25.7.12

The Tour de France . . .

" friends on the Tour "

 so good . . . racers?
yes. . . the Yellow Jersey 
we enjoyed watching
Bryan Wiggins. . . win 

© 2012 . bijou le tord 

20.7.12

2012 Tour de France. . . july 19 . . .




" never stop if you can . . ."
fans on the road are a nonsense. . .
french rider thomas voeckler here
in a critical stage . . .
loathes fans touching him . .
 as he races by . . .
it is extremely dangerous for the rider who may fall 
at times fans seriously get hurt as well . . .
speed impact alone creates 
scary accident.

2012 Tour de France . . . July 19 . . .




" on a foggy day "
the weather gave me a chance to be more
creative with the camera. . .
this year i focused on color
and graphic space.

© 2012 bijou le tord
color digital imaging

16.7.12

2012 LE TOUR DE FRANCE . . . sixty blow outs

" love that sport "
2012 the tour de france

more racers than ever before have 
abandoned the tour this year. . .
too many falls, mechanical accidents,
road accidents, exhaustion ( and the tour isn't over . . .
 with the hardest stages yet to come, climbing
the Pyrénnées Mountains )
one more week to the Champs Elysés. . .
yesterday étape/ stage : 60 tire blow outs in a row !
someone threw tacks on the road. . .
not funny at 60 miles per hour
and counting. . . 
the police is "on the case" viewing hundreds of hours 
of the Tour videos. . . they are confident to bring
the culprit to jail or something' . 
tomorrow rest for all. . .
racers get to sleep late ?
not really . . . they get a chance to speak 
to their families. . . friends. . . they are all FaceBook addicts
rather  than Twitter . . . (?)
Skype home . 

© 2012 bijou le tord
color photograph

11.7.12

" 2012 the tour de france will be a hundred "

" is the grand old tour de france getting younger? "

le tour de france is showing signs of getting younger
in spite of adding years on the road. . . it will be
 a hundred years old next year. . .
2012 race is not finished . . .
but we are all talking about next year's
celebration. . .
one hundred years ago
the tour began . . . it is not ready,
yet, to retire.  

© 2012 color photograph bijou le tord- 

5.7.12

le tour de france 2012



" le tour de france 2012 "
©2012 bijouletord
color imaging. digital input.

4.7.12

working at the stone quarry . . .

" stone quarry in st. julien molin molette, loire"
©2012 bijou le tord
black and photo imaging 

happy 4th of july . . .

miss rosie dog
last year
4th of july

©2012 bijou  le tord