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Le Projet de Boules Roses, also comically known as "Pink Balls", is an annual installation that takes place during the Montreal summer. Thousands of five toned pink balls are stretched on Saint Catherine's Street for over a kilometre, giving the city an ethereal, festival vibe.
Colorful bubble ornaments create a canopy along Sainte-Catherine Street in Montreal's Gay Village district.
John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921), and inventor of modern inflatable tires, is represented at lower right. In the foreground, we see a young woman dressed in a translucent white gown, framed by two Greek columns, with a view behind her of an industrial site. Like an ancient image of Victory, in one hand she holds a long golden palm branch indicating success, and in the other, a bicycle tire.
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From the illustrated book, with text and commentary by A. M. Mucha.
The cover page is here: flic.kr/p/2jKbhw7
And the first section is here: flic.kr/p/2md2fze
Comment ça va? = How are you?
Comme ci comme ci comme ci comme ça = So, so, so, so
Avec un p’tit peu plus d’amour = With a little more love
Ça ira mieux, ça va toujours! = It’s going to be better, it will always work!
p'tit = petit = small, little
You will always hear French people using the contracted form "p'tit"
From the illustrated book, with text and commentary by A. M. Mucha.
The cover page is here: flic.kr/p/2jKbhw7
And the first section is here: flic.kr/p/2md2fze