Our usual morning pandemonium. Bob sits in Sophie's spot in the back of the car. Sophie shrieks. Bob gets out. Sophie gets in. Bob joins her. Sophie harrumphs. Can chaos become routine ?
The water hole by the horse field is the PONs favourite place to drink from. If the water in their bowls at home isn't changed three times a day they complain. No complaints about week older puddle water. A lingering 'essence of horse' clearly is worth waiting for. There is also mud which is a big PON positive.
There was a village council meeting last night. 'The Font' took the minutes. The high point the review of the remedial building works on the Swaying Jesus .
After the repairs the 'Sway' has morphed into a less noteworthy 'Tilt'. For some unexplained reason - humidity being the most likely culprit - the statue has begun to develop orangey/ red stains - the result of some lichen that has started to grown on its flanks. The village odd job man thinks this highly amusing. ' Two miracles for the price of one '. He suggests opening up a beer tent for passing pilgrims. The little lady in the purple hat thinks his comments are in sacrilegious bad taste. She tells him so. He tells her where to go.The odd job man lightens the atmosphere by telling a joke about miracles . ''I took my wife to Lourdes hoping for a miracle. I didn't get one. She came back with me ''. The little lady in the purple hat is now amused. She tuts. After two hours of everyone talking at the same time the mayor calls the proceedings to a halt.
'The Font' chuckles and thinks it best that the minutes of the meeting be heavily redacted.
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Hari om
Can chaos become routine you ask... one word. Brexit. Is it wrong that I cackled rather than chuckled at the committee report? YAM xx
Are you sure that Bob isn't getting into HIS place, which Sophie constantly wants, and then he accedes to her?
Brothers and sisters always seem to argue about where to sit in the car.
How true. My brother and I always used to fight for the privilege of sitting in the front. Cheers! Gail.
This method is used to clean outdoor stone statuary by conservators: equal quantities of white spirit and distilled water plus 1 drop of washing up liquid per litre of mixture. Apply with a soft tooth brush, rinse off well with distilled water and a soft cloth and dry with a cloth or kitchen paper. It's specifically to kill and clean off mosses, lichens and fungi. Known in the trade as Kill Kwik.
Now that would be a miracle indeed, if the odd job man could be convinced to follow these instructions.
As the veteran of a number of New England annual town meetings, I have to say that your village council discussion sounds quite familiar.
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