SPRINGTIME SIDEWALK DECOR

Incontournable

 Giant flowers like this one in front of Versailles' agnès b. boutique have been

set out around town to punctuate the arrival of beautiful spring weather and to mark

this weekend's local annual horticultural event, l'Esprit jardin. 

The fashion designer agnès b. was born and raised in Versailles. 

Her comfortable and elegant sweater sets have long been considered indispensable 

or incontournable.

©2026 P. B. Lecron

BOURDELLE'S DYING CENTAUR

Turning toward mythology

 Bust of Emile Antoine Bourdelle's Centaure mourant sculpted in 1914.

 The bust is a study for the monumental piece at the impressive Musée Bourdelle, Paris.

Bourdelle, a major sculptor of the 20th century, depicted the tension between the intense 

emotion to be released from pain while at the same time the desire to cling to life.

©2026 P. B. Lecron

FOREST BATHING

 Early spring morning bain de fôret, or sylvothérapie, and shinrin-yoku in Japanese.

© 2026 P. B. Lecron

 

A FRENCH CLASSIC

Une salade de mâche

A very easy French classic and perfect combination: lamb's lettuce, cubed red beets, and walnut halves, with vinaigrette.  

Vocabulary

la mâche:  lamb's lettuce, also corn salad

la betterave rouge:  red beet

les cerneaux de noix:  walnut halves