Small Copper butterfly
Lycaena phlaeas
Cuivré commun
Lycaena phlaeas
Cuivré commun
Hottentot Beefly
Villa hottentotta
le Bombyle hottentot
Villa hottentotta
le Bombyle hottentot
Blue (or Southern) Hawker dragonfly (male)
Aeshna cyanea
L'Aeschne bleue
Aeshna cyanea
L'Aeschne bleue
Susan
And now a message from our sponsor, Pissed off of Preuilly: I would like to announce that this is Day 7 with no voice. I haven't been able to speak above a whisper for a whole week! In French, I have l'extinction de voix. Will I recover in time to telephone the woodman and order more firewood before we run out? Can we pay the mason for the new chimney if I can't phone the currency exchange to arrange to buy euros with Australian dollars?
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That's what husbands are for. Make him call. I love that French phrase l'extinction de voix.
Hi, Susan. Lovely wildlife pictures, as usual.
Hope Simon will recover enough voice to call the woodman so you won't freeze your whatever off.
Paulita: Unfortunately, phoning the woodman would probably stretch Simon's French beyond its limits, and our account with the FX is in my name, so they won't talk to him.
CHM: Simon's voice is fine and getting regular exercise. It's mine that has gone extinct.
Susan, have you been to the pharmacy. There used to be a medicine you could take that would bring your voice back. Singers use it. I can't remember what it was called. But I used it way back when and it worked for me.
Vive la renaissance de ta voix.
I see that laryngitis sufferers on several French medical sites recommend suppositories as the best treatment. Here's one:
Neo-Laryngobis
Indications
Ce médicament est recommandé pour le traitement des affections de la gorge, plus particulièrement les angines non diphtériques, les pharyngites, les amygdalites, les laryngites et les gingivo-stomatites. Il est aussi recommandé comme adjuvant aux traitements des phlegmons de l'amygdale, de I'angine de Vincent, des otites et des sinusites.
Posologie / Directives d'utilisation
Adultes: Un (1) suppositoire rectal par jour. Non recommandé chez les enfants de moins de 15 ans.
So how far do you have to push a suppository to fix a sore throat?
Simon, don't ask. Use your intuition.
Simon and Susan, thought I'd come back and say I'm serious about the efficacy of suppositories. I remember taking/applying one that was eucalyptus scented, back in the late 70s when I was in Paris. I had a sore throat and no voice. Within just a few minutes of the application, I could taste the eucalyptus and my voice started coming back. It's amazing how it works. Try it.
Ken: I've been to 4 pharmacies and spent about €30 on medications, none of which worked. No one offered me a suppository - perhaps because even in a whisper I am clearly an English speaker and maybe the pharmacies are wary of suggesting suppositories to non-French. Anyway, I can now speak again, albeit quite croaky.
Susan, nice to hear you, even croakily.
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