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Sunflowers

27 11 2010

Midsummer sunflowers

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Tags: Jura, photo, photographic study, Photography, Summer, sunflower, Sunflowers, sunshine, Switzerland
Categories : Europe, Flower, Landscape, Summer, Switzerland

Lovely lavender

27 11 2010

Lovely summer's lavender

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Winter sunshine

4 01 2009

I took these photos to try to capture a glorious winter’s afternoon on Lac Leman

Lac Leman and the French Alps from Crans

Village church of Crans

Mossy wall, macro view

Mossy wall, wide view

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Categories : Christmas, Crans-pres-Celigny, Europe, Landscape, Switzerland, winter

A preserved fairytale

4 01 2009

As part of our Christmas wanderings, we made a day trip to the lovely village of Gruyeres when we were recently in Switzerland. Following are some of my favourite photos from the day.

Gruyeres village church and graveyard - sun-drenched and snow-dusted

View from the courtyard of the Chateau de Gruyeres

Through the window pane - Chateau de Gruyeres

The box hedges of the Chateau's formal garden, draped with snow

Swiss sunset, Gruyeres

Giger Museum, Gruyeres

As a post-script, I’m really not sure why there’s a Giger museum in the postcard-pretty hilltop medieval village of Gruyeres, but there is. So if you’re a mad-keen ‘Alien‘ or Giger fan, Gruyeres should be on your ‘to visit’ list. Me? I was more than happy just to explore the Chateau

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Categories : Christmas, Cityscape, Europe, Gruyeres, Switzerland, winter

A tale of two Freddies

22 10 2008

Looking through my photos just now, I spotted a neat duo that I thought I’d share. Hope you like them

Statue of Freddie Mercury in Montreux

This first photo is of the statue that stands in tribute to the Queen frontman, who lived his final years in Montreux. The flowers are to celebrate what would have been his 60th birthday on September 2, 2006.

The next photo is outside the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End, where the musical We WIll Rock You has been playing for years.

Freddie Mercury dressed for Christmas

I like the birthday version …

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Categories : Christmas, Cityscape, Europe, Landscape, London, Memorial, Montreux, Street art, Summer, Switzerland, UK, winter

Ode to recycling

11 08 2008

This sculpture / piece was at Montreux on Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) in September, 2006 as a part of a public art festival. It was on the small ‘pontoon’ deck that’s just in front of the Freddie Mercury statue there.