The Old Farmer is up early. He wanders over for a chat. The PONs sit on his feet. Bob faces right, Sophie left. He informs us that the last time it was this hot was in February 1943. 'Got so dry and hot that summer that there was no water. My mother had to slaughter the cattle and sell the meat to the Germans '. He uses the politically incorrect word 'Boche'. A little reminder that history and memory have long legs.
A convoy of twenty riot police vans on the motorway this morning. Returning from a night in Toulouse. The Yellow Jackets are off the front pages but there still seems to be a deep vein of rage bubbling away.
The workmen are out replacing bulbs in the street lights. Some bright spark has laid out the plastic cones so that both lanes of traffic are closed off. The two cars ahead of us don't know what to do and come to a complete halt. Our escape route round the obstacle proves to be a detour through the accountants parking lot and out via the forecourt of the tyre centre.
Bob and 'The Font' head off to the market. Sophie and Angus wander down the lane. There is nothing Bob enjoys more than heading off with 'The Font'. For a while he becomes 'Guardian in chief'. Surprisingly Sophie is happy to be with Angus who gives her ear scrunches. Her nose continues to display a remarkable lustre.
Just another French village morning when nothing happens.
They played this hauntingly beautiful song on the radio this morning.Something exotic about the harmonies. I thought it might be Georgian but it's Corsican : https://youtu.be/iv15R81gKhA?t=93
7 comments:
I don't know about TomTom but Google's Street View cars sure have high cameras. We have a 12-foot wall around our house and they managed to photograph inside during their drive by. When you are in a little village, behind a huge wall like everybody else, you expect a certain amount of privacy. They even went up a little tractor path on the village outskirts and up and down some of the pedestrian-except-for-residents'-garage-access streets in the medieval heart.
Looks like you will be in for a long hot summer if it is so warm already. You are hotter than us.
Years ago my husband brought home a declassified commercial satellite photo of the Washington monument. It was amazing the detail you could see from space. With images like that and TomTom and Google earth and street view, drones above, is it any wonder that people feel like they're being watched?
I thought all the “bright sparks” lived in California!
Perhaps being accompanied by a charming lady earns Bob extra special treats at the butcher's. And he has the entire back of the car to himself.
Now how do you think self-driving cars would have navigated that unexpected detour?
Looks like you are having a great day in the photos. We just love you got to see one of car mapping vehicles. Good thing there was a detour to get out from them blocking the roadway. Thanks for the share. Have a wonderful rest of your day.
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