Do send in photos of yourself, preferably doing something interesting or characteristic of your life. But more than two, please. We already have a big backlog of interesting pictures, but there’s no time limit on this one.
Today’s photo is of reader Jacques Hausser, who lives in Switzerland but is apparently blessed by Ceiling Cat. Here’s his caption:
At the foot of the rainbow. This picture was taken by a mischievous student during one of our internships in Brittany (coastal biology and ecology – we still lack a sea in Switzerland). Typical Atlantic weather on the “Lieue de Grève”, a four km long beach (and about three km wide at spring low tide) on the north coast, close to Plestin-les-Grèves, where we used to study the rich fauna living in the sand—and the numerous birds exploiting it.
Bless you, Jacques. 😉
Lol! Only in France there can be a place called Lieue de Grève, that could be translated as “strike mile” in English!
Well, grève means “flat shore”; in Paris, historically, strike demonstrations were hold at the “place de Grève”, a place on the shore of the Seine river. A good example of semantic shift.
Huh, that’s an interesting etymology I hadn’t considered – if it is correct.
Do you mean “more than two” or “no more than two” photographs? I find the pertinent paragraph ambiguous and the sentence confusing.
The original announcement of this series specified “a photo”, so I’m sure Jerry means “no more than one”.
I mean… “no more than two”! Doh.
That’s what I think.
Looks lovely there. Be nice to think that’s where Judy Garland wound up.
Great photo!
Jerry, you wrote before “Send in your photos (two max, please)” but here you write “But more than two, please”. There’s probably an important “no” missing.
Nice image. Lucky too, no doubt.
No doubt Jacques will be too stingy to share his pot of gold with the rest of us.
Nice marbles & . . . such
Wunderbar!
Where’s the pot of gold (or at least iron pyrites)?