An old shirt provides an excellent pre-breakfast play thing for the angelic duo. Every week Loic the gardener wanders round and collects an assortment of shredded pillow cases, old socks and knotted tea towels from their hiding places under hedges and in flower beds. He piles them in a corner of the barn. After he goes they are carefully redistributed and rehidden. All the expensive dog toys are ignored.
In the supermarket goats cheese flavoured crisps. Very French. Closer examination of the super shiny packaging shows that the emphasis should be on 'flavoured' rather than 'goats cheese'.
For those interested in Scotlands referendum here's a thoughtful blog link about what happens next . It may explain why pro-independence fervour is cooling a little:
http://devolutionmatters.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/negotiations-after-a-scottish-referendum-yes-vote/
13 comments:
I follow your blog and enjoy it but don't emerge to comment. However I must just thank you for the link to the devolution blog. Here in Scotland, it is deeply distressing to face the prospect that the UK may be split apart and that my children's future will be diminished.
Macdui thinks the recycle bin has the best toys...
Don't fully understand either side of Scottish independence; but Cameron reminds me of the telephone company that I finally got fed up with and changed, then suddenly became a valued customer and they could offer me all sorts of things. Why wasn't I valued before?
Mum's flip flops are Leah's favourite toy at the moment !
Still, as a Cavalier King Charles and her Stuart ancestors she thinks she should be having a vote
Have to wonder how many sixteen year olds are
pondering issues such as these.
From your comment I assume you watched the Channel 4 debate on the merits of independence with a group of Scottish teenagers. Most memorable soundbite was the young lady who said she had been thinking of voting No but was now voting Yes because Mr.Salmond had said on television that Scotland could carry on using the pound. This answer told me more. much more, than I needed to know about the political sophistiction of the argument.. She went on to say she'd already voted by post. Until then I'd thought that postal votes were only for those who had a good reason for not going to the voting booth.
Is Loic your gardner at all like Loic the gardener on As Time Goes By, one of my all time favorite programs?
Loic is not allowed to be near rotating machinery or sharp implements . He is however inordinately happy particulalry when he's allowed to use the lawn tractor or the lithium battery powered grass strimmer.
Whew! Good to be home. (and catch up with the Pon Duo) Yogi and I were visiting my father and missed your posts the last several days.
Amazing how my father is getting older (89) and Yogi seems to know to be very gentle. Dogs are very sensitive to this. Anyhow, we missed your posts. But, now we are caught op.
Hugs,
Yogi and his Mom from Ohio
No, we changed the system in the whole UK 5 or 6 years ago. Anyone can apply for one anytime. I can't remember the last time I didn't vote by post>
I actually meant that, whilst I thought the piece well done and thoughtful, it's not going to change hearts and minds. I have been doorknocking my wee hands off, and Yes voters are thin on the ground, but a) I'm not in Glasgow; and b) I'm in a pretty wealthy area.Even where the "Councils houses" are canvassed they're coming back "No, but with much lower margins. I fear the tower blocks of greater Strathclyde>
I was panicked. I'm not any more, but I think it'll be a LOT tighter than it ought to be.
Wait! A gardener who cannot be near sharp implements???
Wishfully Thinking, I went to your blog and hoped to leave a comment but couldn't see how to, so I hope Angus will excuse me if I reply here to say your reasons to vote No are EXACTLY mine. I also fear rule by the Central Belt, because I come from Moray and will return there before too long, hopefully. I read 'Blossom' by Lesley Riddoch and did not recognise my Scotland.
My Mum would "put away" some of our toys too when I was a child, but somehow we always found where she had hidden them.
Loic is a real gem....what patience and understanding and PON love....each week he will put away the "toys" and the PON duo will carefully redistribute and rehide them all over again...what a cute and neverending cycle....
That's kind, Linda, Thank you. I've not read Blossom and think it's unlikely I'll be overwhemmed by the need to.
I should leave Angus's blog in peace now
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