Edited Godchannel/heart1

We reached the very special camping-ground of Elinor and Herbert Eckstein in the late afternoon of June 22, 2010.
The history of "Les Ilots de St Val" - the isles of Saint Val - which is connected to Jews and Nazis, will be told later
I immediately felt drawn into the vast fields of wheat, soon glorified by a spectacle of vast water sprinkling...

I recalled the vivid dream I dreamt in 1993, in which I found myself in a spacious hall covered with ears of wheat.
I understood, that the dream was meant to remind me of my beloved Psalm 126, which I use to sing to two tunes,
to a traditional Jewish European-Hebrew tune, and to a modern tune to the French translation, created at Taizé...

5 "Those who sow in tears, will reap in jubilation-
6 Though he goeth on his way weeping
that beareth the measure of seed,
he shall come home with joy,
bearing his sheaves"

5 Ceux qui ont semé dans les larmes, moissonnent en chantant!
6 C’est en pleurant que s’en va celui
qui porte les grains pour les lancer à la volée,
mais il revient avec des transports de joie,
pliant sous le poids de ses gerbes.

And I sang the song of the first Zionists: Shibolet ba-sadae:

Ear of grain in the field, bowed in the wind
From the weight of its seed, which is great.

And in the expanse of the mountains
The day already rises.
The sun is fine gold.

Arise, oh arise,
Look, sons of the village.
The tall grain has already ripened
in the meadows.
Harvest, extend the scythe -
It's time for the beginning of the harvest.

Can you detect the blue insect
among the spikes of the wheat?

I catch them beautifully merged with their home-in-nature.
"My" room is above , to the right, in the gable of the house

On the lawn I catch their grandson Matthieu (11),
who - with his sister Manon - lives half a week
here, in their own house, with his father Gerard
and half a week with their mother nearby.

The wooden table with its wooden chairs
- arranged obliquely into the corner, which exits from the living room
resembles very much the table and the chairs,
which my children just bought for their new and permanent home at Shoham
[see for instance in SongGame 2007_05_23 and 2007_06_05]

I discerned the kind of wild flowers, which I remembered from my childhood in Germany,
and I envied a grapevine, which flourished joyously,
unlike the one which I planted in "my" garden at Arad in February this year...

The next morning, June 23, 2010, Elinor needs to do some shopping in the nearest town: Maintenon

Chartres-Paris (2 hours drive)

Chartres-Maintenon
25 km

Between Maintenon and Nogent-le-Roi:
Villiers-le-Morhier, to which "The Isles of St. Val" belong

The story of the castle and Madame de Maintenon, the secret wife of the King Louis XIV , is interesting,
but what delights me more, is the composition of architecture and nature and its reflection in the river...

I enjoy the mix of old French houses and modern Chinese restaurants

The grand aqueduct from Maintenon to Versailles, which was never finished and never served its purpose...

See a pretty site about the Eure&Loire area, and in it this article:

Continuation of the photos of my journey to Europe in 2010, in the Godchannel file
Heart Pages Psalm from Heart of Mother's Body and other expressions of "Heart"