BOWL OF BEAUTY

These large blossoms with tufted creamy centers turned heads this past weekend in Chevreuse, a pretty village in the Haute-Vallée de Chevreuse. The Bowl of Beauty Peony is often grown in parish priest's gardens. 

Vocabulary
une pivoine:  a peony
un curé:  a parish priest
un jardin de curé:  a parish priest's garden

©2012 P.B. Lecron

FLOWER LANGUAGE

What does a peony say in French? If it's blushing pink it says, "Je suis timide." (I'm shy.) If it's pure white, then it says "Prudence, veillez sur vous." (Be careful, watch over yourself.) If it's red, then its topic of conversation surely is passion.

Vocabulary
une pivoine:  a peony
le langage des fleurs:  the language of flowers
personnifier:  to personify

Text & photos ©2011 P.B. Lecron