I miss you already. I long for your endless outcroppings of ferns,
your prickly little flowers and berries,
your wind-swept trees,
your seaweed-scented shores.
Even your sometimes stony heart...
When I look out the window, I don't see your many boats and little villages dotting the rivieres, ocean or shores anymore.
When I step out the door, I see geraniums everywhere but no more the purple and blue hydrangeas you wore so gallantly.
All the houses I see now are peach-hued and carrot-tops. I look to your pictures for the white skin and black tresses.
Give me back the time when I saw your black and white flag defiantly declaring your uniqueness culturally and linguistically in a sea of French.
Take me back to the shores which offer so much sea wealth
You shipwrecked my heart on your sandy shores and never let it go.
But I don't want it back. It's yours.
ever enamored,
Nerissa
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I won't be able to cover so much about Bretagne in the next days as I'd like but I'll do my best until I leave for home on Thursday.
13 comments:
I love the last boat picture and the white/blue house!
Ahhh.... beautiful!
*dreamy sigh*
Look at all that beautiful seafood! Heavenly.
Oh, my heart goes out to you and how you will miss your Bretagne. You have given me such a wonderful armchair trip, I sometimes felt as if I was there with you. Thank you so much for your words, photos, sharing!
I do hope you will share your visit to Chartres with us.
How envious I am.
And how grateful I am that you've shared these lovely pictures.
Let me add my voice to Christine's--please share your Chartres visit with us...
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wmm: thanks. I rather like them a lot too.
s'kat: *smiling at you*
sara: oh... I'm just gettin' warmed up! More to come.
Christine: I'm glad you're enjoying it. Don't worry. Chartres is in the works. I have a couple of pictures up in my Flickr if you want to peek. Look below for the link.
Jasmine: Glad you've been enjoying Seems Chartres is rather popular... I'll get working on it a bit faster. Look here for some preview pictures:
Ack! I suck at HTML... Please click on the date of the above comment by me. THAT is where you will find the flickr pics. *grumble*
Lovely - I especially love how you weaved your pictures into a perfect poem. And I don't understand HTML at all either!!
It just looks like a lovely time. I love Bretagne too!
sher: thanks for your words... I don't even feel that my words can really convey how much I love the place but I'm glad you like what I wrote
michelle: I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't understand HTML. I'm glad you like the post. I didn't think a regular post would do for such an emotional attachment
bea: It was really nice and I hated to see it end. Bretagne has a magic all its own!
New England sounds a lot like your beloved Bretagne ... all except for the French, of course. Come visit, it's just across the continent!
It's a lot like my coast too *S* However, maybe I'll take up your suggestion some day soon.
Beautiful post!
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