OK, I know it's not very original, every year I take a photo of the same Muguet (Lilly of the Valley) but that is what the tradition of Labor day is all about. Yesterday (May 1st), everywhere in Paris you could buy Muguet from kids, boy scouts, the Red Cross and even from the French Communist Party. I chose to show you one that I took at a florist on rue Monge. Very pretty. Let me offer it to you all ;)
This looks just like the one I offered you yesterday! So beautiful -- too bad we can't smell it though. My favorite flower -- thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you Eric and blessings to you.
ReplyDeleteOh THANK YOU for reminding me! My Mother-in-law will be thrilled if I bring some home for her. I wish I could get my hands on the wrapping. I'll have to buy mine in a pot.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo of the flower Eric! What a rich green.
So pretty! I remember you telling us about this tradition but I don't remember the significance?
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you now have two Swine flu sufferers in Paris. We have one in Gloucestershire now too. All quite worrying. Has anyone bought a mask yet? What do we think?
We have several schools in our district close down. Ours is still hanging in there. But you know, thousands of people have died from the regular flu since the beginning of this year - this swine (or 2009 S1N1) hardly compares.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I don't think dirty jokes can be made here, can they? Lynn?
ReplyDeleteSuzy, thanks for the perspective. Yesterday my friend and I had BLTs for lunch just to support the pork industry in this time of crisis.
Thanks Eric, mmmmm, and it smells so good too!
ReplyDeleteI find this photo breathtakingly beautiful. It really moves me.
ReplyDeleteOn the swine flu note, I have never seen so many people in different airports wearing face masks. I do not intend to do the same. Bring on the pork chops, too.
I'm not planning a mask but I won't be sneezing over everyone either. I think it prudent that we're all extra careful and hygienic. I hasten to add that I don't sneeze over anyone in normal times either!!
ReplyDeletePetrea - um - no I've looked and I can't see a dirty joke anywhere here tonight. Wait! ...oh. No. ;)
Actually my guest sneezed twice tonight, in succession, onto her hand. I admit I was horrified, but prob would have been before too. I handed her some tissues but of course it was too late. Thankfully she doesn't seem ill. Ugh though. :(
ReplyDeletelol I'm still sniggering like an errant teen over yesterday. Just had to go back and catch up. You guys....... :D
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteNo swine flu sufferers in our sectin of Texas, yet. School is still in session. We do get Monday off because we didn't need a bad weather day during the year.
Lily of the Valley grows quite well on a slope in my mother's yard in Pennsylvania. All I can grow is cactus. ;0
section of Texas
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Les muguet des bois sont tres belles (beaus?) I remember the discussion last year. Do you? Michael...? Eric...?
ReplyDeleteIt is such a beautiful flower. I like the vendor's label too - Icarus?
ReplyDeleteI think the concern about H1N1 is that it hasn't only killed the young and the old, as the usual flu strains do every year, but that so many deaths have also been otherwise healthy adults under 50. It's just a signal of its potential to hit much greater swathes of humanity. Masks don't protect you from catching viruses, they only help you to not spread them so easily if you are already infected. The only other benefit might be if a mask helps to remind you not to touch your nose, mouth, and eyes without washing your hands first. I know I unconsciously do that all the time.
And as I'm sure everyone here knows, and many have mentioned - you can't get the flu from pork.
*nerd*
Beautiful! And the florist card is really lovely too.
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the flower is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you ! It is beautiful and one of my favourite flowers.
ReplyDeleteIt's great you show us the French traditions over and over again - I think all of us just love it, I sure do.
It is lovely. What gorgeous colors! Merci, Eric!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful and it also represents a happy memory for me. I remember your post a year ago telling us of this sweetest tradition and showing the flower. I was new to blogging then and so last year was the first time I saw your annual photo of Muguet. Thank you for your many special glimpses of Paris all the year long.
ReplyDeleteJ'adore this tradition
ReplyDeleteFabien Joly, cela, dis moi ;)
ReplyDeleteLove your posts.
I like these flowers I bought for my children yesterday.
Hope everyone is fine. Take care.
I don't know if I'll get on a computer to comment again before I leave tomorrow morning. I look forward to seeing mes amis á Paris.
ReplyDelete(If anyone wants to meet me in Venice next weekend, send me a text message. Oh, come on, you can do it!)
I definitely remember last year's photo of the muguet (also on May 2), because it was one of the first times I ever posted a comment here.
ReplyDeleteJeff -- you're probably on a plane & won't read this, but I'll be there in spirit at least. Have a terrific time on your trip.
Bon voyage, Jeff! I hope you have a wonderful trip.
ReplyDeleteI love these delicate flowers, too. They take me right back to my childhood. They grew in abundance where I lived. Happy Spring to all. : )
Glad to know you didn't support the French Communist Party with your hard earned euros Eric! Lovely photograph. Merci!
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Maybe one day I will be strong enough to be able to do what I cherish every day. That's my today wish of happiness. 1st of may is made for that isnt'it?at least these beautiful lily of the valley are inviting to think of, arent'they?
ReplyDelete...and they smell sooooo good! :)
ReplyDeleteSusanne
Formidable...Thanks for the memories!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteAwwwwww, how sweet!!! I can smell it from here! :)
ReplyDelete...you could buy Muguet from kids, boy scouts, the Red Cross and even from the French Communist Party. Hmmm.. definitely buy from the kids or the Red Cross ;)
That is a tradition I really miss, by the way, plus I love the smell of the Lilly of the Valley!
ReplyDeletePeople think I only hang out with basil, parley, garlic, salt and paper, or food humans can it, but it's just a stereotype.
Tomato
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Merci Eric
ReplyDeleteWe have just a few of these choice little blossoms growing in the back yard. I hunt them out each spring, under the rhododendron, just so I can smell them - heavenly.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture! Lily of the valley always reminds me of my grandmother. :)
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