Friday 11 October 2013

Just a walk



After the thrills of my trip to Spain, seeing Bibi and Annie, this seems very mundane. However, I have enjoyed walking round Caunes so much this morning.

Mark is off playing golf, the sun is shining and although it is a little cooler than of late, it is a glorious morning.

So, a post about nothing in particular, just a few doors and windows I noticed on my walk. Caunes has an impressive abbey, a well marked "tourist" trail around important buildings.....but I avoided these, and just looked at some of the more ordinary architectural features of the town.

 




 


 
 

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  1. Thank you, Janice. That was a lovely 'stroll'!

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    1. I certainly enjoyed it...it helps when the sun is shining.

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  2. When ever I see pics like this I yearn to have shutters on my windows and doors.

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    1. Shutters was one of the essential criteria when we were house hunting.

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  3. Thank you: that was very enjoyable...particularly no. 12

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    1. Somehow my camera is drawn to things like no.12.

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  4. Love the old doors and windows.....whenever I'm in Europe I always take a million pics of old doors and windows....... we don't have anything like that here in NA.

    Love this post and great pics. :-)

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    1. They are somehow very attractive...especially if you are used to modern street scenes .

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  5. Interesting walk with some nice things to see xx

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  6. How wonderful is the green shuttered window dressed with blue curtains.I would have stood and gazed at that for ages.
    I have a walk i do whenever we are home --- it is just below Meltham Cop looking down on Helme village.I was told a family of Little Owls nest in the walls here.I have looked for them since February.This Tuesday i spotted them.x Maria

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    1. Do we hget photos of the owls soon ? I hope so.

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    2. A few more walks up there Janice -- then hopefully will blog them. x M.

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  7. Hello Janice. Good to meet you. Love your collection of doors and windows. Also enjoyed reading about your visit to Alcala. We have friends who live near Almedinilla - not far away and we always enjoy visiting Alcala market and looking round the town.

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    1. Hi Lin, thanks for popping in and commenting. Alcala is certainly a special place.

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  8. Hi Janice, Wish I could have walked with you today. Looks like a lovely peaceful stroll. just what you need occasionally. Sue

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    1. Oooh, I would have enjoyed the walk even more if we could have gently strolled along and chatted along the way.

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  9. Sounds like a lovely morning stroll, quite inspirational doors and windows, good way to get ideas for new stitching designs.

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    1. Design ideas are all around us aren't they. I certainly love looking for patterns in what I see...not necessarily for stitching, but just because they look so lovely.

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  10. Fascinating shapes etc in the environment that you found and photographed. It's so different to where I live and I suspect a lot, lot older with a lot of history!

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    1. Thanks Maria, although many of the houses in the village date from the 19th century, there is evidence of the 14th and 15th century all around us....and some of the abbey dates from the 11th century. It is quite incredible to imagine the tales some of the walls in this place could tell.

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  11. Liked the photos Janice. The door at number 8 has a symmetry to it. And the resident must have a dog - deduced from all those scratch marks!

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    1. Thanks John....as always, so many images all around, just calling out to be photographed. I guess I'd have been more careful with the film in pre digital days.

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  12. Oh how lovely, Janice.I so enjoy these tiny details which make each building, street or town unique. In this case I particularly like the sea-green shutters and layered curtains - so very French.

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    1. Layered curtains do make some windows look so beautiful.....my problem is I like looking out of windows too much to want to clutter them with barriers to the outside...except of course, when closing the shutters to keep out the heat.

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    2. No, we don't have net window curtains either, for the same reason as you, unlike every French house around us, even our elderly bachelor neighbour. :-)

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