Bill and Ben, the retired odd job men, arrive to put up some new curtain rods. They were supposed to have done this in April but the good weather got in the way. Bill and Ben are slow in the same way a glacier is slow. There are four curtain rods to put up. They manage to install one between arriving at nine and leaving for lunch at noon. In the early afternoon they manage to put up two more before they go at five. The final curtain rail will be put up '' the next time we have a moment to spare ". Quite what Bill and Ben find to occupy their time so that their 'spare moments' are few and far between is an impenetrable mystery.
Bob and Sophie are corralled in the library. They have spent much of their morning running up the stairs to see what Bill and Ben are doing before rushing back down the stairs to provide '' The Font ' with a passionate and vociferous commentary. It is completely beyond the PONs comprehension that there might be things that go on in the house that don't require their intimate involvement.
The bakers has a circular chocolatey thing with a hole in the middle, a lemon meringue pie and something vaguely like a Paris-Brest. We pass.
Three types of beetroot for sale in the greengrocers this morning. We also pass on them.
A warning to dog owners : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06pmx3k
Proof of climate chage ? : https://e360.yale.edu/features/redrawing-the-map-how-the-worlds-climate-zones-are-shifting
The graphics on this Japanese study are stunning ( You'll need to scroll down to see some of the optical illusions - rotating snakes is perhaps the best ) : http://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/news/detail/?id=278
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A picture of Bob and Sophie at rest in your beautiful library is always a good opener for the day!
The bakeries offerings are a bit scruffy looking today - I would pass too. I did eat somewhere fancy last week, with some roast lamb and roast beetroot which was tasty.
I love how at the French markets you can buy already-roasted beets. I had never seen that before.
That chocolate Paris-Brest looks pretty tempting.
I attended a dog emergency care class last weekend, and though I knew about Xylitol, that was the first time I heard that it is now being added to some peanut butters! My dogs get peanut butter everyday, so I need to do a little research on this... The changing weather zones article was fascinating!
Xylitol is lethal to dogs, for whatever reasons. And it's added to a number of human products.
That picture of the library ... sigh. Shelving Envy rears its overcrowded head.
Xylitol is used in the liquid form of gabapentin (Neurontin) as produced by Pfizer, a pain-killer that is sometimes prescribed for dogs. There is a liquid generic produced by Amneal in the USA that does not have xylitol in it, and as best I know the capsule form, regardless of manufacturer, has no xylitol. Since the liquid suspension form may be easier to use for your dog, you need to be aware of what the pharmacy is giving you. The vet should already be aware, so you should be fine if the vet is your source.
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