It's the village fete this weekend. There will be petanque contests during the day and a midnight Ball and Discotheque on Saturday. Madame Bay is busy making duck sausages for the pre-dance get together dinner. The music will be supplied by DJ Wally and the strong thighed ladies of his Saturday Night Fever Magic backing group. They do dance routines in time ( almost ) to the music. Wally, the DJ, is the depressive local physiotherapist. At weekends he battles his demons and dons orange velvet flares, a purple ruffed shirt and gets his glitter ball swinging. The locals think this is the height of 'hip'.
The neighbouring farmers have discovered that the French rugby team will be in the World Championship finals . There's a chance they might win. A wide screen television and bar are being set up in the Salle Communale as we pass by on our morning walk. The PONs investigate but are 'encouraged' along.
The electricity men are also there. A number of non-authorized feeds from the village junction box ( think of The Old Farmers year round Christmas lights ) are being removed.
Beautiful mid-20's weather. Warm and with a hint of a breeze. Sadly, the little stream and waterfall have disappeared in the long running drought and we're still waiting for rain to replenish them.
After a walk, a shared croissant and another tour of the village Bob repairs to his bed by the front door. Bob can look mighty comfortable when he wants to. Sophie , in her great and unmatched wisdom, heads off to her spot in the kitchen to wait for 'The Font' to have some form of mental/muscular food dropping episode.
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I'll take Sophie's great and unmatched wisdom over you-know-who's anytime. She looks pretty comfortable herself. By the way, we have a very large typhoon heading for Japan this weekend. It is currently expected to pass through the Tokyo/Yokohama area in the early morning hours on Sunday, so the Scotland - Japan match on Sunday evening should be OK. I am not a regular rugby fan so didn't realize until yesterday that a rain-out would be treated as a draw.
We are being kept abreast of the fact that 1) the beer remains in good supply but 2) food at the rugby ground food outlets is still subject to strange Japanese laws of supply and demand. On a Cost Centres recommendation The Font is reading Pico Iver's 'A beginners guide to Japan' - by a man who has lived near Kyoto for 32 years. It is said to be 'interesting' .
I had not heard about the Iyer book so took a peek on Amazon. Hmmm - between Iyer and your rugby friends, it seems the two of you are probably getting quite an idiosyncratic picture of Japan.
How will pilots find the airport at Toulouse if the Old Farmer's guiding lights are disconnected?
My thoughts exactly!
You are the master of Easter eggs.
Hari Om
Meanwhile, here in the Bonny Land, watching happenings in Japan via the magic of electrons and stuff... things are looking hot! YAM xx
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