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Ninfa & Torak

Yesterday afternoon she managed to unleash herself during the walk… went hunting rabbits without a look back. After two hours calling and whistling no sign of her. We were afraid she might be caught in a trap, lost, run over while crossing a road (even if the roads are narrow and very little traffic). JP stayed home in case she returned and I took the jeep to go slowly in the paths in the wild were she could be, hoping she would recognize the engine noise, horning, extra lights on… and it worked. She was wounded and scratched all over but nothing serious fortunately. After that we were all exhausted… Coming back later here for HBM post, now time to get up and take both dogs for a very short walk!!! This photo was taken before the adventure of course!

OHMI was an old lady I knew japanese lover in Paris, he has to go back to Japan in WWII. I could never get any further info on him... the lady gave me this painting before she died.

More contributions to the challenge to be seen there: www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365

LIZZARDS, LITTLE BUGS... WHATEVER IS HIDDEN IN THE DRY STONES WALL IS INTERESTING FOR NINFA !

ID GIVEN BY ARLEQUIN PHOTOGRAPHIE

This year almond trees start to blossom one month earlier than usual...

Flower season starts, after first rains greenery grows, then flowers pop out

I am not a cheese person, but some parmiggiano is ok and mostly fresh cheese. For SC123, Celebrating cheese. View other people's contributions in the group here: www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/doc Mouse from sculptor François Melin galerie-canavese.com/en/designers/francois-melin François Melin’s paternal family comes from Nancy and his maternal family from Normandy. His father was mobilized in communications during the First World War before settling with his brother in Villoison in 1933 where he built an industrial chicken coop. He married in 1936 and had five children, two sons, including François born December 9, 1941 in Villoison, and three daughters. All receive a very strict Christian education. The henhouse then houses 2,000 hens and requires the organization of poultry feeding, egg collection and sorting, cleaning of the henhouse as well as commercial canvassing. After the death of his father in 1961, his mother took over the operation and François supported her until it ceased in 1970. He then began working as a metal sculptor and made jewelry and furniture. The artist transformed his parents’ farm into a workshop, sculpting all kinds of animals. He travels a lot, particularly in Asia and participates in an exhibition in China in 2001. He has exhibited in Paris, London, Japan, China… François Melin is best known for his shark sculpture, which adorns the roundabout at the entrance to Villabé, in Essonne, before the A6 motorway: a monumental work 10 meters long made of brass plates and weighing a ton, made from a real shark he had purchased. In 2015, the town of Villabé paid tribute to him by organizing an exhibition of his works. François Melin died on August 5, 2019 at the age of 77.