April 2012
Sunday, April 29 2012
- INTELLIGENCE SUR LES CHAMPS - I photographed this curious structure on the Champs Elysées in Paris. What is it? 3 seats under a roof with a garden on top and strange wooden legs (jambes) that are not straight (droit)! I found the explanation on the internet of course: it's MOBILIER URBAIN INTELLIGENT! Honestly, it's not very (…)
Saturday, April 28 2012
- BROKEN - cassé - In Paris I dropped (laissé tonber) my camera and the objective was stuck (coincé), I couldn't use it anymore (ne plus). I was devastated, my camera! it had become part of my arm (bras)! I looked for (cherché) the guarentee, lost (perdu); I tried to take it apart (demonter), impossible; I shook it, (…)
Friday, April 27 2012
- THE PLATE 4 - Decidely I love this plate! In the first plate is a radish grown (poussé) in my garden, that I ate afterwards (ensuite). In the second is some home-made liver paté with Cognac, which i also ate afterwards - delicious. I will have to put all my photos of this plate together (ensemble); I learnt today (…)
Thursday, April 26 2012
- SPRING AU PRINTEMPS - The big department store (grand magasin) always has beautiful window displays and these are no exception: the ideas, the colours... I could have stayed all day taking photos but I was waiting for bus no. 66 to go home. I must go back and take more photos. Apparently colours and patterns are in (…)
Wednesday, April 25 2012
- APRIL IN PARIS - This photo is typical of my stay in April. After the hot weather in March which I wasn't prepared for, rain and cold, which I wasn't prepared for either (non plus)! I didn't have my winter coat (manteau) and I was cold. I took this photo from inside a bus. This is the queue in front of Orsay (…)
Sunday, April 15 2012
- 5 FEATURED - I'm so proud at the end of this week:there are 4/5 redbubble groups featuring my photos at the same time and the person I admire most favourited one of mine. Here is one I love today, I put it in the 'in between' group and the 'Miksang' group. The title is 'It caught my eye'. It was really by (…)
Friday, April 13 2012
- MIKSANG PHOTOGRAPHY - I discovered something new today - and someone - by following a photo of eggs I liked on REDBUBBLE.COM I have been photographing eggs recently and was intrigued by this one; I have a lot of squares and patterns at home and never thought of putting my eggs on the floor (sol) I went to see the (…)
Thursday, April 12 2012
- PLANT HAIR - cheveux - Playing with plants again! I saw a photo of a plant pot with this idea: the pot was a face (visage) and the plant in the pot looked like hair (ressemblait à de cheveux). I though it was very funny and I wanted one but could find one nowhere (je n'ai pas pu en trouver nulle part). Then I suddenly (…)
Tuesday, April 10 2012
- EASTER CUPCAKES - petits gateaux de Paques - Our tea on Easter Monday, home-made chocolate and vanilla buns decorated with Spring garden flowers by my grand-daughter - beautiful - and delicious. And they're so easy (facile), just the old Tupperware yoghurt cake recipe cooked in paper bun cases (caissettes) for 10 minutes. Unfortunately we had (…)
Monday, April 9 2012
- CHOSEN - choisie - I hope you had a Happy Easter (Paques) weekend and didn't eat too much chocolate! Big news this morning: my photo from yesterday - zebra egg- was chosen to illustrate a challenge in the SHAPES AND PATTERNS group which has 4786 members! I am very honoured and delighted (ravie). I don't suppose it (…)
Sunday, April 8 2012
- IN BETWEEN - I was invited into a new group in redbubble It's a bit philosophical and difficult to understand what they want, but my first photo has been accepted and featured, so.... I created another one to put on the present challenge: The challenge is "ZEBRA" "black and white stripes (rayures) is playing (…)
Friday, April 6 2012
- THE PLATE AND CIRCLES - A round plate, a round dish, a round pie - what's in it? Did I cook it or buy it? Did I eat it hot or cold? Was it delicious? Of course it was, because I made it, with cooked fish and mushrooms (champignons) in white sauce, with flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) on the top. I ate it for dinner with a (…)
Thursday, April 5 2012
- THE PLATE 3 - REMEMBER? I took another photo today: Now I have a series of three. I like the simplicity of these photos, I like the repetition of circles on the plate and its colour not exactly white. Here's another plate, but full of delicious food this time. This was my plate in our favourite Portuguese (…)
Wednesday, April 4 2012
- PARISIAN SHOWS - Last time we went to Paris we went to two unusual (inhabituel) shows: A play (pièce de théâtre), African stories inspired by Shakespeare in Polish with over titles in French! And it lasted 5h15 with two entr'actes! In fact we enjoyed it, we didn't see anything African and sometimes it was difficult (…)
Monday, April 2 2012
- FLORAL ART 4 - I made a double one this time - with some help fixing the frames (cadres) together (ensemble) and the plastic boxes behind. It was a special order to go next to a modern art painting with green and mauve in it. This one is completely different, it's made of slate (ardoise) and it's heavy (lourd). (…)
Sunday, April 1 2012
- I MADE IT 3 - This time it's sewing (couture). I went to the local Emmaüs shop and bought a pullover for 1 euros 50 and I made a cushion cover from it (j'en ai fait une housse de coussin). In fact I made the cover from just the sleeve, so I have enough (assez) pullover left to make another cover, but I need (…)