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Skinny Rabbit Slideshow Productions Presents: "Crusader Rabbit in Loire Valley Part II." (Alternatively titled "Good thing I have rechargeable batteries and a 256mb memory card" starring Nikon cam and a wacky tourist lady.) |
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Pictures taken with my nikon coolpix 3100. Copyright skinnyrabbit.com |
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Visiting some mini chateaux! The place is cute... | ...with lots of little castles to admire... | ...and Crusader Rabbits posing in floppy hats... | ...and Captain Jesters, too... | [Awwwwwwwwwwww!] |
...but after a while the only one looking at the mini chateaux will be the parents, because all the kids care about are these little model trains running all over the park.
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Here we are at the REAL castle at Chaumont-sur-Loire. | (P.S. This castle intrigues me for its history. It was given to Diane de Poitiers by Catherine de Medicis after she stripped Diane of Chenonceau.) | We visited the castle for the annual festival international des jardins. Artists from all over the world participate with some beautiful garden-inspired art and techniques. I'm sharing photos of a few of my favorites, but there was a lot to see! Here's the Captain checking out the fog in one section... | "Mind Mist" by the Architecture School of Barcelona of UPC in Spain. | [Awwwwwwwww!] |
The theme for 2005 was "les jardins ont de la mémoire", and this is part of a design that brings to life a memory a two year old child might have of a grandparent's garden. Yep. Those are enormous undies hanging from a clothesline. |
A textile garden by textile students at Lyceé Diderot and city gardeners of LYON. (I couldn't help feeling proud when I saw this design.) | Crystal Garden. | "L'oeil de Claude Monet" | "The Flower Nest" | And this is what was inside of it. | "La mémoire des cannettes" | A tribute to the great landscape artist Roberto Burle-Marx. |
"This one's my favorite, Mommy." |
"Stumpery" by les jardiniers du Conservatoire in France. | |