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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We’ve enjoyed the solar eclipse from home. Fantastic!!

The solar eclipse, at around 90 %.
Taken from southwest of France.

At home, some beautiful shadows during the solar eclipse.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

From home, 7h30 pm. Alt👇

A deep orange sun glows through dark clouds over Touvre, France.
7:30 p.m. The sky is tinted an unusual amber colour, due to the thick smoke drifting from the massive and out of control wildfires currently devastating parts of Gironde.
Eerie and dramatic atmosphere.
Highly polluted air. Heavy smell of burned pines.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For Christmas this year, all the Aloe arborescens are flowering. We are in the southwest of France. Yes, climate is changing, fast.

The 60-80 cm racy inflorescence of the Aloe arborescens is erected and simple. The raceme is conical 20-30 cm by 10-12 cm in diameter, bearing many yellow/orange flowers.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Église Saint-Gervais, Paris. Seen from the Memorial Garden for the terrorist attacks on November 13th, 2015.

The façade of the Saint-Gervais church in Paris is a fine example of early 17th-century French classicism.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

@astrolabe-science.fr I took this photo for you ! I wish you a wonderful Christmas Day.

On the mansion by the master watchmaker, Alphonse Blanc made in 1840, a very beautiful meridian of Average time, with a pierced disc, and analemma. The meridians of Paris and Turin are engraved on it. At that time, Savoy was not yet attached to France. The oblique lines are aligned with the signs of the Zodiacs where the sun enters the sign with the date of the 1st day of the month. A disc with eyelet was welded to an arrow supported by a foot decorated with stars.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The nave of Chambéry Cathedral, Savoie, France. 15th century, flamboyant gothic style.

The cathedral houses the largest set of trompe-l'oeil paintings in Europe (nearly 6,000 m2).

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

The future has flown away My son has left To embrace the vast sky Pierre-Louis, 1991-2025

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Paris. Église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont. The rood screen. (Alt for details).

Despite a construction of the choir, then of the nave, spread over about thirty years, the architecture of the building offers a remarkable uniformity, clearly visible at the level of the piles and the vault. The Gothic architectural style is enriched with a Renaissance ornamentation, in a very harmonious marriage.

A magnificent jube (rood screen), the only one left in Paris, cuts the building in two. Architectural and artistic feat, its design dates from the early 1530s.

The tribune, nine meters long, is supported by a basket-ended vault that culminates at four meters.

A typical ornamentation of the early Renaissance (the écoinçons) is combined with the classical Gothic style of the railing and stairs, a style not without a Mooorish influence.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Paris. Église Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, built from 1492 to 1626. Here, the nave-transept crossing. (Alt for details)

The nave-transept crossing is one of the masterpieces of this church, built around 1584-1586.

This vault is a magnificent example of the transition from late Gothic to Renaissance style. The thirds that divide the space are gothic, as are the hanging keys and the openwork discs with fine chisels that furnish these spaces. The other motifs of ornamentation are totally Renaissance.

The artistic fantasy of the whole is typical of the late 16th century.

The central hanging key has a height of 2.40 meters. It is kept in balance almost five meters below the top of the vault thanks to curved links stiffened by an invisible metal reinforcement, present from the origin.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

It was a picnic with a view. West of Paris. 📷 🌞 🍀 🌳

A panoramic photo taken from the edge of a pond.

The various plants and tree species that border this body of water offer a beautiful palette of greens.

The sky is blue with some cumulus clouds reflected in the water.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The garden vista. Lush greens. Peacefulness. 🏡 ⛲️ 🌳 🪴 🫜

The view from the top of our garden, by the terrasse.
On the right is the pond. The left path leads to a pergola, the right path to the arch, which opens onto the orchard.
The vegetable plot is set at the bottom of the land, by the tree line where a river flows.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The swallows have returned in large numbers this week. Such beautiful birds. @manelcamacho.bsky.social

A swallow on an electricity cable, with a clear blue sky

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The dominant color in the garden this week. Spring is an opportunity for the mind. #spring #iris 🌱 💙

At the top center of the photo, a blue iris in full bloom, several others in the background.
At the edge of a pond, the sky is blue with a few small clouds.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A beautiful visitor while gardening : a female Calopteryx virgo.

The body is blue-green metallic iridescent and the eyes blue-green.

The female has brown and fairly dark iridescent wings, adorned with a small white spot near the end. Its abdomen is blue with a bronze part at the end.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

In the pond of our garden, a happy frog again, this time croaking, in video. 🐸

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Joyeux anniversaire !! Here are some echinoids with spines (Acrosalenia hemicidaroides), middle Jurassic. From Landaville, Vosges, France.

A slab show some fossilised Echinoids their spines.
One of the echinoids has his Aristoteles lantern.
The slab is 22 x 12 cm.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The Euphorbia myrsinites is a feast for some polistes. ☀️ 🐝 🌸

A poliste feasting on the flowers of an Euphorbia myrsinites.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

We have some very happy (and very noisy) frogs in the pond. And hundreds of tadpoles. ☀️ 🐸

A female green frog sunbathing in a pond.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Spring starts here when my Euphorbia myrsinites is in bloom. Lush greens 💚

The center of a flowerbed in my courtyard shows in the foreground a flowering Euphorbia myrsinites. Just behind, with a disc of white marble pebbles at its base, my first homemade bonsai. All around are different succulents.

The different and rich shades of green, together, are visually attractive.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The ballet of the cranes. Elegance and endurance.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The first poem was written 44 years ago. The text in English is the translation of the French one, also here. (It is not always sad).

A DAY WITHOUT JOY

There are days when we want to be underground And not to be in love with a star
There are days when the sun is sad And the coffee bitter
There are days that we would like to scratch And that we would like to end
There are days we would like to see after Like bad nightmares
Erased gummed
There are days when the soup has no taste And life even less
There are days when we would like to be of marble Of wood or of iron
There are days when the night is long to come And sleep too
There are days when the sky is too heavy to carry And our body to support
There are days when the heart weighs
Like a tombstone

February 9th, 2022

UN JOUR SANS JOIE

Il y a des jours où l'on a envie d'être sous terre
Et de ne pas être amoureux d'une étoile
Il y a des jours où le soleil est triste
Et le café amer
Il y a des jours que l'on voudrait rayer
Et que l'on voudrait passés
Il y a des jours que l'on voudrait voir après
Comme mauvais cauchemars
Effacés gommés
Il y a des jours où la soupe n'a pas de goût
Et la vie encore moins
Il y a des jours où l'on voudrait être de marbre
De bois ou de fer
Il y a des jours où la nuit se fait attendre
Et le sommeil aussi
Il y a des jours où le ciel est trop lourd à porter
Et son corps à soutenir
Il y a des jours où le coeur pèse
Comme une pierre tombale

9 février 2022

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

📹 I offer you few seconds of peacefulness, far away from the world craziness. I so enjoy living where we are. South West of France. 💙 🦋 🏞️ 🦢

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The wood texture is nicely visible when you zoom in.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A slightly different angle. The piece is 14 cm/5.51” long and weight 472 grams.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My first #FossilFriday post! Here is a nice piece of petrified wood I found in the river that originates in our village. Two more photos 👇🧵

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🐕 His Lordship resting on the sofa, because his two beds downstairs are not as good as this space, which is less and less mine.

A close up photo of our dog, Borgia, resting on the sofa.
The wrinkles, the hippo nose the long chops, the tiny ears and the stubbornness : yes, he is a real Shar Pei !

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

📷 Fhe wonders of nature by a cold and bright winter morning. 🍂 ❄️ ☀️ 🌍

On a cold but sunny winter morning, the photo in portrait mode shows some oak leaves that fell to the ground last fall, they are covered with frost.

The first rays of the sun illuminate the ice crystals.

Due to the framing, the median rib of the largest leaf is in the vertical axis of the frame, the lateral ribs thus offer a form of relative symmetry.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

5. Cultive la concentration, trempe ta volonté, fais de toi-même une force en pensant, le plus intimement possible, que tu es réellement une force. (Règle de vie) F. Pessoa est entré dans ma vie en 1999, il est un repère et ses écrits sont toujours à portée de main.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Tonight, watch the sky! It’s offering us, on New Year’s Day, an aurora borealis. Right now, from South West of France. Waiting for the street lighting to be off. #aurora #auroraborealis #northenlights 📷 🔭🌄

A landscape photo showing a shy aurora borealis, due to the street lighting.
Jupiter is on the top right. And the electricity cable all across…

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

At home, from my quiet space where I feel safe, I wish you all the best for 2025. Knowledge, understanding, tolerance, peace, respect, wisdom for the sake of all of us, of our common and fragile home, Earth. #newyear #booksky #skybooks #books #knowledge #wisdom 📚 🕊️ 🌍

The landscape photo shows a wall of my office covered with shelves on which I keep the books I care about.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

🏛️ 🖌️ 🖼️ 📷 Chiharu Shiota. “The Soul Trembles“. An exceptional exhibition within the Grand Palais, Paris.

Shiota's installations transform spaces into emotional labyrinths. She describes her work as a "drawing in the air", where the threads evoke human connections, neural networks and the invisible. Among his outstanding works, Uncertain Journey (2016/2024) immerses the visitor in a maelstrom of red threads, gushing out of metal boats, summoning memories and reflections on human ties, travel and exile.

Chiharu Shiota mainly uses three colors: black, red and white. Black evokes the depth of the universe and introspection, red symbolizes life, death and vital connections, while white, introduced in his work after his illness in 2017, represents a blank page and a rebirth. These chromatic choices reinforce the emotional impact of his installations. Everyday objects, such as shoes, beds or suitcases, occupy a central place in its facilities. By wrapping them in threads, the artist attributes to them a memorial and emotional dimension. These objects become the vectors of a collective memory, both intimate and universal.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

When Santa goes futuristic disco ! Home. Christmas vibes. Artwork by @dominicelvin.bsky.social

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Home. Christmas mood. 🎄

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Thank you, Andy, for your very kind message. I also wish you, from the bottom of my heart, the best that life can offer. With a thousand warm thoughts.

Lisbon, Portugal.
Mosteiro Madre de Deus.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Next year my dear husband @dominicelvin.bsky.social will like my ASDs even more ! Next focus will be on our water consumption. A 35% decrease in volume is a reasonable goal. 💦🌍⚡️ #ASD #Autism #Asperger

An histogram showing a 50% decrease in our household’s electricity consumption for the last four months.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I’m back on Bluesky ! After six months away from the world, the infernal noise in my head has dissipated and the anxiety is in a deep sleep. I’ve never felt so good. Catch up time with you all !

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 27/05/2024

📷 the wild orchids are happy in my garden. Two goat Orchis (Himantoglossum hircinum) appeared in 2019, 17 are flowering this year. #photography #garden #orchid

A portait mode photo showing a goat Orchis flowering, four others are in the background.

The goat orchis is a perennial plant that can be up to one meter high. It has many greyish-green oblong leaves that wither at the time of flowering. The arrangement of the flowers on the stem, or inflorescence, is cylindrical. The flower, greenish, is spotted with purple. The sepals and petals are gathered in helmets. The Iabelle (3rd petal of the flower), in a strap, is very elongated and spiral. As for the strong smell of this orchid, it would be closer to that of the goat.

A square photo showing twelve goat Orchis quite close to each other, in a garden where the loan has been mowed.

The goat orchis is a perennial plant that can be up to one meter high. It has many greyish-green oblong leaves that wither at the time of flowering. The arrangement of the flowers on the stem, or inflorescence, is cylindrical. The flower, greenish, is spotted with purple. The sepals and petals are gathered in helmets. The Iabelle (3rd petal of the flower), in a strap, is very elongated and spiral. As for the strong smell of this orchid, it would be closer to that of the goat.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2024

📷 Thanks Google AI for the advice, I found this morning a beautiful piece of limestone that will supplement our vegetarian diet! Can’t wait for the Sunday dinner 😋 Don’t forget to eat a rock a day!! 🪨⚒️

A photo in portrait mode shows the cut of a sedimentary limestone rock. Many lines of yellow to light brown color and of different thicknesses are clearly visible.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Today I’ve spent few hours in the garden. Away from noise and technology, it felt very nice. Gardening is therapeutic for me and it’s a good physical activity. 12 miles and 1280 kcal burned! 💪

A screenshot of an Apple Watch gives for the day the number of steps I’ve made, 20 675 and the distance, 19,10km, or 12 miles. Most of those while gardening.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

He’s adorable, with a slight stubbornness, typical for a Shar Pei.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

📷 first doggy pics. May I present you his Highness Borgia. He loves his comfort and long walks with daddy. 🐕

A photo of a blue Shar Pei, resting on an antique blue rug from Pakistan.

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

📷 The wild orchids season ! From the daily walk with doggy, here is the bee orchid (Ophrys Apifera). #photography #nature #orchid

A close-up shot of a flower of the Ophrys Apifera, or bee orchid.

Each flower is composed of 3 petals and 3 sepals. One of the petals is often modified, it is generally well recognizable by its characteristic shape and design: it is called the labelle. This orchid has a particular label that recalls an animal silhouette (insects in ophrys).

A portrait mode photo of of the Ophrys Apifera, or bee orchid.

Each flower is composed of 3 petals and 3 sepals. One of the petals is often modified, it is generally well recognizable by its characteristic shape and design: it is called the labelle. This orchid has a particular label that recalls an animal silhouette (insects in ophrys).

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Yes ! For me the best part of spring. So many wonders !

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

📷 Louis Vuitton Abstract. Have a nice Sunday ! @richardmortimer.bsky.social

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Stephane @stephfr.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

They move fast where I am. In an hour they will reach Bordeaux. I live where the blue point is. As where you live, the weather events here are also exacerbated by the climate change.

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