ITS A DOGS LIFE !

There are advantages of living without a man in the house, one being that my dog Raffles is who getting a little old, likes to have a kip on the bed and puts his head on the pillow , when I approach him, he looks a little guilty but doesn't move, I know for certain that no man would tolerate it, I have never really understood why, is it for hygienic reasons ? or simply a little bit of jealousy or maybe its an old instinct of territory !  If you do know, let me into one of the mysteries of life !

If you do know a man who allows such behavior, please let me know, I might be interested!!!

I love my apartment block !

To be perfectly honest my son and I  are probably" the neighbors from hell," I am not even sure that  I would enjoy living next to me, for the reasons being

 1. we love loud music

 2. we watch  television late into the night, because we fall asleep and leave it on.

3. I go away at the weekends and leave my son to entertain his numerous  friends and God knows what goes on during that time! 

4. We have a dog that goes out by himself and barks to everyone to let him in again and a cat that sometimes get lost on the staircase and then hides in the gas boxes 

5. We have lots of guests staying overnight . and we have at least one rowdy party once a year in which the furniture gets moved out so that the people can fit in.

  

So you can imagine my surprise that when the door bell rang and it was my downstairs neighbor telling me to rush downstairs as the police were in the act of removing my car and it was being towed away , I didn't get there on time, it is four flights of stairs and when I arrived there was my neighbor looking very forlorn and as unhappy as I was.

 He couldn't take me to the deposit place because he is a flight assistant and was leaving in his uniform for a flight, but he did offer to lend me the keys to his car for the four days he was away. 

 Being greeted with such a warmhearted generous offer helped to subdue my rage that I get into in these situations , the main problem being that I needed a companion to go with me as you can't drive two cars at the same time so I trudged back upstairs with a very despondent step and met the young actress who lives above me with her very handsome boyfriend. She immediately offered to take me to the deposit to pick up the car , she has a smart car and raffles my dog sat in the front with me , she even let me smoke in her car.  To cut a long story short or as in this case a short story , because the whole operation of getting back my car took half an hour !  And that is thanks to my wonderful neighbors that with their good will and generosity took away the pain of having to pay the 70 euros to the car people !

So let me say it  I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS and somehow, weirdly enough, I think that they must  love me !!!!

Nick's hair cut !

Yesterday Nick decided to have his hair cut, so I grabbed my keys and my camera and rushed him to my friend Antonio ! Now we are both in shock!

The hair got shorter and shorter 







I am so excited, Nick my son has got a hair cut! It's taking me a little time to get use to his new look and I am not sure if he looks better, now all I have to do is change the inside of his head !!!!  Would appreciate any ideas ?

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Obama !

Thank you 

AMERICA !

Mat the bat !

When the gods were making creatures 

They simply couldn't agree

Excatly what kind of thing

That I was going to be!

They gave me pointed ears and teeth

And the body of a rat

 They gave me wings and tiny eyes 

And then they said "Thats that"!

I should be wearing glasses

To help me get round town

But they'd keep on falling off

Because I'm always upside down!

I know I should be grateful

But I think it's rather mean

That people only think of me 

The night of Halloween!

Happy Halloween

I will leave it up to you to decide which of these three photos is the most frightening ! 

The silver sea

Doomed to Disappear

Now that I am back in Rome, and getting ready to hibernate for the winter, one of my favorite pastimes is to go to the street market below my house and smell the wonderful aromas and listen to the general chatter and banter of the people who parade up and down.

 The familiar faces and street vendors are part of the pleasure , the old ladies stroke Raffles and fuss over him, the lady at the bar brings me my black coffee with the special sweeteners and I read my newspaper , slightly distracted  by the noise and the general confusion surrounding me. 

  I feel a sense of belonging to this community and even though I am not Italian, I immensely enjoy the total chaotic, somehow coordinated magic mess that this street market offers!  

As you can see they sell absolutely everything from fruit, fish, old clothes, pictures, second hand books,  handbags , shoes, and lots of tempting articles that are useless but that are just fun to buy !

However this wonderful street is all about to change, amongst the shouts of the vendors and the old ladies gossiping  and complaining , there is a distinct, sound of building and construction noises humming away in the background and I fear that in the near future , this wonderful and sensuous street market that unites everybody in the morning,  is about to be shoved inside into a ghastly shopping mall ! 

Thank god that these  things take time in Italy !

I am feeling very frivolous today so here you are

"Next Life" by Woody Allen 
                                
 In my next life I want to live my life backwards.

You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day.

You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.

You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born.

And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila....You finish off as an orgasm! 

WHAT DID I DO THIS WEEKEND OF FINANCIAL DISASTER !

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