Everything's awful, so here's a pic of Olive, giving me the side eye. She's taken to sleeping on the table.

yep.

Here in France, as you say, the tricouleur is everywhere. And it kind of takes the sting out of it:
it's not a far right thing, it's just French.

Jury's out on this one ...

Olive on the TGV from Avignon to Paris yesterday morning. Five minutes later she went to sleep, and woke up at Gare du Lyon. She's the dog of dogs

Bonnes Fêtes from Cadignac...

Ok, the world is terrifying at the moment. But today the French rapist went to jail for 20 years. And this was the sunset this evening. Over vines just across the Rhône from Avignon. A quiet celebration of Gisele Pelicot.

Anti- Brexit Christmas decorations round our place. Off to France next week.

Only just arrived, so here's Olive...