The jewels stolen from the Louvre. Top row from left: a necklace and pair of earrings from Napoleon’s wedding gift set to Marie-Louise; Empress Eugénie’s brooch; a sapphire and diamond tiara, necklace and earrings. Bottom row: Empress Eugénie’s decorative bow and diadem. I'd wear 'em all! [click to embiggen]
Another snippets post, dear reader:
- If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, try another brand news: Two of the UK's favourite vintage sweet biscuit bars Club and Penguin are no longer allowed to be called chocolate, because their coatings contain so little of the stuff nowadays!
- Time, clock of the heart news: Network Rail has announced the launch of a new national railway clock, to be installed at all major stations up and down the country. Woo-hoo.
- Fruit news: Today is Apple Day - an annual celebration of apples and orchards, in their harvest season. Events include apple tasting, identification of obscure apple varieties, and celebration of all the benefits of apple growing. Apples form part of my five-a-day, of course. At least, pints of cider do...
- Aggressive surfer news: A rogue sea otter has been hijacking surfers in California, and taking a ride on their boards!
- And, finally: Happy Trafalgar Day! We know a song about that, don't we, children?
All the nice girls love a sailor
All the nice girls love a tar
For there's something about a sailor
Well, you know what sailors are
Bright and breezy, free and easy
He's the ladies' pride and joy
Falls in love with Kate and Jane
Then he's off to sea again
Ship ahoy, ship ahoy!
Time to do laundry!
ReplyDeleteIt's all in the wrist action, methinks! 😜 Jx
DeleteAnd before anyone asks, yes, I have an alibi on the day the jewels were stolen from the Louvre.
ReplyDeleteSo have I... "It's a different diadem, honest guv, it just looks like that Eugenie's one!" Jx
Delete"You know what sailors are... " And what they put up their poop chutes, too.
ReplyDeleteThe other half Madam Arcati was brought up in a naval port, and has plenty of experience of "being in the services"... 😂 Jx
DeleteDad was career Navy. And.....yeah.
ReplyDeleteHornpipe? Jx
DeleteIncompétence inexcusable au Louvre !
ReplyDeletePendant ce temps, on fête là récolte des pommes en Bretagne.
J'y irai pour le cidre, le calvados et les desserts aux pommes :)
Et que seraient le monde et les océans sans les marins ? :)
-Beau Mec à Deauville
Voguait de Brest à Frisco,
DeleteSur les flots de la mer indienne,
Un jour le temps se fit très gros,
Oh, oh, petit matelot.
Jx
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen. Please charge you glasses; I give you a toast.
ReplyDeleteTo the Immortal Memory of Lord Nelson and those who fell with him.’
"Kiss me, Hardy." Jx
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