I found this beautiful dog (well dog sculpture) on the Quai (the river banks) where - as I already mentioned here - there are many animal and plants shops. This dog "belongs" to a shop called Il Giardino. I used, in the title, the word Médor, because this is what all dogs are called in France - well I mean, it's a generic name for dogs.
You mean, like dogs in the U.S. are Fido (or used to be)?
ReplyDeleteI never knew this Médor thing. It's a very cool shot, comme toujours!
Did you take this on the quai de la megisserie (is that the one)?
ReplyDeleteI love your Valentine's post, Eric. Thanks for the passion! It is still Valentine's Day here :-)
ReplyDeleteI bet if we could see his tail it would be pointing! He looks alert and nose to the scent. OK, so how would I use medor any differently than chien? Love to learn the correct words to use when. Thanks Eric!
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Seattle Daily Photo
oh I love your 'medor' Eric! :)
ReplyDeleteyes, like Kim (and Alexa),I would also like to know when to use medor when TRYING to speak French.
ReplyDeleteI like how you are "forcing" us to pay attention to detail in this photo. It makes it so much more interesting.
Alexa, it looks like you nailed it. Il Giardino, 20, Quai Mégisserie, 75001 Paris, France.
ReplyDeleteI can't help thinking that Médor is checking out Lucy whom (?) we can see by scrolling down to Tuesday, February 10th here.
As Phoenix Lynn says, the details are interesting, like how the sculptor created whiskers by carving negative space.
And finally, a Parisian dog we don't have to worry about stepping in any fragrant souvenirs from.
Médor
ReplyDeleteI'm betting Alexa's right and it's like "Fido." The sculptor has captured that look of concentration and concern a dog gets when it's interested in something. They take things so seriously sometimes.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely sculpture, Eric. I like dogs, but don't really want to have one. So this would be perfect for me! And it's got such a cute face.
ReplyDeleteSo I guess he's our "cold shower" after yesterday's post? So be it.
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Thanks for the Rover link, Tall Gary.
ReplyDeleteI took a picture of my footprint in the fragrant souvenir I stepped in, in front of Serge Gainsbourg's house. One never forgets something like that.
One becomes inventive, too. I was ever so grateful for the stream of water found running along the sides of Paris streets. That, an a big leaf saved the day.
Really side-splitting Lynn. One of those incidents it is fun to laugh about way after the fact.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you didn't resort to a Wallace Fountain.
If someone asks, "Does Lynn know anything about Paris?"
I can now answer so truthfully, "Man, she really knows her s**t."
Oui, je comprends! I'm always telling my Bichon Bailey, "Hey boy get away from medor before it hits you in the snoot!" Really works too...most of the time. ;-) Hey, things are beginning to get green in Paris, non? or no?
ReplyDeleteColtrane: Funny! Is there a typo in the word "le merde" you were trying to type?
ReplyDeleteThe greenery? This is a bit complex but if you go here, (if it works, but If not, the above address in Google Maps might work) click just below the little photo icon in the map that says "Street view" then go up the street to Number 20, you can see that maybe those greens are from potted plants next door. They might not all be deciduous, if any of them are. Offhand, green isn't the first word that comes to mind when I think about Paris in February, but what would I know?
LOL LOL Tall Gary, you even had my HUSBAND laughing after that last comment you made about me. lol,lol.
ReplyDeleteLOL TG, Coltrane et phx!
ReplyDelete{Meanwhile, Médor is so disturbed by Big Brother showing satellite photos of his street, he inadvertently creates a substantial bronze souvenir of his own and discreetly resumes his pose of concentration a foot away, hoping no-one will notice...}
you guys are a hoot!
ReplyDeleteTG, you are still Prez Linkin" (and I'm glad to know I got the locale right).
btw, I'd pit Lucy, the fat cat against Médor ant day!
It's hard to write this while suffering with a broken foot. I more than stubbed my toe on a hunk of bronze lying on the sidewalk about a foot away from some dog whistling and looking up at the sky. So funny, Shell Sherree.
ReplyDeleteLynne , I heard about, but had never seen before, the time Serge Gainsbourg's own s**t hit the fan, but here it is.
Actually I was just looking for something like this.
I'll leave "Lemon Incest" for those who want to find it themselves.
thx again TG for the links, now I MUST get to bed!
ReplyDeletei don't know..."sit medor sit"...."good medor"...."fetch medor". i'm just not feeling it ;0
ReplyDeleteOne day I will have a dog named Medor!! It is the French "Fido"!! LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteI busted a gut visualizing Medor's responsiveness, Maria. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteA fine sculpture of a beautiful dog. Love that intensity of expression. I think we'd call him Rover in English.
ReplyDeleteAfter yesterday's post, I was wondering what would be the photo today. And that's just a great one, again and always.
ReplyDeleteI like the way this dog is concentrated, waiting for something somewhere ahead. You know how dogs are able to bound, to leap forward when they are interested in something. Petrea described it well.
I love the picture. That's so joyful.
And I am really wondering what it watched ;) Yes, I'd like to know!
Well, now I'm interested in the language. How could we translate medor then? Is it, like Jilly says, a name commonly given to dogs, like Rover, or does it mean of mixed breed and unknown, like mongrel?
ReplyDeleteGreat close shot Eric, good to see those details. Lovely sculpture.
Dog in a trace!
ReplyDeleteThe facial expression is so lifelike. Someday I will be in Paris, looking at this dog, knowing I have seen him somewhere before.......
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Greensboro Daily Photo
Expressive photo.
ReplyDeleteDon't you think Médor just want to have a little walk or run?
I am OMW for one because of the sun today, even if i have no dog with me. Eric tempted me last time ;)
Have a nice Sunday.
Woof woof
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Eric,
ReplyDeleteLove your site. Discovered it yesterday and will be coming back daily! Paris is my favourite city in the whole world. Any chance of a photo of the Musée d'Orsay?
phx -- were you photographing the graffiti in front of Serge's house for your collection? btw, Serge and I were neighbors for a while & had some friends in common, so I used to see him all the time. Needless to say, perhaps—if you checked out TG's link—I never saw the guy without a lit cigarette. Boy, am I ever glad I don't smoke anymore!
ReplyDeleteYes, Alexa, I was photographing graffiti, due to Cali's urging!
ReplyDeleteYou are full of life's layers!
Nice toutou!
ReplyDeletePeter Ewan - welcome! If you look for the search the blog space at the top left corner of PDP, you can type in Musee d'Orsay and it will show you one of (IMHO)Eric's most painterly and dramatic photos, which just happens to be of the museum and the Seine at night! Enjoy.
ReplyDeletePS - click any of the libelles at the end of each day's photo caption and you'll see more general catagories of photos.
Lynn - it is like Rover (or Fido or Rex, I imagine)- rather than meaning mongrel - at least per Wikipedia, thanks to TG.
ReplyDeleteCute puppy !
ReplyDeleteI have passed all the pet shops on the Quai many, many times, but never went inside before last October, when i were in Paris with my sister. She owns a pet shop, so we had to go inside, and I just wish we never did. The pet shops in France are very different from a DK one. We can't buy dogs, cats, hens, pigeons etc. in a pet shop, and my sister found the conditions very bad and she literally got sick and she told the poor people who worked there her opinions.
For two hours we went from shop to shop - talk about being embarrassed. I know I'm not a pro in this field, but I don't think the conditions were THAT bad, or maybe I couldn't see it because it was in PARIS (that's what my sister think).
Bettina, I'd have cheered your sister on ;) I'm so happy to hear she doesn't sell animals in her pet store. There's a push for that in Australia ~ some stores have already embraced it ~ and I'm all for it.
ReplyDeletethere is something in the eyes that gives this sculpture such life...the artist really captured that look dogs have when they are 'on to' something. Great lighting too.
ReplyDeleteBienvenue Peter,
ReplyDeleteThe musée d'Orsay has been featured only once on PDP (yes once!) and it's here.
I went to the musée d'Orsay this Sunday afternoon but without any camera... Come soon to Paris Peter, that's really a nice city with wonderful inhabitants!
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