Talkative.

Late afternoon the telephone engineer shows up to fix our land lines ( which have been on the non-functioning side of  'temperamental' for the last three weeks ). He connects the junction box to some sort of diagnostic unit and voila! Everything starts working perfectly. Problem sorted in under five minutes.

Later 'The Font' finds him stretched out on a bench on the village green - asleep. Seems he's the proud father of 'teething' twin girls. Having allowed an hour to solve our problem and with time to spare before his final call of the day he's decided that the #1 priority is to try and catch some sleep. This can perhaps be put down to using his time wisely if not efficiently.

This morning Sophie waits under the desk while Angus and the Manhattanites chat. Call over she gives me that 'Get a move on !' look and then backs it up with her patented ' Get a move on !' yelp. She is turning into quite a talkative lady. All our PONs have made 'yodeling' noises. Sophie makes more than all her predecessors combined.

The wheat fairly shooting up in the fields on either side of the road. Due to the early morning telco with the men in dark suits we've missed seeing the five planets in a row. They're at their best just after five. By the end of the month, Mercury which is the smallest, should be as bright as the others.

After a thirty minute walk the family diva is loaded into the back of the car and driven away for her morning croissant . All this week the croissants have been exceptional. Light, fluffy and with a crust that has just the right flakiness.

What would you prefer ? 4 days with longer hours or the standard 5 day week ? :https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-4-day-work-week-experiment-begins-in-the-uk-the-largest-ever-conducted

Dog owners kinda knew about this :https://aeon.co/essays/what-do-the-dreams-of-nonhuman-animals-say-about-their-lives