Hâte-toi de bien vivre… Make haste to live and consider each day a life… Seneca Envie (ahn-vee) noun, feminine longing . I was staring at the empty branches of our dogwood tree,willing its wooden limbs to quiver and send forth so many rosy blossoms, when I recognized a vague longing coming from within. I stood up and walked over to the north window,threw open the painted … Continue reading envie
Petit à petit l’oiseau fait son nid
Little by little the bird makes its nest. –Proverb
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Photo: my 8-year-old, Jackie, collected these flowers and made the vase… the poppy flew off before her father snapped the picture. le printemps (pran-tahn) noun, masculine = spring Il y a des pluies de printemps délicieuses où le ciel a l'air de pleurer de joie. There are delightful spring rains wherein the sky seems to be weeping for joy. –Paul-Jean Toulet A Day in a … Continue reading printemps
, known for its plaintive cooing, affectionate disposition and devotion to its mate
“…trois poules Françaises, deux tourterelles et une perdrix dans un poirier.”
“…Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a partridge in a Pear Tree.” –from the 12 Days of Christmas
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un oiseau (wah-zo) noun, masculine 1. a bird 2. a character (informal) Also: un oiseau chanteur = a songbird un oiseau moqueur = a mocking bird un oiseau de paradis = a bird of paradise un oiseau de proie = a bird of prey un oiseau mouche (un colibris) = a hummingbird …………………….. Expressions un vilain oiseau = an unpleasant person un drôle d’oiseau = … Continue reading un oiseau
