An early start to our day. This is not intentional but two C-A-T-S decide to sit and have a conversation on the doorstep at 5:41 am.
5:41:01 Sophie decides to let the inhabitants of The Rickety Old Farmhouse know that there are two C-A-T-S on the doorstep.
5:41:10 'The Font' observes how wonderful is is to have a dog that's always on the alert for C-A-T-S ( that's not quite what was said but you get the drift ).
5:41:15 'The Font', who is not a morning person, slides under the duvet. Angus gets up.
5:44. Sophie is let out into the garden. C-A-T-S scatter. The village awakes to the joyful howls of the PONette.
The pool men arrived yesterday. The pool is rather a sad affair. We should really have it enlarged but the cost is enormous. Instead we'll have a grey liner and new steps .
For Sophie this is a day of high adventure. The pool is drained, the old liner removed and a start made on taking up the old stone surround. The workmen have a thermos of hot soup. The family diva has no interest in the soup but is greatly taken with the baguettes that one of the workmen has brought with him. Nothing like a baguette end to win a girls heart.
We watch the inauguration. Lady Gaga is wonderful, there is no 'unpleasantness' and the major problem seems to have been an unforgiving wind that blows the hats off the honour guard. Sophie is encouraged to leave the workmen alone and come inside to watch it. This morning the French breakfast television interviews a Republican Congressman from California saying the new Presidents inaugural address was 'ok I guess'. He goes on, somewhat churlishly to say ' but he'll be judged on his actions not his words ' . That spirit of unity didn't last long. The Congressman has a black eye patch which matches his black mask. This gives him an ever so slightly colour coordinated pandemic look.
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It was sooo nice to wake up this morning and realize that "he who shall not be named" is no longer the president. Lady Gaga was pretty great. I think the most interesting thing about that Congressman is that, under the eye patch, he has a bright blue glass eye embellished with the insignia of the Navy Seals.
The TV reporters, at least the female ones, were also having trouble with the Washington D.C. wind.
Lady Gaga was indeed a magnificent choice.
I loved how excited Kamala Harris was, managing to be charming and not undignified in the process.
I think that was Dan Crenshaw from Texas, who is said to be positioning himself for 2024. It was quite a day here, that's for sure. The inauguration concert last evening was nicely done. But all the chatter is of the youth poet laurate Amanda Gorman. On the lighter side, there was of course the fashion show that included a short clip of the Trump's arriving in Florida with Melania having an unusual choice in a $3700 Gucci dress.
I was enchanted by Amanda Gorman. So much wisdom and elegance for a 22-year-old.
The Congress Critter with the black eye patch is Dan Crenshaw of Texas. He does fancy a run at the Presidency in 2024, but it's an uphill climb for him........
The dog car is back, the pool is being repaired and we have a new administration in the US! There is HOPE! And a huge exhale...
I want a dress just like Lady Gaga's to wear every day of my life.
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