Shady canyons.

A hearty 'Bonjour' to one and all from Sophie.

This morning the family diva watches me top up the water in the pool. She  then heads off across the lane into the sunflower field. The sunflowers are now five feet tall and growing by the minute. For a PONette few things can match the excitement of charging through the shady canyons of the sunflower fields on a summer morning.

In search of cool air we go to the little 2 star restaurant by the side of the canal. It's  too early for croissants but the barrista digs out some oatmeal and date cookies. Sophie discovers that oatmeal and date cookies are to die for.

There is a houseboat on the canal. Someone inside is cooking bacon and eggs . Turns out to be a woman from Vancouver . She and her husband do twenty or so kilometres every day, stop off at some cafe or restaurant for lunch and then dock near a Michelin restaurant every night.  We are the first English speakers they've come across in the five days they've been here. Sophie gets given a Jacobs Cream Cracker. This is gratefully received .

 Street dogs :https://daily.jstor.org/how-street-dogs-spend-their-days/

Unusual story of the week :https://thedebrief.org/incursions-at-the-border-homeland-security-agents-tell-of-encounters-with-uap/