tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6054709277554653140..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Montréal en Bourgogne : details, detailsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65565793575226733972015-01-30T15:13:56.770+01:002015-01-30T15:13:56.770+01:00Could be that the sun and the rose mean a young be...Could be that the sun and the rose mean a young beautiful girl and the moon and the pig an older if not a dirty old man?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54284015669661004362015-01-30T15:03:41.874+01:002015-01-30T15:03:41.874+01:00Could the star and the moon mean day and night?Could the star and the moon mean day and night?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-5650254592542629052015-01-30T10:36:36.128+01:002015-01-30T10:36:36.128+01:00The ornate stone is fascinating. I think Evelyn mi...The ornate stone is fascinating. I think Evelyn might be right, that it represents a marriage, the union of two families. It certainly appears to be a tree of life, but with unusual additional motifs -- a pig and a double rose either side of the trunk and a crescent moon and a star above the tree. Very curious.<br /><br />I've seen that salamander over the door posted somewhere else too...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18686816718852150192015-01-29T21:38:46.662+01:002015-01-29T21:38:46.662+01:00That's great, Dean. What parts of France are y...That's great, Dean. What parts of France are you attracted to? Maybe all of them?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18460329675960175432015-01-29T20:53:39.021+01:002015-01-29T20:53:39.021+01:00De rien, chm!De rien, chm!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-41293605737085055282015-01-29T18:45:20.374+01:002015-01-29T18:45:20.374+01:00Hi, Ken. I have yet to find your posts repetitive...Hi, Ken. I have yet to find your posts repetitive. Your writing style is really wonderful, your stories are entertaining, and the photos are eye-catching. Your daily blog posts are a very pleasant way for me to spend a little time in France every day (virtually for now, but my retirement this year and the fall of the Euro are coinciding nicely to make spending long periods of time in France a real possibility).Dean Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317311364315454284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88199122326325060482015-01-29T18:09:10.973+01:002015-01-29T18:09:10.973+01:00Evelyn, I like your interpretation of the emblem. ...Evelyn, I like your interpretation of the emblem. Now I look at it with different eyes. Thank you!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76164415751690597632015-01-29T16:57:27.387+01:002015-01-29T16:57:27.387+01:00I love looking at the details. The dilapidated hou...I love looking at the details. The dilapidated house had some good days, perhaps the new owner will make it beautiful again. As for the emblem- I see two elephants at the bottom and two owls up top- a tree of life in the middle which could be a marriage stone (will have to google that idea). <br />That walled up door took some time to make. It is quite nice.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77130258886775656062015-01-29T16:41:11.023+01:002015-01-29T16:41:11.023+01:00Thanks Linda. I myself am enjoying the photos of s...Thanks Linda. I myself am enjoying the photos of sunny weather in beautiful Burgundy last October. Here, it has been raining steadily since before daybreak. Typical January dreariness.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-41586544364598763462015-01-29T16:03:06.090+01:002015-01-29T16:03:06.090+01:00I travel through your pictures! I love these posts...I travel through your pictures! I love these posts!Linda from Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983608418231711700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57203572724384230012015-01-29T15:10:16.493+01:002015-01-29T15:10:16.493+01:00Don't apologize. I do remember that about Mort...Don't apologize. I do remember that about Mortagne and Québec. Did you know that there is a plaque in Mareuil-sur-Cher commemorating the departure of local people emigrating to Québec? Ne l'oublions pas.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12261166874207985182015-01-29T15:05:21.602+01:002015-01-29T15:05:21.602+01:00The new windows are probably more air-tight than o...The new windows are probably more air-tight than old ones would be.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87533184523275324442015-01-29T15:04:39.465+01:002015-01-29T15:04:39.465+01:00I wonder about that too but I don't know.I wonder about that too but I don't know.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3110899227832276582015-01-29T15:04:23.106+01:002015-01-29T15:04:23.106+01:00Thank you. I do look at my photos as documentation...Thank you. I do look at my photos as documentation. The subject is France....Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66675448773144500222015-01-29T13:38:28.550+01:002015-01-29T13:38:28.550+01:00This is one of the reasons we travel to France--th...This is one of the reasons we travel to France--the vernacular architecture, which is so pleasing to the eye everywhere you go. I guess food is the other main reason. <br /><br />You know the link between Quebec and Mortagne-au-Perche, I believe--Mortagne was an important site of emigration to Canada, and supposedly the parents sending their children off to the new world said "Always remember God and France." Hence, "Je me souviens" as the motto of Quebec. <br /><br />Apologies if I've mentioned this on your blog before. Your repetitions are usually fascinating; mine are not.Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4400426525269882692015-01-29T13:25:47.292+01:002015-01-29T13:25:47.292+01:00Whoa, did François Ier vacation behind that walled...Whoa, did François Ier vacation behind that walled-up doorway? :) (Hence the <i>salamandre</i>)?Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37765595874960957542015-01-29T12:15:52.831+01:002015-01-29T12:15:52.831+01:00Repetitive? Never. Your photos are always beautifu...Repetitive? Never. Your photos are always beautiful and interesting - you record the things that make France such a ravishing country.<br />Aren't the 'curly things' part of a decorative scroll around a design which may be a coat of arms? A marriage stone, perhaps?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288292132437440023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1402822895845603472015-01-29T11:35:02.348+01:002015-01-29T11:35:02.348+01:00Renaissance window and door frames. Somehow, the m...Renaissance window and door frames. Somehow, the modern windows within the frame don't look quite right. But we'll get used to it.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.com