Cleaning myself up for the guests…
Which means stepdaughter and stepgrandson, who arrive today for a few days with all of us and for whom I pray this weather will straighten up and fly right, whatever that means. IT”S COLD. 18 degrees, which is in the low seventies, I think, and not warm enough to swim or be without sweaters at night and mama is really ticked off.
She is a HOT mama.
Give her 90 and rising and she is in heaven. Dough for pizza does better, too, haha.
Right now she’s off to market to be able to feed these people eventually, as in 8 for dinner tonight. I think she said something about pasta with pesto but I could be mistaken and maybe heard SALMON, poached (whatever that is). I think she went with the pesto because before the pasta there will be melon and smoked salmon so no duplicates tonight.
Hey, he’s not even CAUGHT YET! I’ll see what I can do. I’ve seen tigers and lions catch fish in water, I think. Maybe it was bears. Oh, well…
THEY’RE HERE!
Mama and papa met the train and there they were, smiling and beautiful…but that grandanthro is so TALL!!!
Wow. He’ll be 17 in August and his mama, 50, just before my mama’s mama’s birthday. But sadly she is not around. She would be 107!
Oh, pooh, they are not having salmon, so I’m outta here. Call me when the whatever is poached, whatever that is.
Just thought I’d give a touch-up. I could be eating with my paws, you know.
No salmon?? They obviously didn’t consult you on the menu…and that is so wrong.
Yes, I agree, I am the consultant at all times but who seems to know?
THEY brought me back to Nice for a day at the vets!! But we go back to Menton this afternoon and I will stroll along the beachfront in my stroller. Love that – and all the attention that generates. Lucky you Loulou – all that attention and company to play with you – and they will sneak you bits of that salmon and all the other wonderful goodies your mama prepares. The weather perfect here – now. Paradise – you should have been HERE – mama sneaks me little bits of fish from the fritto misto she is addicted to at the little beach resto. We could ride DUO in the stroller! Imagine the attention THAT would get!!! Well, enjoy the family – and get all the tasty morsels you can!!!
Oh, how I miss you, Mya and underneath the cherry tomato plants there are a gazillion little tomatoes waiting for YOU, and only you so you’ll have to come soon or they will be marinara sauce, haha. Yes, to stroll in the stroller together. Man would that create a stir. Maybe try it out in a safe place first because I am WAY more skittly than you, brave one.
Fritto misto!!! Mama would be in heaven. Meanwhile she is stripping the ripe figs from a wild tree that no one seems to care about and they are like candy! The kids cuddle and love me except for one incident I won’t mention, but if things heat up, I’m outta here to my hiding places.
Love from me.
I think visitors should all always bring salmon!
YES, salmon and trout and white bait and tuna and and and….
I hope you enjoy your company.
They are spoiling me silly!
Your Mama likes 90 and up??? Are you kidding me? My Mama thinks your 70 degrees would be GLORIOUS!!!!! So glad that they arrived safely and I am sure whatever you make will be superb!! Can’t wait to see photos! xoox
Well, the stepgranddaughter just took a fork and demolished the potato salad (along with mama) and they really liked the pasta alla romana with fresh tomatoes and now there will be a zucchine/onion/avocado/soft cheese/chicken broth soup that everyone seems to like. And there’s the dark chocolate ice cream and fresh strawberry sorbet to polish off. Maybe they’ll give me the Magnums…haha.
Hopefully there will be some type of fishy goodness available for you – as well as lots of loving !
The loving is here but the fish seem to have not shown up yet!
Visitors?? This is normally bad news!!
18 degrees is normal summer weather here, hehe. Today we had 20 degrees and Mom was wearing a tank top!
20 degrees??? You guys are acclimated, that’s for sure. Mama is waiting around for 30.
Hehe. Yep, you get used to it. When I was new in Finland, people could tell that I’m a foreigner based on my clothes.
Now I’m always surprised when I get visitors from abroad how much clothes they’re wearing.
I think I answered this about the tank top and 20 degrees…mama would have on her doudoune (poofy) at 20 degrees!