WAITING

En attente . . .

Waiting for a good grooming and restoration is this pair of sphinx at the Parc Bagatelle, Paris.

Vocabulary

en attente:  on hold; pending
se toiletter : to groom (oneself)

être soigné(e):  to be groomed

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LIKE A FLEETING THOUGHT

Comme une pensée fugace . . .

Photo taken at the Parc Bagatelle in the Bois de Bologne, Paris

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NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN?

Sitting a relaxed guard with its front paws uncharacteristically crossed and sporting a rather original coif of turrets is one of two sphinges at the sumptuous baroque 17th-century Parisian mansion, l'Hôtel Salé. The word sphinge is the French way to indicate the female gender of a sphinx. This sphinge and her twin were among the first to set the lavish trend in Paris, which was borrowed from Italy by François I at Fontainebleau, of sphinxes being used as ornamental sculptures. The Hôtel Salé houses the national Picasso museum and is located in the Marais at 5 rue de Thorigny.

Vocabulary
une tourelle:  a turret, a castle tower


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