Winter boots?

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Charles Spurgeon

I have some sandals and if the weather ever warms up I ought to visit the cordonnier or shoe repairer, which got me wondering how this French word came about. I pictured a cordon of policemen holding their shields, in dark uniforms and wearing leather boots, a common sight these days when the people join a protest. But I was barking up the wrong tree.

This word has roots in latin Corduanarius and Cordwainer. Etymology for the word Cordwainer a shoemaker, who used cordovan leather from Cordoba in Spain. Cordovan leather was made from horse not cow hide.

If it doesn't warm up soon I may be back into winter boots or move South to Spain!

I am going to warm up with one of my recent photographs which I posted in the Flickr Group VIVID COLOURS

Take a Bow

The flowers were showing themselves off in the Jardin Public in Fougeres. What flowers are on show in your local park/public gardens?

Botte is the French word for boots

Semelle is the French word for the sole of your shoe.