One picture might say a thousand words but it can't capture the noise that erupts from the family diva when she spots this miscreant in the garden. The sheer audacity of it !
After five minutes Sophie returns with a ball that she's found hidden under a walnut tree. Hidden treasures recovered and a intruder told in no uncertain terms who's boss around here. Not a bad start to a Monday morning. The PONette exudes Olympian satisfaction.
Another unseasonably cloudy day. The mayor might have been right when he said that ' if it rains on Bastille Day it will rain for 40 days thereafter'. The cloud cover means that the sunflowers are all a kilter not knowing where to turn. Also out of kilter are the flags on the war memorial. They went up on the 14th and are still there. The new mayor certainly adopts a more relaxed approach to these things than his predecessor.
Redcurrants and rhubarb make an appearance in the greengrocers. I'd consider buying some rhubarb for a crumble but it's too hot and humid.
A plaster lamb shows up in the cheese shop. Do small ceramic animals still have a place in advertising budgets anywhere else in the world ? I think things like this disappeared in Scotland fifty years ago but will be happy to be proven wrong.
Why you would invest in one of these is beyond me. It seems to collate data from the Internet of Things. This in turn enables the owner to access and mine some form of Bitcoin. I'll put my reticence and ignorance down to being generationally challenged. :https://europe.helium.com/
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Sophie does look mightily pleased with herself - and rightly so. Thank you for the Twitter link. People complain about Twitter, but I really like how it facilitates these little communities of the interestingly like-minded. And I would not wanted to have missed the Lesser Florican.
Gold medal for Miss Sophie please!
Cheers, Gail (who will now be on the look out for ceramic animals in food shops when she gets back to Scotland in a couple of days).
How do you know the sheep isn't 50 years old and just lovingly cleaned up?
Hari Om
That's my fave sunflower pick thus far - like a crowed getting ready for the main event and all having a discussion about the support act... YAM xx
Who can blame Sophie for looking so satisfied! One cat chased off and a ball found - a Monday morning win-win!
I can remember those ceramic animals from years ago - wasn't there a dog collecting for the RSPCA, and another of a child to collect for one of the children's charities? Both usually sited outside newsagents? I seem to remember that the figures were rather the worse for wear and had seen better days - even back then!
Love it! Yes, they do look as if they're chatting :-)
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