Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Falconer



Falcon coming in at 100s of kilometers per hour, precision flying of the miraculous kind







Cathar Castle Interieurs

 There are no Cathar Castles...






In the 12th Century Christians of the Paulician line who became known later as 'Cathars' were forced to take refuge from Catholic armies and inquisitors in the fortified towns and castles of local sympathisers and protectors.

Tracing the persisting stone forms of castle life...










Queribus, Peyrepertuse, Montsegur, Villerouge, Puivert...

Monday, August 31, 2015

Cathar Castle Views


Look down on the mountains

See for two hundred miles










Happy Rentree



Here is a symbol of September, the first fruits of our grape harvest;  rosé grapes in an Italian grape bowl which caught my eye in a charity shop.  Grapes love heatwaves and drought.  I only watered this vine a couple of times and yet it thrives. 

B leaves school for university, R leaves Collège for Lycée.