Me at the vet

I went to the vet again and she said that I am OK, Dave has to hold me tight when she takes a litre of blood out me.  Alanea thinks that I need to go to the vet to check my kidney function but I am doing good.  I pee like a moose and eat like a Labrador Retriever, no flies on me.  Dave and Alanea are thinking about a trip to Italy just for supplies, you know what that means Italian wine.  It is December and the vines are dormant but there are Christmas markets and creches popping up everywhere.  I will post a few more times before Christmas to make sure everyone knows whats up.

Christmas appoaching

Dave and Alanea went to a Fete de Noel today but I stayed home because Alanea said it was too busy there.  I know that she really just wanted to go to the only restaurant in the area that does not welcome dogs.  It serves her right that they were full and she did not reserve a table ha ha.  We are doing our best to stay busy at a boring, rainy time of the year.  Today it is sunny and 12 degrees.

 We make pizzas, and go for walks when the sun shines.  Dave gets busy planting bushes and Alanea does intellectual stuff.  Me, I supervise.

Alanea takes care of me.

I got my new stash of food today and I was very impressed.  Alanea orders on line and the goodies
come right to my door.  Alanea and I are very good friends.  I am so happy, new cookies and food.  Dave does not care, he's a dork.  Pain in the ass.

My friends

It is not always easy to post on my blog because Dave and Alanea keep me very busy.  I watch everything.  I thought that I should post some pictures of my friends Chester and Cargo.  Dave will take some pictures and I will post them next week.  It is fall in the Var, cloud and sun 10 to 15 degrees but damp cold.  Not like Toronto cold but the kind of cold that goes right through to your bones.  Christmas is coming and my auntie Jane's birthday is November 29.  Dave bought new shoes or around the house stuff because his other shoes are for the gym.  Chester is at his house and doing very well.  He is a swimmer with a special life jacket now.  Cargo just likes to chase a frisbee in the ravine in Toronto.

Dave in England

Wow Dave went to England for a few days and did a bunch of things.  I cannot easily go to England because for various silly reasons but that's OK for now.  Dave saw the poppy exhibit at the Tower of London, he met Chester the baby Schnauzer, he walked around Guildford and London, drank Coors Light beer and best of all he spent time with Brad and James my friends and Oscar's family.  Dave said the new house is great and that Chester has taken over completely.  When I meet Chester I have some very funny stories to tell him.

Alanea's birthday

Today is Alanea's birthday October 23.  I got up early to eat my breakfast with Old Dave and then I got a nice present ready for Alanea.  The present is a ceramic Seahorse or as the say in France a Hippocampe. I sometime go with Dave and Alanea to The Hippocampe restaurant on the port at Frejus for lunch and that's where Alanea got the idea.  Dave found the Seahorse, which he named Trigger, at a big pottery place close to my house (Alanea with rename him).  I have attached a Seahorse selfie.  Auntie Sharon was here for 1 week and I took them for a nice walk on my beach.  My good friend Anne got a beautiful flower for Alanea.  Now I am resting because Dave will take me and Alanea for lunch to a nice restaurant later.  Uncle Georg sent a very nice birthday email to Alanea from Denmark today.  Uncle Alex, Auntie Tatiana and Stephan have invited us for dinner tomorrow night.  I am quite busy these days.  Please comment if you want to see something special on my BLOG and Jerry what's wrong with the Toronto Maple Leafs?

 

Interesting Life

I have quite an interesting life here in France.  People come and go, I ride in the car to places I can hardly pronounce but neither can Dave.  Alanea keeps working and going off to funny places with long names and longer history (Alhambra, Les Issambre).  One thing that never changes is that people are still having babies, lots of babies.  Despite the craziness in the world and all of uncertainty people still seem to think that they can safely and confidently raise a child.  I am only 12 but I turned out OK I guess.

One thing that Dave keeps saying is, "these little children will never know a world without high speed internet and by the time they are old enough to swipe a finger across a screen the whole world will have changed again".  Well I don't get too excited about kids really unless they are the children of my friends and then I really like them.  Dave brought back Toronto Maple Leaf Jerseys for our friends' babies from Denmark.  They had twin boys a few months ago and here they are at home in sunny Denmark.

INTRODUCING

Noah and Lukas