All styles at one wedding (mariage)! Long/short, slim/fat, tall/small, black/white, daring(osé)/discreet, elegant/frumpy, high heels/low heels(talons hauts/bas).
Here's another short and tall one:
He has to stand on the pavement to be as tall as his colleague! (Il doit se tenir sur le trottoir pour être aussi grand que..)
Tag - fat
Friday, April 1 2011
OPPOSITES
By carolweb on Friday, April 1 2011,
Tuesday, June 15 2010
BEETLES - scarabées
By carolweb on Tuesday, June 15 2010,
Two small beetles I photographed in my garden.
This metallic green one, 10mm long, is called a "fat-legged flower beetle" (scarabée aux grosses cuisses!), you can see why! One site on the Net says "They look as if their wing covers (elytra) have shrunk in the wash because they don't quite meet in the middle." (On dirait que leurs ailes ont rétréci au lavage car elles ne se joignent plus au centre). It's obviously a humorous site.
This bright red one is a bee beetle ( le clairon des abeilles); it feeds on pollen in flowers and sometimes small insects. It lays its larvae in wild bees' nests (les nids d'abeille sauvages) and they feed on the bee larvae.