My Favorite Summer Sandwich
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Blogue d'un québécois expatrié en Angleterre. Comme toute forme d'autobiographie est constituée d'une large part de fiction, j'ai décidé de nommer le blogue Vraie Fiction.
I took this picture during our last family walk. We were in a posh part of our little English town and the branches from an apple tree were overflowing from an orchard. It was heavy with fruits. As you can see, they are of course still green. I love apples, not so much for their taste as for what they represent: it is maybe the most typical fruit of autumn. When I look at their colour, it reminds me of the coming autumn and tell me how close or how far we are from my favourite season. We still have a long time to go, summer has only started, but still, it's nice to see apples. In a couple of weeks, the fruits will be red and I will look at them in excitement and anticipation.
Here it is, at long last, I finally, finally, finally pay the local bookshop a visit, after at least six months! And to make it even better, I did it during the Independent Bookshop Week, which is ending today. It was good to be back, after a few minutes of getting used to the safety protocol, I was back in my element. I bought a few books, which was exhilarating, and even got a new £5 voucher! After a few months of lockdown and pandemic, it felt like some kind of normality was now in effect.
La photo a été prise à Crich Tramway Village dans le Derbyshire, dans le boisé à côté du village même, où il y a pleins de sculptures et d'artefacts qui m'ont fascinés. Dont des arbres, enfind es faux arbres ayant des visages, comme celui-ci. Ainsi que bien des sculptures vues lors de notre promenade, l'arbre doté de conscience et vaguement anthropomorphique est un personnage récurrent dans le folklore et les mythes et légendes et il a aussi été présent dans bien des oeuvres modernes de fantasy (dont bien entendu Tolkien). Celui-ci a l'air fâché, mais je ne crois pas qu'il soit malveillant, sans doute simplement environnementaliste. Dans tous les cas, ces arbres à visage m'ont beaucoup fasciné.