Catching up
“Did you know that crabs have two willies?”
Why yes, yes I did. But thank you for sharing your knowledge with us you adorable, tow-headed little boy. Gold star for you!
It’s been a busy, fun few weeks. I’ve spent some time volunteering at “Seashore Safaris” with the Thanet Coast Project and Kent Wildlife Trust. They were an absolute blast. It’s amazing what you find out there when you’re looking. Shore crabs, edible crabs, velvet swimming crabs, broad-clawed porcelain crabs, which are not crabs at all but relatives of squat lobsters. Molting crabs, baby crabs and crabs making babies. Compass jellyfish, starfish, anemones, prawns, barnacles, limpets, mussels and winkles. It was great, except for the moment when the kid who was way old enough to know better grabbed my booty and stood there grinning mischievously when I looked around at him. And his mom just laughed. Way to to teach your son to respect women, lady.
And can I say, whoever says the Channel is unattractive, needs to come out here now and take another look. The Channel and North Sea waters have shown the most extraordinary colors lately. Depending on the tide and cloud cover, I’ve seen bands ranging from deep blue to green to light, tropical blue. Sometimes all at once, like a sea-striped rainbow bending along the golden shore. It’s been amazing.
On Friday, we jumped on a ferry and crossed these enchanting waters to France. We had a relaxing weekend lounging by the pool, listening over breakfast to the neighbor slaughtering one of their cocks and the subsequent panic in the coop, taking in the market and having our feet attacked and our faces bitten in the night by two little sweeties called Freddy and Chester. Man, I miss having a cat.
We also caught ‘La cathedrale de Monet aux pixels‘, a light show projected onto the cathedral in Rouen. And ate way too rare meat. And survived. So far. We didn’t, however, buy any pizza from this machine. First wine in boxes, then cuisine out of a hole in the wall on the street. Are the French changing their ways?
I brought home some cheese and the pool boy. Except, he shaved his beard off. His face is bald now. Boo!
Thursday, 16th August 2007 at 15:46
Sorry …read these out of order….yeah the cat’s won’t recognise me anymore….
Friday, 12th October 2007 at 8:41
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