A hearty good morning from Sophie who is keen to get her day started. We're up early. The heat is already building. By eleven it will be too hot for her and her master to be out. The kittens and their mother remain safely on the top of the wood pile enjoying the morning sunshine. Sophie glares at them. ' The Font' only had one swimmy spell in the night which is progress.
The retired teacher in the house by the water tower has his grandson staying with him. They make scarecrows and position them around the neighbouring villages. This is seemingly an old French country harvest custom. Angus and Sophie meet them installing this new one outside the town hall. Angus tells them ' it's very jolly '. This seems an appropriate response. Sophie sniffs it but is unimpressed..
So starts a Sunday morning in a small French village where nothing ever happens :
Here's some Russian music by a little known composer - Dmitri Bortnianski : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaf00v-5dTw
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It's hot and sunny today in Tokyo as well. We don't have scarecrows here, but little kids make dolls called "teru teru bozu" ("shine shine priest") and hang them in the windows during the rainy season. They seem to be working today. I wish we had cornflowers!
Bertie returns hearty good morning greetings to Sophie while Gail admires the cornflowers and wonders whether scarecrows are meant to be jolly. We are both pleased that 'The Font' seems to be getting better, and we are confident that it will not be too hot to go out here in Torridon at 11:00 am (forecast says 15ºC). Enjoy your Sunday! Gail.
Chicory, not cornflowers. But still very pretty. And a common mistaken identity.
Take Sophie to see les mounaques at Campan. At the height of the season they are a sight to behold.
Love and best wishes to the Font
Hari OM
I am listening to this blissful piece of music, for which I give my thanks for the introduction. We might get to 17'C in Edinburgh today... YAM xx
Glad to hear there is progress for the font. Walks are early here too and gardening in the sun stops around about 10am.
Hayling Island in UK has a scarecrow 'festival once a year, when the challenge is on for people to make and display scarecrows for display and 'prizes'. Real creativity and some pretty off-the-wall ideas go into the offerings. We recall seeing a mermaid scarecrow one year, and several Pirates of the Caribbean, along with the usual assortment of childrens' book characters.
So pleased to hear that 'The Font' is recovering.
Cloudy skies on our very early morning walk today, and a welcome change from the oppressive heat of the past few days. The town is packed almost to capacity, with a sudden influx of visitors from the rest of Europe. In less than two weeks it's gone from a quiet place, to the thriving holiday resort it normally is at this time of year. Naturally we locals are worried that there are those who will bring another surge of the virus with them.
Three acres of cornflowers must look like a lake - how lovely!
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