TUESDAYS PHOTOS: *VERY LITTLE ANIMAL**TRÈS PETIT ANIMAL*

Petit. Très petit. Ce minuscule crabe mesurait environ 1 a 2 cm. Presque invisible, j'ai failli ne pas le voir. Il était déjà mort, sur la plage de Wells, dans le Maine. Sa petite carcasse sera sans doute avalée par un goéland. Ou se désintégrera pour devenir du sable....

Small, very small. This tiny crab was about half an inch. Almost invisible, I missed it at first. It was already dead, on Well's Beach, in Maine. It's small carcass is probably going to be eaten by a seagull. Or it will desintegrate to become part of the sand...

FOR JENN....

FOR JENNSEE

Jenn était un membre de Web-Pix. Elle est décédée il y a quelques jours. Elle participait aussi à trois autres blogs. Ce post est une copie de celui que j'ai fait pour les photographes de Web-Pix. C'est pour cela qu'il n'est qu'en anglais...

Jenn was a member of Web-Pix. She died a few days ago. She also had other blogs that you should see... She was a cool photograph! What will follow is a copy of what I sent on Web-Pix.

*She was a great Soul. I have known her almost since the first time I was on Blogger. I probably found her by JKirlin's blog. Or maybe she found me... I don't remember. She once told me in an e-mail that she loved our group. That's is why she was commenting. And I asked Henri to invite her on our blog. Thanks to Henri, he did immediately. :)
She has been with us just for a few weeks, but I'm glad she was. You have met her, and you have loved her. She was gentle and nice! And she was a sensitive artist! Go see the pics on her blog if you have not already done it! She has some wonderful self-portraits!
I'm not sad for Jenn... I am though for the one who loved her and who are going to miss her very much, especially her boyfriend and her family. I am a believer. And I believe Jenn is Heaven or in the Light or in whatever is beyond us.
I'm pretty sure Jenn would agree with me. Life must go on. We must go on with our nice blog. And never forget her. So, on a brighter note, I want to tell you that Clo and me have met another very nice web-pixie this week-end. That is why we were late to comment about Jenn's death. We were in Maine, on vacation, with our friend Jozee! I will post some pics of our meeting in a few days. And I think about all of you, Web-Pix members. I love you all and send you all my prayers! Yes, life must go on! Godspeed, Jenn!*

HIATUS

Merlinprincesse est absente pour quelques temps et sera probablement de retour à la fin de juin... :)

Merlinprincesse is absent for some time and will probably be back at the end of June... :)

TUESDAYS PHOTOS: *SELF-PORTRAIT*AUTO-PORTRAIT

Moi au carré.
Me, squared.

PXITE: *SQUARE**CARRÉ*

Mon patio, le ciel, un sac de future glace...

My sundeck, the sky and a bag of ice-to-be...

HORLOGE

DEUX SECONDES DE MA VIE.

TWO SECONDS OF MY LIFE.

Merci à JK et a son icône qui m'ont donné l'idée de cette photo... Photo présentée pour Brookston Scavenger Hunt.

Thanks to JK and his icon who gave me the idea for this pic... Photography presented for Brookston Scavenger Hunt.

Happy Birthday Ginnie!!!

Il a beaucoup plu ces derniers temps. Il y a 10 jours, alors que je faisais une scéance de photo à l'extérieur, j'ai vu ces graines d'érables. Des "copters" comme les appelle Ginnie de In Soul! J'en avais vu sur son blog, mais je ne croyais pas qu'on pouvait en trouver au Québec. Quelle surprise. C'est le temps froid et la pluie qui a sans doute rendu leur couleur rose plus éclatante. Tombées au sol et séchées le lendemain, les petites graines avaient perdu leur couleur vive. Parfois, ça vaut la peine de lever un peu la tête.

Bon anniversaire, Ginnie!!!!

It has rained a lot those last few days. Ten days ago, I was taking some pics outside and I saw those nice "copters" as Ginnie from In Soul calls them. Those are from maple trees. I did not think that we had them in Quebec. What a surprise! This nice colour was probably the result of the cold and rainy days. The day after, the copters fallen on the ground had lost their vivid colours. Sometimes, its a cool idea to look up!

Happy Birthday Ginnie!

ILLUSTRATIONFRIDAY: *JUNGLE*

Un tigre dans la jungle. Mon illustration de cette semaine s'accompagne d'un de mes petits films que vous retrouverez ici.

A tiger in the jungle. A Little Movie that you can see here goes with my illustration of this week.

JUNGLE

JUNGLE
Vidéo envoyée par Merlinprincesse

La qualité de ce petit film me déçoit un petit peu. L'original est bien meilleur. Il accompagne l'illustration que j'ai faite pour Illustration Friday. Vous arriverez peut-être à y voir les deux images qui m'ont servi à créer cette illustration... En regardant bien... :)

The quality of this Little Mooooovie is not perfect. The original is really better. This video goes with my image of this week for Illustration Friday. If you take a good look, you will see the 2 pics I used for it... :)

See It Sunday: *ORANGE*

Une image prise lors du Carnaval d'Hiver de Québec, en février 2006. Cette teinte très orangée se retrouve sur presque toutes mes images. Une teinte chaude pour une froide soirée d'hiver...

This picture was taken during the Quebec's Winter Carnival, in February 2006. This orange colour is on most of my pics. A warm tint for a cold Winter evening...

TUESDAYS PHOTOS: *LANDSCAPE*PAYSAGE

Plutôt boisé...
More a woodland than a landscape....

BLACK AND WHITE AND A BIT OF RED...NOIR ET BLANC ET UN PEU DE ROUGE...

Présenté pour le concours *noir et blanc* sur Pxite.
For the contest *black and white* on Pxite.

MACRODAY: *STORAGE*

Le cadeau que je me suis fait pour mon anniversaire... :)

A gift from me, to me. For my birthday. :)

UN OISEAUA BIRD

Encore une photo des tourterelles tristes. Postée pour le concours de "Brookston Scavenger Hunt". Pour lire toute l'histoire, cliquez ici.

Another pic of the turtle-doves. Posted for "Brookston Scavenger Hunt". For the complete story, click here.

ILLUSTRATIONFRIDAY: *PORTRAIT*

Parfois, je ne peux m'empêcher de faire des choses stupides. Comme me prendre en photo à travers une bouteille de vin. Ou me servir de cette image pour faire un affreux auto-portrait. Avec des moustaches à la Dali. Non. Parfois je ne peux m'empêcher de faire le clown...

Sometimes I can't stop myself doing stupid things. Like taking a pic of myself through a wine bottle. Or using the pic to make a bad self-portrait. With moustache "à la Dali". No, sometimes, I can's stop myself being a clown...

PHOTOFRIDAY: NEWNOUVEAU

De nouveaux bébés pour la tourterelle.
New babies for the Turtledove.

RANROUËT, BRETAGNE.

J'ai photographié ces ruines il y a déjà de nombreuses années, mais je n'avais jamais eu l'occasion de retravailler l'image (Oui un vrai négatif)...Ce bel endroit se trouve en Bretagne, tout près d'Herbignac. Les premiers bâtisseurs furent les Sires D'Assérac dont le premier connu, Richard, fit élever en 1095 la Chapelle de Pen-Bé. Son fils Frédor pourrait être le bâtisseur de Ranrouët. Les modifications et reconstructions furent nombreuses au cours des années. Durant la Révolution, le château fur pillé et incendié. Il ne fut jamais reconstruit. Un endroit vieux de presque mille ans....

I have taken the photo of those ruins many years ago but never had the chance to work on it digitally (Yes it's a negative)... This nice place in in Bretagne, near Herbignac, in France. The first builders were the Sires D'Assérac. The first known one was Richard who built the Chapelle de Pen-Bé, in 1095. His son, Frédor, could have been the builder of Ranrouët. Many changes were made to the castle over the years. During the French Revolution, the castle was pillaged and burned. It never was reconstructed. A place that is almost a thousand years old...

Pour le concours *ruines* sur Brookston Scavenger Hunt.
For the contest *ruins* on Brookston Scavenger Hunt.