According to my dictionary, the word “glacier” in English means “a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.” An example is shown in this photo of the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland, at a length of 17 miles (though sadly shrinking) the largest of the Alpine glaciers. In French, “glacier” means the same thing, but the word also designates an ice-cream maker, or a person or shop that sells mostly ice-cream. Today’s picture was taken in Cannes, so it is clear that we are in front of an ice-cream parlor and not next to a river of ice. Amazing, however, that these (real) orchids can stand the single-digit (lower 30s for those of you who measure in Fahrenheit) temperatures we’ve been having lately...