La Roche D'Oëtre

Say that fast five times.

A nice place very near Chênedouit. 

The last time we went Seb was probably 7 yrs old and I was convinced he'd fall off 

a cliff so we didn't stick around.

Seb and I returned over the vacation. 

It was the perfect day.

Take 1....nope.

 Take 2....steady......

Take 3....

gone fishing

So here we are...fishing away. No bites mind you but Seb didn't mind. He had fun anyways. 

and me ? Well, I was killing time with the binoculars. I noticed this man on this zodiak raft looking thing. We had seen a few on the lake the day before. I zoomed in as close as I could. 

 I basically stalked people coming in and out of the lake in these things with my binoculars, ( and there were quite a few) until I realised that you sit in waders with your legs hanging off the end and just use flippers to move around. Crazy cool....

Then checked on line at the local sporting good store and there it was. They only cost about 200, not bad considering a set of waders was listed at 80 euros. Anyhoo, thought it was pretty darn practical for the occasionsal fisherperson with a small car.

And then I came across this picture on line ....

I was like, NO WAY would I be hanging my feet in the water with big old muskies like that lurching around! NO WAY! 

In anycase, I had to laugh because I couldn't think of many people in the U.S. using this thing. 

Jeff and Mark...have you ever seen it? 

Or is this some european thing for men 

who want to get that leg workout while fishing.....

That's right...

a great birthday it was.

Happy Halloween.....

 Did you know Fat Albert did a halloween special?...

So one of the amazing advantages to being under perpetual home renovation....You want to hot glue things directly to your living room walls? No problem, the more glue the better. 

In fact, it is actually recommended, because when scraping off the paper and glue, 

dry wallpaper paste and paint just pops off with it. What a time saver....

Can't wait till Christmas. 

Forget the real tree...I'm just gluing some things to the wall, 

hanging my ornaments from the ceiling 

and by New Year's we should be ready and prepped to paint.

Apartment mash up.....

So the office is slowly coming around. 

It's no longer green. Yeah!

It's no longer COMPLETELY filled with boxes! 

Yeah! 

It's no longer smoker's white, but actual white. 

Yeah!

The desks are in, just waiting for the floorboards before we can attach them for good. And when you see the eventual photos and fully comprehend the size of the work tables, you'll understand what I'm talking about. 

Patience my little Jedi, patience.