ST REMY FRANCE

Poppy Field

I was fortunate enough to land a gig house and dog sitting in Provence.  I brought my sister along for comedic relief and we are having a blast!  The weather and the Provencal men are gorgeous.

cherry tree

house and pool

Benji our host

front door

I am a salmon

I thought how boring to be a salmon but apparently one of the attributes of being a salmon is that you are never bored, which is true of me.  I have always so much to do and the little grey cells are always on overdrive!  Check out the quiz

What wild animal are you?

The Salmon With a passion for creativity, you are never bored and like to look at life and situations in your life with a unique set of eyes. Your energetic and confident style allows you to get motivated about even the dullest of projects, and brings enthusiasm into the lives of others. People who identify with salmon like to live in the present, enjoying the company of many friends and ongoing activities. Although many may see you identify more with the free spirits of the world, you do set goals in your life that you follow through with, allowing you to feel as accomplished as you are. To see more on Betty White's love for wild animals and places or sign up to help save wilderness, check out The Wilderness Society's web site: http://wilderness.org/mywilderness/betty.

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Mercy for Animals

I grew up on a farm where we raised animals to eat, but our animals were well treated.  No one was cooped up, they enjoyed eating bugs and grass in the fields.  Today our supermarket meat comes to us through the suffering of the poor animals.  Even our eggs are laid by abused hens.  I eat more vegan meals and try to buy meat and eggs from local farmers that take care of their animals unlike the massive corporate farms.

abused chicken from an egg producing farm

Above is a picture of a poor hen that has been adopted.  She needs a knitted sweater to keep her warm because she has lost many of her feathers.  The commercial below was produced by a non-profit animal rights group and hopefully helps to educate the public on the treatment of animals destined for our supermarket shelves.  Let us all strive to be vegan at least one day a week!

A Matter of Taste

Today I had my feelings hurt by a clueless neighbor.  I moved in to my little cottage at the end of last August.  The inside was painted dark grey, dark taupe and dark brownish pumpkin orange!  Even though I work at least 40 hours a week and spend a little more than an hour a day commuting back and forth I painted the whole place myself.  I chose cottage white and daffodil yellow for the walls and a light blue called escarpment for the ceilings (I always like to look up and see the sky).  Since I am in the country and several of my windows are high I chose not to put up curtains.  I have such lovely views, a forest to look onto at the front, lilacs on both sides and a lovely garden at the back.  Today a neighbor from down the road came for a visit.  She looked around and then informed me she had very good taste and would be more than happy to come over and help me decorate.  I said rather sheepishly "I did decorate".  But to her no curtains, off white and light yellow walls, art posters of Van Gogh's sunflowers, sculptures by Fedak and a purple yoga mat permanently in the middle of the living room for my daily yoga amounted to no taste.  Well I have decided I do have taste, my own!  I may add curtains though in the living room like in the pic above.