Friday 18 January 2008

Hay stacks - Meules de foin


The painter Monet used to paint them however this is a sight rarely seen now in the French country side. The dry climate here allows hay staked neatly around a pine post to be kept outside through the whole of winter.

Monet en a peint toute une série mais ces meules sont devenues très rares dans la campagne française. Ici, le climat sec permet de conserver le foin dehors, bien tassé autour d'un tronc de sapin.

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