Friday, April 15, 2022

TO THE PADDOCKS!


 Aux paddocks !
Feeding time on a fine spring morning at the Haras de Jardy, a once renowned thoroughbred horse breeding farm, now the largest equestrian center in France, on the outskirts of Versailles.

Vocabulary
un haras: a stud farm

©2022 P. B. Lecron

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

WADE IN THE WATER

An English Cream Golden Retriever looks longingly back at his owners, pleading to take a dip 
in the iconic Baie de Somme on a fine Sunday afternoon at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. 

The Baie de Somme is on the Picardie coast and classed as a Grand Site de France, 
a prestigious label which needs no translation. This exceptionally beautiful bay with its
surrounding sanctuaries is a stopping point for thousands of migratory birds, 
as well as home to France's largest colony of seals, counting more than 600.

©2022 P. B. Lecron