Thursday, April 28, 2005

French journeys

Table & chairs, early Morning view from a bedroom window. Near Moncaret, France

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Pomegranates Nr Moncaret France, March 2005
These seemed to symbolise the end of winter to me, they were dry & split & empty - still on the tree but all around them the branches were shooting with the start of the new spring growth.
I read the story of Persephone as a child & its always stayed with me.

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Table & Chairs, Chateau Les Milandes, Dordogne, France, April 2005

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This was Josephine Baker's Chateau - its now open to the public & worth a visit. It was the first day of the season and the tables and chairs just set out and the gravel freshly raked. I liked the shadows of the trees cast across the gravel

Chateau Marquessac, Dordogne France, March 2005, Topiary Garden

This view from above onto part of the Topiary garden looked like a mini landscape in its own right - like something out of the wizard of Oz maybe?



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Car Journey: D1 Lauzun to Castillones, Lot, France, Apr 2005

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Car Journey; D21 St Cibard to Castillon-la-Bataille, France March 2005

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Car Journey: Bergerac to Monbazilliac, March 2005, Roadside Cross at junction of un-numbered roads St Laurent-des-Vignes

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Car Journey: Dordogne France, March 2005, Woodland

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Car Journey: Dordogne, France March 2005 Logs by the roadside

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Car Journey: Monpazier to Cadouin, France, March 2005, Growing Salad for Market

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Car Journey: fields of vines and flowering oilseed rape near Monbazilliac,France, March 2005

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Car Journey: Ploughed field

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Car Journey: windscreen wipers, D2 nr Castillonnes, France March 2005

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All images: Copyright L Bradbrook 2005

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