The PONs make it quite clear that Angus should get a move on and start the morning walk. They have no need to bark. Their demeanour says it all.
Loic shows up. I ask him how he's getting on. He tells me 'Mummy's happy'. This leaves me unsure how much he's really understood about what's happened. I tell him 'that's good' and leave it at that. Loic has remembered that I'd promised he could drive the lawn tractor. Letting him do this breaks every health and safety rule known to the French government but he's soon hurtling round the field at a speed that's arguably slight too fast for his driving skills. Immersed in the excitement of the moment he laughs out loud. With the exception of a couple of low hanging acer branches that get in the way no irreparable damage is done. After half an hour the tractor runs out of petrol. The word 'Hallelujah', said with vehemence, is reserved for moments such as this.
Mid-morning we meet The Old Farmer who is heading off to the garage to have the venerable Mercedes road tested. He says that he still hasn't heard back from the Belorussian Embassy in Paris about his visa and the one for his Belgian lady companion. In readiness for the journey the Belgian lady is making new blackout curtains for the Ford Transit motor home. The material she's chosen is a black, orange and red stripe not unlike the German flag . The angry wasp school of decoration.
The peonies and the wisteria coming into bloom. Some of the roses beginning to bud. After all the rain the garden looks set for a year of riotous colour.
In the evening 'The Font' returns. British Airways operates a Boeing 767 on the Edinburgh to London sector. Angus is surprised they're still flying. Bob wears his '' You cannot believe how bad the food has been " face. Sophie does back flips of delight. When it comes to PONs there is no such thing as hiding their emotions. All reunions are theatrically emotional. They get pasta with their dinner which elevates the day to 'best day ever' category.
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Always makes me nervous to hear of the Old Farmer making plans for a trip to Belorus. Didn't his last trip involve a short time in jail? A good thing he'll have the Belgian Lady with him.
I liked the "works for cats" comment.
Are you sure it's not the Belgian flag the Belgian lady is sewing up as curtains? Same colors, different order.
Hari OM
Yes, I was thinking Belgian flag too... a happy Loic has to have been worth half an hour's mayhem, right? Plus another good reason to not visit China. Ta. YAM xx
That clip reminded me of an old TV show, Candid Camera..I laughed out loud..There would be a lot of wet pedestrians in California ��
Oh the joys of a reunited flock!!
Just be thankful Loic is not planning to drive the lawn tractor to Belarus...
With my slim internet access, I always feel a bit late to the party with comments. But I was very touched by the story of sharing jelly beans with Loic. And the tractor ride: oh, hurray! I see the wisteria is blooming once again at the ROF, something I look for each spring.
When Loic is next around to work in the garden, you'll know not to fill the tank of the ride on lawn tractor with more than a cupful or two of petrol!
Pasta for dinner = two very happy PONs.
Oh the dogs look so happy in your lovely spring garden. Spring in rural France looks lovely.
Thank you for giving Loic some moments of joy.
One cupful will be enough ....
The strange serendipity that someone in the US should have read the blog and sent some jelly beans that arrived that very morning.
It could be a smoother ride than the venerable Ford Transit motor home with fibre glass repairs !
Nothing like it. Bob recognizes that it's all down to his skill as a herder !
In France they'd be soaked .
Half an hours garden mayhem is a small price for a little extra happiness for one of Gods special ones
Yes, the last time he was there the Milicja detained him. The village he wants to visit ( where his fathers grave is ) is in the border zone in the Suwalki Gap.
You're right.
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