Sophie sits on the staircase and quietly lets me know that it would be a good idea to get my shoes tied so that she can get her day started. We are now at that time of the year when the lights have to be put on as we prepare to head off into the start of day gloom. I would set a fire but 'The Font' claims to have seen a lizard in the fireplace and we will need to suffer the cold until it has been rescued. This is something Angus can look forward to later in the day.
Having walked under every low bush Sophie returns from her first walk of the day sporting a 'flattened' look.
The neighbouring village remains quiet. The locals are waking up to the fact that the pandemic is on a rip. Despite having had several walks Angus and Sophie manage to be the first car in the greengrocers car park. Angus looks for yogurts. The shelves are full with caramel flavour but all the peach ones have gone. We make do with some strawberry. These come in glass jars. Yogurt in a glass jar hits all the high notes for Sophie. Not only is the taste greatly to her liking but the glass pots can be sent crashing across the floor if flipped, just so, with her nose.
Who'd have thought it ? :https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-all-more-closely-related-than-we-commonly-think/
This, I think, is about those games at funfairs where a mechanical claw has to grab something off a conveyor belt. Seems it isn't just me that always loses. Why would you try 200 times : https://soranews24.com/2020/10/11/japanese-man-loses-200-times-at-crane-game-calls-police-even-staff-member-loses-300-times-too/
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That first photo of Sophie on the staircase is lovely - it's very atmospheric and reminds me of something, maybe a children's adventure story where the next thing that happens is they leap through the mirror. The genealogy story was fascinating, and I also enjoyed the story about the guy who played the crane game 200 times - those games are usually at least JPY100/play, so he must have spent at least $200 or so. Those games are, or at least were, enormously popular in Japan - I spent a good part of my kids' childhood explaining why they weren't a good use of scarce resources.
How about buying some natural yoghurt and adding your choice of fruit? Or would Sophie not approve. A former close colleague has been doing some family history research and found that we likely have an ancestor in common - same surname as mine, with same unusual version of the spelling, from the same village, St Monans in Fife. Perhaps not so remarkable after all.
Cheers, Gail.
PS Can we have some Labrador puppy pictures please?
All the talk is of a second lockdown. I went to the supermarket yesterday and the canned beans were wiped out. Red beans, white beans, chick peas...just two dented cans on the shelves. However, la Depêche had an article yesterday saying "Government urges people to make their Toussaint vacation plans." Go figure. We were swarmed by Barcelona residents over the weekend--it was holiday weekend in Spain.
Yes, Bertie, Inca will second that!
That's a good idea of Gail's, Angus. Natural yoghurt and adding fresh seasonal fruit would be very healthy, and taste so much better. Surely even 'The Font' would approve? It goes without saying that Sophie would!
We were over-run this weekend, two Fiesta days - Friday and Monday - with a weekend in-between, so the Spaniards came from far and wide. We stayed well away from the crowds.
Hari OM
Yes, I'm a natural yoghurt lass, adding whatever I fancy.
Humanking as One Family? Imagine that... YAM xx
I've noticed bizarre driving of late and lo and behold the region is flooded with cars with Spanish registration plates zipping around. The exodus of Madrilenos out of Madrid continues.
A lot of them seem to have decided to stay on. The car park outside the drive thru bakers had no less than seven E registered cars this morning - Usually, I'd be lucky to see that many in a year.
I read somewhere that you can't go into a gathering of 100 people in Scotland without one of them being some form of cousin.
One of those universal and timeless verities. When explaining the good use of scarce resources to cost centres it always goes in one ear and out the other.
I enjoy your local photos when they include items in groceries and bakeries as well.
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