“Mon bel oiseau, encore plus belle lorsque tu es en cage.”
My beautiful bird, even more beautiful when you’re in a cage.
That is how Google translates the subject line of a blogpost I recently ran across–one in which some of my cage photos were pictured. I tracked it back from an “incoming link” as I was perusing my blog stats and was enormously flattered to see my pictures there. And what a wonderful saying/expression. I can think of many Tops who would agree with it.
From his notes on my pics:
“Bien prise en cage
Et fortement soumise à contrainte, pour notre plus grand plaisir.
Mais qui sais aussi se ménager des moments de délices.”
Which Google translates as:
Although taken in a cage
And highly subject to compulsion, for our greatest pleasure.
But also know of a moment of delight.
Nice, eh? Take a moment and look at the other beautiful caged birds he has in the post.
Thank you, my blogger friend from afar!
And now, from this weekend, another kind of cage:
Pieces of Jade 
Remember you on that table well. Time flew by that day.
Tommy