Saturday, 21 June 2014

Friday, 20 June 2014

Thursday, 19 June 2014

It's somebody's birthday today!

Today marks the birthday of one of my favourite artists: Edgar Degas!






I'm very lucky to share my birthday with such a talented person.

[Don't tell anybody, but I also share it with Laura Ingraham... yuck!]

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Explaining the human lifespan

This joke was sent in by Hunnybee (Bubbles) a long time ago, for one of the open threads on the old blog. I decided to give it another airing...


One day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."


The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

So God agreed......

On the next day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."


The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"

And God agreed......

On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun , have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."


The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And God agreed again......

Then God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."


But the humans said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God. "You asked for it."

...

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family... For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Good company

We're going to Tulle for some grocery shopping, so I'll leave you with the cats...








Monday, 16 June 2014

Oh dear...

I managed to get very confused today. Peter suggested we went for our walk in the morning instead of our usual time in the afternoon. I always prepare the day's post and leave it scheduled, then go for a walk. The result of this change: I completely forgot to do a post!

Here's a quick cute picture to make up for it.


Sunday, 15 June 2014

Good laughs on a lazy Sunday

View sent us this video. My only complain is that it's too short... Thanks, View!

Friday, 13 June 2014

One of each

Our former neighbour Dominique is arriving shortly for a visit after 4 years! I don't have time for a very involved post, so here are a couple of pictures to keep us going:


Thursday, 12 June 2014

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

A walk in the woods

This is one of my favourite walks. The first half is very steep and Peter tends to complain, but he did really well this time. Well, at least the second half is all downhill... The area is very wooded, with very few houses. I photographed all of them and also any gardens and flowers I liked!















This is the house at the halfway mark



The view from the top

This is the Village de Vacances


The next three photos are just around the corner from us. We have the gendarmes and the pompiers very nearby... The poppies add some colour to the (non-existent) sidewalk.