Sunday, November 17, 2013

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.





Much activity at the cafe under the arcades. The gentleman with the maroon metallic motability scooter is reading aloud the front page of the local newspaper. An unusually subdued beer and absinthe crowd is listening intently. It seems that a suspected cannibal has killed a 90 year old man in a neighbouring village. The murderer cooked the victims heart and liver and ate them with some white beans that he found in the fridge.  At this point there is much tutting and shaking of heads. The lady in the blue dressing gown, red pom-pom slippers and hairnet raises her pre-breakfast glass of Pelforth to her lips and exclaims loudly " White beans ! Whatever next ! ".

For Bob and Sophie a quiet day. Loic the gardener spends three hours blowing leaves into piles. Bob and Sophie spend three hours scattering them back across the lawn. The post lady, still complaining about the onset of winter, arrives at the gate. Bob and Sophie race over and bark at her. In the afternoon a variety of large holes are dug in the driveway. Sophie takes the lead in  excavating while her brother watches. At twilight a group of Parisian pilgrims, staffs clattering on the tarmac, provide an unexpected source of amusement for the PON duo.


11 comments:

The Life of Riley said...


Are the all the "pot holes" on your driveway actually "PON holes"?

Angus said...

Lol ! Yes. We get new ones several times a day.

Jean said...

Could you point them in the direction of the vegetable patch ~ their efforts could come in handy!

Fi from Four Paws and Whiskers said...

I suppose they were Fava beans. A bit close to home - I am glad you are both not 90. Hopefully Bob and Sophie will protect you - probably by tripping potential cannibals up in the potholes. You and the font must have the patience of saints.

Angus said...

A few more weeks with PON pups and we might as well be 90 !

Anonymous said...

At least he didn't have Chianti with dinner... It seems the local paper left out a few details of the meal... Here, in the second paragraph:

http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/un-cannibale-presume-arrete-dans-la-region-midi-pyrenees-15-11-2013-1757635_23.php
(Blogger won't let me hotlink.)

Thank goodness we have the PON duo to keep you safe from harm, and your tales of their mischief to keep us smiling. Such talented excavators!

Purple Magpie, Mitzi, and Emmy

VirginiaC said...

For a minute there I thought I was lost in the translation, but realised I was not.....what an awful story....I hope the gendarmes catch up with the "cannibal" soon.
Poor Loic must have the patience of Job....those two "angels" are naughtie naughties in disguise.
Happy Sunday to you all.

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Gracious.
I'll never criticize any of my neighbour's ever again. At least they aren't cooking anybody. Shudder worthy.
Keep an eye on the kids!
xo

Angus said...

It would be a brave cannibal who tried to take on 'the kids'.

Louise said...

Good Grief. My "block watch cap'n" suddenly seems very tame. . . And he is a man who I have actually completely lost my cool with and yelled at. I was shocked at my own behaviour but you have to trust me when I say he is not nice at all. How terrible for the whole community to know that something so sick and vile happened in the midst of such seeming tranquility.

Whispering Walls said...

How do they know he found the beans in the fridge?