The roumanian girs arrived

9 girl dancers with their coreographe, the french director and teacher and a parent arrived from Hunedoara and already made good impressions

Today arrive in Argenteuil from Scottland other dancers and a girl with cornemousse, 'cabaret dancer' girls from Germany and tango dancers from Portugal - together with the children dancers from here, Sunday it will give a wonderful festival!

My PC does not open yet, but I succeded my inscription to the Weight Watchers! Next week, after the dancers return each to their home, it will be time to do something about that too.

So much difference

There can be such a big difference in children's education and comportement before what is happening to them during their life!

Let's give them the liberty to act and enjoy without being afraid to move, to speak up.

Looking at this picture, one girl with wonder on her face, speaking to the men (not visible here) showing the little animal, and the other girl, staying farther and sober, as if just chustised, I am so sorry for her.

But of course, children change so fast - I hope that was for her just a fleeting moment and not how she was obliged to stay all the time.

Passlib at Weight Watchers.fr

Some ideas are wonderful, but from idea to realisation there is often a long way. Perhaps in England, UK, and other places the Weight Watchers have already introduced the "passlib" to follow Weight loose on-line, but in France they have just begun.

We were all incited to pay for a month our PASSlib and then activate our inscription on-line. From this morning, I tried many times and each time the clock goes round, after having accepted all my data, round and round and round - and nothing happens;

At least, when there were too many to declare the taxes at the same time, we got "too many, come back later", here nothing! A very bad user feedback! Really a good ergonomist would have been necessary. Telling "wait" or "come back later" or whatever message was appropriate. I even did not begin and I am angry against them!

I did loose 15 kg and having an on-line help also was a great idea... but? Do I need more patience?

poppies opens before my eyes !

It was only one open when I have taken them home, a few days ago, and three yesterday evening, but today morning I found them like this: in all stages of their development!

Like magic!

Some buds just opening, some falling already down or already without petals, but also one opening before my eyes!

From the time I begin to take photos of them to the time I finished, it opened more and more!

One can learn and see new things at any age, even after 70!

With sound is even better

I did not take many video sequences at the medieval festival, but at least this, very short one, I like because of the sound. When I have taken it, I just looked for the movements, the sound came as a good surprise when I looked at it first at home. It is such a joy to be able to upload also videos in the blogs now!


Not only have a found a book about London Saturday, but yesterday I had a Londoner visitor! He and his wife encouraged me: "you'll have lots to do there and will love it!" and also went away with some of the books I did not want to take with me there.

There will be still enough, to sell or give away once I arrive there, if only I can transport them all.

Middle ages festival in Argenteuil

Middle age Knights arrived to our city from near and afar. Some even from under the Carpathes, near the Hunyady's castle!

Wonderful weather, warm but not too much, lots of people and different costumes too as everyone images those times differently.

We had peasant's costumes on musicians, knight's of different times, girls dancing but also fighting, and shops with "middle age" wares.

But the most important, children got free costumes and demonstrations how to fight as in old times, at least they could understand some movements and fairness too.

I believe they went home happy. My grand daughter has also her face painted with flowers and had seen a ferret and how to grind wheat as in old times.

Bookcrossing at Pont des Arts

Pont des Arts, the walking bridge between Louvre (near Cour carré) and the Institut of France, on a sunny Saturday morning. Lots of things happening at once!

I went there with a bag full of books and with no intentions to take any book from the others. Finally, how could I resist? This thin book will take me to more then twenty unusual and not tourist places in London!

After going through it yesterday evening, I am sure now: I'll go to London and take all those walks and go to as many places, one after the other as I can. If I do live there, I can do it on my own rhythm.


Lot of other things happening on the bridge! In only one hour, we offered and found books, we took a breakfast (me only juice), assisted to french-americans demonstrating for Obama, to others offering leaflets about the true bible, seen an orange crocodile and the tourist ships passing under the bridge, so on it goes.

I captured some of it that can be seen HERE.

Pont des Arts
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