AROUND TOWN

 One of the perservering founders of the 1980's Parisian street art movement known as Zig-Zag,

Jerôme Mesnager, will soon be featured in a Versailles gallery for a couple of weekends. Mesnager's signature work,  the ethereal "Corps blanc" figure was once a fairly familiar sight on abandoned buildings and construction sites during the coming of age of French urban art. Some which have been either carefully preserved through the years, or perhaps commissioned by property owners, can still be seen on the streets of Paris. 

©2025 P. B. Lecron

IN PERFECT HARMONY

 This interpretive panel or panneau d'interprétation blends harmoniously with the natural and protected site it describes, le Sillon de Talbert. It's a long accumulation of sand, gravel, and stones about 100 meters wide that stretches for 3.2 km on the Brittany coast, starting at Pleubian, a commune in the Côtes-d'Amor department. The panel depicts sea cabbage along the shore or rivage.

©2025 P. B. Lecron

BAREFOOTIN'

 Unlikely footprints on the sidewalk of rue de la Paroisse in Versailles.

Someone working with plaster in a building renovation on a very hot day left these powdery tracks.

Vocabulary

aux pieds nus: barefoot (adjective)

nu-pieds: barefoot (adverb)

être pieds nus: to be barefoot

Speaking of footprints...

Reading children's books in a foreign language, at no matter what age, is a great jump-start for the acquisition of a second language! If you're learning French, or simply looking for a children's book in French, then here's our own recommendation, a story which highlights the importance of helping others, complete with charming text and aquarelle illustrations--with plenty of footprints and tracks twisting and turning in the snow! Follow the adventure in

Le Lapin à la recherche du Printemps, available worldwide on Amazon.

©2025 P. B. Lecron