Fall

I love the fall time. I miss my Andrew Wyeth books. Though yesterday I watch the only T.V. interview Wyeth had ever given before he died. That was on NBC 2006 with Jaime Gangel. It wasn't long enough. I don't know why but I was surprised to see the wine vines change colors. This is the advantage of living in one place for more than two weeks.
Kent

French Kiss

A Frenchman named Gilles Debunne after interviewing 18,000 people,made a map of France's cheek kissing regions. According to his map most do two. The south does three. The north east does four. What french people don't seemed to do is hug.
Kent

wood

In France wood is measure in 'steres' instead of cordes. A stere is about a 1/3 of a corde. In the photo Monique stands before 5 steres. These steres(actually it was my own bullheadedness) were responsible for me going to the doctor in Nimes. We loaded them all into my studio. I am now walking with a cane.
Kent

Nimes Auguteum

People told us it was impossible to find a parking place in Nimes. It took and hour...an hour to find a place to park. We were late for my doctors appointment. So we considered ourselves extremely lucky when we were driving by the Augusteum to find a parking space right beside the afore mentioned. Our visit there was impressive. The Augusteum in Nimes, which was a sacred place of the Gauls before the Romans developed it into a sanctuary dedicated to the emperors and their families, encompassed the spring whose waters were managed and directed, to control flooding, fresh water, and there is some indication that sewage flow was also managed. Aside from all that, the place presently is a knockout. Very inspiring.
Kent