Log Cabin Quilt Top
3 months ago
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.
My dad recently sent me this picture. He took it at the Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark, which we visited thirty years ago or so. This is a 800 year old clock, still working. Or at least it was working when we visited it. I barely remembered seeing this ancient clock. You can see on it a depiction of Saint George or Saint Michael killing the Dragon. We are not sure: researches we made gave us contradictory information. My money is on saint George as I think you can see a princess somewhere and he's on horseback. If I am right, then we saw in Denmark a dramatic representation on a clock of the single most famous exploit of the patron saint of Englishmen. I thought about sharing the picture for Saint George's Day, but I could not wait. I want to know if it is Saint George or Saint Michael, for one and thought I would ask it here. I also thought that either way, a 800 year old clock with a dramatic depiction of a fight against a dragon is just too cool not to share as soon as possible. So here it is.
Well, let's talk about something else than you know what, just to change our minds a bit. I have recently rediscovered all the tea mugs I bought at David's Tea over the years. I don't have that many, in fact here I only have four. The one you see on the picture was the very first I bought from them. It was from their 2013 autumn collection. It has various birds, including an owl, squirrels and foxes on it. To this day, it is my "autumn mug" thus maybe my favourite tea mug every and the one I go for most of the time. When I see it and drink from it, I remember that autumn is getting closer and closer every day and that I only have to be patient and wait for it. David's Tea calls this model the Perect Tea Mug, because it has the perfect shape, can contain the perfect volume of tea, all the necessary accessories for an optimal experience, etc. This one is the Perfect Tea Mug for me also because of its look and the what it reminds me of.
Un ami a pris cette photo hier du Café Mont-Royal à Chicoutimi (angle St-Anne et Jacques-Cartier). Il est fermé, mais il semblerait que les proprios aient pris le temps de mettre l'arc-en-ciel en signe d'encouragement. C'est étrange, je n'ai jamais mis les pieds au Café Mont-Royal, pourtant je crois comprendre qu'il a pignon sur rue depuis des années. J'ai toujours trouvé drôle un nom comme Mont-Royal pour un café si loin du Mont-Royal. Mais bon, dans tous les cas, c'est un beau geste de leur part.