by Kiff Backhouse | Mar 29, 2012 | Photo Blog
This beautiful golden light is every reason to get out of bed early in the morning at this time of year. Whilst the air is still fresh (and sunrise is not TOO early) views such as this are within a few seconds or minutes walk of my front-door.
by Kiff Backhouse | Feb 5, 2011 | Photo Blog
Balmy Day Yesterday was a balmy day! The cold winds had lost their icy chill, the sun was out and the sky blue. We spent the day tidying up the garden, chopping wood and enjoying the feeling of an early spring. As evening approached, the dipping sun paid homage to...
by Kiff Backhouse | Jan 9, 2011 | Photo Blog
A Randonnée Yesterday was Rando day (a French abbreviation for randonnée which means hiking) where members of the village go off for a day or half day’s hike in the local country side.A very sociable time and great for my French. Misty Views The views around...
by Kiff Backhouse | Oct 15, 2010 | Photo Blog
At this time of year, in the Languedoc region of France, the evening light is SO soft and beautiful mixed with the autumnal colours of the season. With all the different varieties of grapes, each vine-yard turns a different colour and the region is covered in a...
by Kiff Backhouse | May 21, 2010 | Photo Blog
Sunrise over the Vallee d’Orb (the Orb Valley) in the Languedoc, France. From the archives, back in the days of the promise of summer to come, and light and warm mornings and evenings bore fruit to a very early morning to catch the sunrise coming up over St....