Sophie starts each day in the unshakeable belief that Angus is going to go into the kitchen and unload the contents of the refrigerator on the floor. Each day she is disappointed. This in no way impacts on her optimism that tomorrow will see her dreams fulfilled.
This morning, as recompense, there is a shared croissant. Angus gives it a 7.8/10 ranking. Sophie, who is an adherent to the quantity over quality school of croissant judging, gives it a 11/10. It would get 15/10 if only there was more of it.
The road through the village has opened up again. This may only be a temporary reprieve. The new mayor stops to tell me that there is subsidence in the valley and this keeps on disturbing the new fibre optic cabling. Stabilization works may be required.
On our early morning tour of the village we not only see the new mayor but we also chat to the farmer at the crossroads who is up early with a trailer to start harvesting his garlic crop. ' I'll drop some off at the gate when I'm done ' he says cheerily.
7 comments:
It seems the fibre optic cable will not be the answer to all your Internet problems after all ..
And no, never seen or heard of a crosswalk flag before.
Cheers Gail.
PS Nobby has just spent his first night in a (dog-friendly) hotel in Moffat All went well apart from one, thankfully fairly brief, episode of loud barking at c.11:15pm
Well done Nobby - It is a requisite of all good family fellows to alert their owners to hotel noises. Perhaps the next time you could aim for 2:15 am ? Timing is everything.
Poor Sophie, she really does look hard done by in that first photo. Why can't you unload the entire contents of the fridge onto the floor?
Never mind the croissant ends go a long way to making up for this error.
Not seen the crosswalk flags, but I have crossed some streets where that would be helpful
They are common here - really help to see walkers. Also if you are the walker they are great to throw at cars that don't stop!
The parochial school near us has little orange flags ready for use on either side of the intersection. They usually all disappear after a few months and get restocked.
Frankly, Sophie, with such a beseeching look as the one in the first photo, I don't know how heartless Angus can resist deliberately unloading the refrigerator contents into your dish. Hold steady and perhaps he'll see the light one day.
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