Tangled
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Tangled Continue reading Tangled
Tag: Dinan
Twinkle
Basilique St. Sauveur in Dinan, Brittany – just as an fyi – I didn’t photoshop in the twinkle 😉 Weekly photo challenge: Twinkle Continue reading Twinkle
Mist and Fog
Village of Dinan on the Rance River, Brittany Petrohue Falls, Chile On the back roads of Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France Ailsa’s travel theme is: Misty Continue reading Mist and Fog
Monumental Post
Ailsa’s travel theme this week is: Statue.
This statue of the Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan stands in Plaza B. Munoz Gamero in Punta Arenas, Chile. His expedition in the early 1500s was the first to sail from the Atlantic into the Pacific, culminating in the first circumnavigation of the earth.
This detail from the statue shows a burnished toe, rubbed by many visitors, presumably to bring luck, or perhaps to ensure they will one day return.
On San Cristobal some 300 m above Santiago, this 14 m statue of the Virgin, Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepcion, rises like an ethereal vision. Continue reading “Monumental Post”
Dinan in Morning Mist
Fine Art Photography by Lynne Ayers Continue reading Dinan in Morning Mist
Morning Fog in Dinan 1
Fine Art Photography by Lynne Ayers Continue reading Morning Fog in Dinan 1
Connected through Time
The astronomical clock in the Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter, England dates from 1484. In 1841 my great great-grandfather Richard Ingram Pentecost was a student at the Training School in the Precinct of the Close of St-Peter’s Cathedral in Exeter City, England, and so would have gazed upon this same clock.
Wikipedia informs that the fleur-de-lys ‘hand’ indicates the time (and the position of the sun in the sky); the silver ball and inner dial shows both the age of the moon and its phase; the upper dial, added in 1760, shows the minutes. There is a door below the clock with a round hole near its base. This was apparently cut in the early 17th century to allow entry for the Bishop’s cat to deter vermin that were attracted to the animal fat used to lubricate the clock mechanism.
The headstone with the cross marks the grave of my 3x great grandparents, Richard and Anne Pentecost.
Sunday Post: Door
The door to the Tourist Office in Continue reading “Sunday Post: Door”
Just Doors 2
Doors stand guard to what transpires within.
I realize that just doors may not be everyone’s ‘thing’ but they are a frequent subject for me and my camera. After visiting Adrian Pym’s site and reading Mike’s Look at Life I decided it was time for another photo essay on Doors. My first doors post is here.
The Abbaye de Lehon, France …
The Main Door, Chateau de Combourg, France … Continue reading “Just Doors 2”
The Doors
During travels in the Languedoc Roussillon region of southern France, I found myself taking a lot of pictures of doors – beautiful wooden doors, often with carvings and flourishes, many of large proportions, many beautifully painted or polished. No matter the status of the attached building or home, the doors stood as a proud statement of welcome to the most grandiose as well as the humblest of dwellings. Whatever their status, they all beg the questions – who has passed through this door? And what Continue reading “The Doors”
Beyond the Brush 