Posted by Loulou on Apr 10, 2015 | 2 comments

Well, actually, that should be baciami (my baby, as in a song mama says is a gazillion year old but what do I know?), which is a nice thing, too and anthros do it to me all the time. Kiss me, that is.

So there they are, working their fingers to the bone but with a few minutes to kick back and hit the bocce court next to where they are staying. Now, in France, this game of boules or petanque is related to bocce but as you will see in the photos, bocce balls are BIG and heavy and petanque balls are smaller and a bit lighter, especially if you decide to put them in your suitcase and take them with you, for example.

I advise against that.

Better to put ME in the suitcase, right?

Hey, is there going to be food and water in here?

So off they went to have a game and mama was winning but papa screwed his courage to the sticking point, whatever that means, and won the match. He even humiliated mama by winning more points than 12 and so simply tossed his balls anywhere when it was his last turn (having already won!) and mama took her balls and knocked his balls out of their position, all in good fun. Hah.

BRAVO! (Those black balls are papa’s)

But then he knocked her ball out. Hey, this game can get edgy.

Just kidding, they laughed all the way through the match and planned another one soon, except that now it’s raining and horrible in that part of the world, haha, and so they’ll have to write ME instead or call me, better yet.

It’s wonderful to watch the professional bocce and petanque players at their tournaments. There are players who can throw their ball, hit the opponent’s ball out of the way and leave the ball he threw right next to the “little pig” or cochonnet—a smaller ball that is thrown first down the court. Then players try to get their larger balls right next to that.

I’ll bet I could get right next to that little pig without even using balls, haha.

Here’s mama funnin’ for everyone.