Another day in a little French village where nothing ever happens. Of course, if there is a PON around something always happens.
This morning our day starts peacefully enough ...
.... but within seconds of having left the gate and turned onto the lane my furry companion is aware that something is amiss.
Seriously amiss. The black C-A-T that has taken to sleeping on the bench in the downstairs terrace is sitting on the garden wall happily grooming its paws. There is an immediate howling. The C-A-T tries to brazen it out but faced with the full force of the PON klaxon soon takes flight.
The howling continues for some time. The two horses in the field across the lane wander over to see what the problem is. Sophie ignores them..
It may not be high drama but in the midst of lockdown you take your excitement where you can find it. Drama or not the village will not be getting a quiet uninterrupted Saturday morning lie in.
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Well, there won't be that kind of display this year... almost everyone was elderly so ought to be being careful. I was brought up Roman Catholic but now I look at the kind of all male display with amazement. And wonder how many little nuns ironed all those vestments - you can bet your bottom dollar it was religious women who did all the work! How the world has changed in 60 years
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On watching The video, I had a similar resonse to Virginia. How just plain wrong such an all male display of authority looks in 2020, in the Europe of Angela Merkel and Ursula von der Leyen.
Cheers, Gail.
Oh it's looking a bit cooler there. We hope the black cat has a home somewhere.
Oh, dear, I only saw the Papal procession link on my iPad while working with my daughter on schoolwork this afternoon, with the sound off. It just seemed very exotic to me, as a lapsed Presbyterian, but I can see the point. Meanwhile, I enjoyed the Carol of the Bells. And I also enjoyed the shot of the black cat hiding in the greenery. My parents' house in New Jersey backed onto a large forested area, and at one point they started receiving visits from a black (and white) cat who must have been living in the woods. We would feed the cat out on the patio but it otherwise seemed to be completely undomesticated. Then, the day after my parents' housecat passed away, that backyard cat walked into the house and never left thereafter, at least until they moved to Florida, when he went with them and lived another ten years. Cats are very resourceful. Meanwhile, we've confirmed there are currently no PON breeders in Japan, except for one who breeds only every couple of years and requires anyone who takes one of her puppies to commit to breeding the pup. We also remembered that our building has now adopted a rule that dogs must be carried in and out of the building. (Cherry was grandfathered.) So we are on to Plan B. At first, I thought we'd wait until after we move back to the US in a year or two, but even with four people and all the birds, the house feels so empty without Cherry, I don't think I'm going to make it.
We wondered how long it would take before the absence hit. A house without a PON must feel very strange. It's not that PONs are particularly noisy dogs but all those little sniffles and snuffles get embodied in the bricks and woven into the curtains. Without them a home can feel very quiet. Our maximum was eleven months while we pretended we could do without PONs, and then having decided we couldn't, finding a breeder that didn't require us driving 2000 kilometres on the off chance she might have some pups.
The black C-A-T seems to be quite happy chasing mice in the barn and napping on the sheltered wind free terrace.
Never a dull moment! :)
Finding a breeder outside the country during a pandemic would be quite the trick. We have continually had a Rottweiler since 1992 - probably because we always have two. I'm getting too old to walk a big dog, so I'm not sure what's next. Thankfully both Otto and Osa are healthy.
It seems that you've been adopted by the black C-A-T! Nice to have a professional mouser on the staff.
Lisa, I am keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers. I am so sorry for your loss of Cherry. I feel as though I knew her well due to the wonderful stories you shared with us.
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