The electronic timer that regulates the church bells is playing up - again. The Old Mayor thinks it's the damp that's causing the bells to ring out in weird and wonderful ways at equally weird and wonderful hours . ( At 3:17 am the village enjoys all three bells chiming nineteen - a sure sign the system is having a bipolar moment ) . The New Mayor blames the pigeons and wants to cull the cohort of feathered Luddites that roost in the belfry. Culling the pigeons - like neutering the village C-A-T-S - divides the village into fiercely partisan pro and anti camps.
The New Mayor is very tall and from a distance looks like General De Gaulle. Today, his height is accentuated by an electric blue bobble hat. This has been pulled up into a point that stands a good nine inches proud of the top of his head. This maybe a fashion statement or maybe not. When the New Mayor talks the top of the bobble hat wiggles which is mildly disconcerting and comic.
Angus has a suspicion that the electronic system that controls the bells might benefit from someone reading the instruction manual.
Sheepdog and companion head off to the shopping centre for a shared croissant. At this unearthly hour the car park is deserted. Sophie chases after the two mallards who call the tarmac in front of the electrical goods shop, home. She looks up in frustration to find that they've flown up onto the roof of the Maison du Monde furniture outlet.
Yesterday, 'The Font' spent a full hour grooming Sophie . I'd like to say it shows, but it doesn't. Sophie is back to sporting her rescue dog look.
Sheepdog skill : https://twitter.com/MarkTomasovic/status/1492932665720377344
5 comments:
Did General de Gaulle ever wear a bobble hat?
Fascinating article about the quadruple axel. The figure skating is really the only bit of the Winter Olympics that I like to watch. As a young child, I used to go ice skating at the Nottingham skating rink with my mother, and envy the girls in the middle who were being taught to do jumps and twirls. I later realised the one of those girls was probably Jayne Torvill of Torvill and Dean fame. She's from Nottingham and about a year older than me.
Tomorrow's link, sheepdogs on ice??
Cheers, Gail.
Lovely tarts today, and interesting links, although I am not sure I want to think about where those sheep are going. The article about the quadruple axel was, as Gail says, fascinating, although I believe very firmly that Hanyu's going to nail it one of these days. He is a great athlete but also a remarkably resilient human being.
Sophie has probably realised that the rescue dog look gains more attention, sympathy, and treats, than the well groomed look! Laughed at the sheepdog video - is Sophie too old to learn new tricks? Of course she'd need a few sheep to practise with!
Those tarts do look tempting, so I hope the curly croissant ends were equally as good.
Hari Om
Does Angus need to put his hand up to chair the church bell committee???
Ah, Kelpies, second only to Border Collies (🙃 😉) for smarts and agility. Sorry, Sweet Sophie - as a sheepdog, you are most definitely a very fine guardian of the flock and premises!
I very much enjoy the Winter Os... curling is my primary interst, but also the bobsleds, snowboard skills, speed and figure skating... that was an interesting clip and it causes me to point those who can access it, to the the BBC iPlayer for FREEZE, an insider look at the challenges and dedication for young Brits aiming for Team GB. YAM xx
Thank you for the pastries photo. One of each, please.
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