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[CarolM]

Wow

So here’s what we got up to today....

Oy! @mooIzillion! Postcards!

Forst we went to Carrières de Lumières (literally Quarry of Lights) We have been here before. It’s a former bauxite (aluminium ore) quarry where images arerojectd onto the cave walls and pillars and set to music. The first set was Van Gogh pictures and the second was Japanese art.

The entrance
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Van Gogh
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Japanese Art (I particularly liked the bit in the video)
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[CarolM]

So very clever.

And finally we drove just down the road to see Roman remains... 2000 years old.

This was an aqueduct which supplied 8 water mills. The aqueduct took water to the edge if a steep hill and the mills were built in four pairs going down the slope. The output of one mill powered the next mill down and so on. This was very advanced for its time!

It’s believed these mills also ground flour. They supplied the nearby town of Arles which was a big, busy place even in Roman times. Lots of bread meant lots of flour was needed.
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Walking down the aqueduct heading for the drop
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And the mill sites below the drop. 4 mills on each side, their waterwheels would have been in the middle
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Having done its work, he water was then taken by aqueduct into the nearby town of Arles. Little of that aqueduct remains now though.

 

[Kristoff]

Yeah..... @Kristoff is back....looks Lena is pulling an Adam....catching up on a few thousand posts... Welcome back.

Tell me about it. But it was only close to 600 posts last week. No biggie. ([emoji33][emoji33])

 

[CarolM]

I agree, you did not really have any choice.

Today’s sighting on our way to Montpellier Airport was this red eared slider (we call them terrapins in the UK)
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It was seriously unimpressed with JoesDad moving it from the lovely warm tarmac where it was basking in the middle of the road.

They’re not native and technically he probably shouldn’t have released it having picked it up, but doing anything else would have been complicated!

Daughter is safely back at home in the UK already

 

[CarolM]

Good Morning.
So how did wales do?

Good morning/afternoon.
It's dry here today after all that rain.
My guest, Alfie, is behaving himself and we've had a walk - not too far as my leg was aching and my knee was clicking, but he enjoyed chasing his ball so he had a good run.
Wales are currently beating England 10 - 0 in a second 'friendly' warm up rugby match before the World Cup - but doesn't look too friendly to me.
England beat Wales in their first friendly last week so a lot of Welsh pride riding on this game. We'll see what happens in the second half!
Hope you all have a good Saturday.

 

[Kristoff]

He was not! He was hissing loudly and trying to scratch with his feet. But he was sitting right in the middle of the road. He was very lucky we didn’t run him over let alone anyone else!

“When I was a young hatchling, there was no road here!” [emoji23][emoji23][emoji217]

 

[CarolM]

Well done. It looks good.
Useless piece of info, but I am allergic to duck eggs.

Good morning! I have finished the Coop.. it’s nice but I am a little disappointed in the size.. I thought it would be bigger? When the ducklings are grown, their heads will reach the top I think:-( Guess we will see.. Now I’m going to get the lamps set up so that the babies can move in almost immediately.. I threw out two more eggs yesterday that had went bad.. Duck eggs are just nasty. But I now have Six strong babies that I can see.. View attachment 278685

 

[CarolM]

Oh dear. Maybe Linda can talk you through it. She is good with computers.

Dang it anyway! I hate when this happens. You get used to seeing the same colors and fonts, etc on your computer then for no reason something about it changes all on its own. I clicked the monitor on and the task bar across the bottom is background white instead of whatever it used to be (I think blue, but can't be sure). I don't want it to be white, dang it!!! I want it to go back to what it used to be. I've powered down the computer but it comes back on with a white task bar. I have Windows 10. Before, with past windows applications, I used to know how to change the appearance of the desktop, but with Windows 10 it's a whole new ball game. . . well, that and since I haven't changed appearances in a long time, I've probably forgotten how. I doubt I'll get this out of my system for a while because every time I turn on the monitor I'm going to wish the task bar isn't that color. I've asked my friend Google for help, but he's no help at all. Sheesh!

 

[CarolM]

Yep. Spot on. They sure do know how to pull the heart strings.

Awful. And I bet the moment you were gone, he’d turn around and start playing!
Daughter cried a lot when she started kindergarten at 2.5 (the worst decision of my life!) and then school at 5 in a language she didn’t know.

 

[CarolM]

Whahaha. If you saw any of them dancing, it could be that they are not who they seem to be. Just make sure that they are not aliens in disguise.

I think I would faint if I saw any of them dancing

 

[CarolM]

Okay as promised. No pics but a video of Jarrod's school doing their school jamming session. The video is 16minutes long so be warned and cuts off at the end because I had no more space available, sorry about that. I think that they did an awesome job. But it is long so feel free to skip it as it is also a lot of data. I won't be offended at all.

 

[EllieMay]

Awful. And I bet the moment you were gone, he’d turn around and start playing!
Daughter cried a lot when she started kindergarten at 2.5 (the worst decision of my life!) and then school at 5 in a language she didn’t know.

Your a slave driver!!!! BUT your daughter will probably run the country one day! [emoji6]

 

[EllieMay]

Well done. It looks good.
Useless piece of info, but I am allergic to duck eggs.

Is that a popular menu item in your country?? (I’m assuming that you mean to eat) I have heard if people eating them but I have never tried them.. I only know that they seem to carry much more bacteria than any other type of egg.. then, out of the egg, they are very messy as well. And stinky...

 

[CarolM]

Not really, but when I was growing up, we stayed on a farm and my Mom used to use the duck eggs like chicken eggs. I could never eat them because as soon as I did, my throat would start to tingle and I would then become extremely nauseous and get sick. It was horrible.

Is that a popular menu item in your country?? (I’m assuming that you mean to eat) I have heard if people eating them but I have never tried them.. I only know that they seem to carry much more bacteria than any other type of egg.. then, out of the egg, they are very messy as well. And stinky...

 

[EllieMay]

Okay as promised. No pics but a video of Jarrod's school doing their school jamming session. The video is 16minutes long so be warned and cuts off at the end because I had no more space available, sorry about that. I think that they did an awesome job. But it is long so feel free to skip it as it is also a lot of data. I won't be offended at all.

That is REALLY cool! I love how they combined all those songs... I don’t think you were too far off from pitch perfect.. maybe a combination of that and stomp the yard

 

[Ben02]

Okay as promised. No pics but a video of Jarrod's school doing their school jamming session. The video is 16minutes long so be warned and cuts off at the end because I had no more space available, sorry about that. I think that they did an awesome job. But it is long so feel free to skip it as it is also a lot of data. I won't be offended at all.

Wow that’s better than anything my old school ever did haha. Was your son dancing in that footage?

 

[JoesMum]

I seem to remember your sharing about that quarry before. It totally rocks!

I see what you did there [emoji6][emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

Okay as promised. No pics but a video of Jarrod's school doing their school jamming session. The video is 16minutes long so be warned and cuts off at the end because I had no more space available, sorry about that. I think that they did an awesome job. But it is long so feel free to skip it as it is also a lot of data. I won't be offended at all.

Wow! There’s a lot of work gone into that!

 

[JoesMum]

Good evenooning everyone. Just a quick checkin before I go to bed. Son is safely at home. We’ve drunk some good red wine and eaten some good cheese. And tomorrow is Sunday and we plan to relax [emoji4]

Goodnight all. Sweet dreams when your time comes

 

[Cathie G]

I haven’t really ever had ducks... for long anyways.. I bought some of the dyed Easter ducklings when my daughter was little and they turned into the plain white Ducks but a coon or possum or something beheaded them not long after the reached maturity:-(. I am not planning on letting these ones get too tame. I don’t want them up by the house pooping everywhere! I’m going to put the coop down by the lake and after they grow a bit, let them fend for them selves! Feed off the dock maybe

Don't worry because if you try being a mom to a duck for too long...they just fly off anyway. One I raised buzzed my head to say goodbye...on his way to independence.