tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post8365065359650532129..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: St Brieuc sunsetLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-88705448337973238032012-11-08T23:04:25.414+01:002012-11-08T23:04:25.414+01:00Thanks all.
I suppose we came here for the countr...Thanks all.<br /><br />I suppose we came here for the country life; town life I had few preconceptions about. St Brieuc is not immediately prepossessing but I am finding hidden corners of charm.<br /><br />I have to say I find British teenagers rather intimidating, French ones much less so. Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-38711075538958595282012-11-08T21:57:20.954+01:002012-11-08T21:57:20.954+01:00Rose and gold and a little green cross. Nice shot ...Rose and gold and a little green cross. Nice shot of twilight, my favorite time of day and a hard sort of light to capture.Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-20810904553257395372012-11-08T13:45:08.736+01:002012-11-08T13:45:08.736+01:00Oh, that lovely!Oh, that lovely!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-83686938344733027062012-11-08T08:08:30.727+01:002012-11-08T08:08:30.727+01:00Very beautiful, a poem to come back to and read ov...Very beautiful, a poem to come back to and read over in November darkness.<br /><br />The lycée students section is my favorite part too, but I was also caught by the "tall windows piercing <br />through the foreign dark". <br />Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-43420943146688480532012-11-08T07:52:48.598+01:002012-11-08T07:52:48.598+01:00Yeah, way to go! The capture and transmutation of ...Yeah, way to go! The capture and transmutation of that which is French. It's why you went there in the first place (I assume) so it's nice to see you working off your debt in such an effective way.<br /><br />For me the key line is<br /><br /><i>the lycée students sit ranged on the stone steps</i> <br /><br />Though not just limited to France, it's the image of young people - often seemingly boneless - draped over steps, sometimes (in places like airports) sitting unapologetically, unsupported, on the flat floor. Oh yes, and also:<br /><br /><i>wrought iron gates that curtain courtyards</i><br /><br />those symbols of French privacy.<br /><br />I'll say it again (but much, much quietly) you can't keep this up but then I'm so glad you've got this far.<br /><br /> Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com