Friday, June 14, 2019

And hope and history rhyme


I think Sophie's being aloof but in fact she's looking grumpily at two pigeons who have had the audacity to settle on the branches of a holm oak. One of her holm oaks !


Bob has noticed that the odd job man has left the pool cover out to dry on the lawn. The chlorine has killed off an oblong patch of grass. The family fellow does one of those bizarre wrestling on the ground type things that dogs do and ends up rolling on his back down the hill. This is the cause of great satisfaction and happy amazement. 


Village checked, animals accounted for, school bus observed, croissants tasted. The PONs are ready for an active day on the stoop.

'The Font' returns to howls of acclamation. We catch up :

A Swedish  restaurant has opened in what used to be the Salvation Army hall ( what are the chances of that ? ). Swedish meat balls are on the menu. A table of no less than fourteen Swedes come in and express surprise at the wetness of the weather.

At the cinema there are half an hour of adverts before the main feature. The adverts are big on funeral plans, Indian restaurants and ' Great deals on new model Fords'. Rocketman proves to be unexceptional.

The workmen descend on the wee house. They all have names ending in son. Robertson, Donaldson, Johnson, Wilson. The taxi driver is Mr Williamson.

The window cleaner shows up. 'The Font' tells him to be careful climbing up his ladder. He looks bemused. Seems window cleaners haven't used ladders since the dark ages. He has a device that shoots high pressure water, pumped from the back of his truck, onto the windows . He clambers through the vennel to do the back windows. This costs 18 pounds. He is delighted with a two pound tip.

There is a conference on solar flares in the science faculty. 'The Font' wanders in to a lecture. '' Are you registered ? '' asks a woman in a grey chunky knit sweater who is sitting at a table by  the door. ' No ' replies 'The Font'. ''That's fine then '' says the chunky knit woman with evident disinterest.


The PONs are delighted the flock is back together. Bob exudes an inner happiness that hints that he alone has found the wandering sheep. The boy done good.

Earlier in the week a video of an American Presidential candidate was posted alongside a comment holding out little hope for British politicians. Then I was sent this tweet. Anyone who reads Seamus Heaney would get my vote :
https://twitter.com/RoryStewartUK/status/1139104279891980288


8 comments:

Bella Roxy & Macdui said...

We also have that half hour of ads before movies. Annoying enough without the ads to advertise added.

WFT Nobby said...

A chunky knit jumper is required in eastern Scotland this June. Possibly more layers too.
Reading Seamus Heaney would be just one of several reason for voting for Rory Stewart (at least in preference to the other Tory leadership candidates). If you haven't already, his books on walks through Afghanistan and the England/Scotland border regions are well worth a read.
Cheers, Gail.

Angus said...

I fear Johnson and Mogg will give us a government of the feeble for the greedy. Perhaps Stewart will be the next front runner ?

WFT Nobby said...

The bad news for Rory Stewart is that most of the people who prefer him are not members of the Conservative Party...

Taste of France said...

The Font would make a good blogger. Or novelist. She has an eye for detail.
Reading the NYT, I got the impression Boris had the job locked up, that enough people believe his suicidal promise that the afterlife will be fun.

Angus said...

I fear the NYT is right. There again he won't be there long.

Poppy Q said...

Looks lovely and sunny at your place. A roll down the hill sounds like good summer fun. Good on you Bob.

I didn't mind Rocketman. No real surprises and it felt like it was meant to be a stage show rather than a movie.

Emm said...

'The Font' does and sees an amazing number of interesting things in such a short time.
The comments on various politicians prompted me to look up The Guardian story today that listed Tory candidates. If I understood the ins and outs, Stewart sounds like the best of the bunch. Perhaps he'll move up in the ranks relatively soon? All I knew of him before was "The Places In Between", which is a very good book.