Monday morning. Still no sign of Sophie's day-glo yellow friend.
Bob is kept on his lead for our morning walk. There are foxes in the sunflower fields.
Filet of horse at the butcher. Thankfully, not as common a sight as it used to be. The French are oblivious to Anglo-Saxon disapproval of eating horse.
The local council has put up an enormous 20 foot high flower display by the war memorial. It's white and red with just a smattering of blue. You have to search for the blue.
A stop at the greengrocers before heading off for our morning coffee and croissant slivers. This morning Sophie is being decidedly vocal - no barks - just those strange high pitched modulations that are indicators of extreme happiness. We take a table on the far corner of the bakers terrace just in case anyone mistakenly wonders if she's in pain. Sophie's songs are delivered at full volume.
Just another Monday French morning with two happy sheepdogs. A record of those little things too unimportant for a diary .
And a reminder of old fashioned graciousness :
https://youtu.be/pq4zrOoHXeg?t=928
6 comments:
The photos taken from your walk make us relaxed - such a beautiful village square shot. We agree with you - the horse meat is a big no no.
Graciousness in public life seems to be in short supply just now. All the more reason to miss Senator John McCain.
As for the British and horses - my annual work 'performance and career planning review' last week (the latter part at least, an absurd concept at my age) consisted of me spending an hour comforting my tearful boss who had learned that morning that her beloved Icelandic Pony had a terminal disease and would be euthanised later that day...
Here's to healthy and happy pets.
Cheers, Gail.
Our local saturday morning market always has the horse meat butcher stall...and the longest queque.
At John McCain's request, Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at his memorial service a decade after that dinner. Sad, but it seems fitting somehow.
As a. vegetarian and an equestrian, this was not my favorite post...
Very fitting. Really can’t imagine Trump ever doing that!
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