The green tractor rumbles by at ten past six. The blue tractor follows twenty minutes later. After that nothing. The village settles down for another day of lockdown slumber in the spring sunshine. This morning Sophie and Angus make their first choice of the day - turn right or left ? We opt to turn left.
Time for Sophie to have a lengthy scratch on the gravel by the war memorial.
One of the mysteries of the 'lockdown' is the absence of the two village tikes. 'The Font' caught a quick glimpse of them peddling though the village at high speed four days ago. Apart from that nothing. We think that their mother might have instilled in them an enthusiasm for fishing and spending their days at the local lake. Their silence hints at mischief afoot.
Some Donizetti for a Friday morning :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riGRz-2shw0
And the cheery Scottish Granny straight out of central casting : https://twitter.com/MeIodyMac/status/1245639579295559680
10 comments:
The village is looking so beautiful in its fresh spring colours this morning.
Aww. Reminds me of my Granny Bell from Irvine.
The village does look lovely indeed. I wish I was locked down at the convent just now.
Pons do the best 'hurrumphs' don't they!
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hari OM
That's very nearly the peony and wisteria together - one or two more days!!! The stillness comes through these images... YAM xx
Awww Sophie you look lovely by the flowers.
Comment above; I'm not sure why Google had decided to log me out!
Teena and Lala
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I'm having trouble posting a comment today for some reason, but let me try again. The Scottish Granny was just what I needed - she puts things in perspective! I am curious to see whether she turns up in the New York Times tomorrow, as you seem to be in tune with the zeitgeist. Dr. Smith, whom you linked yesterday, was featured in the Wall Street Journal this morning as the "pandemic's most powerful writer". We had a scare with Cherry last evening. She completely ignored her dinner (you know how strange that is) and had a very upset stomach, so we took her off to the vet's for testing. It turned out that she is doing great - the infection level has dropped dramatically and all she had was, yes, a bad stomach. They gave us some more medicine and sent us on our way. It's probably a good thing we have Cherry to worry about, as it takes our mind off the virus. We thought the Japanese government might declare a state of emergency yesterday, but instead they surprised everyone by announcing that each Japanese household will be receiving two cloth masks. Today at least they finally changed one really crazy policy that has mandated that anyone testing positive be hospitalized. I believe that is the primary reason they have not been testing - they know that if they do, they will find cases and they worry the hospitals will be overrun. Now, hospitals will have the ability to tell patients who are not seriously ill to quarantine at home.
Google is very slow today. Please Lord may it hold up through the lockdown ! A PONette without an appetite would be very worrying. Glad its all resolving itself. As for testing the UK government is in a mess but even the Germans, who have down this well, are struggling. The numbers from India and Iran are just pure fiction. Keep safe and strong.
Thank you Angus for my immune-boosting smile this morning. Our wisteria is a day or two behind yours, but no sign of any peony flowers here yet. Stay safe.
Big change in the local wisteria in recent days. Lovely.
I think it's great if the tykes are up to mischief. That's what childhood is for. As long as they don't break any of the major laws. I am having memories of my brothers taking turns climbing onto the roof of our house and seeing how many twists they could do in the air before landing on the lawn (luckily they were good at rolling). No bones were broken, miraculously.
So glad that Cherry was able to see the Dr, please let us know how she does now that she has tummy meds.
Thinking of you.
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