John Sheldon's photos

Statue of Joan of Arc (the Maid of Orleans) at L'Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, Normandy.

L'Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, Normandy.

The Mémorial de Caen is a museum and war memorial in Caen, Normandy, France commemorating the Second World War and the Battle for Caen in 1944. It also has much material covering the period between the World Wars, and a newer section covering the Cold War.

A substantial Norman French house, just outside the Jardin des Plantes in Caen.

Dans le Jardin des Plantes à Caen. Marked as a sedative, spelt, which is sometimes classified as a variety of common wheat, has received renewed attention in the past two decades due to the organic farming movement (because it requires less fertilizer and fewer pesticides than other forms of wheat) and as a health food (because it is tolerated by some people who are allergic to common wheat). Dans le Jardin des Plantes à Caen.

Marked as 'toxic' this is a member of the Fabaceae or Leguminosae family of flowering plants. Dans le Jardin des Plantes à Caen.

The bust is of Le Pere Lemaitre, Poete Normand - Charles Lemaître, a poet of the Normandy language, 1854 - 1928. Known as 'le Chansonnier du Bocage'. Dans le Jardin des Plantes à Caen.

Statue of 'Summer' in the public gardens in Caen. Season of sun and mellow fruitfulness, apparently, as the figure has a sheaf of wheat and an apple. Dans le Jardin des Plantes à Caen. Statue de l'été.

Opteka grey card used in an attempt to reproduce the actual colours.