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[Reeth]

Thanks Reeth.

Here's something more about this beautiful flower 'muguet' as they say in France.

I love late April in France for many reasons. Right up at the top of the list is the lovely French custom of offering small bouquets of muguet de bois to friends, family and colleagues on the first of May, May Day. In the last days of April, the streets are filled with muguet vendors, both rogue and approved, who offer two or three branches of this fragrant flower for 3 euros. Flowershops show off charming arrangements incorporating lilies-of-the-valley. Everyone wants to give and receive un brin de muguet for good luck and happiness.

Why muguet? Why May 1? This giving tradition is centuries old, purportedly having started during the reign of Charles IX in the 16th century. At the beginning of the merry month of May, wedding bans were traditionally posted and wreaths of muguets were hung in doorways of the brides-to-be. In the late 1800s, the international workers movement declared the first of this month as May Day, in honor of the workers of the world.

In France, workers and their supporters wore lily-of-the-valley boutonnières to combine old with new. Today many unions in France sponsor flower sales as fundraisers for their members, and May 1 is a national holiday, Fête des Ouvriers. But for me, May 1 is May Day, when the streets are filled with the perfume of muguets des bois and smiling faces exchanging flowers and good wishes for the coming season.

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Lovely custom/tradition, thanx for the info noorie...

Reeth, have you ever been to the South of France? I would love to some day.

Nope, will definitely do so some day.....
Have you? if so plz u/l some pics noorie...
btw noorie how come you not participating in the comedy soap opera now on at c o c
you've been honored and blessed as well ....

I hate melodrama. Blame it on my genes; I can’t act.

Noorie

Same here

[Reeth]

Lovely pics.....Thanks a lot.............i'd definitely want to visit there...

[noorie]

Same here

Reeth, if I didn't know better, I would say that you were the devil in disguise.

Noorie

[Reeth]

Same here

Reeth, if I didn't know better, I would say that you were the devil in disguise.

Noorie

You mean to say that those who do not know me think that i am the devil in disguise .......not that it bothers me nor do i care

[Reeth]

Summer in Switzerland...........

[noorie]

Same here

Reeth, if I didn't know better, I would say that you were the devil in disguise.

Noorie

You mean to say that those who do not know me think that i am the devil in disguise .......not that it bothers me nor do i care

And that's what I like most about you.

Noorie

[noorie]

I love that picture of wild larkspurs. Framed against those mountains they make such a charming sight. Makes we want to paint them.

Reeth, if someone were to ask me to pick out the five prettiest ( unspoiled ) spots on earth I would be in real trouble, but I can bet my soul you would know all of them.

Noorie

[Reeth]

Same here

Reeth, if I didn't know better, I would say that you were the devil in disguise.

Noorie

You mean to say that those who do not know me think that i am the devil in disguise .......not that it bothers me nor do i care

And that's what I like most about you.

Noorie

i am sure you are the same.........But i do care for some esp my mamma, i never want to hurt her and i do care a lot about what she thinks about my actions......

I love that picture of wild larkspurs. Framed against those mountains they make such a charming sight. Makes we want to paint them.

Reeth, if someone were to ask me to pick out the five prettiest ( unspoiled ) spots on earth I would be in real trouble, but I can bet my soul you would know all of them.

Noorie

The pic does look like a painting does'nt it?do you paint? i have a friend who is considered to be a great painter, you know modernistic or futuristic or whatever...........but frankly what he paints looks like a jumble and a mess to me ..........they sometime all get together n have a debate on these paintings and come up with a lot of high brow stuff meanings hideen in them LOL i tease him a lot abt it...

[noorie]

i am sure you are the same.........But i do care for some esp my mamma, i never want to hurt her and i do care a lot about what she thinks about my actions......

It’s the same at my home.
Mom and I are great friends, but my dad is a real terror. He has the most fearsome temper in the world, luckily I didn’t take after him.

The pic does look like a painting does'nt it?do you paint? i have a friend who is considered to be a great painter, you know modernistic or futuristic or whatever...........but frankly what he paints looks like a jumble and a mess to me ..........they sometime all get together n have a debate on these paintings and come up with a lot of high brow stuff meanings hideen in them LOL i tease him a lot abt it...

I know just what you mean.
Artists are such crazy people, they are completely oblivious of the world when they are talking about their work. My mom and I always tease dad about it when he invites any of his artist friends over, they would even plead to have their grub brought to them in the study. I hate that.

So your friend paints abstracts. I love abstract art, Picasso is my favorite.

Reeth, have you read Moulin Rouge the biography of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec? He led a very bohemian life, I am sure you would enjoy reading about it.

About whether I paint, not anymore. It was just something I liked doing a lot when I was younger. I was especially fond of the oil medium. Landscapes and still lifes' are what I most liked to paint.
I suppose I am just lucky to have an arty background. My dad still has very close ties in the art fraternity.
It also helps that we have a very good art collection at home. But it’s getting much tougher to buy good art nowadays, the fakes are more real than the original, even the artist has trouble sometimes differentiating the two.

[Reeth]

i am sure you are the same.........But i do care for some esp my mamma, i never want to hurt her and i do care a lot about what she thinks about my actions......

It’s the same at my home.
Mom and I are great friends, but my dad is a real terror. He has the most fearsome temper in the world, luckily I didn’t take after him.

The pic does look like a painting does'nt it?do you paint? i have a friend who is considered to be a great painter, you know modernistic or futuristic or whatever...........but frankly what he paints looks like a jumble and a mess to me ..........they sometime all get together n have a debate on these paintings and come up with a lot of high brow stuff meanings hideen in them LOL i tease him a lot abt it...

I know just what you mean.
Artists are such crazy people, they are completely oblivious of the world when they are talking about their work. My mom and I always tease dad about it when he invites any of his artist friends over, they would even plead to have their grub brought to them in the study. I hate that.

So your friend paints abstracts. I love abstract art, Picasso is my favorite.

Reeth, have you read Moulin Rouge the biography of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec? He led a very bohemian life, I am sure you would enjoy reading about it.

About whether I paint, not anymore. It was just something I liked doing a lot when I was younger. I was especially fond of the oil medium. Landscapes and still lifes' are what I most liked to paint.
I suppose I am just lucky to have an arty background. My dad still has very close ties in the art fraternity.
It also helps that we have a very good art collection at home. But it’s getting much tougher to buy good art nowadays, the fakes are more real than the original, even the artist has trouble sometimes differentiating the two.

You have had a great upbringing having had exposure to so many different things, no wonder you are so
well informed about most things....
I like paintings and my mamma likes them and collects antiques and paintings, she has quite a few tanjore paintings and a few Ravi varma's...and some other.
I have only seen Moulin Rouge the film, will try nd read the book as well..

[noorie]

i am sure you are the same.........But i do care for some esp my mamma, i never want to hurt her and i do care a lot about what she thinks about my actions......

It’s the same at my home.
Mom and I are great friends, but my dad is a real terror. He has the most fearsome temper in the world, luckily I didn’t take after him.

The pic does look like a painting does'nt it?do you paint? i have a friend who is considered to be a great painter, you know modernistic or futuristic or whatever...........but frankly what he paints looks like a jumble and a mess to me ..........they sometime all get together n have a debate on these paintings and come up with a lot of high brow stuff meanings hideen in them LOL i tease him a lot abt it...

I know just what you mean.
Artists are such crazy people, they are completely oblivious of the world when they are talking about their work. My mom and I always tease dad about it when he invites any of his artist friends over, they would even plead to have their grub brought to them in the study. I hate that.

So your friend paints abstracts. I love abstract art, Picasso is my favorite.

Reeth, have you read Moulin Rouge the biography of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec? He led a very bohemian life, I am sure you would enjoy reading about it.

About whether I paint, not anymore. It was just something I liked doing a lot when I was younger. I was especially fond of the oil medium. Landscapes and still lifes' are what I most liked to paint.
I suppose I am just lucky to have an arty background. My dad still has very close ties in the art fraternity.
It also helps that we have a very good art collection at home. But it’s getting much tougher to buy good art nowadays, the fakes are more real than the original, even the artist has trouble sometimes differentiating the two.

You have had a great upbringing having had exposure to so many different things, no wonder you are so
well informed about most things....
I like paintings and my mamma likes them and collects antiques and paintings, she has quite a few tanjore paintings and a few Ravi varma's...and some other.
I have only seen Moulin Rouge the film, will try nd read the book as well..

Reeth, don't you sometimes get the feeling that we are too alike?
Is that a scary thought? I'll let you decide that!

[Reeth]

i am sure you are the same.........But i do care for some esp my mamma, i never want to hurt her and i do care a lot about what she thinks about my actions......

It’s the same at my home.
Mom and I are great friends, but my dad is a real terror. He has the most fearsome temper in the world, luckily I didn’t take after him.

The pic does look like a painting does'nt it?do you paint? i have a friend who is considered to be a great painter, you know modernistic or futuristic or whatever...........but frankly what he paints looks like a jumble and a mess to me ..........they sometime all get together n have a debate on these paintings and come up with a lot of high brow stuff meanings hideen in them LOL i tease him a lot abt it...

I know just what you mean.
Artists are such crazy people, they are completely oblivious of the world when they are talking about their work. My mom and I always tease dad about it when he invites any of his artist friends over, they would even plead to have their grub brought to them in the study. I hate that.

So your friend paints abstracts. I love abstract art, Picasso is my favorite.

Reeth, have you read Moulin Rouge the biography of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec? He led a very bohemian life, I am sure you would enjoy reading about it.

About whether I paint, not anymore. It was just something I liked doing a lot when I was younger. I was especially fond of the oil medium. Landscapes and still lifes' are what I most liked to paint.
I suppose I am just lucky to have an arty background. My dad still has very close ties in the art fraternity.
It also helps that we have a very good art collection at home. But it’s getting much tougher to buy good art nowadays, the fakes are more real than the original, even the artist has trouble sometimes differentiating the two.

You have had a great upbringing having had exposure to so many different things, no wonder you are so
well informed about most things....
I like paintings and my mamma likes them and collects antiques and paintings, she has quite a few tanjore paintings and a few Ravi varma's...and some other.
I have only seen Moulin Rouge the film, will try nd read the book as well..

Reeth, don't you sometimes get the feeling that we are too alike?
Is that a scary thought? I'll let you decide that!

Its not a scary thought at all..........rather nice to know that there is someone who is able to understand you....what ya say?

[noorie]

i am sure you are the same.........But i do care for some esp my mamma, i never want to hurt her and i do care a lot about what she thinks about my actions......

It’s the same at my home.
Mom and I are great friends, but my dad is a real terror. He has the most fearsome temper in the world, luckily I didn’t take after him.

The pic does look like a painting does'nt it?do you paint? i have a friend who is considered to be a great painter, you know modernistic or futuristic or whatever...........but frankly what he paints looks like a jumble and a mess to me ..........they sometime all get together n have a debate on these paintings and come up with a lot of high brow stuff meanings hideen in them LOL i tease him a lot abt it...

I know just what you mean.
Artists are such crazy people, they are completely oblivious of the world when they are talking about their work. My mom and I always tease dad about it when he invites any of his artist friends over, they would even plead to have their grub brought to them in the study. I hate that.

So your friend paints abstracts. I love abstract art, Picasso is my favorite.

Reeth, have you read Moulin Rouge the biography of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec? He led a very bohemian life, I am sure you would enjoy reading about it.

About whether I paint, not anymore. It was just something I liked doing a lot when I was younger. I was especially fond of the oil medium. Landscapes and still lifes' are what I most liked to paint.
I suppose I am just lucky to have an arty background. My dad still has very close ties in the art fraternity.
It also helps that we have a very good art collection at home. But it’s getting much tougher to buy good art nowadays, the fakes are more real than the original, even the artist has trouble sometimes differentiating the two.

You have had a great upbringing having had exposure to so many different things, no wonder you are so
well informed about most things....
I like paintings and my mamma likes them and collects antiques and paintings, she has quite a few tanjore paintings and a few Ravi varma's...and some other.
I have only seen Moulin Rouge the film, will try nd read the book as well..

Reeth, don't you sometimes get the feeling that we are too alike?
Is that a scary thought? I'll let you decide that!

Its not a scary thought at all..........rather nice to know that there is someone who is able to understand you....what ya say?

[Reeth]

From here and there......

[Reeth]

Munnar........