Alice a attaqué l'ascension de sa première véritable montagne cet été, comme une vaillante petite membre de la famille Harris qu'elle est.
La voici presque en haut mais prête à poursuivre pour rejoindre les plus vieux qui cavalent en avant...
... jusqu'à ce que son papa (et sa maman) décide qu'elle en a sans doute assez fait pour la journée.
Pour un deuxième été, Gabriela a préparé une grosse quantité de limonade qu'elle va vendre au marché du vendredi à New Denver. (oups, à qui appartient le petit derrière qui émerge derrière le tronc d'arbre?)
... mais à une de nos deux fées de la limonade, bien sûr !
A moment of tranquillity in the old ranch house, stolen from the usual bustle of the multitudes... heightened by Muriel's magical harp.
A rare moment of family unity: my four very mobile daughters all in the same place at the same time... worth a picture !
Here is Lily proudly showing the exhibition she and her classmates created in hommage of four of the best known Québécois painters: Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Paul-Émile Borduas, Jean-Paul Riopelle... (and a fourth one that I don't remember.)
Some (larger) pieces were collaborations of all the children...
... whereas others were replicated by each pupil in his or her own fashion.
The exhibition was held in the large hall for parents to visit and for their children to walk them through.
With or without company, gardening is one of my earthy Rachel's favourite activities...
We decided that the sandbox wasn't getting used a whole lot and so Rachel got into planting a nice patch of herbs - to the immense future delight of the cook (me) ! :-)
Imagine: weeks and weeks worth of flat-leaf parsley, green and red basil, coriander, thyme, and rosemary. All in the friendly company of some asparagus, arugula and joyful flowers !
Une magnifique journée nous as été offerte par les dieux pour notre petite fête dans le jardin avec nos amis Pascale, Michel, Raphaël, Maya, Martin, Roza et Galilée. Les femmes étaient resplendissantes dans leurs conversations animées, les fillettes coquines dans leurs petits jeux tourbillonnants, Raphaël intarissable dans ses explorations de chaque recoin et les hommes admirables dans leur étroite supervision de tout ce beau monde!
Un soleil digne de l'été, un endroit paradisiaque, une cabane isolée dans les bois sans électricité ni téléphone ni eau courante, avec un étang pour se baigner à dix minutes de marche et même un sauna pour chasser le froid de la baignade... c'est le délicieux cadeau que ma belle Rachel m'a offert pour mes cinquante ans! Avec la précieuse et indispensable collaboration de Marie-Claude et Alejandro qui se sont chargés avec plaisir de garder nos chères fillettes qui ne pouvaient rêver mieux que de passer une fin de semaine chez leurs parrain et marraine...!
My show in Vanves went very well. We had a sold-out house and a very enthusiastic response from the audience. The girls and Eric came and we all made it back to our minuscule hotel room on the metro afterwards. Everyone is still a little shell-shocked from the travel and the big city the tight quarters where we are staying but our holiday is beginning!!!
Julien, our sound man, took these pictures in rehearsal before our last show in Frankfurt.
Here is part of the company in the "historical" centre of Frankfurt. These buildings are replicas of the old buildings that were bombed in the war. 
This is home in Frankfurt. The Mousonturm building houses our apartments as well as the theatre, the rehearsal studios and a bar/restaurant. We hardly have to go outside! Casey and I have the orange apartment. As you can see, everything that can be orange is, from the bath mats to the cutlery and from the key to the nail brush in the bathroom. These Germans have a very thurough sense of organization!
This is our last look at palm trees and the last possibility of summer clothes for some months to come!
I just counted, once the almost seven weeks of this tour are over I will have slept in 12 different rooms! So far the bed that wins the least comfortable prize was in Birmingham and the most comfortable would be here in Frankfurt. Pictures to follow soon.
Cordoba was lovely and calm after the business of Seville. This is the orange garden outside the famous Mesquite of Cordoba.
