Another look at the Aubepins

Here's another photo of the Hawthornes behind the Christmas Tree Shop in Falmouth, Ma. They are the larger trees behind the foreground bushes. After cutting the vines, I found that I had some rather noticeable scratches on my arms due to the very large and sharp thorns on them. No wonder that they have been left to the wild!!!

Inspiration

Someone planted a grove of Hawthornes (Aubepins) behind the Big Kappy's Liquor Store and the Christmas Tree Shop in Falmouth. Unfortunately it has been left to the wilds as no one seems to have been taking care of it for years. It also has become a homeless, alcoholics' hang out. I decided to do some community service and went down there and cut the vines back yesterday. Of course, the thorns left their mark on my arms. Once I optain a good photo of the grove, I'll include it. However, the first entry to this blog has a photo taken from this grove. What struck me was how much orderly the Aubepins of Proust are compared to these American ones which have gotten so little care. This compares to those planted up at Alewife in Cambridge.

Symbolism

La mer moutonne, a common phrase in everyday French found in the pocket LaRouse used symbolically in Proust's Nom de Pays on P.378 of Du Cote de Chez Swann, Folio Classique, Gallimard

>>les apôtres moutonnants et camus<<
Camus defined as >>court et plat, en parlant de nez<<
After thinking about the symbolist aspects of Proust's writing that I have read, I realized that this would be an excellent example i.e. using the adjective >>moutonnant<< or sheep-like for the white caps seen in the rough waters of Bretagne. The usual use of sheep would be to describe something peaceful, meek, and quiet. A flock of sheep reflected in the counting sheep method of curing insomnia certainly doesn't bring up ideas of turbulent seas, yet as in the picture, it fits.