02 March 2021

Looking down from, and around, the Chassiron light

First an aerial view of the phare and pointe de Chassiron, at the northern end of the île d'Oléron. Thanks to Google Maps. And then some photos of mine that I took from the top of the lighthouse. Our late friend Cheryl was on the grounds below, sitting on a bench under some trees and then walking Callie the collie on a leash. Looking at those bent-over trees, by the way, you can see how windy it must be along that coast much of the time.







I don't know or remember what the plants just above are called, but we had them growing in our back yard in San Francisco. The climate there was similar to the Oléron climate, I'm sure.

10 comments:

  1. The plant looks like what we call either a “Torch lily” or "Red-hot poker".
    (Une plante connue sous les noms de « Faux aloès » ou bien « Tison de Satan » chez vous.)

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    1. Dean, spot on.... Kniphofia..... family joke here, my wife says "Kniphophia" and I respond "Bless you!!",,, as if she'd just sneezed.....
      Ken, they'll grow anywhere... we had them in Leeds.
      Lovely range of varieties nowadays... not just red-hot pokers!!

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  2. Blogger commenting is acting up this morning.
    Great photos!
    I'm familiar with the red-hot poker plant--I discovered 3, here in the side garden, when we moved in to this house, but they died off. I think that the bulb must need full-on sun, and the spot had gotten shady.

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  3. In the third photo, Callie seems to be looking at you as if she knew you were taking her picture. Do you know if she could see you that far away?

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  4. So much to see and do on that pretty little island!

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  5. I was thinking about your nice posts on lighthouses and realized that I don't think I've ever seen one where the info display includes pictures of what it looks like from the water. The pictures are always land-based. A paradox.

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  6. You can see photos of Cape Lookout lighthouse in North Carolina in these posts:

    First Views
    Views from Afar
    Phare far away

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    1. Thanks, Ken. Nice pictures. I didn't mean yours, but rather the official pretty-pictures set out for public consumption.

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