05/11/2023
Transhumance of sheep #Bruche valley #Alsace End of the day at Pierre-Percée lake in the Vosges
Col des Bagenelles#natural site around the Col du Bonhomme#Haut-Rhin
“Autumn is sewn with moments of grace that do not last.” Quote from Janine Boissard, 1932 - French woman of letters, author of L'Esprit de famille.
The most beautiful landscapes never contained the mysterious attraction of those that chance makes with the clouds. Charles Baudelaire. The journey.
Hello, woods crowned with a rest of greenery! Yellowing foliage on scattered lawns! Hi, last nice days ! […]. First Poetic Meditations, Autumn, ALPHONSE DE PRÂT DE LAMARTINE (Mâcon 1790-Paris 1869) - 1790-1869
There was this excellent Italian treat which consists of a few grapes muscat candied in sweet wine, wrinkled in the sun, mummified and heady, rolled in vine leaves. Flore et Pomone by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, known as Colette, woman of letters, 1873-1954
The tasty melon, the succulent fig, And these amber grapes which perfume the air. Les Jardins, ABBÉ JACQUES DELILLE (Clermont-Ferrand 1738-Paris 1813) French Academy, 1774