July 24, 2012

MY SUNDAY IN THE PARK

This is my first try at a pic.  It's not that easy and I have no idea how I did it, but on Sunday, which was a lovely day, I took a walk at the nearby park, LeParc de la Prouderie,  and visited my only friends here so far--a rooster, a white chicken and three sheep.  I think the sheep is called a mouton, but if it has to have horns to be a mouton, then there is one mouton and two sheep.  The rooster crows a lot (do you think that is because of the white chicken).  I ordered hot chocolate at the small restaurant, but somehow it wasn't the same as at a cafe.  There were many people there, walking and bike riding and enjoying the beautiful day.

In the morning I visited again the small Sunday market up the street where I can find very nice vegetables and fruits. A meat stand was there this time, and in the case I saw, "Cheval."  I said to the stand owner, "Cheval?" and he said "oui, do you want to try?"  Now, I knew cheval is horse so I politely refused and went home with my purchases.  The paths in the park are all in large squares, so every day I take a new path and this day the first thing I encountered was a small stable.  You guessed it, there were the horses!  I hope they do not suffer a terrible fate!

I usually take my book and am loving my current book, "The Guerney Literary and Potato Peel Society."  I will be sad when it is finished!

I will attempt to do more pics after this!