tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post4227234415021945670..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Lichens, the moat, ducks at CarrougesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33060212665271617492021-05-15T20:57:48.759+02:002021-05-15T20:57:48.759+02:00Nice pictures today, especially the view through t...Nice pictures today, especially the view through the stone oval, balustrade.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75016387160876323422021-05-15T18:41:22.430+02:002021-05-15T18:41:22.430+02:00The streets of Paris are wet and cold enough that ...The streets of Paris are wet and cold enough that a lobster might feel right at home.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86166041138216308262021-05-15T13:21:08.071+02:002021-05-15T13:21:08.071+02:00To people interested in languages, especially abou...To people interested in languages, especially about learning a second language, memory and what you learn without even knowing it. When I wrote the above comment the expression "don't cross her" came to me right away! I don't know where it came from and I had to check it before publishing. Interesting, no?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23395783979123271122021-05-15T13:10:31.196+02:002021-05-15T13:10:31.196+02:00I don't think a lobster would live very long o...I don't think a lobster would live very long out of water. That probably was another of Mélusines's tricks. You'd better be on your guard. Don't cross her! chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34447316675422632262021-05-15T10:22:25.608+02:002021-05-15T10:22:25.608+02:00Walt and I visited the Tour Mélusine in Vouvant (V...Walt and I visited <a href="https://ckenb.blogspot.com/search?q=M%C3%A9lusine" rel="nofollow">the Tour Mélusine in Vouvant (Vendée)</a> a few years ago. I knew about her from a 19th century poem by Gérard de Nerval. If I remember correctly, Nerval had a lobster as a pet and walked it around Paris on a leash. Another legend?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8632877187211308522021-05-15T10:14:43.773+02:002021-05-15T10:14:43.773+02:00Here's what Wikipedia says about the Pirou leg...Here's what Wikipedia says about the Pirou legend:<br /><br />A famous legend of Normandy originates in the castle at Pirou. Besieged by the Vikings, the Lord of Pirou and his family transformed themselves into geese, using an old wizard's book, in order to escape during the assault. When the geese returned, they tried to read the reverse spell to recover their human shapes, they realized that the wizard's book had been burnt with the castle, set on fire by the Vikings. This is why wild geese stop in the Cotentin each year in March, during their annual migration. Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57810788367478336562021-05-15T09:07:29.479+02:002021-05-15T09:07:29.479+02:00Notre nouvelle voisine s'appelle Mélusine. Il ...Notre nouvelle voisine s'appelle Mélusine. Il faudra qu'on fasse gaffe...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9252229713385676082021-05-15T08:54:39.128+02:002021-05-15T08:54:39.128+02:00I love the third photo.I love the third photo.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75234180295740531322021-05-15T08:50:34.548+02:002021-05-15T08:50:34.548+02:00I remember rainy months of May in Paris!
Are phot...I remember rainy months of May in Paris!<br /><br />Are photos #4, 5, 6 portraits of members of the Le Veneur family that the fairy Mélusine transformed in ducks? Remember the similar story about the chateau de Pirou?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-78924422622490649402021-05-15T06:38:50.988+02:002021-05-15T06:38:50.988+02:00I wish we could too. Our heavy, mostly clay soil w...I wish we could too. Our heavy, mostly clay soil will be impossible to work or plant in for a while. We have quite a few seedlings that we need to get planted in the ground...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23032828500245661932021-05-15T06:14:22.421+02:002021-05-15T06:14:22.421+02:00Wish we could trade some of your wet days for our ...Wish we could trade some of your wet days for our dry ones. chrissouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398602853402174732noreply@blogger.com