VIVE LA FRANCE!
Oh, boy, are we happy to see that perhaps there are some sane people left on the planet, as in the French citizens who voted for a man who wishes to unite the parties, handle immigration with compassion, and bring the French people together instead of having them separated by fear and hatred. A stunning victory for Macron and I hope he has a kitty at home or I’m taking back my support.
And it was hard to watch, but Mme. Le Pen really can jitterbug, haha.
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Opening day of the cherry festival in Ceret. Time for a pit stop, haha.
MAMA, did you win the cherry-pit-spitting contest or did papa?
Cherry spittin’? We’ve never heard of dat LouLou. is dat somethin’ da French do offen? You’re lookin’ pawsum as always. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Actually, mama made it up and it’s sort like watermelon seed contests except the seeds go a longer distance, haha.
Loulou, can you give Mr. Leboeuf’s address so I can bite his ankles? After all, you and I are 100% french and must defend our territoire. And our cuisine, above all. and our wine. Oh heck – why are we talking politics – but I do love to bite ankles!!!
Oh, Mya, Mme Leboeuf was cordial in an email and we are, in short, agreeing to disagree, or something like that. It’s good for me to hear others’ voices and not just the familiar and sometimes monotonous one emanating from my little muzzle. But ankle-biting is probably a fun thing to do, as long as you don’t break the skin! Nipping, I guess you would call it. Hmm…sound like my favourite indulgence!
Loulou are you laughing at Mme LePen’s jitterbugging or did you get into the vin de cerise in that first shot? I can hear you laughing out loud from here!! Mama is soooo happy that young, cute and BRILLIANT Macron won!! She and Papa celebrated AGAIN last night with the mandarincello (that she hides in the freezer). They think i don’t know – just wait…….
Mya, you and I can whip up some Niponcello and do our own celebrating, right?
La politique française commentée par une expat américaine, c’est réjouissant. Mme Le Pen s’intéresse aux Français, est-ce un crime ? Vous, vous vivez dans une “bulle”, alors ne vous mêlez pas de nos affaires, vous ne les connaissez pas.
Well, this was a testy little note and since we foreigners are all guests in this county and behave as so, with civility and love for the French and the issues of France, mama would suggest that you, the clearly closed-minded note writer, would do well NEVER to comment on OUR illustrious president Trump, okay? Mama happens to have all French friends here and they discuss politics freely. To have an opinion that a man who wishes to UNITE people and not exclude fellow Frenchmen from their own country (!) is part of the freedom of speech that YOU enjoy, M. Leboeuf. A woman who wishes to exclude Muslims, Jews and other minoritiesj is never going to be in favor with us or our French friends who were overjoyed to see Macron win with 65% of the votes. Let us see what his future will bring. We think you may benefit from his policies, too, since they include freedom of speech and above all, freedom of THOUGHT. It is said that the French do not like anyone talking about their politics, but how sad, when getting to know one another is so important in this disturbing world.
Those cherries look so yummy!
They are delicious and very good this year. Last year it took awhile to get them ripe.
your mama and papa had a pit spitting contest? And we MISSED it?
Oh, you were invited but it was over before it began. I hope they didn’t hit anyone…
We would have liked to see the cherry pit spitting contest. 🙂
(FYI, if we haven’t commented in a day or two, it’s because we’re having problems commenting from the mom’s iPad. We keep getting a message saying java script is needed…and we can’t comment. We’re on the big computer leaving this message.)
Well, you kitties are certainly on our computers and we LOVE hearing about you all.
Whew ! Glad THAT’S over ! Now on to the show ! (After reading Maya’s comments yesterday I had to google “mandarincello.” Goodness!)
Well, Mya’s mama actually made it up to be mandarin-flavoured instead of limoncello. It’s POTENT. Same recipe but with mandarin skins.
Bonjour Loulou! Comment t’appelles tu? You are so cute with your tummy to the sky! I hope Monsieur Macron is a kitty fan, too! A kitty is the brains behind all great leaders, in my opinion. Mew Mew! Purrs…
Je suis tres, tres bien, merci!!!