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Sender: "Two Dresses" - Trudi Sissons
Uploaded by: travisj
Attached is the first of 9 of the ATC-Woman Theme ATC Swap. It is 4 layers as follows: background with Jardins de Bagatelle in French Script, 2) a borrowed image of Marie Antoinette holding the Jardins de Bagatelle Rose, 3) a photo of the rose in my garden copied onto parchment paper and 4) a leaf off the rose plant. History: The story goes that the Count of Artois, brother of Louis XVI, proposed to build a folie (a bit of craziness, a flight of fancy) of grand proportions in two months. "I dare you!" retorted Marie Antoinette. "Bagatelle!" pronounced the nonchalant Count. "Bagatelle" means "a mere trifle." I imagine it was neither mere nor trifling to the 900 men who in 1775 were put to work, toiling day and night without ceasing, to ensure that the Count won his bet with his sister-in-law. "Bagatelle" also means "physical love", for a delicious double-entendre, as the garden has long been a favorite haunt for physically amorous couples of all descriptions.