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To **Anna, a very special friend ...
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★ About the picture - A ray of sunshine to brighten your day!
The grass you can see in the foreground was purposely left to show Anne-Marie (another dear friend) that I was standing on terra firma, (my feet, dry as a bone) under the canopy of a huge weeping willow!
'Twas a very bright sunny day and a single sunbeam managed to filter down through the leaves, twigs and branches to "alight" on the "after part" of a goose, casting a curious reflection in its wake! The birds were scarpering because Kitty, one of our enthusiastic dogs, had just arrived on the scene!
The photo was uploaded for private viewing in 2006 and received just the one comment. But no ordinary comment; this one was very precious. See comment No.1 below!
to alight on = se poser sur
after part (stern) = arrière (poupe)
* Backward swimmer - basically, one that has difficulty in swimming forwards. Known, in the waterfowl world, as a back paddler ;-)
Swimming backwards, on the other hand, is even more difficult. I've only ever seen it on "rewind" and it's awesome ;-)
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★ About Anna - the story of a beautiful but short-lived friendship!
Fate : That supposed force that predetermines major events that come our way. It can be kind or cruel. It can bring people together or tear them apart. It strikes without warning and we can do nothing about it!
Anna and I met up by chance¹ and became friends in 2006. Fate was kind to me that day. We immediately got on like a house on fire!* She even had a theory as to why we got along so very well together. She said, and I quote; "Nutters are naturally attracted to each other. We need each other!" - No comment! ;-)
In her capacity as a very kind and talented artist, she'd agreed to vet some of my pictures, before going public because I was too unsure of myself to go it alone. When she saw this one, she said I was nuts: See for yourself (exhibit 1, below). Well, there you go; first I'm “a nutter” and then I'm “nuts”. Things were definitely looking up* ...
... Until the cruel side of fate decided otherwise!
Towards the end of 2006, she suddenly disappeared without trace and; as time went by, I began to fear the worst. Then I realized that she must have succumbed to the injuries she had sustained in a tragic car accident two years earlier. Although she chose to laugh it off*, she had been housebound ever since the accident and was still struggling desperately hard to regain her strength and perhaps, who knows, to simply stay alive.
Her lovely photostream is still intact and well worth a visit. When I checked her profile for any news or clues, I noticed in “her list of favourites”, that I had been the last person she had come to see before she went missing. It was just a fleeting visit, as if to say: “Goodbye”.
... And then, silence. Eternal silence ...
After many years of waiting, hoping against hope that I had been wrong in thinking the worst, I have finally decided to go public with this picture along with her precious comment.
It's not my best picture, but I think it's the most worthy one. I feel that her active participation, so to speak, (albeit unwitting) not only adds value to it but also lends it credence thus making it a fitting tribute to the memory of the very lovely lady, dear friend and fellow nutter that she was!
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This is my second picture to Anna. The first,"The Rainbow Plant", in 2006 was to thank her for her enormous help in getting it to #1 in explore - another first. It was posted just before she left us and was the last flickr picture she ever saw. It was as if she'd made a special efffort not to miss the moment! Little did I know then of the tragedy that was lurking just around the corner.
I finally came to terms with fate and life has moved on as it always does. And yet, ten years on, I still find it difficult to write this down, not for all the obvious reasons but simply because I can't see what I'm doing through teary eyes! I guess that's how much our very special friendship meant to me!
* to get on like a house on fire = s'entendre à merveille
* to look up = s'améliorer
* to laugh it off = d'en rire
¹ As a newbie, I'd made a mistake and Anna happened to be there
at that precise moment to pick up on it. But, that's another story! ;-)
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Congratulations to Paris for winning the World Cup! I have never experienced such energy before in my life and, what I love most about it is how it brings people together. I've been thinking quite a lot about the politics between the two countries. Neither is perfect but I don't think France would have ever allowed for the horror of Trump to take place and when our talented athletes protest like Colin Kaepernick did, there is a backlash instead of a celebration. I don't think that would happen in France because, at least from what I experienced, people of all races are seen with more respect. I loved seeing how diverse the French team was and the energy of the streets. It was one of those surreal events that I will probably always remember...like are there actually people on top of the Arc de Triomphe?!? Yes, there were.
I am finally back from what was the most bipolar energetic vacation I ever went on. I had to fly back to Paris from Lisbon for my return trip to Chicago and on Sunday in the midst of all of this energy, I find out my flight through Air France has been cancelled. I spend 20 hours between airports between connecting flights, delays, lust luggage-you name it. Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong when Air France cancelled our flight with less than 10 hours notice and without a replacement flight until Thursday.
So, I hope that in a few years, I remember these moments of extreme joy and happiness and maybe not so much the last 24 hours of traveling hell. Oh, and I just found out that the airline for the connecting flight found my bag so...things are looking up.
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Félicitations à Paris pour avoir remporté la Coupe du Monde! Je n'ai jamais expérimenté une telle énergie auparavant dans ma vie et, ce que j'aime le plus, c'est comment elle rassemble les gens. J'ai beaucoup réfléchi à la politique entre les deux pays. Ni l'un ni l'autre n'est parfait, mais je ne pense pas que la France aurait jamais permis à l'horreur de Trump de se produire et quand nos athlètes talentueux protestent comme Colin Kaepernick, il y a une réaction au lieu d'une célébration. Je ne pense pas que cela se produirait en France parce que, du moins d'après ce que j'ai vécu, les gens de toutes les races sont vus avec plus de respect. J'ai aimé voir à quel point l'équipe française était diversifiée et l'énergie des rues. C'était un de ces événements surréalistes dont je me souviendrai toujours ... comme s'il y avait des gens au sommet de l'Arc de Triomphe?!? Oui il y en avait.
Je suis enfin de retour de ce qui a été le plus énergique des vacances bipolaires. J'ai dû retourner à Paris de Lisbonne pour mon voyage de retour à Chicago et dimanche au milieu de toute cette énergie, je découvre que mon vol à travers Air France a été annulé. Je passe 20 heures entre les aéroports entre les vols de correspondance, les retards, les bagages de luxure, vous le nommez. Tout ce qui aurait pu mal se passer a mal tourné quand Air France a annulé son vol avec moins de 10 heures de préavis et sans un vol de remplacement jusqu'à jeudi.
Donc, j'espère que dans quelques années, je me souviendrai de ces moments de joie et de bonheur extrêmes et peut-être pas tellement les dernières 24 heures de voyage en enfer. Oh, et je viens de découvrir que la compagnie aérienne pour le vol de correspondance a trouvé mon sac alors ... les choses se lèvent.
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Even though I don't really care for sports, I couldn't help but feel the amazing energy after France won the World Cup and I also kept thinking how these kids would remember this moment for the rest of their lives. At the same time, I also felt a little bad that in every game, there has to be a country that loses and I was sad for the children of Croatia that they would be feeling sadness over their loss. This world is sometimes a crazy topsy turvy place with reality bringing a new emotional adventure every day. If we never lost, though, we would also never know what it feels like to celebrate and win. Just like if we never experienced depression and loneliness, happiness and love would have no meaning.
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Même si je ne me soucie pas vraiment du sport, je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher de ressentir l'incroyable énergie après que la France a remporté la Coupe du Monde et j'ai aussi continué à penser que ces enfants se souviendraient de ce moment pour le reste de leur vie. En même temps, je me sentais un peu mal à l'idée qu'à chaque match, il devait y avoir un pays qui perdait et j'étais triste pour les enfants de la Croatie qu'ils seraient tristes de leur perte. Ce monde est parfois un endroit complètement fou, avec la réalité apportant une nouvelle aventure émotionnelle tous les jours. Cependant, si nous ne perdions jamais, nous ne saurions jamais ce que nous ressentons pour célébrer et gagner. Tout comme si nous n'avions jamais connu la dépression et la solitude, le bonheur et l'amour n'auraient aucun sens.
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Berlin, 6.2021
"À la fin de la première mi-temps, ceux de Monteverde étaient menés par trois à zéro. Ras-du-sol avait marqué deux buts. Alvaro n'était pas en forme. Agnolo, en ailier gauche, ne faisait pas l'affaire ; avec Giannino il n'y avait pas d'entente : il errait dans la zone adverse comme une ombre. En deuxième mi-temps, Fabbri et Alfredino entrèrent sur le terrain : mais cela ne modifia en rien l'allure de la rencontre. À la fin de la deuxième mi-temps, deux autres buts étaient entrés dans leurs filets.
Midi était en flammes : cela n'empêcha pas les petits hommes de deux autres jeunes équipes, joyeux et superbes, d'entrer sur le terrain, prêts à jouer jusqu'à deux heures, sous ce soleil impitoyable."
>>> Pier Paolo Pasolini.......in: Nouvelles romaines (1950-1960)
"Alla fine del primo tempo quelli di Monteverde perdevano per tre a zero. Due goal li aveva fatti Nicchiol. Alvaro era giú di forma. Agnolo, ala sinistra non ci si ritrovaya ; con Giannino non c'era intesa : vagava nell'area avversaria come un'ombra. Nel secondo tempo entrarono in campo Fabbri e Alfredino : ma questo non modificò per nulla l'andamento dell'incontro. Al la fine del secondo tempo altri due goal erano entrati nella loro rete.
Il mezzogiorno era infuocato : e tuttavia, allegri e superbi entrarono in campo i maschietti di altre due piccole squadre, pronti a giocare pure fino alle due, sotto quel sole spietato."
>>> Pier Paolo Pasolini.......in: Racconti romani (1950-1960)
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Berlingrad..., 1.2017
"Voilà, le match va commencer et il y aura au moment du coup d'envoi cette émotion si forte, si intense, cette attente et la crispation dans les regards et dans les nuques penchées, les épaules tendues pour suivre le ballon - et moi pendant ce temps je suis dehors ; je vais m'asseoir plus loin sur le capot d'une Renault 5 dégueulasse recouverte de pollen et de poussière, putain, non, je sens mon coeur qui tape plus fort maintenant, les poings se resserrent."
>>> Laurent Mauvignier.......in: Dans la foule (2006)
ALLEZ LES BLEUS !!!