Alterarosa, Avignon
Last weekend's downpour was a bit of a disaster for the annual
Alterarosa rose exhibition in the cloister of the Popes Palace. I visited on the Saturday. I showed
in a previous post how taking refuge inside the palace had been my only chance to see a bit of blue overhead. Here are a few images of the rose display in the cloister - umbrella was the name of the day. Although some of the roses were safe under the covered walkways, those in the courtyard really suffered. In the best of cases they were dotted with sweet raindrops; in other places they had been literally cooked by the rain - an interesting photography subject anyway.
Le déluge du week-end dernier n'a pas rendu service à l'expo Alterarosa, le rendez-vous annuel des amoureux de la rose au Palais des papes. J'y suis allée le samedi. J'ai montré dans un billet précédent comment ma seule chance de voir du ciel bleu avait été de me réfugier sous les plafonds peints des chambres des papes. Voici quelques images des roses : certaines, abritées sous les arcades, étaient juste semées de gouttes mais d'autres exposées dans le jardin du cloitre étaient littéralement cuites par la pluie - un sujet de photo un peu plus original !
pas eu le courage
ReplyDeleteTiens ! Lydia et sa maman...
ReplyDeleteCes fleurs que le ciel arrose...
ReplyDeletePas de roses sans épines...
ReplyDeleteSous la pluie
les parapluies éclosent
le soleil de sortie
Lovely roses!:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photographs, I just love roses, rain soaked and otherwise.You've shown they can really take a down pour!!
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Nathalie said,"Here are a few images of the rose display in the cloister - Although some of the roses were safe under the covered walkways, those in the courtyard really suffered. In the best of cases they were dotted with sweet raindrops; in other places they had been literally cooked by the rain - an interesting photography subject anyway."
ReplyDeleteBonjour! Nathalie...
I quite agree and you, have captured both examples quite beautifully, in your five photographs too!
Merci, for sharing!
deedee ;-D
Tout comme Brigetoun, pas eu le courage...
ReplyDeleteTu nous a quand même trouvé de bien jolis spécimens! Et le parapluie me fait penser à certains vincas de nos jardins.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame - but they are still beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame - but they are still beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLa pluie avive les couleurs et elle était tellement attendue par toute la végétation !
ReplyDeleteOur roses in Norway are now safe and dry - but they had a lot of water pouring over their beautiful heads. Watching your blog with great pleasure, still sorry that we did not stop in your home town. We went instead to Les-Baux-de-Provence. But next year!
ReplyDeletechère Nathalie, j'adore cette magnifique tension entre les roses et la pluie.
ReplyDeletemerci j'adore cette photo.
bises.
j'adore les deux dernières photos, avec les gouttes de pluie sur les pétales
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