Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 by WillemMonday/ quelle belle journée! It was a fine day here in the city: eighty (27°C) and sunny. My English-French illustrated dictionary has landed on my porch. It is illustrated with panels from Belgian cartoonist Hergé’s Tintin characters, which is why I had to have it, of course. From Harrap’s Tintin Illustrated Dictionary, published 1989. The panels are from ‘The Castafiore Emerald’ (first appearance in newspapers: 1961-1962). The top panel has Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Snowy (French name: Milou). The traffic officer is apologizing to the Milanese opera diva Bianca Castafiore, for daring to write her a ticket for a fine.