The local farmers use the village hall to catch up on the latest World Cup matches. A good place to take a break in between ploughing and spraying. Tractors arrive, then go. France is still in the tournament so conversations turn to the chances of exotic teams from from far away places like South Korea or Costa Rica or England. Germany is out of the tournament which is put down to them 'not having the pace and style for the modern game '. Farmers wives show up to collect their offspring from the afternoon school bus and then disappear into the village hall kitchen to make sandwiches and open bottles of wine. A boom box plays music that the little ones dance to. The farmers watch replays of matches on the borrowed television and seem oblivious to the three year olds prancing around them.
The lime tree that stands on the village green is covered in small flowers. These attract bees. In fact the lime flowers seem to act on bees the same way a magnet works on iron filings. There must be thousands of them working away. As we leave the front gate for our six am walk the music from the bees carries into the The Rickety Old Farmhouse. Something deeply reassuring about the sound of bees at work. A sign that all is well with the world.
This morning Bob is accompanied on his morning walk by Lamb on a Rope. Sometimes a day is so perfect you want to share it with an old friend. Taking Lamb on a Rope on the morning walk has the added advantage of driving his sister wild with jealousy. We proceed slowly. Bob has a habit of dropping Lamb while he sniffs the hedgerows and then has to remember where he left him.
And, if this is anything to go by, the weather in Scotland remains glorious : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb5LTHthaEA
9 comments:
Bob is such an endearing character, and what a lovely picture of him and his precious LOAR today.
I hope the farmers continue to enjoy their village hall football. The world intersects very distinctive locality in France profonde.
(And reality strikes in England after last night!)
Cheers, Gail.
Bob we are loving that you took your friend for an outing round the neighborhood. We are glad that you did not lose him in the countryside.
We are glad that the farmers are enjoying the footie. It is very civilized that all ages gather together in the village hall to appreciate the games.
The football gathering sounds charming. Usually it's done in cafés, which aren't spots for children.
Happy to hear bees are doing well somewhere.
We recently were at the airport in Toulouse, and as I walked through the whooshing doors, I thought of the PONs. I also thought my family would consider me nuts, to be reminded of dogs (I am absolutely terrified of them) I have only ever read about.
Hari om
Sitting under a cerulean Suffolk sky this morning, I can only pray the Scottish summer doesn't revert to type the minute I get back! YAMxx
Bob would have loved to have been there to wave his paws under the movement detector. PON paw magic.
Lamb on a rope is being left at home in future. Bob was reminded a dozen times to 'collect' his friend. This slowed our progress considerably.
Bob stuck a cold wet nose in my ear at 5.12 this morning. Endearing was not the term that first came to mind.
We are still hoping for the video that shows Bob working his open-sesame magic.
The 'bee' on your linden tree flower is a fly :-) Don't worry though, flies are frequently better pollinators than bees, and in any case, it's traditional in the MSM to illustrate an article about bees with a photo of a fly.
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