A pre-dawn comfort break for the PONs and then they're loaded into the back of the big car and driven to the airport. They can both leap into the little VW but the Volvo is too high for Sophie who has to be helped up. The boot in the Volvo is the size of an ice rink so she can spread herself out without bothering her brother. Sophie is soon on her back and inelegantly asleep. At roundabouts she rolls over and emits a loud huff of displeasure. This morning the airport is very busy with business folk heading off to Paris on the first flight. 'The Font' says farewell to the PONs in the car park rather than at the departure gate. Bob is slightly miffed that he doesn't get a chance to wave his paws in front of the door sensors. He does however get to christen tyres in the short stay parking area.
Back home for a morning spent getting the garden ready for winter. Over the course of the week we shall slowly start to take all the pool furniture into storage. It only seems like yesterday that I got it all out. While I'm working a dark suited man in Beijing calls to ask if its usual for two Supreme Court Justices in a row - Messrs. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh - to come from the same D.C. high school. This is something I'd not noticed but I tell him it's extremely unusual. We discuss why this might be so.
The cooler temperatures mean that the angelic duo can come with me on a 10 am trip to the cafe. We go in the 'Loonj' so that Sophie can clamber in by herself. Getting to the bakers late has the advantage that a full variety of cakes are on display.
Angus settles on two eclairs. One coffee and one chocolate.
This mornings croissant from the cafe an outstanding 9.3/10. The crust crispy, the dough light and buttery. The angelic duo agree that the croissant is exceptional.PONs it must be said are perhaps not the best croissant judges. They think all bakery products merit an 11/10. From the smile on Bobs face today's offering is a 14/10.
6 comments:
That round yellow confection in the middle of the bakery display looks interesting. And a 9.3 croissant? Oh my.
Like your friend in Beijing, I am now wondering if there will be more questions about Gorsuck's schooling, given the Kavanaugh examples. The women of America are interested in the answers.
Bob's croissant is suffering from grade inflation today!
Ohhhhhhhhhh eclairs!! Great choice.
The image of a snoozing Sophie getting rolled around at roundabouts is amusing.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when asked how many women would be enough on the Supreme Court, answered "nine." After all, for a couple hundred years it was nine (white) men....something the current occupier of the White House undoubtedly would prefer to see again.
I am with Poppy Q re the eclairs. However when did they start using chocolate icing rather than pure chocolate?
A kiss from Bob and a chocolate éclair would go a long way to lighten my mood as we suffer through this prep boy, Yalie boy nightmare.
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