Madame said…

Tags

Christmas, deerhounds, Duc de Berry, Tres Riches Heures

(Duc de Berry: Tres Riches Heures; December

Barthelemy d’Eyck)

 

Madame said

she prefers turkey

at Christmas.

Skinny Dipping

Tags

Chateau d'Etampes, Duc de Berry, falconry, skinny dip, Tres Riches Heures

(Tres Riches Heures; Duc de Berry- August. Falconry. Chateau d’Etampes)

 

Excuse me,

do you fancy a

skinny dip?

Carpe Diem

Tags

Carpe Diem, Duc de Berry, Tres Riches Heures

(Duc de Berry Tres Riches Heures: November

Jean Colombe;  R-G Ojeda)

 

 

Eat up, swine,

because you’re crackling

tomorrow.

Cooling Down

Tags

Duc de Berry, Poitiers, scything, shearing, Tres Riches Heures

(Palace of Poitiers  Duc de Berry: Tres Riches Heures  RMN/ RG Ojeda)

 

No windows-

so we don’t have to

wear trousers.

Confidentially

Tags

Duc de Berry, May procession, Tres Riches Heures

 

(Duc de Berry Tres Riches Heures

Hotel de Nestle: Paris residence.  May procession)

 

I’ve always

thought my horse’s bum

looks too big.

Party Pooper

Tags

Duc de Berry, gatecrashers, Musee Condee, Tres Riches Heures

(Duc de Berry Tres Riches Heures- Janvier

Musee Condee Source R-G Ojeda/RMN)

 

Who let in

all these gatecrashers?

Call the police!

Temptation: a Haiku

Tags

Duc de Berry, First Sunday Lent, haiku, Limbourg, Mehun-sur-Yevre, Temptation of Christ

Most lovely

Mehun-sur-Yevre:

so tempting.

Calendar Haikus on Trois Riches Heures

Tags

Dourdain, Duc de Berry, Etampes, haiku, Limbourgs, Lusignan, May Queen, Melusine, Old Louvre, Poitiers, Riom, Saumur, St Chapelle, Trois Riches Heures, Vincennes

The Limbourgs

welcomed by a steward

from the cold.

Opaque sky-

the wife warms her knees,

sheep now penned.

Lusignan…

Melusine-haunted.

Oxen plough.

Damosel,

you will ever be

Dourdain’s jewel.

Royal rider,

you meet The May Queen

from Riom.

St Chapelle:

in your shade fair maids

haymaking.

Scythe the corn

while Poitiers enjoys

a rare peace.

At Etampes,

lady falconers

take control.

At Saumur,

a peasant’s backside

mid-vendange.

Old Louvre,

your fields protected

from the birds.

A swineherd

shakes acorns after

the Duke’s death.

Vincennes’ keep,

where hounds savage boar:

Duke’s birthplace.