No sleep for the villagers.

Black C-A-T has reappeared.

Sophie sees it sitting on the terrace steps and is E-N-R-A-G-E-D. Her response is immediate and vocal.

No sleep for the villagers this morning.

C-A-T races away to safety up the steps. D-O-G goes in the other direction across the lawn. Ten minutes are spent chasing the , by now, long gone intruder. After all that excitement the PONette clambers up on the wooden table . A perfect and commanding spot from which to observe the garden for other garden intruders. 

Easter eggs were ordered yesterday and delivered this morning. They arrive in a large cardboard box stuffed to the gunwales with brown paper. Guess when you're dealing with fragile chocolate eggs there's no such thing as packaging overkill.

The Easter eggs have taken less than 24 hours to get here. Some sort of record for French on line shopping. Angus quietly wishes the chocolate company had been put in charge of nationwide vaccine distribution.

This is something Angus finds happening with increased frequency. He'll gladly settle for the 'doorway effect' rather than senior moments : https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-doorway-effect-could-be-real-but-only-in-overloaded-brains

Hawaiian rainbows : https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/the-secrets-of-the-best-rainbows-on-earth/