Valentine Mark Herman's Blog – October 2015 Archive (5)
'THE MAGIC FLU(^)TE' -(Great Big Collage #14) -- although there is neither magic nor a flute......
Bonjour!
I play (badly) rock'n'roll guitar.
I play (slightly better) the alto recorder.
In France, the recorder is known as the 'flu(^)te à bec'. [The ^ is supposed to go over the u, but I can't seem to manage that].
There is another type of flu(^)te, a 'flu(^)te traversière'. This is a flute -- the type of flute that Wolfgang Amadeus obviously had in mind when he wrote 'The Magic Flute' opera ('obviously' because he didn't mess around with…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 19, 2015 at 4:12pm — No Comments
"HERE WE ARE: POWERFUL, EROTIC, AND READY TO GO!" (Great Big Collage #13)
Bonjour!
Here we are again.
This one is about bikes -- pedal-type bikes, not motor bikes.
Let's start with the Great Big Collage ...voilà!
And now let me introduce you to some members of my Fan Club Sigean Ladies Bike Club. Here are 9 members of the Club getting ready to go for their Sunday morning…
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on October 10, 2015 at 7:58pm — 4 Comments
"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?" -- Great Big Collage #12. And can you guess which one was my supposed "mid-life crisis" car?
"My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?":
Thank you, Janis.
Great Big Collage #12 is about cars, mostly British vintage cars -- many of them made by companies, that hélas, no longer exist.
Here's the Great Big Collage in its great big magnificence:…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 9, 2015 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment
"VLADABOM!!! DANDY 100% FUNNY!", featuring Asterix, Mickey Mouse, Popeye...and many others in.....Great Big Collage #11
Here's another one, folks, based on cartoon comic magazines:
The magazines I used came from Britain, the US, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, China and Norway.
Why is it called "VLADABOM!!! DANDY 100% FUNNY", Fanny? Well, leaving aside the fact that anything of mine could be less than 100%, the title can be found in the bottom left hand…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 8, 2015 at 4:27am — 4 Comments
Great Big Collage #10: le Tour de France, 2001-15. (With thanks to USPS, but NOT Lance Armstrong)
Almost every summer since I moved to the South of France, I have gone to watch the Tour de France.
A typical 'Tour day', involves driving to some isolated spot between the Alps and the Pyrenees,; getting there 3-4 hours before the race arrives; setting up a picnic table -- and then sharing your food and drink with your neighbours; waiting for the Tour's promotional caravan to pass, and collect as many 'souvenirs' as possible; waiting some more, and then, as the race gets nearer come…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 5, 2015 at 11:00am — 3 Comments
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