LIKE A FLEETING THOUGHT

Comme une pensée fugace . . .

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

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XXL STREET ART

The sky is the limit

French street artist known as STeW painted this approximately 50-meter high 

blue heron on a high-rise in the Paris Chinatown in the 13th arrondissement. 

"Le Héron Bleuté," realised in 2014, is at 8 Place de Vénétie.

Over the years the mural's original strong, deep blue tints have faded  

making it today a more delicate visual for the passer-by.

Vocabulary

délavé(e):  faded

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A WAVE OF SPRING

 Resident Canada geese wade through a wave of narcissuses after an early morning rain in Paris'

bucolic Parc Bagatelle in the Bois de Bologne. Impossible to miss, the cheerful and bright narcissus is a

favorite symbol of the end of winter.

Vocabulary

immanquable:  unmissable, impossible to miss

Boost your language skills!

Get cosy with a children's bedtime story that my French daughter wrote, Le Lapin à la recherche du Printemps. Reading children's stories in a foreign language is an excellent way to boost linguistic skills because they are easy to understand, and like this one, fully illustrated. A mysterious and late snowfall leads Papa Lapin on an adventure full of ups and downs to save springtime. Available in French or English on worldwide Amazon sites. Click here to discover!

Below, an illustration from Le Lapin à la recherche du Printemps, by Marianne Lecron, illustrated by P. B. Lecron. All rights reserved.

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PRINTEMPS!

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BOLD AND ELEGANT

 

The bold and simple forms of these terra cotta standing horses exemplify the earthy elegance 

of the Chinese later Han Dynasty (I-III centuries). They are displayed in permanence at the 

Musée Guimet in Paris, the most important collection of Asian arts in Europe. 

Plan to spend an entire day!

Vocabulary

un cheval debout:  a standing horse

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TOO CUTE!

 Trognon!

Trognon is familiar French and a combination of trop which means "too" and mignon which means

"cute." Trognon, however, is also the word for the core or what is left of a comestible, as for example an apple core.

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AHOY!

 Ohé ! Ohé !

From a distance, this recent but already iconic sculpture looked so real that I thought he was alive!

The bronze sailor or marin is the work of Anne Smith, who is not only a talented sculptor, but

also the third female artist ever to been named as a Peintre Officiel de la Marine.

The statue is located in Belz, and looks across to the nearby 

fishing village on the Île de Saint-Cado in the Baie de Quiberon, Bretagane.

Expression

Ohé! Ohé! :  Ahoy! Ahoy

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