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1)MONTREAL 1992

2)ROCAMADOUR

3)AUSTRIAN SKI

4)GUADELOUPE

5)HENDAYE

WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY

MY COAT 
IT WASN’T RAINING CATS AND DOGS THIS MORNING.
IT WAS RAINING TIGERS AND BEARS.

THE DROPS WERE THE SIZE OF MARBLES AND THE FLOW OF WATER
IN THE STREET WAS LIKE A WHITE WATER RAPIDS.
IT RAINED FOR MY ENTIRE TOUR.
THE KIDS WHO NORMALLY WERE DROPPED OFF BY CAR WERE WALKING THIS MORNING.
I HAD MORE KIDS THAN NORMAL TO CROSS.

MY NEW COAT WAS WONDERFULL.
IT COULDN’T BE MORE WATERPROOF IF IT WERE MADE OF RUBBER.

THE CAT

THE CAT 

THIS IS HIM..YES HIM, HIS MALEHOOD WAS APPARENT IN LATER CONFRONTATIONS.
HE IS YOUNG, STLL CHASING LEAVES AND LITTLE STONES.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN BUILD A BOND. KEEP CHECKING FOR UPDATES.
I'LL START BRINGING HIM TREATS AND SEE HOW WE PROGESS.
I'LL TRY FOR BETTER PHOTOS LATER ON.

PUSSY

I ACTUALLY PETTED A CAT TODAY.
I WAS SITTING ON THE WALL LEDGE ON MY 13H TOUR,
BECAUSE MY BACK WAS HURTING.
A CAT, NOT AN ADULT AND NOT A KITTEN WAS ON THE LEDGE BEHIND ME. WHEN I SAID BONJOUR, IT JUMPED BACK INTO THE YARD.
AS I WAS SITTING THERE IT NUDGED MY HAND FROM BEHIND
AND I PETTED IT UNDER THE CHIN AND BEHIND THE EARS.
IT STAYED AND WAS NOT LOOKING MY WAY, JUST ENJOYING WHILE IT LOOKED OUT FOR BIRDS.
I GUESS IT WAS ON A HUNTING MISSION.
LATER ON IT WENT INTO THE STREET AND THEN RAN BACK UP THE WALL INTO THE YARD FROM WHENCE IT CAME.

NOW EVERYONE KNOWS I HATE KIDS, CATS, AND COUNTRY MUSIC.
BUT NOW IT’S DOWN TO THE COUNTRY MUSIC.
LOOK WHAT AGE DOES TO YOUR BRAIN, IT SOFTENS IT.

SHIT, I’M A PUSSY!

AUTUMN IS AROUND THE CORNER

I WORE THE COAT I BOUGHT IN THE STATES THIS MORNING.
A SKI TYPE JACKET. LONG WITH LOTS OF ZIPPERED POCKETS.
IT WAS 11°C THIS MORNING, NOT COLD, BUT CHILLY.

THE TREES ARE JUST ABOUT TURNING AND THE SUN COMING UP,
GAVE THEM A PICTURESQUE COLORATION.
IT WAS A VERY NICE MORNING AND I WAS WHISTLING AT MY POST .

TODAY IS A HALF DAY, SO ONLY ONE MORE TRIP AND I AM FINISHED FOR THE DAY.
THAT COAT IS GOING TO BE LIGHT AND WARM IN THE ALPS WHEN WE SPEND THE FIRST WEEK OF XMAS THERE. I
HOPE ANNIE HAS ENOUGH GOOD SNOW FOR SKIING AND NOT TOO MUCH TO MAKE ME CRAZY.

BALCONY ROOM IN NEMOURS

FAN FIXTURE 

THE FAN LIGHT WAS PUT UP BY THE ELECTRICIAN SUNDAY. THE ROOM WILL BE PAINTED A LIGHT
YELLOW.
WHEN FINISHED THIS WILL BE A STUDY WITH A TV, COMPUTER AND DESK AND A FOLD OUT COUCH (CLIC CLAC) WHICH CAN TURN INTO A BED.

FRONT BEDROOM IN NEMOURS

LANTERN FIXTURE 

THE WALLS HAVE BEEN PAINTED BLUE AND THE LANTERN WAS PUT UP ON SUNDAY.
THIS ROOM WHEN FINISHED WILL HAVE A MARINE MOTIF

PEDESTRIANS ARE STUPID TOO!

THIS IS THE PLAN OF MY POST.CARS COME FROM LEFT AND GO DOWN THE LEFT OR RIGHT. AFTER THE CROSSWALK IT'S ONE WAY. AND THE TURN IS 2 WAYS UP AND DOWN THE HILL. 

NOW I USE 2 STOP SIGNS TO HOLD TRAFFIC WHEN KIDS CROSS. THE TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT IN THE MORNING TURNS LEFT AT THE CROSSING 95%OF THE TIME.
IF ADULTS (EVEN THE TEACHERS FROM THE HS UP THE HILL) WOULD USE THE CROSSWALK THEY COULD CONTINUE WITH NO PROBLEM.BUT BEING ASSHOLES TOO, WITH NO COMMON SENSE, THEY WANT TO GO DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET TO SAVE A FEW STEPS.
SO THEY WIND UP WAITING FOR MINUTES OR JAYWALK WITH TRAFFIC MOVING,THUS TAKING THE RISK OF BEING HIT BY AN ASSHOLE RUSHING TO WORK.

THIS HAPPENS IN WAVES OF PEOPLE,SINCE THEY COME UP FROM THE TRAIN STATION,
WHERE THE TRAIN COMES IN EVERY 15 MINUTES. THEY EITHER WORK AT THE AIRPORT OR ARE TEACHERS OR STUDENTS AT ONE OF 2 HS ON THE TOP OF THE HILL.

THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS AND ADULTS WHO EVENTUALLY FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT WAY OF CROSSING, BUT YOU COULD COUNT THEM ON THE FINGERS OF BOTH YOUR HANDS.

THIS MORNING I THOUGHT SERIOUSLY OF GIVING THESE PEOPLE SOME KIND OF REWARD FOR BEING
ABLE TO USE COMMON SENSE, WHICH THIS COUNTRY IS IN DIRE NEED OF.

WHAT A COUNTRY!