What a riot!

No, I’m not talking about what may happen if the rather stern Monsieur Sarkozy becomes the next president of France. I’m talking about what’s happening in our garden where, as you can see, the pansies are proliferating, the roses are blooming and we have a feast of figs. And it’s still only April!

But, talking about the election—which I wasn’t, but I will now—I thought you might like to know how my village voted in the first round, compared to the rest of France. Well, Monsieur Sarkozy did even better here than he did nationally, winning 38.61% of the votes (compared to 31.09% overall), while that nice Madame Royal did slightly worse (22.38% here, compared to 25.78% nationally). As for the scary Monsieur Le Pen, he didn’t even achieve 10% of the vote in my village—and since, presumably, I’m one of the immigrants he would like to send home, I’m rather pleased about that. The turnout of voters was very high—almost 85%—and I was able to say ‘hello’ to lots of them. I’m really looking forward to the second round.

Meanwhile, if you are wondering how I felt when my dad sent me to The Dog House for my alleged crimes (see my previous post) this is how:

Don’t you think that’s cruel?