WINSTON CHURCHILL QUOTE

It is a delusion to think that being able to move rapidly about from place to place makes people happier or wiser.   As for the advantages of travel, they may be greatly exaggerated.  In order to know anything about a country you must walk through it.  You must sleep on its soil, pluck its foliage with your fingers. You must light your fires by its fiords and streams, and watch the dawn break beyond strange mountains.

Winston Churchill
November 1939

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DROUGHT CONDITIONS

Well it finally rained today.  It was great.  Cooled down the high temperature. 

 Conditions in southeast Louisiana have been deteriorating since October.  In fact, the first five months of the year have been the second-driest on record in Louisiana -- after 1963 -- in the 121 years of record-keeping by the state climatological office.

The lack of significant rainfall combined with the intense heat during the past two weeks has pushed some parts of southeast Louisiana into severe drought status and others into extreme drought (my area).


They are giving a chance of rain again tomorrow.  I sure hope so.

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Glasses.

You probably won't know, but I'm a glasses-wearer and my vision without them is pretty poor. I don't wear them in photos as I don't view myself as photogenic at the best of times, and I struggle to find a picture I like when I'm wearing them.

About 4 years ago I was told I needed glasses for driving and distance. Until that point I had always had perfect vision so I was a little bit disappointed that I needed a bit of extra help. To console myself I got a pair of lovely Chanel frames which have survived being sat on and thrown into my handbag over the years. They have really stood the test of time.

A few weeks ago I had a long overdue eyetest and, no surprise, my eyesight has changed. A lot. And it was time to upgrade my lenses. I toyed with the idea of putting lenses into my current frames but not only was this the same price as getting a brand new pair, my Chanel pair have quite thick arms which can be tricky when driving. So I picked up a brand spanking new pair.

I wanted some slightly bigger, 'geekier' frames in tortoiseshell so when I spotted these Converse frames I instantly loved them, and snapped them up (to go slightly off on a tangent here, Vision Express told me I could have standard frames but it would take 2 - 3 weeks or I could upgrade to fancy lenses and have them the same day. I ummed and ahhed but decided to get the standard frames and wait a couple of weeks. The next day my glasses were ready. Damn sales tactics!)

Anyway I absolutely adore my new glasses and I must say, being able to see properly again is a bit of a novelty!

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LITTLE BASTARDS STOLE MY BIKE

Left the beach around noon and am now back home.  Drove into the driveway and first thing I noticed is that my trike was stolen.  The $600 trike that I have been looking for a carrier for.  Called the police and filed a report.  However, I might as well just forget about it.  They are never going to find it.  My home owner's insurance has a very high deductible so I can't file a claim with them.  I'm just out that money.

There are a bunch of little thugs from across town that come in our neighborhood and scope out the place for what they can steal.  I've seen them before and know what neighborhood they live in.  It's not a section of town I would go into.  Last week it was a neighbor's motorbike.  They jumped over his locked fence in his back yard and unlocked the gate then took the motor bike and started it up and rode it away. 

I think that they took note of my coach being gone and figured no one was home so ripped me off.  The bike was wedged against my house by my van.  They had to bend the wheel and lift the bike over the hood of the van to get it out.  Little bastards!

I know I should have put the bike in the house but that's not the point.  I've lived here 26 years and never had anything stolen.  Puts me in a very bad mood. 

Now it seems clear to me that I will have to get a folding bike and store it in the coach for safety.  I wouldn't put it past them to pry open the bay doors if they ever figure out that there is a bike inside, they will certainly do that.

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Leap frog.

Lily loves to sit on her Sister.. Lola doesn't like it so much.

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