Wednesday, January 12, 2011

ABC Wednesday ---'Z' is for 'zounds'!

"Zounds," though somewhat outdated, is an expression denoting surprise or anger. For me, it was 'surprise' when I saw this old typewriter in a bookstore window. Not because it was an older manual machine, but the keyboard is in Latin characters, while it appears to have 'typed' a text in Cyrillic! :) Surprising, for sure.

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TROMPE L'OEIL!

 In Lyon there are several buildings bearing fantastic trompe l'oeil paintings. Here is one, currently being touched up, hence the fence...