Tag: People
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Lady on the rocks
Lady on the rocks Did the rocks on the terrace roll in from the sea or was the terrace rolled out on the rocks? For our aesthetic sense it makes no difference. The sight is right. Photo of the week: Rock terrace, Castiglioncello, Tuscany, Italy 2020
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Before the fall and after
Before the fall and after I saw this little picture hanging on the wall of a house in Italy. It depicts the life of man before and after the fall. In the centre, the idyllic existence in the Garden of Eden is about to come to an end with Eve presenting to Adam the forbidden…
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Le Lavoir
Le Lavoir When in last week’s post I declared my love for the old villages in the south of France, with “Vers-Pont-du-Gard” as example, I didn’t mention the old communal washing-places. Before the invention of the washing-machine you could find them all over, not just in France. In many towns and villages they have been…
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Les accordéonistes
Les accordéonistes Are they trying to scare us away,this motley lot of advancing orange,casting their long-drawn-out shadows forward,while drawing protracted cries from their accordions? No! It’s the ‘Festival l’Accordéon Plein Pot’! Photo of the week: ‘Festival l’Accordéon Plein Pot’, Saint Quentin la Poterie, France 2017
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Someone has been here
Someone has been here A riverbed, a row of stones. Each stonea whim of nature. The row of stones– chosen, laid out –a whim of man. Photo of the week: Riverbed, Solalex, Switzerland 2020
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A tribute to HM
A tribute to HM I was completely absorbed in looking at ‘The Sheaf’, one of Matisse’s great collages, created in the final years of his life, when he was bedridden and could no longer paint. Then a visitor came into my field of vision. I regarded her appearance as a happy coincidence, a fleeting tribute…
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In a flash
In a flash Was it the way she sat, or the way she looked, or her lipsticked lips, or maybe her amusing fairylike dress? Probably it was all this together.You see something or somebody, are touched and there you go, photo!The little girl takes care of the goods in the stall of – presumably –…
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Barbecue
Barbecue Dead eyes looking at you,in anticipation of being blinded by fireinto cloudy white spots.Then they don’t look anymore.Then they disappear between the jawsof us, dear carnivores. Photos of the week: Picnic along the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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On being supreme
On being supreme This morning when putting on her T-shirt she may have felt confident but now it’s text is weighing down on her. If only she knew how beautiful she looks in the late light of the sun. Photo of the week: Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Sunset spot
Sunset spot Sunsets are sold as tourist attractions. In Luang Prabang, Phu Si Hill, right in the centre of the city, is considered the perfect spot to watch the sunset. So, as the day draws to a close, all the tourists in Luang Prabang climb Phu Si Hill, with their phones and cameras at the…
