weekly photo challenge: cover art

The Scabiosa  has beautiful flowers that morph into sculptural seed heads, at this time of year. They seemed a perfect match for the “Ma Fleur” album from Cinematic Orchestra.

This post is my contribution to the Cover Art prompt as part of the weekly photo challenge at WordPress.

weekly photo challenge: contrast

 

Contrasting lettuce! Batavia (left) and red salad bowl (right).

Weekly photo challenge: twist

Egyptian walking onion

This is an amazing onion that you can read all about over on this dedicated website.

We planted some last year and they are now in their full “twisted” glory!

weekly photo challenge: on the move

bee and pollen

The garden is alive with bees at the moment and dandelions! We have given up trying to deadhead the dandelions as they are all over the garden and the surrounding verges so are totally out of control

The garden has many varieties of honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees and many others I can’t identify (including this fellow).

They are all definitely on the move though this one seems so weighed down with pollen that he will be staggering back to the hive and not flying.

 

Weekly photo challenge: reflections

 

Chateau de Cormatin

We visited the Chateau de Cormatin last July while on holiday in Burgundy. It was a hot and sultry day ideal for showing off the reflections in the Lac du Miroir.

First of all is the pleasure of discovery here and this pleasure is infinite. You can vary the views by doing a turn round the chateau, walk the promenades to look down on the large central parterre, wander over the grassy paths and identify plants and shrubs that parade for us, follow the shimmering reflections the length of the quiet mirrors of water, discover the old oaks, the avenue of lime trees, the outdoor theatre, cast an admiring eye over the play of colors, which enliven the vegetable garden … Michel Baridon.

Weekly Photo Challenge: abandoned

In the forest that surrounds us its very unusual to find any abandoned  rubbish or litter, so it’s fairly unique to find these bottles that have been here for over two years that we know of. They have now become part of the forest especially the one “growing” out of the tree.

weekly photo challenge: abandoned via La Petite Maison Bijoux

This house is one of three in a tiny hamlet just up the hill from us. One is inhabited all year round, one is derelict, and this one is a maison secondaire. It gets used three or four times a year, during the school holidays.

via weekly photo challenge: abandoned.

Weekly Photo Challenge: three

We found an old stone lion in the garden of our – then – cottage in Yorkshire a few years ago. Since then it’s travelled with us to new homes and eventually to our home in France. These are three different aspects of our lion.

 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

Forsythia: golden treasure

Walking out from our local village there is an old mill we often pass. On Sunday we noticed that Forsythia was in bloom around one of the buildings, giving the old mill a golden glow. The mill is a fabulous subject with a myriad features and textures, some of which I have tried to capture in the photos below.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: selfie

I found this a tricky challenge, however a tripod and the timer on the Lumix came to my rescue. I didn’t like the colour versions, too realistic I thought!

My wife thinks I look roguish in the photo above, so I’ve also included a more pensive shot.