Monday, August 3, 2015

Cote du Granit Rose

Further along the coast, the granite turns pink, when the sunlight is just right, and takes unusual forms and shapes. We stopped at Tregastel to have a look.
From an overlook just before Tregantel
















Thus
















And thus
















And then stopped near the harbor for a closer look
















Have I mentioned that the hydrangeas all over Normandy and
now Brittany are in full bloom and pretty stunning?

















More harbor
















More rocks, this one in someone's front yard
















And more rocks
















This is an actual tidal dam and mill; there's a larger, newer one
between St. Malo and Dinard that actually produces electricity

















Really nice houses in the neighborhood
















Love Breton buildings
















Private island (and mock castle) just off the coast, owned by
19th century celebrities...

















Yard ornament
















Tidal shells on the granite rose
















More weird rocks
















And some chain-saw sculpture
















1 comment:

Tawana said...

Cara had never noticed hydrangeas until she spent a summer in France living with a French family. She came back raving about these fabulous "French" flowers that were everywhere. She described them, and I immediately recognized them. She was so surprised to know that they were growing all over Fayetteville. They are still some of her favorite flowers, and she has planted two bushes in front of her new house in Chicago.