well guarded palace

C'est un palais bien protégé // It is a well guarded palace

Don't know why, but I always thought that those guys were called "Beefeaters". Even the pic on Beefeater gin label, which I saw many times, didn't help.

Today I finally realized they were grenadiers.

I discover all sort of things in the course of Inktober.

Les chats n'aiment pas l'eau.

Les chats n'aiment pas l'eau // Cats don't like water

No sir they don't. So, what possessed the cat? Why did he got on an inflatable whale? (baleine gonflable).

I can't be sure, but in might have something to do with today's inktober prompt.

cruel and unusual

C'est cruel de manger une glace devant lui alors qu'il n'a pas le droit d'en manger // It's cruel to eat ice cream in front of him when he can't have any.

What a cruel world, eh?

Inktober prompts are not food or hunger related any more, it's me who can't get off the theme.

The flow of the river is ceaseless and its water is never the same

Le cours de la rivière qui va jamais ne s'interrompt, et pourtant ce n'est déjà plus la même eau (Kamo no Chomei)

Today's Inktober prompt is "flowing", i.e. "écoulement". 

My preciousssss

Mon précieux // My precious

Today's prompt is "precious", and here is a rather obvious interpretation of it.

Although it is not clear to me what the cat is going to do with the ring of power, him having no fingers and all.

il est très modeste

Il est très modeste, bien qu'il soit une vraie star // He is very modest, although he is a real star

Well, I know for sure he is not that modest, but he is an actor, after all.

Another note - cat version of Oscar figurine looks like a golden Batman.

Fourbu

C'est dimanche, pourquoi suis-je si épuisé? // It's Sunday, why am I so exhausted?

I know I already drew something very similar before, but he is a cat, he often feels exhausted. Or pretends to. And today's inktober prompt suits him very well.

Drooling

Le bouledogue est une bonne race. Il y a juste un problème // The bulldog is a good breed. There is just one problem

Today's Inktober prompt is "drooling" which kinda confirms my hungry prompter theory.

Drooling is "baver" in French, if you are interested.

When pigs fly

Quand les poules auront des dents // Never

Day 5 of Inktober gives us "chicken" as a prompt. That comes two days after "roasted", I guess someone was hungry.

Anyhow, here is a lovely french idiom "Quand les poules auront des dents" - "When chickens have teeth", meaning never. Or, as it were, when pigs fly.

And here is a chicken, all ready for a Halloween party, looking rather splendid in his Dracula costume.

École de magie appliquée

Excusez moi, quelle est l'orthographe de "Abracadabra"? // Excuse me, what is the spelling of "Abracadabra"?

Unlike yesterday, today's Inktober prompt "spell" does speak to me :)

Two notes - first, I missed a couple of letters in "orthographe" on the pic. I guess I have to refresh my spelling skills. And second - you mustn't ever distract your companion when he is at the point of blowing up the school, especially when it is a school of applied magic.

C'est une mauvaise chose à dire, mais ...

C'est un vrai cancre ; le professeur le met toujours au fond de la classe //

He's a real dunce; the teacher always puts him in the back of the classroom

Since today's Inktoner prompt ("roasted") doesn't really speak to me, I decided to take one from Transparent Language French Word of the Day again.

What a mean thing to say though. He is not slow or stupid, he is just dreamy. Look at him there, everybody is already gone and he is just sitting there looking at the last leaves of autumn.

Which reminds me of a lovely Spanish idiom "estar pensando en las musarañas" - to be distracted, dreamy, absent, but literally "to be thinking about the shrews". Why the shrews? Well, they are cute.

Tranquillité

Tranquillité: esprit vide, haute conscience //  Tranquility: empty mind, high awareness

Today's Inktober prompt is "tranquil". By a happy coincidence, today my chi kung classes start, and wikipedia tells me that tranquility is one of the advanced goals of chi kung.

By another happy coincidence, the cat is already tranquil as anything (he found inner peace, remember?).

However, what he cannot do is all that "paw above your head, palm up" nonsense. Not that he needs it, of course.

Comprendre les choses littéralement

Les chats ont tendance à comprendre les choses littéralement // Cats tend to understand things literally

Well, today is the first day of Inktober and the prompt for the day is "poisonous", so here is a bottle of Poison.

I am not sure I can do all 31 days but I will have a go.