Topiary Art is something I’d seen before, even though I must admit I’d never heard the noun. My wife and I went to a wedding ceremony in Brittany last July. We were invited to this beautiful place near Combourg. Here…
Paris and its love songs, l’amour, toujours l’amour as the saying goes. La vie en rose is Edith Piaf’s most celebrated song. A few weeks ago we took a stroll around Montmartre with a young street singer who showed us…
This is a terrible pun, as ‘vilaine*’ means ugly and also naughty depending on context. Villennes-sur-Seine certainly is one of these dainty villages. It doesn’t deserve to be called ugly. Lovely, not ugly, Villlennes Villennes-sur-Seine is a commune in the…
One Cannot Find a Name… One Cannot Find a Name on this Rusted Cross is the somewhat elongated yet poetical title of a song by Jacques Higelin. Higelin sadly passed away in 2018, time flies. As I was posting the…
The Four-nations cemetery is an incredible place. A derelict, yet beautifully romantic, old cemetery on the hills above the town of Caen in Normandy. Four-Nations Cemetery Wikipedia has a story on the Four-Nations churchyard: On 1 March 1780, the Parliament…
Do you like your photo gear? I do love mine indeed. I could even sing a song about it. Remember that old 1975 Queen song? Here, the lyrics could be something like I’m in love with my gear Gotta feel…
Villennes sur Seine is a dainty village, roughly 25 miles west of Paris, France.
Chartres – June 2021
Everyone knows “Girl with Balloon”, the archetypal Banksy stencil mural. Girl with Balloon or Love is where the bins are This version of “Girl with Balloon” is not set for self-destruction and cannot be shredded. When the household in Arcueil,…
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