Dawn. I turn on the lights and find Sophie waiting downstairs to greet me .
I compliment her on her film starlet appearance. Irony is something dogs, thankfully, don't understand.
To the cheese shop in the market town. They stock Brie de Melun. Sometimes, very rarely, they will have some Black Brie which is aged for six months.
Some Banon for ' The Font '. The PONs get a small sliver of Tome. Sophie lets out a barely audible whimper of delight. Bobs tail thwack-thwack-thwacks against the door.
They're selling pots of rice pudding and - something I've not seen in years - semolina pudding. Both the rice and semolina puddings are upmarket affairs. Orange and Cannelles and Rum and Raisin flavours marking them out from their more pedestrian English counterparts.
On the way back to the car we pass an old house with two palm trees in its front garden. Lack of light has forced the trees up. They must be at least a hundred years old. The trees , like the house, look as if they've suffered from years of neglect.
Back in Scotland the workmen remain hard at work on the wee house. The outer door has been painted and new locks fitted. Long distance organization is working .... so far.
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17 comments:
The door colour is lovely... Red
Black brie sounds interesting. Is it good? (It would take a lot to persuade me that semolina pudding , however fancy, could be good...)
Cheers, Gail.
Poor Sophie - she really needs a personal groomer !
The new front door is a lovely shade, and must look very cheerful set in the granite walls.
Hari OM
I love semolina and make it regularly. Palm trees are fast growers - they may only be 30 or 40 years old. Cocounut and Date palms, at a stretch, might get to 100. Those are neither coconut, nor date palms. Fuschia Pink - bold. Hell is geological - very good, now we can choose whether to go or not! YAM xx
I like the red(dish) front door, very auspicious.
Given the spikey hairdos frequently favored by many a film starlet, Sophie might be a source of envy. After Googling black brie, I learned that many people like to soak it in café au lait before eating it for breakfast. Not my idea of a way to start the day.
The color of the door on the wee house reminds me of the wall in the ROF kitchen. It will soon be time to find tenants from the sound of it.
All being well it will be let to an American university for a year starting in July.
That far North wrm colours come into their own.
It can be good as long as aged properly . Otherwise the smell can be 'potent'.
Hopefully a cheerful colour.
The palms ( Palmettos ) round here seem to grow slowly. The one by the front gate was planted in 1918 and is still growing.
My local dairy producer in the Touraine, who home delivers, always has semolina pudding in stock.
Semolina seems to be making a comeback.
Do you think anyone is living in the neglected house? The fence seems to be in good shape. Poor palm trees.
Hello Angus! The start of the best day ever for Bob and Sophie! How could it not be with cheese?
I've been keeping up with your blog via my phone while sitting in traffic, etc. I love the rich history of your house in Scotland, and I love the door color too. Here in the US a red door was a sign of a home that was a safe stop for travelers. Very fitting, I think, for this house.
...fair enough... these did not immediately strike me as being palmetto, but point taken! I had several palm trees in my Sydney garden... the two nearest the house were planted by the previous owner, for the selling thereof. They were just bucket-sized. In my seven years there, they grew to over 20 feet tall and started to destroy the rones!!! Yxx
I fear it's empty. Too large for modern tastes coupled to the fact that what was a desirable town centre location a century ago is less desirable today.
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