23. What's this little tower.

This little tower is not from a town-tower and not from a church tower but at the top of an house, so a sort of "Maison de maître".
Perle de Rosée (Photo, beginning april 2006).

22. Church arrow in the sky.

Here the church of Pont-sur-Sambre from the side. It is the church Notre-Dame de Quartes or Our Lady of Quartes. The street which is leading to the Bachant Bridge is called also "rue Notre-Dame", and the first EDF-City you can find on this road coming from the church (A town district which was first built for the workers of the France Electricity "Elecricité de France") is called Cité Notre-Dame or Our Lady City. The street and the city have their name from this church.
Perle de Rosée.

21. A big master house of 1880.

These houses which are big and large and alone in a garden with a gatter, which have an architecture which loks a little like a castle are called "Maison de maître" (Master Houses). These houses where those of the bosses of the industry. Here in Pont were no great industry at this time but a few middle enterprises which had to do with transformation of iron. Nowadays in these sort of houses live doctors or lawyers, what we call the "professions libérales", the free standing jobs.

I find the electric lines are not very esthetical. It is the case on many photos. They are always in corners where a beautiful view is to do...

Perle de Rosée.

20. Table with snow

On the first sunday of December, a garden table is full with snow. So that nobody could think to eat on it. You can see how the top of the hang flower recipient is staying above the snow. On some trees were still autumn leaves.
Perle de Rosée.

19. Snow of December : the day after.

Here you can see on the bush of roses... there are still autumn leaves on it and I think a dozen of frozen roses. When the weather is not hard roses can stay until Christmas and sometimes until the begin of January. Then they come in June again. Perharps at the end of May. In December 2005 they went away with the big fall of snow at the first saturday of December. I made this picture on the Sunday and the snow was already in a great part smelt. On the Saturday no car could ride in our street, and it was not easy for cars in the whole region. I think 50cm snow fell at the day and it is very much here.
Perle de Rosée

2. Serie : the winter.

In the second serie of Pont-sur-Sambre out of Time, we are going slow or quick to the wintertime...
Perle de Rosée.