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A la cuisine hier: Ham and egg cups -- another variation on the oeufs coccottes theme.
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Loire Valley Nature: A new Habitat entry has been added for Prairie (meadow).
A photo has been added to the entry for Tongue Orchid Serapias lingua.
A photo has been added to the entry for Loose-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora.
A photo has been added to the entry for Tongue Orchid Serapias lingua.
A photo has been added to the entry for Loose-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora.
4 comments:
Hi Susan. What do you suppose the
people are doing in the Prairie?
Looks like they're filling bags
with something.
I thought you might like to know the origin of the word "échauguette". Its old forms are escalguaite (1080), escalgaite (1130) eschaugaite (1175), from the Frankish "skarwahta" "action of mounting guard" or "group of sentinels", consisting of "skara", troup, and "wahta" watch. So it initially meant the people who were keeping watch, seen in expressions such as "faire l'échauguette", to keep watch, and was eventually extended to mean watchtower.
I think an ongoing series on parts of a chateau would be a wonderful idea (unless it has happened and i missed it). Always good to be able to tell your échauguettes from your mâchicoulis.
Sheila: I doubt if they were collecting anything. They were part of a British nature tour.
Fraussie: many thanks for the etymology.
Liselle: maybe I'll get round to it. I haven't finished the series on vernacular architectural terms yet though.
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