Angus spends 10 minutes on the blog every morning. This morning he logs in to find that the dashboard has changed out of all recognition. Why do they do this ? Angus has reached that age in life when change for changes sake is no longer considered a good thing. Try as he might the size of the print face won't come out the same.
Down through the fields to the old chapel. This is a view that can't have changed much in a thousand years. Then along the old Roman road to the stream. This morning the cows are grazing on the far side of the field. Sophie is aware of their presence but unbothered by them. When it comes to cows, absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder.
Back in the village there are workmen hard at work in the graveyard. A ladder is leaning up beside the swaying Jesus. A quick conversation provides reassurance that the swaying has not returned. The workmen have just left the ladder there while they go into the church to discover which roof tiles blew off in yesterdays storm.
At the greengrocers fresh nuts are on sale. Why people would buy fresh hazelnuts is a mystery. Fresh almonds I could kind of understand.
So starts a quiet Thursday in deepest, deepest France profonde. Yesterday 'The Font' went to the hospital for the scan. They had turned the aircon off as a safety measure. Radiology departments need aircon. Today, we shall head off to the doctors to get the results.
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Hope the Font is ok. We never turned our aircon off in our department - I dont understand why you would need to do it. Our equipment often needs particular heating or cooling needs.
I also hope the Font hears good things today. I was thinking of Sophie when I saw this video this morning - PON girls don't seem to have the same enthusiasm towards other, larger species (or the same desire to share tasty carrots): https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1285563555111149569
Fingers and paws crossed here too for a good result for the 'Font'.
I'm afraid that baffling upgrades to familiar software are a hazard of modern life....
Wee prayers here for the Font.
I went to the dentist yesterday. I told him about your excursion. And the singing. I had to have a sort of vacuum cleaner thingie below my chin. The World Service had a piece this morning about research into whether singing creates more aerosol than, say, shouting in a pub....
Hari OM
Angus, I made the change to the new Blogger about six weeks ago - and they have been changing it under our very fingers... yesterday when posting it was different from the day before and the day before that... and it will change again as more folk have their say on the feedback. As it is, it has already returned somewhat closer to the 'legacy' version due to a lot of folk throwing a hissy fit... Stick with it. A suggestion I would make is ensure that your template settings don't need tweaking.
Ahh... Sophie and sunflowers. My morning just got better. YAM xx
Hoping that 'The Font' is given the all clear, and that all is well.
Those sunflowers are certainly something, and it's incredible to look into the distance and see their serried ranks!
Have the cows finally got the message, or are they frightened of Sophie too!
Changes on my computer too, and although I don't have a blog, Google has decided that I need updates I'd really rather not have!
Here's hoping 'The Font' has encouraging news from the doctor today. The radiology department at our local hospital is always freezing. They tell me this is done in order to protect the equipment which seems to be in direct conflict with what 'The Font' was told. One great service they do offer is the ability to log on and read the results of all tests as soon as they are available, the Patient Portal.
That black rice sounds very much like what is known as wild rice here in the US. It's the seed of grasses which grow along many of the lakes in northern states and is usually harvested by Native Americans.
I'm so jeleaus you can get fresh hazelnuts. I had them over 30 years ago when we picked them as a family in a Polish forest. I liked them a lot. Similarly I like fresh Italian walnuts. You can't store them for long without drying, but the taste is great
We have been reading your blog for weeks. We enjoy Sophie's reliable life philosophy; something grounded in a swaying world order. We also look forward to your daily links and assumed through all (blog appearance, links from wide ranging sources, all that conferring with he men in dark suits) that you were thoroughly tech literate. Now you have hit the same hurdle that many of the rest of us had forced on us weeks (it feels like months now) ago. Don't stress if F can cope you will. You just have to get used to a daily blog routine being not unlike trips to UK supermarkets - a new search to find where they re-shelved the essentials this week. Good luck and we hope the Font is making good recovery.
Scroll down to the bottom of your dashboard, look on the left for "revert to old blogger" or something like that. I am not going to the new one until I am forced to. It's just awful. Font size is a common complaint across the bloggosphere. Many are switching fonts to try to get a better size. It was fine before!
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