Friday, July 24, 2020

A non-gastronomic meaning


Sophie has had the fur round her eyes trimmed. This means she can see. This in turn means she's up at the crack of dawn, brimming over with enthusiasm  and following me round as I open the shutters. 


This morning she is exuding her ' What a wonderful day ! ' enthusiasm for life.  If this could only be distilled and bottled it would cure all the worlds woes.


As we wander round the house we discuss the spat between France and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean. Sophie is rather disappointed to learn that the word 'Turkey' has a non-gastronomic meaning.


A fourth scarecrow has appeared on the village green. As I've said before one is amusing, two interesting, three too much and four borderline psychotic. Will there be a fifth ? Or, heaven forbid, a sixth ? Who ever knew that scarecrows were such an aspect of French rural life ?

7 comments:

Lisa in France said...

I think Sophie must be laughing at Mr. Dvorsky, who obviously hasn't met a PON girl. Cherry, for one, solves many problems that we wish she wouldn't! In any event, Sophie does look particularly happy today and I hope the day lives up to her expectations.

WFT Nobby said...

A rude question indeed!
Gail says that Bertie exhibits 'learned helplessness' to perfection when he gets a twig caught in his fuzzy leg furs. Instead of solving this issue himself, he just sits down in his tracks and waits for 'mummy' to come along and remove it.
Bertie is considering reporting Angus to Blogger for violation of their code of practice for posting this link...

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
I was having a discussion with father about learned helplessness recently... not that it improved things.

what was the question again? YAM xx (severely sleep-deprived)

Coppa's girl said...

The look Sophie's face in the first two photos - "Yes, now I can see, and it's time we got a move on! There are curly croissant ends waiting!" Hopefully Sophie won't notice the C-A-T-S at dawn, and give an ear shattering screech to send them on their way!

Poppy Q said...

We can see you beautiful Sophie. The best haircut ever and you will see everything out on your walk.

Pam in NH said...

Love seeing Sophie so happy!

Bailey Bob Southern Dog said...

Belated Happy Birthday! I hope ‘The Font’ is feeling better, and gets a good report from her doctor. I can imagine Sophie following you from room to room, as you open the shutters for the morning. She looks adorable after her facial cut!