I'll meet you at the blue bridge -- MidWeek Blues

For lunch.

I won't be late.

Be thinking of where you want to eat.

And what you want to eat.

If I have to pick I'll flip a coin.

We could picnic amongst the blue wildflowers.

Or sit on a rock overlooking the ravine.

Or I'll flip my coin.




We could start up my little blue boat and eat on the water. (Canal du Midi photo-collection link)

You could pack a lunch for either of these.

Oops, I don't see a lunch??


I shoulda' flipped a coin. My other friend cooks at her place.


Pictures taken in the Midi-Pyrénées area (link) Region of Southern France from our Spring 2009 European Holiday

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Or do less. All she requires is a BLUE PICTURE, you don't have to write.

France -- Midi du Canal Part #1-- Looking At the Sky

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We are off and running
Our ride would take about two hours
We would go under several bridges on our ride



Cruising along -- A friendly family

The scenery was delicious

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Seen along the way:
The ducks watched us go by -- Old boat, for the taking?




A lock to go through -- It's full, we are going in
On the right note the lower water level down stream

Through in good shape -- Couple watching the action
Again note now we are on a lower level,
the water in the lock is gone



We are back -- There is our car




Tim tied us up
He enjoyed his holiday in Europe, we enjoyed his presence.

Tim, our son, is a boatman by profession. He ties up large ships and barges when they get into the Port of Houston. He has been doing this line of work now for over twenty-five years.

I will post Part #2 of our Midi du Canal ride another day. For a couple of other posts showing this ride click here.


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A hard day's play in France [part 1] -- Looking At the Sky -- Our Spring 2009 Europe Holiday

This would be a busy day made busier.

We went to Homps to ride a canal boat on the Canal du Midi. When we got there we found out that in late April they only ran the afternoon ride so we had to figure out what to do whit our morning.

By unanimous vote it was decided we would visit an old town a bit to the north.

I will show you around that quaint little town which once had been a medieval fortress city.

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The boat captain (only he and a boat attendant would be on our little canal boat) suggested that we drive north to Minerve (link).

We couldn't take the tour (we wouldn't anyway) because we had to have eaten and be back to Homps by 1:00.

The cat was at the restaurant outside eating area.

We made it back in plenty of time for our canal boat ride. I will post from that nice ride next time.

After our boat ride, our busy day would continue. Old town, Carcassonne, was next on our journey. See the map below.

We had fun. I will write more of our Spring 2009 Europe Holiday later.

[All Jim's Europe Holiday posts link]



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a midweek "Going Poem" for you

Do you want to come along

We have this cute little tugboat

Sister and I

Going up and down the canals

That's our new life

Wouldn't you like to come along

Two empty bunks

It doesn't seem so romantic

But wait you'll see

Sister and I and our spouses

Four retired folk

But guests don't stay you'd have to leave 

We share with all

Cook, clean, swab, pull ropes.  Fill the tanks

A hand could stay
 

[Taken at the Little Venice Canal Boat show, 2014, London, U.K.]

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2018. All Rights Reserved
   (Photo of the Tugboat is by Karin, aka "Outlawyer", click on her name or see her prompt post today at the link below.   There she has it and some of her other pictures also posted.  She reserves all rights but has released use by us for our poems.  I made a PrintScreen copy photo to post here.)
 - I'm linked with Karin in the Imaginary Garden at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/08/going-going-gone-midweek-prompt.html?m=1
 - Karin was remembering the poems she had memorized when she was young. She then realized that many used the word "going" or another form of "go" in them.
 - This process was the basis for her a  asking us to remember along with her and then to WRITE a poem using "going" fairly near its beginning.   BTW,  I've used the word "going" 17 times on this blog https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/search?q=going&m=1  One them is titled, "Going, going, gone" as the title of Karin's post with the Toads above.
 - If Nursery Rhymes count I'm sure "This Little Pig . . . " was my first to memorize.

Outside Homps, France, riding a canal boat on the Canal du Midi.

After the boat ride, our busy day would continue.

Old town, Carcassonne, was next on our journey.

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Midweek Blues -- Who is driving the boat?

You couldn't prove anything by me. Since men do boat handling best I will assume the man is.

The fellow appears to have a rudder handle. Or could there be a real driver inside?

We saw this pretty blue barge boat (also called 'narrow boat' [link]) on the Canal du Midi in Southern France (link). We passed it while we were canal boating just over a month ago.

[Answer: they both are, the lady up front is telling the guy in the back with the rudder where, when, and which way he should go and all the other important driving instructions. Ladies are good at that.]

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I am now a charter member of the new MidWeek Blues group, maybe the second person to post, Rebecca, of Dusty Cellar is first. But she started this so she ought to be the first. They post around Wednesday I think.

If you want to post a MidWeek Blues picture, go get directions from Rebecca by clicking on the logo below. She has a Mr. Linky and good directions (considering it is for the first time). Just do what I did.