Hollyhock and Wet Dog. Smokey volunteers his mug to illustrate today's expression "les chiens ne font pas des chats". Does he look disappointed by the news? No worries, Smokelicot, you can still do most anything you set your sweet mind to! Since your ordeal, two years ago, you are a true survivor!
les chiens ne font pas des chats*
: the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
*literally "dogs don't make cats". Both the French and the English expression are used to indicate that certain family members look very much alike. See a very personal example at the end of this post!
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A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE… by Kristin Espinasse
It's a little frustrant to want to chronicle the present… while trying to edit the past! As I watch the would-be stories slip away (I haven't told you about Max's two-week stint at French bootcamp or Jackie's early Mother's Day present or yesterday's visit avec mon papa!… and there's the nest of chirpy baby birds inside the mulberry's trunk…); no time to share these when trying to focus on a current project: the story collection Vignettes from the Var.
To proofread the next chapter, titled "Tiède", click this link: http://french-word-a-day.typepad.com/motdujour/2005/09/tide.html
Thanks in advance for your understanding and encouragement!
Amicalement,
Kristin
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Photo of le chat blanc taken at le Girocèdre.
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Sylvia, Jean-Marc, and Mary (who saluts friend Penny Leady. Penny, you were missed!)
Mon papa et moi. Do you think Dad and I look alike? Would you say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, or les chiens ne font pas des chats?
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Am reading the book you recommended Ravel. Great suggestion. Thanks. Suzie Jennings
The view from Central Illinois is that there is a resemblance but clearly Dad’s daughter is beautiful.
,,, Your father is as handsome
as you are beautiful… A most wonderful photo!!!
Judi Dunn… Tallahassee, Fl.
Kristin, this is too close to home not to post a comment! The Mary in the photo is giving a
salut to Penny Leady who is a friend of mine here in Sun Valley. En fait, c’est Penny avec
qui j’étudie français chaque semaine. À ce moment Penny fait un voyage à Turquie, et dans
trois jours je departerai pour Birmanie (Myanmar). Je suis la personne qui a écrit que
tu as un coeur très doux, honnête et sensible.
(Et j’aime aussi ton goût pour l’humour!) Voilà! Le monde est très petit, n’est-ce pas?
J’espére que tu peux faire une visite à Sun Valley pour que nous pouvons faire ta connaissance un jour!
Amicalement, Leana
Kristin, although you resemble your dad, you really do take more after your beautiful mom Jules! How nice, though, that you were able to visit with him. Smokelicot is definitely such a beautiful, sweet survivor! BTW, my childhood friend Sandy and I are still in touch and are planning to get together at some point when our lives are settled enough to do so. Thank you again for helping to reunite us.
Hmmm! In the photo there is a great resemblance between the two of you but I still think you look more like Jules.
what a good looking man and you take after him, Kristie!
alice Halliday Oxford UK
Hi Kristin,
I think Jackie looks so much like your dad but so do you!
For the first photo I was thinking….”What does the headline say?…Les Mew?…Oh, forget it, I can’t read upside down!”
Kristin-Your beauty inside and out clearly comes from Jules.Jules is gorgeous and so it is with you. Returned home yesterday,May 17th, from Barcelona, the beginning and the ending of our visit to Europe. Tom drove us over 2000,miles around Spain,Portugal and South of France,for a total of 28 “sleeps”.Such fun to have attended your meet up on May,8th,and to have met Braise and Smoky.Thanks ever Kristin and Jean Marc for a touch down in your beautiful dream.We could see how much effort and love has gone into your vendage-Matilda at Superstition Mt.
In Dutch, there’s an expression: twee handen op een buik. (two hands on one belly). That’s you and your Dad. You could have been hatched from the same egg.