Farm Path to Chenonceau

Chenonceau Forest 01

Chardon Bleu de Jardin Chenonceau

Echinops ritro, Chardon bleu, Southern globethistle

Apple Trees at Chenonceau

These apple trees were cultivated into rows, ingeniously allowing easier maintenance and collection. This also likely allows more nutrients to be used for producing fruit rather than limbs.

Chenonceau Beehives

This ingenious design of holes drilled into clay pottery, along with wood similarly drilled with holes, allows for a large variety of bees to survive in a relatively small space, contributing to effective pollination in the area.

Tiffany by an Olive Tree, Chenonceau

Olive Tree, Chenoncaeau

Wine Rack and Barrels, Chenonceau

Roses with Rain Droplets

Duck Pond, Chenonceau Farm

This pond is host to many happy ducks. In attendance on this day were Tadorna Casarca à Tête Russe (Russian Crested Shelduck), Canards Mandarin Albinos (White Mandarin ducks), Oie à Tête Barrée (Bar-headed geeese), Sarcelle à Ailes Bleues (Marbled Blue-Winged Teal), Nette Péposaca (Rosy billed pochard), Les Colverts (Mallard ducks), and Cygnes Blancs Polonais (Polish white swans)

Swan-bombed

This photo-bombing Polish swan decided it was more important than the mallards I was trying to get closer to. Not that I blame it - I'm by the food dispensers.

Canard Mandarin Albino, Chenonceau

Male white Mandarin duck displaying his feathers

Goose and Mallards, Chenonceau

The Chase

Tadorna Casarca à Tête Russe (Russian crested shelducks) chasing each other around the pond

Four Duck Diamond, Chenonceau

Tadorna Casarca à Tête Russe (Russian Crested Shelducks) and Les Colverts (Mallard ducks)