Sometimes I look at Sophie and marvel at just how quickly a girl with two titanium knees can run along the lane. This morning she's in a hurry because a horse and its rider have been out enjoying a long walk in the pre-dawn cool. Sophie has caught the scent of 'recycled' oats.
Bob and Angus sit and watch the sun rise. Being a Sunday we have the storm drain to ourselves. No garagiste, school buses or farmers to interrupt our thoughts. The leaves on the plane trees are turning brown. They rustle in the slight dawn breeze. A pleasing sound .
On our way home the horses rush over to the fence to see us. They are sociable beasts. Sophie is completely untroubled by the horses. Bob is less keen on the way they stamp the ground, wave their tails and neigh. He stands behind my legs.
This mornings croissants light, buttery and flaky. 8/10. The curved ends are removed for the real croissant aficionados who settle down under the table with a bowl of water.
So starts an Oh so quiet Sunday.
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8 comments:
ANGUS - nice to see that your morning croissants are 'straight' rather than curved. It took us many decades of visiting France to finally learn that the all-butter croissants are always straight, never curved. The 'iconic' curved croissants are made with margarine, other fats, or even partial amounts of butter. Glad you enjoyed a nice 8/10 this morning! Nothing better. As for the PONS.......they are getting the very best bits -
the crunchy crispy satisfying ends! No wonder each day is better than the former......
You're right. However, French logic also means that not all butter croissants are straight in shape - as these ones prove.
The croissants are looking good, as is the coffee.
The croissants look rather tasty and flaky today - I never knew that about butter ones being straight, you learn something new every day. Maybe I will have to visit a bakery tomorrow for my own pastry treat.
Your sunrises are beginning to look a bit crisp.
Not cold yet but it won't be long before the sunrise has that chill air crispness to it.
It looks like the bakers found strawberries. I could never begin to rate a croissant, but I could a good ole southern biscuit.
Those sunrise pictures are so beautiful, especially the second one.
I love that the horses rush over to see you in the mornings!
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