Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Fences and Gates

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Cee for hosting CBWC https://ceenphotography.com/2023/01/26/cbwc-fences-and-gates-3/

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Cycling

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Mama Cormier

…I need to tune up my bike and go for a ride

CFB7-E5-EF-4-B20-412-E-B541-BF0-EF3-D73706 — *All the rage in France*

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5-C338-DF2-A4-E6-4-B7-B-A469-545576756-C83 — *Used as an art piece*

Thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge https://weeklyprompts.com/2022/08/03/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-cycling/

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Waterscapes or Landscapes

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Mama Cormier

…thanks Cee for hosting CFFC https://ceenphotography.com/2022/06/21/cffc-landscapes-or-waterscapes/

52374-FE6-78-EB-4079-B9-FE-3-EFB726654-B4 — *Hills around Florence, Italy*

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314-D53-FB-0849-407-E-BD97-93877422252-B-1-201-a — *Sunrise over Lake Ontario and Toronto*

C41-B108-F-3-EBD-4-B8-A-85-A1-49-BE247880-CA — *Farm country, ON*

3-F511-AF9-A3-AA-4650-B499-6-B7-CA887-EDF0 — *Niagara Falls, Horseshoe* *Falls. ON*

655-C5-A70-2-E40-4-C57-8957-34-E41911-DE08-1-201-a — *Niagara Falls, American Falls*

F0-CE357-F-C025-454-E-B4-F4-60-B2-ECE33-D57 — *Sun Over Lake Ontario from Prince of Wales Park*

C53-A5-CC2-A795-4-D25-89-C7-556-F41-EBE64-E — *Lake Simcoe, ON*

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6-D1-F5-BCB-0-FFE-4872-9-E93-DCAB36-FE6221 — *Autumn at Trent University*

58-F6-C6-CD-6813-4847-90-B0-8-DA9011-ECCFA — *Loire River, Amboise, France*

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Weekly Prompts – Weekend Challenge – Arches

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Weekly Prompts for hosting the Weekend Challenge – Arches https://weeklyprompts.com/2022/05/28/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-arch/

I’m a full week late with this one but when I went back to this challenge I realized that I had some great ‘arches’ from our vacation in France and London, England.

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2-D778990-5-B1-F-48-CC-B35-D-0-F56-DEEEC87-C — *Arches in one of the main exhibition rooms in the V&A, London*

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Sunday Trees – May 22, 2022

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Mama Cormier

….a Lebanese Cedar in Bois, France

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Thursday Trios – Random Trios From Our Vacation

Posted on May 12, 2022 by Mama Cormier

….scrolling through my photos I discovered there were a few trios that I had forgotten about

509-BD048-C4-A4-4-DE8-BF25-87-C2-C53296-EA — A happy trio from the top of the Royal Amboise Chateau

29-D0021-D-2-E2-A-48-EF-AAF9-D41-BABAB8863 — A trio of actors at the Royal Amboise Chateau

81887-DE9-0-BEE-49-A2-B79-F-82-B742671137 — A trio of rocks from the Stonehenge Exhibition at the British Museum

A1-CE4949-CD0-A-4143-8-A0-A-44-E115-CD0-C18 — A trio of soldiers on the War Memorial near St. Paul’s Cathedral

If you have any trios you’d like to share just copy my link from this post and paste it into your post. I’ll get a ping back and I’ll be sure to leave a comment. Have fun.

New Flower (May 10, 2022) – White Poppy

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Water, Water Everywhere….The Loire River, France

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Mama Cormier

….thanks Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere….https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2022/05/09/canal-reflections-water-water-everywhere-125/

“The longest river in France is the Loire. It is 634 miles (1,020 kilometers) long. The Loire Valley is a popular tourist area known for its châteaus (French for “castles”). The scenic valley is sometimes called the Garden of France.

The Loire River begins about 4,500 feet (1,370 meters) above sea level in the Cévennes mountain range of southern France. It is fed by melting snow from mountain peaks. The Loire flows north through central France before swinging in a great curve past the city of Orléans and turning westward. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the city of Nantes.” Sourced from kids.britannica.com

We saw the Loire in Tours and then again on our castle visits in Amboise and Blois.

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AAF4-E525-0453-415-D-92-F0-7-ED6-DFDF58-C5 — In Tours, France

On our visit to the Royal Chateau Amboise, we saw the river from the top of the castle, overlooking the Loire Valley.

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9-B401557-7-CA0-461-A-8409-4-CB1-E2800-E22 — View from the top of the castle

On our last castle tour in Blois we saw the Loire River again from the lookout on the castle grounds and then again at street level.

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Castles in France – Part 3

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Mama Cormier

….a visit to Blois to see Chateau Royal de Blois

The interesting part of this castle is that it has four wings from four different eras and in four different styles, arranged around the same courtyard.

From the Outside