February and it's hot. Bob takes up his warm weather position at the front door. Nose out, rump in. From his spot on the stoop he can monitor anyone and anything coming along the lane. Today he mostly watches fat happy bees and dainty yellow butterflies.
The supermarket has entered into the summer spirit by putting up an enormous plastic flower display. It must be fifteen metres square. Why there should be such an emphasis on plastic flowers when the real kind are bursting out of the ground is something of a mystery.
Garden gnomes, a feature much loved by French villagers ( Madame Bay has a small army of the things ) much in evidence between the sways of artificial colour.
The surplus chocolate Santa's still lingering by the fruit and nut section. They're now 50% off and not selling. Some are looking decidedly the worse for wear. Let's hope the chocolate Easter rabbits have a better season.
This mornings croissant a delight. Not as good as 'The Fonts' Parisian breakfast offering from https://dupainetdesidees.com/historique.html but not far off it. Sophie emits the faintest squeak of delight when she's given her slightly crusty end portion.
This is why a glass of wine should always be 'sniffed' before drinking. You never know which nostril is operating and in charge : https://twitter.com/fermatslibrary/status/1097486254474702848
'The Font' thinks these two are very brave : https://saintsfunder.st-andrews.ac.uk/p/tandemafrica/
Finally, if you're in Paris and hungry you can't beat this lunch menu for E22 : http://www.amarante.paris/
5 comments:
Thanks for showing us your supermarket specials - they seldom fail to raise a smile. Like you I do wonder why they choose the displays they do. Like you I am not a fan of the plastic flowers. Time to just give up with the santas I think. The boss should donate them to the staff cafe.
Enjoy your weekend and please pat the pons for me.
PONs duly patted
Hari OM
Well done to the cycling lads, one wishes them safe travels. Did Angus use the left or the right nostril to take in the aroma of coffee this morning? Clearly the PONs have no issues on the matter of sniffing! YAM xx
Bob makes me laugh. He looks like a slightly grumpy but resolute bouncer, determined to keep the riff-raff out of his establishment.
Good luck to those St. Andrews cyclists. What an amazing, and brave, journey. I'm going to pass the link on to others, perhaps we can find them a few more pennies.
The little glaucoma system they are handing out will do good.
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