tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post3136396887632417791..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Trédaniel plan d'eau, and Cheapcam gets it off her chest.Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-3079391592452166412008-07-21T13:12:00.000+02:002008-07-21T13:12:00.000+02:00Oh I really love your map. I can stare at hand dr...Oh I really love your map. I can stare at hand drawn maps for hours - wondering and daydreaming. I used to draw loads as a child and had completely forgotten. I used to love to draw plans of imaginary buildings too - space ships or boarding schools or whatever.<BR/><BR/>You MUST draw more maps. <BR/><BR/>Is that really a cat? It's massive.<BR/><BR/>It looks so lovely where you live - you are really lucky.<BR/><BR/>It's freezing here today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-58931037535424537512008-07-14T10:48:00.000+02:002008-07-14T10:48:00.000+02:00What Rosie said! I loved this full rich post. It w...What Rosie said! I loved this full rich post. It was almost like being there.<BR/>Thankyou!!meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-81488751237525615032008-07-13T20:14:00.000+02:002008-07-13T20:14:00.000+02:00Lucy,Thank you so much for your charming map -- an...Lucy,<BR/>Thank you so much for your charming map -- and also for your explanation about it to Dave.<BR/><BR/>I hope you will keep it on as a permanent feature . . . so that I might consult it from time to time.<BR/><BR/>The "beast" does look rather wild! It's difficult to believe he was once someone's pussycat.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-87961512973725989382008-07-13T10:35:00.000+02:002008-07-13T10:35:00.000+02:00Anil - thanks for coming over. I'll put together ...Anil - thanks for coming over. I'll put together some pictures of the church, it has some quite interesting features.<BR/><BR/>Dick - I meant to say I was sorry you weren't going to make it this year, but we look forward to seeing you when you come, Rosie and I will organise the welcome committee! As I say, this isn't any particular tourist draw, unless you like fishing I guess, though even without swings and slides our friends' kids find quite a bit of amusement here, with rocks and bushes and bits of nature to play with. And, of course it's quiet and not overused, which is the big attraction of so much here.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16969455141256067382008-07-13T10:22:00.000+02:002008-07-13T10:22:00.000+02:00What a great notion - a bit of personalised home-b...What a great notion - a bit of personalised home-brew, organic sketchwork, digitally rendered! The map and the photos together communicate a wonderful sense of place. Brittany for us l'anee prochaine...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-58701727554965591072008-07-12T22:22:00.000+02:002008-07-12T22:22:00.000+02:00That's as nice looking a map as any I've seen in a...That's as nice looking a map as any I've seen in a long time.<BR/><BR/>Nothing like a map to orient one visually. I presume the lake is at the centre of things.<BR/><BR/>I quite like the colourful flowers, makes me wonder how they might look like as a part of the whole landscape.<BR/><BR/>I'll look forward to more pictures of seasonal growth - flora.<BR/><BR/>What does the church look like? Old churches fascinate me.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-27588165611946089132008-07-12T13:21:00.000+02:002008-07-12T13:21:00.000+02:00Thanks all.Rosie - well, it's a matter of editing,...Thanks all.<BR/><BR/>Rosie - well, it's a matter of editing, and much of that is done for me with Cheapcam as at least 50% of the photos taken are crap and can be ditched. But I was very firm with myself about not getting side-tracked into heavy Photoshopping on these; I did a bit of fiddling with Picasa, and some PS colour balancing on one or two of the weedy ones. Cheapy tends to give a bluish cast to photos, which can be quite interesting, but is awful with yellows which become lime-green. The puny image-stabiliser is almost non-existent in low-light, but again the results can be amusing, I'm thinking of putting together a 'best of camera shake' post!<BR/><BR/>GrannyJ - nothing like a map is there, however much you describe and photograph things we need a sense of orientation and relative positioning made visual. I should be able to find something larger scale to give an idea of where we are in terms of the country and region, but our small scale print maps don't even show the plan d'eau, as it's probably only been built in the last 20 years. the satellite picture gave me a rough idea of the orientation, I was actually quite surprised how angular a shape the lake is, I though it was more round, so impressions can be deceptive.<BR/><BR/>Hliza - I used to draw a lot, but I'm out of practice now, I thought the map was quite childish! But it was fun to do. Don't worry about the cat, it's just someone's old pussy cat gone a bit wild probably, because of having the space and freedom to roam around, it looks a bit fierce but it's quite shy and runs away if we come close. But it is a big one! There are lots of stories all over Europe, where there are very few real native wild cats big or small, about mysterious creatures, usually panther-like, which people have seen in remote areas. They're often called things like 'The Beast of... this or that place'! Some of them might be real, escaped from zoos or people who kept them as pets, some are just out of people's imaginations. <BR/><BR/>Dave - thanks, it's a really fun and interesting exercise, made so by the tension between one's impressions and the actual orientation, shape and scale of things, which can, as I say, be quite surprising. But I think nothing creates a clearer picture of a place for other people than the combination of the two, a personalised map, giving pre-eminence to the most important features, rather like ancient and medieval maps did perhaps. I noticed I'd made a quaint mixture of 2D top elevations and perspective in places!<BR/><BR/>Sheila - I didn't know about the buds being edible! I like the little heart-shaped leaves too. Why Judas? Traditionally I understood it was the tree whereon he hanged himself, but that's a bit odd, as it's only ever a very small delicate tree or shrub, unless that's just in these climes. One year I observed it blossomed at Easter while the withered dead seed pods were still hanging from the branches, and evolved a theory that that was the meaning: the Resurrection in the blossom, while the dead pods were the miserable wretch hanging, but I've no backing for this! I took some photos of that too, which perhaps I'll look out but it doesn't happen every year like that. I shall do some research!<BR/><BR/>BB - oh no, plan d'eau's round here aren't usually like that, perhaps because that sort of shenanigens goes on at the beach, they're mostly for fishing and walking about. Lamballe has quite a large superior one which even bosts a kind of ice-cream van in the season, but still no pedaloes! This one's very small anyway, though apparently very deep, and baignade is deconseillee!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-601892746570532332008-07-12T11:54:00.000+02:002008-07-12T11:54:00.000+02:00I think you ought to add that yours is a very supe...I think you ought to add that yours is a very superior plan d'eau. To tell the truth the phrase has always put me off as being uneasily Germanic and the plans d'eau I've seen (with pedaloes and the like) have hardly been havens for wild life. However your unerring photographer's eye has shown I might be wrong. It does happen.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-7962762947246449812008-07-12T04:36:00.000+02:002008-07-12T04:36:00.000+02:00Wonderful map! It's fun to do things like that, is...Wonderful map! It's fun to do things like that, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>All these photos do not quite console mw like youre words did, telling me it isn't really country, however!<BR/><BR/>What you call a Judas tree has to be what we call a redbud tree. Interesting. Do yo know why Judas? I used to eat the little buds when I was in elementary school and there was one on our playground. A few years ago I wondered would I like them even now, and tried a few...I still like them.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for showing us your place!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-55696855219853863712008-07-12T03:36:00.000+02:002008-07-12T03:36:00.000+02:00I love the map! I should attempt one of Plummer's ...I love the map! I should attempt one of Plummer's Hollow sometime...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-61345288854460861512008-07-12T00:20:00.000+02:002008-07-12T00:20:00.000+02:00Now I know you have other talent as well..drawing!...Now I know you have other talent as well..drawing!<BR/>I can't envy you enough to have all these beauties around you..in walking distance. The wild cat..is it really wild and harmful to human beings? <BR/>I normally will snap photos with my lesser Sony if my hubby brings my Nikon to work..the image is not as sharp but I always feel it's me that make the difference LOL..<BR/><BR/>Reading this post reminds me how everyday I will regret not bringing my camera to work because as I drive I always see nice clouds, exceptional faces that will tell stories in my pics, the beauty of the Perak state I'm living in..I wish I can just forget about work and snap snap snap..HLizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501423875033391870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-10302891116249409952008-07-11T22:58:00.000+02:002008-07-11T22:58:00.000+02:00A lovely little park! Thank you for the visit -- a...A lovely little park! Thank you for the visit -- and especially the map, as I am a true map freak. In fact, I'd love to see a map showing where you live, more or less, relating to the coast, channel, etc.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-79313207782847918502008-07-11T19:33:00.000+02:002008-07-11T19:33:00.000+02:00what a lovely lush and detailed post. I think you ...what a lovely lush and detailed post. I think you should stop being rude about cheapcam...she takes a good picture as we can see.<BR/>It is nice to have a map so that everything slips into place.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.com