Thank you for all your loving kindness, friendship, thoughtful emails, virtual hugs, comments… I am going to see my doctor tomorrow to find out why this cough does not go away. Last night Bad Nurse (French Husband) said between my snoring, coughing, kicking covers off and talking in my sleep he barely slept at all. Did I feel sorry for the Bad Nurse? Let's just say, I tried not to feel bad for him.
Madame Parapluie..
Who is it?
Remember the French Guessing Game a few days ago?
Well it is not:
1) Meryl Streep, but heck it could be because Meryl Streep can be anyone she wants to act. A genius that Meryl is.
Oh this is who you meant?
2) It is not Madame Parapluie (Umbrella) as someone guessed by email.
3) It is not Rebecca from Pacific, g-g-g-g-g-Uncle Georges either.
And it certainly isn't:
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"Don't look at me to closely, my head has shrunk a little. I am Madame le Pepperpot!"
What is it with cartoon figures?
Husband gone missing…
"OK, so from the redness to her cheeks, you can obviously tell that she has a fever. And with her hands on her hip, and her, "Are you kidding me?" expression, she is clearly conveying to her husband that he should not be going to the theater this evening! She doesn't need a name: she is universal!"
Photo via Women from the 1700s
What do you think is it her? A distance cousin? A Bad Nurse?
"With her fair hair and light eyes, she hails from Normandy, and her ancient Norse heritage can still be traced in her regal brow and bearing. The Normans are as known for their fierce martial spirit as they are for their Christian piety, and our maiden exudes both in equal parts. She stands boldly with arms akimbo adorned in garb that harkens regimental regalia yet bespeaks femininity. Her wise yet kind expression confirm her virtue and that she was a woman ahead of her time. We haven't her name but know from a glance that we would be proud to call her a friend and mentor should she live among us in our time. (Corey, you were clever to snatch up this gem of a painting years ago. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to imagine and spin a yarn today!)"
Photo via Wiki.
This is commitment. Janet with Eiffel (Because she won an Eiffel tower on my blog years ago, I love it!) gave this answer last time and this time, and maybe she will keep answering this way like Francabolla and Diogenes who answer "Roach Clip" forever.
Queen Victoria……..
I swear! Honestly!
I have to admit your name dropping has lead me all over the internet. When Martha wrote "espionage" I looked up:
1900s women spies… wow where have I been living? So many spies to pick from!
"Bella Boyd, born Maria Isabella Boyd, was a confederate spy in the American Civil War. She operated from her father’s hotel and gave valuable information to Confederate generals. Her career in espionage had a rather startling beginning: when a group of Union soldiers broke in to her parents home with the intention of raising the US flag, one of them insulted Belle’s mother. Belle pulled out a pistol and shot one of them. She was 17 years old. A board of inquiry acquitted her but she was placed under surveillance.
She profited from this by charming military secrets out of at least one of the Union sentries guarding her. She later wrote of him:
“To him, I am indebted for some very remarkable effusions, some withered flowers, and a great deal of important information. “Belle passed the secrets she learned to the generals through her slave Eliza Hopewell. One evening in mid 1862 she overheard a general laying out plans for a move that would temporarily lower the Union military presence at Front Royal. That evening Belle rode to a confederate general and confided the details to him. When the confederates rode on Front Royal, Belle ran through bullets to greet the captain. For her contributions she was awarded the Southern Cross of Honor. Belle was arrested after her lover gave her up on July 29, 1862. She was held for a month in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington but was freed one month later. She was arrested again but was set free on that occasion also. After a short time living in England, she returned to the united States and toured the country giving talks on her time as a Civil War spy. She died, during her tour in Wisconsin, of Typhoid at the age of 56."
"Twilenia Aureil is her name and espionage is her game. She is ageless and therefore has played a part in virtually every well-known escapade throughout history. Time is running out for our girl however, and she is ready to retire, gasping with excitement, into the background of life….see that glint in her eye? She's gonna write a best-seller about it all!"
Dd guessed;
"I do believe it is Madame de Croque. She is the woman sitting on t swing in a painting by Jean-Honore' Fragonard. It is part of the Wallace collection in London. She was so beloved by t French people, they named a sandwich after her."
"So here we have a young girl on the swing flying carelessly through the air, pushed from behind by an old man. Her right slipper flies, oh so conveniently, off her foot and suddenly the young man, lounging in the low bush, enjoying the view above him, comes into view. In fact, he is looking right up her frothy pink and cream skirt! So you see, it is a conspiracy of the two lovers whose flirtatious little game goes not only unnoticed by the old man, but where he is in fact an active participant in this concealed peep show. Furthermore, the painting is filled with symbolism. In the 18th century France, a woman’s shoeless foot symbolized nudity, as did the man’s uncovered head and his hat, reaching towards the young girl’s parted legs. “Dolphins driven by cupids drawing the water-chariot of Venus symbolize the impatient surge of love.”
Dan Brown got it wrong in the Da Vinci Code. Jesus did not marry Mary Magdalene with their descendants becoming royalty in France. No. Mary Magdalene married Simon of Cyrene (carried Jesus' cross). Simon was widowed having already had two sons: Rufus and Alexander (mentioned in Mark 15:21). Simon and Mary met at the cross. They moved north because of the persecution and this woman (her name lost to history) is one of their descendants.
Clearly I have too much time on my hands to be thinking about these things.
Photo via Wiki
Toni said…
"Little known fact – Wilma Flintstone's grand-mere."
Cartoons rule!
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More to come….
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