Showing posts with label Riquewihr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riquewihr. Show all posts

Thursday, February 7, 2013

SEIZE THE DAY

Cueille le jour présent sans te soucier du lendemain. 
Advice from antiquity frequently handed out by cadrans solaires. This one watches the hours pass in the Alsatian village of Riquewihr.

Vocabulary
un cadran solaire:  a sundial
cueillir:  to pick, to gather
se soucier de: to care about

For more French sundials, click on these links: A French Rule of Conduct and Courage Every Hour

©2013 P.B. Lecron

Thursday, August 9, 2012

THE TAMING OF THE VINE

Have you ever seen such a compliant and obedient trumpet vine as this Alsatian specimen on a restaurant front in Riquewihr?


Vocabulary
la trompette de Virginie:  trumpet vine
dompter:  to tame

©2012 P.B. Lecron