The man with anger management issues is coming along the lane as Angus and Sophie head out for their first walk of the day. We don't recognize him to start with. He's wearing a baseball cap back to front and has the collar on his coat turned up. He's also carrying a canvas backpack and has some soup plate sized mushrooms in each hand. He nods in a guilty, conspiratorial way as he passes.
'The Font' has the suspicion that our angry neighbour buys and sells mushrooms out of his garage. For all we know his supposed mushroom foraging might be highly lucrative. Strange visitors ( strange in the sense that they're not villagers ) can be seen showing up at the door of his house late at night. These visitors arrive empty handed but always leave with a carrier bag, or two, filled with something indeterminate.
Back at The Rickety Old Farmhouse our day is proving to be one of mystery and adventure. The courier delivers a box of 20 washing up brushes. Angus has the suspicion that someones finger has inadvertently typed in 20 rather than 2 on the keyboard. We now have a lot of washing up brushes. Angus puts them somewhere safe so that we can easily find them when needed.
A gentlemans grooming product arrives courtesy of Amazon. It is to be hoped that this new purchase will lead to an improvement over the Fonts first ( and last ) attempt to give Angus a trim using the heavy duty dog shears. The first foray into self grooming produced a look that was more jaggedly serrated than stylish. The bearded man on the box appears to be cutting his hair himself. This seems to be improbable . Angus observes that there is a small asterisk next to the words ' self-cut' on the box.
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So, we've now arrived at that time of year when I have to wait until past three in the afternoon for your posts. It always takes me a while to adjust. Today was certainly worth the wait, with Sophie's splendid plume of a tail glowing in the morning sun. I think "self-cut" must be a Britishism, as I can't imagine that wording would make it past the lawyers in the US. I had also read Ruben Gallego's Twitter thread this morning, a worthy response to Jared's most recent abomination. I can almost work myself up to feeling sorry for Trump sometimes, as it seems clear he is mentally ill, but there's no excuse at all for the rest of them. I have been sending money to the Lincoln Project since January and I've just sent them some more as they are promising more billboards.
I guess you are set for the washing up for the next few years then. I would love to see the other side of the guys hair. Good luck with the barbering.
Will you ever use all those washing up brushes when you have a dishwasher? Had to smile when you said you'd put them somewhere safe where you can easily find them....
Perhaps the man with the anger management issues has found a hoard of "magic" mushrooms? Which would explain the clandestine visits in the dead of night!
Sophie does have a splendidly photogenic tail!
Bertie, whose tail I stripped last week (a process which, perhaps surprisingly, he endures with good grace) is looking at todays' first photo in admiration and envy.
I look forward to a future post featuring the question 'where on earth did I put all those washing up brushes?'. Perhaps if you record the location on the blog, then one of your dedicated readers will remember for you!
You would think that if the 'anger management issues' man is up to something truly shady he would want to steer clear of anything resembling a court case.
I suspect The Font is right about the MWAMI, and presumably he is doing it without a licence, which is completely illegal. It's illegal even to give wild mushrooms away. I use those exact same washing up brushes. A box of 20 will last a while, but not be wasted.
Hari OM
Oh, I have several things in a 'safe place' ... and my brother self-barbers very successfully, so with practice, I see no reason for Angus not being able to do so! YAM xx
At least one brush will clean mud out of the tread of dog walking boots. I prefer to have a brush dedicated to this use. Suggest the excess brushes go with the extra pots bought to 'encourage' local artists.
it's the 'with practice' stage of self grooming that may prove to be lengthier than I'd like to imagine.
Otto and Osa are always envious of Sophie's beautiful tail!
Hopefully the brushes won't be stored near the Nativity scenes. They may never be found! I agree with Gail. Between all of us followers, we may be able to remember where the brushes are stored.
Lengthier hair (use longer attachments) is a good idea when you make your first cuts! I've been helping my partner trim his hair since the first lockdown - he does top and sides and I tidy the back... some "interesting" results when he moves unexpectedly while I'm holding the trimmer, but not enough damage done to end our 34 years together. Just lots of laughter as there are worse things in 2020 than bad hair. Have fun!
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