The road into town closed due to flooding. Three council workmen in green overalls putting out 'road closed' signs by the race track. They move very slowly. They are clearly not Monday morning people.
We can't get through to the cafe on the market square. We can however make it as far as the bakers on the road above the church. " I've not seen you before " says the woman behind the counter. This makes it sound as if she has a policy of only selling to regulars. She then asks if I'd like my croissants well done or just so ? Angus isn't sure how to respond to this request. Faced with my uncertainty she smiles in much the same way as she might smile at a young child and puts two 'so so' croissants in a brown paper bag.
Heavy rain, flood waters, and mud. By the time we get home Sophie is having a bad hair day. Bob's nose is covered in river mud. One of those days when the attractions of short haired dogs become ever more obvious. Sophie continues to appear with pieces of floor tile. Despite an hour on our hands and knees we still haven't been able to find their source. Sophie is of course far too canny to let us catch her in the act.
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Choosing happiness definitely required effort here in Aberdeen yesterday, with torrential rain and fierce winds through all the nominally daylight hours. Looks like the weather's been similar in your bit of France Profonde.
We think the muddy face is going to be a feature for awhile.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
I hope the flood waters recede soon so that you and the angels can have proper croissants again and not just "so-so" ones.
A Sophie stake out sounds like fun.....can I come?
President Francois Hollande has been all over the news here because he'll be coming to the US next month, and the reporters were all wondering who he would be bringing with him--I guess we know now who will be staying home!
I suspect you can't find Sophie's source of floor tiles 'inside' because the little dear is probably finding the tile pieces somewhere 'outside'. Clever girl. Time to put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and get to the bottom of this Angus.
oh this crazy planet. there you are flooded. we here are dry as a bone with extreme fire danger. and our northeast is being inundated with one fierce snow storm after another!!!
these puppy faces this morning... up close and personal and so deliciously DIRTY!! LOL.
the mystery of the tile continues. better than any agatha christie... xoxo
Sophie the secret plummer... she is a great pup - have a good (rainy) day - Kiri just helps himself to my shoes when he is bored on a rainy day... greetings from Southern Italy Susanne, Daisy and Kiri with his cat-twin Dandy
Perhaps she has found the secret stash of spare tiles left by the tile repair people?
Very dry in CA
Have you seen photos of the Somerset Levels?
This reminds me of something that happened years ago. One of my dog,s Emma, started bringing me marbles every day. I had no idea where she was getting them. After a long while - and many marbles - I figured out she was digging them up in an old flowerbed. What they were doing there is a mystery...
Your title caught my eye. So very true.
I hope the flooding is receding, and that Sophie's bad hair day is improved.
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