Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
les deux tours
April 14th was the first running of a local bicycle tour that ended in Amboise, la Tour de val d'Amboise. The photo captures the racers as they begin to cross the bridge over the Loire and in front of the Tower of White Gold, la Tour d'or blanc (which celebrates the heritage of wine making in the Loire Valley).
Of course the French word tour can mean both circuit (as in the Tour de France) and tower (as in the Eiffel Tower) in English. Had the race ended in the nearby city of Tours, it could have been titled "les trois tours".
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Sunday, November 5, 2023
blown away, twice
In recent months I would look forward to seeing the growth of these fungi during my daily walks around the Ile d'Or. The biggest were over a foot (30 cm) wide. They just blew me away with their numbers and size on the same tree. Well, that came to a crashing end this weekend as high winds blew down the tree and all its sidekicks with it. It was sad to see.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Sunday, October 1, 2023
Monday, August 14, 2023
August surprise
In the rainy fall it's not surprising to get a basket full of mushrooms from our neighbor who knows well the forest of Amboise. But in August ?! Shows just how much wetter this summer has been than last, when we had a serious drought.
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Monday, May 29, 2023
the flower parade
It is a long weekend in France (Pentecost) and in Amboise flower festooned vehicles, people, and animals paraded over the bridge to the Ile d'Or.
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Sunday, March 5, 2023
March marché