News from the front

I heard some very interesting and happy news a few days ago but I am not allowed to say anything for a few weeks.  Dave and Alanea are superstitious.  I however am on direct drive, full alert and cannot wait to spill the kibble.  I have no fear but then as Dave reminds me I have Alanea to protect me.  Stay tuned very very good news on the way.  2014 will be such a good year.  As Ashley Brilliant says: "Appreciate me now and avoid the rush".  What would a blog post be without a photo.  Here's Dave's latest pizza creation.

Dave's back

Dave has returned from his trip to Canada and none too soon.  Alanea bathed me twice, took me to the groomer and switched me to seniors food just like Dave.  She calls me a "pain in the ass" and then gives me a kiss no wonder I am confused.
So Dave went to Canada, yup he did and what happened?
Not much except Auntie Jane, Tracy, Dale and Sara moved 2 days after he arrived.  It was not toooooo disruptive except for the 6 stitches Jane got on the morning of her 45th birthday.  Dave hates it when something happens to his Jane, he still thinks of her as a new born baby sleeping peacefully on his chest.  Rule 5 Dave. The family reunion was fun, Dave's mother looks good and still enjoys a life saving Coors Light.  Dave's sisters are the best and his brother's hair is greyer finally, at least he has found a good woman that can tolerate him and appreciates the "little things".  Dave's mother eats like she never left the Moose Lodge.  Yes Dave went to Toronto after staying at Warren and Joanne's newly renoed farm house in Embro.  Dave had coffee at Mc Donalds with Jerry and Len from the 1973 Championship, ORC Blades hockey team.  Jerry's wife was an Embro girl.  That's a story that will go untold on these pages.  Dave stayed at Auntie Sharon's house in Toronto where he made a nuisance of himself for 7 days but took Cargo for a walk every day

.  Cargo and I are the dog equivalent of pen pals.  I write this and Sharon reads it to him.  Dave says he is a lovely boy but I think he is a pain in the ass Ha Ha Ha.  Dave is happy to be home in Roquebrune Sur Argens and completed his last English teaching course module in the wee hours of Thursday morning as he battled jet lag and a Bordeaux hang over.  I am writing this early on Saturday morning on Dave's new Mac Book Air while Alanea is sleeping and dreaming about Paris.  If the photos don't transfer don't blame me Alanea has not shown me how to do that part on the Mac yet.  Merry Christmas to everyone and O where ever you are, I look at your star in the sky every night.

Life goes on and I am happy

Alanea, Dave and I were outside looking at a brilliant new star shining brightly in the sky for my friend, see below the 2 photos.  It is dark earlier and the sun does not come up until 07:30.  The time change has thrown my breakfast and dinner schedule off and Alanea thinks that I have gone crazy.  Dave took a few photos while he was riding on Sunday, the vines a sleeping.  Dave is taking a TESL course from a language school in England.  He is always doing something, gardening is too hard on the old guy but he will work for Alex and the

Webbs.  I almost forgot I went to a Danish Christmas Fair in Mandelieu.  I thought about my friends George & Birgit in Denmark.  They are going to be grandparents of twins.  Maiken and Jens will be busy and Iben will be the best aunt in the world.  How cool is that?

Alanea's big birthday trip

We went to St Margherita, Ligure in Italy for Alanea's birthday.  It was very nice but the sea was stormy.  I have been there before but this time we stayed in a hotel at the other end of the town so that we could walk to Portofino.  Portofino is very nice but I liked St Margherita better because Dave could take me to the wine bar.  I had bread and cheese.  Alanea really had a nice time.  She gets younger everyday unlike that Old Dave.  She has a new iPad with my picture on it, how did the people at Apple get my picture?  The iPad is cool but Dave is still fighting to keep the old FrankenDell alive with duct tape and other life support.  He has the screen propped up with pave stones because he removed the hinges after the screws pooped out.  OH boy

that Dave is a piece of work.  The computrainer (and Dave) in the garage (Lance in the background, LIVESTRONG).  Now he is studying an ESL course.  If he tries teaching me English I will send him to French class.

Oscaroo my good friend's visit to France

Oscar is in France on a well deserved vacation.  He has been through a lot of difficulty with chemotherapy and other nasty stuff but he is so strong and he is such a fighter.  We went to St Maxime for lunch in a nice restaurant yesterday then we went to 3 vineyards and tasted wine.  This is a very busy time at vineyards so we did not stay long at any one.  Domaine des Plane and Chateau Palayson are Dave's favorites and he was driving.  After the drive we came back to my house and Dave made 2 pizzas.  Everyone sampled the wine that Alanea and Uncles' Brad and James bought.  Today we went walking on the beach at St Aygulf and Oscar swam in the Mediterranean Sea.  He was a salty dog for sure.  We then went to the market in Frejus, very busy but good food there, and had lunch in a nice little restaurant.  Oscar left my house with Brad and James and went back to the house that they rented with Andy, Wil and Lola in Grasse.  I have not met Lola but she sounds brave too like Oscar and me.  I might see Oscar again on Tuesday before he goes home to England.  I sure do like seeing that boy.  We met in Toronto, he moved to England and I moved to France, we are always are together in spirit though.

 

Finally an update

Sorry from such a long delay in updating the blog.  Dave is such a negligent dork.  The camera program is giving Dave a bad time so he got pissed and decided to bother Alanea, instead of doing blog updates.  After several slaps on the head he went back to blogging.  Bon Blog.

Here are a few recent photos to kick start.  September is my favorite month.  

So who can tell us the name of the statue.  HINT:  Alanea went to Scotland last week.

Dave photoed the backside of the Roquebrune rock.

AND that is me on the beach this morning Sept 25 2013.  Oscar is coming soon and I am checking out the beach for my friend's visit.

Tout Alors   

September means a boat ride to Cannes

I went on a boat with Alanea and Dave.  Dave is not as sweet as Alanea but he carries me when the going gets tough for Dave.  We went to Cannes from Les Issambres on the boat.  It was an excursion that included a few hours in Cannes and then headed off to Isle St. Marguerite, an island with a "Masked" history.  Some guy lived there with an Iron Mask on his face and they made a movie about the guy.  It was not George Clooney but Alanea was still interested.  I really liked the boat ride and the restaurant in Cannes was good too.  The sea spray tastes very salty to me and Dave gave me a big bath, which I did not like, when we got home.  Alanea was happy because she has been wanting to go to the island for a long time.  She told me about it before we left so I knew what to look for.  Dave checked a few bars for Coors Light but no luck.  Dave needs more culture and less tondeusse

.  Tomorrow is my big friend George's birthday.  Happy Birthday George from Denmark.  Sharon knows George.  George is my friend he has a nice wife Birgit.