Leonardo da Vinci (b.1452-d.1519) spent the last few years of his life in Amboise and died thereduring the reign of the French king François 1er.
People gathered at the top of the Tour des Minimes to take in the views of the town and the Loire river —the tower is a spiral carriageway designed to allow people on horseback or in horse-drawn carriages
to ride up to the top of the hill the château stands on.
There's a statue of Leonardo on the banks of the Loire that looks like the photo on the rightwhen the river starts to flood, it did in December 2004.
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P.S. Bad news this morning. Natasha the sheltie has somehow injured one of her back legs. She's walking on three legs, which is making life hard for her and us in our three-story house. She doesn't seem to be in pain. We'll try to get her in to see a vet this morning. We don't know how she injured herself this way. It happened late yesterday afternoon.
Like ants atop the Tour des Minimes, the people show how enormous this tower is.
ReplyDeletePoor Leonatdo get his feet—and more—wet when the Loire decides to flood.
Sorry for the typo. Leonardo. I do need new glasses. Age!
DeleteI'm the king of typos. Right now, I'm headed to the veterinarian clinic to see what Tasha's problem is.
DeleteOh, heavens. You know I'm waiting with baited breath to learn what the problem is with sweet Tasha's leg.
ReplyDeleteTorn ligament in right knee. Surgery next week.
Deleteoh no so sorry for poor Tasha....I know y'all are stressed...at least there's a solution but I imagine a long rehab too?
ReplyDeleteI won't know about all that until I talk to the surgeon next week.
DeleteAfter surgery, Tasha might have to wear an attelle to keep everything in place until completely healed. Poor thing!
ReplyDeleteI hope everything goes well.
I won't know much about the recovery phase until I've talked to the surgeon.
DeleteOur granddog Rosie has torn both of her back acls. She has had a good recovery, but she had to be confined for a while to recover from the surgery. DD didn't use a kennel but made an area between the sofa and wall with a gate in front. Sorry this happen to Tasha and hoping she recovers quickly.
ReplyDeleteThe vet warned us that the ligament of the second knee might turn out to be a problem.
DeleteIt sounds like things will work out fine for Natasha in the end. Meanwhile, your mention of her walking on 3 legs reminded me of the 3 legged cat we saw in the center of Amboise many years ago. The cat was getting around perfectly fine, even running quite fast towards the butcher shop. It didn't seem to care, or even know, that it only had 3 legs.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little boy in North Carolina, we had a dog named Ted that had just three legs that worked. He was old, but he coped. I never knew how his 4th leg was injured. Maybe he had been hit by a car, as so many dogs were back then, when dogs ran loose in town. The 1950s...
DeleteDid she limp home after a walk? Poor Tasha! With all your still photos we don't know how excited she must get when she is out and about. Lucky you got in so quickly and that a surgery is already scheduled.
ReplyDeleteWalt and Tasha weren't very far from the house when he became aware of her limp. It was slight at first, he said, but by the time they got back to the house Tasha was refusing to put any weight at all on that hind leg. She hadn't done any running or jumping. The vet said she probably just stepped in a little home or on a rock. twisting the leg and causing the ligament to tear.
DeleteJust bad luck. Good it wasn't far from home when it happened.
DeleteOh, very sorry to hear that Tasha has a torn ligament! The good news is that these surgeries are usually very successful. Not to push a commercial website, but you might find information on this vet's website very helpful, particularly with regard to therapies, games and massages to help Tasha with her rehabilitation. https://topdoghealth.com/ Their Glycanaid HA product is very good too. It is expensive because of the shipping cost to France, but worth it. Our terrier had a partial tear that was not bad enough to warrant surgery, and the supplement has helped her heal and have much more flexibility without pain. Best of luck and prayers for Tasha!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kiwi. Thanks for the link to that website. I'm sure it will be useful. I'll see if I can order the Glycanaid. Maybe there's a similar product in France. We are suddenly much busier than we already were, what with research, appointments for Tasha, etc. Bonne Année, by the way.
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