Angus is up and in the hallway putting on his shoes before the family diva wakes. Must have been a deep sleep and a great dream that's kept her occupied. She stands on the half landing wondering what's going on. PONs need a little time to get their brains into gear.
Angus and Sophie keep abreast of current events by discussing whether Congressman Ted Yoho's apology was really an apology, or not. Sophie is of the opinion that politicians should spend much less time on personal invective and much more time on ensuring yogurt pots refill themselves. Back in France the daily infection rate which fell to the low hundreds is back above a thousand. The old ways of kissing on the cheeks reappeared too quickly - with predictable results.
The trees on the road to the greengrocers are being pollarded. The tree fellers have closed off a lane and instituted a contraflow system. Three impatient drivers in front of us ignore the red light - they are adherents of that ' I can make it through before the light changes at the other end ' approach to life. They meet drivers coming in the other direction who make their displeasure plain. We sit and watch in Anglo-Saxon primness as the tree loppers and the motorists attempt to sort out the ensuing mayhem. Voices are raised and punches thrown as the 'You reverse'. ''No you reverse '' argument unfolds. Let there be no doubt - this is a Latin country.
All sorts of wonderful local berries in the greengrocers. All of them carefully packaged in pandemic proof clear plastic.
The Americas have been inhabited for much longer than people think : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2509-0
Intriguing : https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-excess-deaths-uk-figures.html
Ghost dogs : https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-living-ghost-dogs-that-haunt-the-amazon-1844419814
5 comments:
If I was a crow I would be scared by that mask - and the rather tight jeans!
It sounds like life in the village may be interesting under the new mayor. Your comment about the berries took me by surprise, as our berries in Tokyo always come packaged like that. The case number in Japan is rising as well, even though there is no cheek-kissing here and last month's strategy of blaming it all on the host and hostess clubs isn't working any more. The government seems quite confused, as they have decided this is the perfect time to offer a new program to encourage domestic travel by offering discounts up to 50%. Travel to and from Tokyo is carved out, but the numbers seem to be going up elsewhere as well.
Our berries come packed in clear plastic containers too, but I do wonder about how they are handled before they reach them. Most berries, like raspberries and strawberries, need the human touch. We have mounds of cherries, which defy social distancing, and everyone digs in - wearing masks and gloves!
Until recently the town was doing well with no new virus cases since late April. I fear the worst now that the place is over-run with tourists. Can't blame them wanting a holiday, but I wish they could go elsewhere! It seems as though we had an overnight invasion.
Inca wonders if sausages featured in Sophie's dream, and agrees with her about Politicians - they never seem to get to the heart of the matter, particularly where yoghurt pots are concerned.
We have also been overwhelmed for the past several weeks with the usual seasonal tourists. The majority of which are mask-less and seem to feel that, because they're on vacation and having fun, they can't possibly contract or pass on the virus to others. We fully expect the numbers will spike any day now.
Dottie dog and I shall go for a nice little hike today to a nearby mountainside to hunt down the wild New Hampshire blueberry. We're in hopes of encountering only a few lazy squirrels and sincerely look forward to not bumping into any humans...or ghost dogs.
We're experiencing a spike in positive cases that can no longer be explained by travellers. At least there's action to contain them. AOC took down Rep Yahoo with intelligence and grace.
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