Home on the range

So we're off next week, to Plancher-Bas, my wife's home village. This panorama shows the village from the hillside over the river, where they do the 14th July fireworks display. Behind the cemetery, you can see a strip of common land (parched-looking grass) and behind that is a cultivated, and green, garden. The house at the left end of the garden, the one with terrace on columns, is where my wife grew up. At the other end of the garden, behind the hardcourt you can see next to the cemetery, is an almost-finished new house, which is her brother's place, almost entirely built by his own hand, over about 4 years (he had professional roofers in to do the frame of the roof, but that was all the help he got). By now, he's rendered and painted the walls, and landscaped the garden. In the distance, the land rises to hills and a forest, and the village of Auxelles-Bas, which is smaller and quieter, and is where my wife's mother grew up, and where her gran and great aunt and uncle still live. More photos of the area can be seen on the flickr site, follow the link to "Photos" on the right hand side.

panorama_2 Originally uploaded by mcmrbt.