Why name my blog "La Renarde 45"?

• "La Renarde" (the she-fox) was the name of my rich French grandparents' summer house in the French countryside -- what some might call an "estate". The namesake of the house was immortalized in a spirited bronze replica of a fox's head mounted on the wall somewhere in the house or on the grounds.
• The "45" suffix comes from the all-American side of me: the .45 ACP round was invented in the early part of the 20th century, for use in [semi-]automatic pistols. I put the word semi in brackets because "automatic pistol", while a misnomer, was the nomenclature in use in 1903 or 1908 or 1911, whenever you care to pick up the thread of the story of 20th century firearms development. More, probably way too much, information will be available on this blog later. I own at least one ".45": a stainless steel Colt Model 80, a/k/a "Model 1911"-type pistol; photo to come. Nuff said.