nostalgie

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Amargosa Opera House Hotel - Death Valley Junction - California - July 2010 

 True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.

(Florence King)

La véritable nostalgie est une composition éphémère de souvenirs disjoints.

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illusions

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Venice Beach - Los Angeles - California - July 2012

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

(Monica Bellucci)

 Nous avons tous besoin d'illusions. C'est pourquoi nous adorons les films.

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beauté

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Artists Palette - Death Valley - California - August 2009

 Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

(Confucius)

Il y a de la beauté dans tout mais tout le monde ne la voit pas.

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foi

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San Francisco - California - July 2012

 Faith is to believe what you do not see;

the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

(Saint Augustine)

La foi consiste à croire ce que l'on ne voit pas;

la récompense de cette foi est de voir ce que l'on croit.

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sommet

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Half-Dome - Yosemite - California - August 2012

 It's not the summit we conquer, but ourselves.

(Sir Edmund Hillary)

Ce n'est pas le sommet que nous conquérons, mais nous-mêmes.

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temps

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Furnace Creek - Death valley - California - August 2009

Time moves slowly but passes quickly.

(Alice Walker)

Le temps s'écoule lentement mais il passe vite. 

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nuages

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Mono Lake - California - August 2012

 When you feel stuck, look at the sky,

the clouds remind us that everything changes.

Quand tu te sens coincé, regarde le ciel,

les nuages nous rappellent que tout change.

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arc-en-ciel

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ABC Wednesday : R is for rainbow

Vernal Fall - Yosemite - California - August 2012

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

(Paul Cézanne)

Nous vivons dans un arc-en-ciel de chaos.

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pollution

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Sausalito - San Francisco Bay - California - July 2012

Environmental pollution is a incurable disease.

It can only be prevented.

(Barry Commoner)

La pollution environnementale est une maladie incurable.

On ne peut qu'en être prévenus.

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vacances

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Santa Monica - California - July 2010

The holidays are only holy if we make them so.

(Mariane Williamson)

Il ne tient qu'à nous de rendre les vacances sacrées.

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miroir

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San Diego - California - July 2012

The world is a looking glass

and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

{William Makepeace Thackeray}

Le monde est un miroir

qui renvoie à chacun le reflet de son propre visage.

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Korean Town - Los Angeles - California - August 2012

Il n'y a pas d'art abstrait.

Vous devez toujours commencer avec quelque chose. 

Ensuite vous pouvez enlever toute trace de réalité.

{Pablo Picasso} 

There is no abstract art.

You must always start with something.

Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality.

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sérénité

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View from Glacier Point - Yosemite - California - July 2010

Chaque inspiration que nous prenons, chaque pas que nous faisons

peut être empli de paix, de joie et de sérénité.

{Thich Nhat Hanh}

Every breath we take, every step we make,

can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

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temps perdu

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Shoshone - California - August 2009

Le temps perdu ne se retrouve jamais.

{Benjamin Franklin}

Lost time is never found again.

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ensemble

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Zabrinski Point - Death Valley - California - July 2010

Seul, nous pouvons faire si peu 

alors qu'ensemble nous pouvons tant faire.

{Helen Keller}

Alone we can do so little;

together we can do so much.

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vent

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near San Francisco - California - July 2010

Si l'on ne sait pas vers quel port on navigue,

alors aucun vent n'est favorable.

{Sénèque}

If one does not know to which port is sailing,

no wind is favorable.

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force

(Stovepipes Dunes - Death Valley - California - August 2012)

Le silence est source de grande force.

{Lao Tzu}

Silence is a source of great strength.

voler

Malibu - California - August 2012

Dès que vous doutez que vous pouvez voler,

vous cessez à tout jamais d'en être capable.

{J.M. Barrie}

The moment you doubt whether you can fly

you cease for ever to be able to do it.

grande ville

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San Francisco - California - July 2012

Une grande ville ne doit pas être confondue avec une ville peuplée.

{Aristote}

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

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montagnes

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from Highway 395 North to Mammoth Lakes - California - August 2012

Les montagnes appellent, je dois partir.

{John Muir}

The mountains are calling and I must go.

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