Sunday, April 27, 2014

France Day 3

Part 2 of One Thousand Blessings

51. White overcast skies contrasting with green leaves
52. Duck Family of Three: Papa, Mama, and Baby
53. Protective Papa Duck
54. Feeding bread to Mama Duck out of my hand
55. Intelligence of Baby Duck who ate the crumbs of Mama Duck
56. Papa Duck's protective love of Mama and Baby
57. Mama Duck's beak never nipped my fingers
58. Duck's love for brioche
59. Seeing Mother Goose on her nest
60. Being chased away and stared down by Evil Goose (Father)
61. Duck family attracting so much attention that a male goose joined the party
62. Male goose almost biting fingers off as I fed him by hand
63. Small gray cat drank milk out of a bowl I held for it
64. Becoming a friend to animals
65. Mustard flowers
66. Getting lost for 3 hours
67. Chocolate croissants
68. Hope found from making wishes under tunnels
69. Unexpected tunnels forcing you to hold breath immediately
70. Four tunnels in a row
71. Sweet taxi driver who temporarily caravanned with us because we were lost
72. Getting carsick for the first time
73. Lights in tunnels remind me of Christ lighting up my path
74. Flower beds of wild daisies
75. Peeing next to our car because I really needed to go. In public
76. Mandatory photoshoot instigated by family friend
77. Claude Monet's house. Collected several Japanese art prints
78. Claude Monet has Asian fever
79. Monet's garden
80. All colors of the rainbow 
81. The inward part of tulips 
82. Monet's pond
83. Lily pads
84. Dragon flowers
85. Color contrasts
86. Flowers you can wear as fancy dresses
87. Dandelions
88. Dew drops
89. Violet flower bells
90 Family and friends
91. Dogs
92. Random detour to a catholic church
93. Feeling the presence of God in an empty room
94. Looking at a bowl of Holy water and feeling too dirty to cleanse myself with it
95. All shades and sizes of clouds 
96. Rainbow 
97. Still waters capturing the sun better than my camera
98. Grocery stores closed on Sundays
99. Blowing dust out of my computer to upload pictures.
100. The male goose, a new duck couple, and two male ducks camping outside my backyard because they heard that I give out food. Apparently, the duck/goose community has no secrets.
101. Going out to dinner and realizing that nothing in France is opened on Sunday
102. Cold beer when you're ridiculously tired
103. Eric the bartender who my father befriended. He refilled my father's beer glass
104. Pelforth Draft has delicious, creamy foam
105. Totally drank beer that your can't get in the US



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