No point in opening up the shutters this morning. Today is already hot ( 28 degrees at six am, 41- 42 degrees + forecast this afternoon ) and Savannah style humid.
Time to head off for our morning croissant. The angelic settle in the back of the car. We hurtle along empty roads with all the windows down. PON ears fly upwards in the ensuing gale.
An enormous tiger mosquito zapper in the hardware store. It's priced at E619 which seems pricey for a bug trap.
At the cafe the PONs and Angus sit at an outside table to share our croissant, bowl of water and cup of coffee. This morning we are joined by a family of fearless sparrows. The sparrows are sensible enough not to parade around on the ground in front of the PONs noses. Instead they sit facing me on the back of a chair and look imploringly at the croissant crumbs on the table. Each of the sparrows has slightly different plumage and its own unique way of standing.
The greengrocer has started to sell packs of insects as a pre-dinner snack. It seems unlikely that the conservative residents of France profonde will ever be tempted into trying out dried insects. Angus thinks it more likely that the greengrocer has a serious recreational pharmaceutical habit.
Back at The Rickety Old Farmhouse the young postman delivers a registered letter. It's from Volvo informing us that there is a problem with a part in the engine that ' may in very rare cases cause the vehicle to ignite '. They will write to us again when a fix to the problem has been discovered. Is this, or is it not, reassuring ?
This piece of writing made me smile : https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-preschoolers-guide-to-managing-your-personal-assistant
8 comments:
The sparrows are hungry here as the winter stretches on. I imagine they are hungry there in the heat too.
Maybe the heat is getting to the greengrocer...
Hari OM
Oh if we could but swap some of each other's weather... Thanks for the intro to McSweeney's. Had not come across it before! YAM xx
The story made me laugh. Thank you.
It's a shame Volo didn't send a free fire extinguisher (to keep in the car) when they sent out registered letters so anyone whose car is the next rare case, before they find a fix, can minimise any potential fire damage!
Definitely not a letter to reassure....
Loved the article.
I guess that the birds would like the packaged insects.
Sorry aout the humidity. That makes such hotness even worse somehow.
I hope the sparrows enjoyed the croissant crumbs.
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