Bonne Annee as they say here in France, but with an accent on the first "e" in annee. It looks funny without it. Happy New Year, as we say in the States! We've been traveling since December 5th, 2024, so I missed December's post. Can't say I'm sorry because, yes, traveling! I'm sitting in the Pyrenees mountains in a "gite", like an AirBNB and it's quiet and beautiful, serene and a good place to start out the new year. I miss my children, yet know they are doing well and are happy in their lives. I miss wanting to write and have decided to talk to my doctor about some meds I've been taking to see if what I am suspecting is true. Since I started taking them I have no desire to use my imagination. It's disheartening. So, that is what I plan to do after my return to the States.
Meanwhile, the question for this new month in this new year for the IWSG group is:
Describe someone you admired when you were a child. Did your opinion of that person change when you grew up?
My Dad. I admired him greatly. He was strong, handsome, loved my mom, and seemed a good role model. He was my Dad. As an adult my opinion did change, but not in a cut-and-dried sort of way. He was still my Dad. I loved him greatly and respected his force of character. Yet, as an adult I could also see less positive traits and I became aware of how his anger had played a real part in my growing personality. So, I saw him as a man, a human who had failings as well as strengths. I think perhaps we all go through this with our parent, and also idols along the way in life. People are, after all, perfectly imperfect.
Please go and visit the websites of our wonderful and brave co-hosts this month and thank them for being here for us all:
To begin this new phase of life, here are a few photos of the trip so far. I hope you enjoy them. Here's to wishing you every good thing this year...
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| The cathedral in St Bertrand de Comminges |
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| My husband in the Pyrenees, his heart place. |
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| The Pyrenees... |
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| Engres & Bourdelle Museum in Montauban |
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| A Bourdelle sculpture in the museum |
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| Us in Toulouse |
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| One of the many light figures at the Village de Noel! |
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| Projected on the side of an historic building |
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| My husband and me |
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| With our friends Titou and Gilles in Perpignan, in the JOB mansion |
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| My favorite meal: Confit de Canard! |
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| On the Mediterranean... |
