Humans may suffer from that Monday morning feeling but not Polish Lowland Sheepdogs.
Six am and they're keen to get their day started. What wonders await ! Bob lets out a whimper of excitement.
We watch the sun rise.
Then it's time for a start of day coffee and croissant. This being France the PONs get a bowl of water.
In the little local supermarket the display of Easter eggs seems to have barely been touched. This is a definite change from prior years when they used to fly off the shelves. Is this lack of interest in chocolate animals down to austerity or a profound change in peoples tastes ? The same disinterest was shown at Christmas.
The Sultana. America's home grown Titanic disaster . How many people have heard about it ? : http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/319/surviving-the-worst-the-wreck-of-the-sultana
The press. Some people in the audience liked this speech - others sat arms folded : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXllzwrh_Dc
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It is a bit scary that the National Front is leading in the polls.
Most people seem to have lost their love of Easter Chocolate. I guess that 20-50 years ago chocolate was a treat for most families and kids never got their own. We were usually only given a couple of small squares as a Saturday night treat. Now we can buy it anytime we want.
Love the morning photo of Bob and Sophie in the garden. Everything looks so fresh (PONs included).
My polling card for the European elections arrived last week. And in town on Saturday I was accosted by a lady on the SNP stand, a Duthie Park dog walking acquaintance, who said "Hi Bertie's mum, I'm sure Bertie would want to read this" and handed me a leaflet explaining the supposed benefits of a future independent Scotland being in the EU but not the UK. I held back from telling her what I thought of the SNP's policy for a new Scottish currency...
At least no-one was out campaigning for Farage's new party.
Cheers, Gail.
When I eavesdrop in cafés and public places, I hear plenty of rascist/nationalist comments. So easy to have a scapegoat. So I'm not surprised about the FN. Also, nobody is ever happy with whoever is in power--they might approve of the general direction at best and vote for more, but nobody says they think things are great. OK--some Trump voters might be enjoying some Schadenfreude with the treatment of immigrants. Cruelty is in vogue. Did you see the NYT piece (by the insufferable Maureen Dowd) about the departing French ambassador to the U.S.? He compares Macron to Obama, as being hyper-rational. Inflaming prejudice is far more effective.
Re chocolates: Poppy is right about them not being special anymore, but also I see lots of signs of economic hardship.
I am also a fan of the Bob and Sophie photos this morning and certainly not one of Monday morning.
And I have to confess to having bought leftover Easter chocolate - A bag of "fun size" Snicker bars and a bag of M&M's for a dollar each were hard to resist. However, I could resist the chocolate bunnies.
I confess I did know about the Sultana but only because the husband is a Civil War buff and told me the story years ago. Sadly, and as the well written article states, you'll not find it in most history books.
We are finally greening up over here but not so beautifully as your corner of france. For the most part, Holiday inspired chocolate always seems to be made of lower quality products and perhaps consumer tastes have changed over the years? Wondering how long it took for your custom chocolate egg to disappear!
Well done for knowing about the Sultana. A story I'd never heard of and doesn't appear in most histories about the period. The custom egg disappeared in 30 seconds.
Your photo of the NF canvassers has a red stop light in it. Hoping that's a bit of subliminal stage direction.
If they and Macron split 44% of the vote, where does the remainder go?
My wedding pictures were taken in the Duthie Park! Fit like?
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