Triennale exhibition. The exhibit is called 'Silent City'. This is in bronze, a small girl standing in a bucket of water. What is the meaning of these two sculptures? Both female figures, they are trapped by objects:a table, a bucket. (…)
Tuesday, July 3 2012
- GARDEN DETAILS - Colours, textures, old/modern, hand-made/factory-made, rough/smooth(rugeux/lisse), decorative/useful, natural/plastic.... (…)