Well, 250 years ago there would have been no parked car and no power line... and, I guess, no tree - or at least, not this particular one. Apart from that, this scene of workers' cottages at the former industrial village of Les Forges de Paimpont would not have looked very different on the day they were built, when the forges were in full production, than they do today... relics of an improbable industrial past deep in rural Brittany.
The image is SOOC and is part of my ongoing OCOLOY project - you can read more about it in my post for 1 January and in my profile. I'm also tagging this for B&W February.
Even though all this b&w on 365 lately is driving me crazy, I love your photo. After a while too much b&w starts to make me feel partly blind. Still, this is a charming image and a fav for me.
@dibzgreasley Only one house is habitable and there resides an elderly and charming lady. This area is part of 'my' district, 1 of 4, where I am in the final throes of conducting our 5 yearly Census.
@dibzgreasley The building on the right - couldn't rightly dignify it by calling it a house given the state it is in - and another hidden by the first row of cottages are both for sale Debs, if you fancy a lifestyle change!
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Perhaps I could be a charming and elderly lady too. It has always been a dream to retire to France (even though my French ain't that good!) and finding a charming spot to live but not sure if I'd have the cash to sink into renovating one of these!
@ukandie1 I spent all of my working life in Financial Services both UK and international so I've had my fair share of the hustle and bustle of city (and City) life. Mrs S has a similar professional background to me although latterly she ran her own Management Consultancy business. We're both now very content with life in our little rural backwater... but Chicago it ain't, that's for sure!
I grew up in rural England, and part of why I love of your captures is because they remind me of a time that was in my past, different country I know, but they still evoke memories of something from the past for me. And sentiments aside, I learn a little every time from your shots and your insightful comments.
@joansmor The population of the commune of Paimpont is a shade over 1500 today but in the middle of the 17th C it was three times that and it was still over 3000 at the beginning of the 20th C.
Perhaps I could be a charming and elderly lady too. It has always been a dream to retire to France (even though my French ain't that good!) and finding a charming spot to live but not sure if I'd have the cash to sink into renovating one of these!