Autumn Specials

I do not know much about it but now definitely is one of the mushroom seasons at the moment. It seems to be truffle season in the southern central part of France and Italy but one thing is for sure is that there are many mushrooms in the fields and woods around my village. While walking I spotted quite a few different models. Some of them I know and some others I do not. the above picture is part of the latter category. I have no idea what they are but they certainly stood as a happy and united bunch in that field!

Fishermen Village

I am in Indonesia for a couple of days. Back on the surrounding islands. It always amazes me how different things are just a short hop from Singapore. If you take the exemple of the Pangke village pictured above, it is a real and typical indonesian fishermen village that is so far in its customs and habits to the life experienced by millions on the other side of the channel in the big city state that is Singapore. And it is also a lesson in fate as it is believed that Stamford Raffles had considered Karimun island instead of Singapore island when looking for a settlement. It is quite disturbing to think that things could have been the other way around with Singapore remaining a fishing village and Karimun being developped as a big manufacturing, engineering and industry crossroad.

Village

When the sun is rising that's the kind of view I can get over my native village from my bedroom's balcony. I believe it is very representative of any French village since what dominates the whole skyline surely is the church. It dates back from the 15th century and is classified as an historical monument.