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 I don't know how you're faring this morning, but I need some respite from ugly news. So I'm heading back to the Basilica up the hill in Lyon's Fourvière district.

When I visited this late 19th-century church this past May, I was immediately enamoured of the stylised botanical images -- carved in bas-relief over much of the stone facade. 

 Of course, I had to pause to admire a pheasant-berry bush (Leycesteria Formos). (I wonder if I'll ever stop remarking when I see a plant I used to "have" in my island garden.)

 But I stepped past the shrub to get a closer look at the botanical ornamentation -- these panels representing  -- as I've found after doing a little research this morning (a welcome distraction from what I can't bear to know yet, on the news) -- Wisdom describing herself (in Ecclesiasticus) as being,

"exalted like a cedar in Libanus (Quasi cedrus)

"and a cyprus tree on Mount Sion" (Q.-- for Quasi -- Cypressus)

"As a fair Olive tree in the plains" (Quasi Oliva)

 "and as a Plane Tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted" (Quasi platanus)

"I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh" (quasi Myrrha)

 "As a vine I have brought forth a pleasant odor" (Quasi Vitis)

 Shall we simply ponder Wisdom now, as we step 'round the corner of the Basilica. . . angels and apostles and saints and lions abound on the façade. . . but I'm in the mood this morning, as I was back in May, to admire the flowers and leaves. . .

 Isn't their stylised repetition soothing?

 We didn't spend much time inside, having left our visit too close to lunchtime, but the same botanical theme prevails. . .

 Leafy enough for birds to settle in . . .

I'm afraid that's all my spirit can muster this morning, but I hope you found some enjoyment and a bit of respite here from the world that sometimes seems too much. . .

We have a busy family weekend here with visitors from the island. Then next week I have a short jaunt that I will tell you more about later -- but first, I'm going to take a week away from you, although I might not be able to resist posting the occasional photo on Instagram.

Until I meet you here in a week or so, take care of yourselves in these fraught times. Remember to breathe; remember to find the small pleasures where they surely are; remember that there is still much wisdom and goodness in the world. . . 

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