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And now the House: The Kitchen is in
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And now the House. Monday, May 10, 2010. The Kitchen is in. Started to write this in April. Forgot to post it.). The kitchen is in, looking sleek and modern against our off-white freshly painted walls and the beautifully laid floor tiles. Cupboards with shelves that slide out, either side of the big fridge freezer. At last I shall know what we've got in store without having to scrabble at the back of the top shelf while balancing on a ladder. In French. I've no idea what it is in English. We have finishe...
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And now the House: Floor Plans
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And now the House. Monday, December 28, 2009. Lynne, who dips into this blog from time to time, asked if I could do a simple floor plan. Certainly the house layout is confusing and even living here it took us time to work out how all the rooms fitted together. This is what the house looks like at present, put together over years from an old farmhouse and outside barns. People who know us park in front of the garage, walk past the bedroom, come along the terrace and into the kitchen. A third stage will en...
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French Roundabouts: Bergerac
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Miniature works of municipal art. November 14, 2008. Location: (1) Dordogne, N21 coming into Bergerac from the south, junction with D660 towards Cahors and Sarlat (2) Bergerac town centre, south west side of Vieux Pont (old bridge). Found two splendid roundabouts in Bergerac. The second, on the south west side of the old bridge in the centre of Bergerac, is a fountain with leaping fish. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Unfortunately some of the artwork is ephemeral and may not still be there to see.
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French Roundabouts: Memorial
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Miniature works of municipal art. November 22, 2009. Location: Lot and Garonne, Marmande, D933, junction with D708. The D933 is now a smart new by-pass round the outskirts of Marmande, heading north towards Périgueux and Bergerac and South to Mount de Marsan. The recent construction has been an opportunity to build and design new roundabouts. One of the most dramatic, on the crossroads with the D708 that leads into Marmande town centre, is topped by this powerful sculpture in memory of the holocaust.
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French Roundabouts: Rond Point de Falines
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Miniature works of municipal art. January 18, 2009. Rond Point de Falines. Languedoc-Roussillon, near Narbonne, D32 outside Gruissan, junction with D332. The D32 out of Narbonne meanders south east to Gruissan, a holiday resort in the Languedoc-Roussillon between two. Lakes) and the Mediterranean. At the entrance to the old fishing village is the. Rond point de Falines. Here, framed by grass and olive trees, an abstract sculpture echoes the shapes of the fishing boats and the yachts in the nearby marina.
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French Roundabouts: February 2010
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Miniature works of municipal art. February 01, 2010. Location: The Landes, D652, between Biscarrosse and Parentis-en Born. The aerodrome de Biscarrosse-Parentis lies between the D652 and the large Lac de Biscarrosse et Parentis in the Landes. On the outskirts of Biscarrosse, on the D652 heading towards Parentis-en-Born, at a turning into the Zone Industrial de Montagnotte, there is this splendid model of a twin propeller aeroplane. Location: The Landes, D43 between Ychoux and Parentis-en-Born.
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French Roundabouts: Tennis Club, Tonneins
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Miniature works of municipal art. August 21, 2008. Tennis Club, Tonneins. Location: Tonneins, Lot and Garonne, tennis club, behind Leclerc, off N113. There is a tiny roundabout in front of the Tonneins tennis club, with an old-fashioned lamp post in the middle of delicate flowers and grasses. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Here are some of my favourites, at present mainly in the Lot and Garonne, but over time to be extended to all France. And now the House. What to do with our Old Walls?
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French Roundabouts: November 2009
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Miniature works of municipal art. November 22, 2009. Les Vignobles de Marmande. Location: Lot and Garonne, on the Bordeaux side of Marmande, junction of the D933 with the D813. At the junction of the Mont de Marsan to Périgueux road (the new D933) and the Agen road (the D813) on the edge of Marmande, there is an imposing roundabout suitable for the entrance to a town that is proud of its wines. In the autumn the leaves on the vines have a golden hue, and the evergreens form an elegant backdrop. From some...
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French Roundabouts: Strange "Spider"
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Miniature works of municipal art. October 18, 2009. Location: Landes, D824, entrance to Dax ring road coming from Mont de Marsan. It isn't a spider, because it only has six legs. And what are the three phallic symbols in the middle all about? And I thought the red "D" with the swirl might be the logo for Dax, but it doesn't seem to be. Then round the other side of the roundabout there are about a dozen painted posts. All to be found on the ring road as you approach Dax from Mont de Marsan in the Landes.
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And now the House: Wet, Wet, Wet
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And now the House. Monday, February 22, 2010. Wet, Wet, Wet. Saturday afternoon and yet again we've had an emergency water company engineer on site; this time up to his elbows in the manhole where the water meter sits. I thought about getting my camera and taking a picture of his bottom in the air, but it seemed rude to wander off and leave him when he was baling ice cold water as fast as he could so he could get at the problem. So we carried buckets and made small talk in French and English. We're seein...
