French Friday: Les Crêpes

February 2, 2018 (033/365) • Groundhog Day | La Chandeleur

« À la Chandeleur, l'hiver cesse ou reprend vigueur; Chandeleur couverte, quarante jours de perte. »

I definitely prefer the French holiday and its tradition of eating crêpes to our American Groundhog Day. Yet la Chandeleur also comes with weather predictions:  "On Candlemas, winter ends or strengthens; If covered with snow, forty days to go." It's almost like waiting for the groundhog to see his shadow, but much more delicious!

Crêpes aux Gourmandises du Trocadéro - février 2017

Mini Month

February 1, 2018 (032/365) "They are not long, the days of wine and roses..." - Ernest Dowson... in fact, they are only twenty-eight -- a "mini-month!"

Although many dread another month of darkness and cold winter weather, I rejoice in these twenty-eight days of pretty crimson hues, of hearts and flowers and beautiful snowscapes, punctuated by celebrations of la Chandeleur, the Winter Olympics, Mardi gras, Valentine's Day, and my birthday -- the exclamation point at the end of this lovely month! 

January in Pictures

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"

- Thomas Wentworth Higginson 

Ice

January 31, 2018 (031/365)

"It is deep January.  The sky is hard.  The stalks are firmly rooted in ice." -  Wallace Stevens

Coincidence?

January 30, 2018 (030/365) "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." - Albert Einstein

Today is both National Croissant Day and National Plan for Vacation Day. Coincidence or is the Universe trying to tell me something?

Winter Journey

January 29, 2018 (029/365)

"It's a long road... stay focused and grounded and keep moving forward." - Sturgill Simpson