Today my companion is sporting her wind battered look. This is what you get when there's a stiff northerly breeze blowing in from the sea. We stop at the end of the path that leads to the shore and watch a dozen cormorants drying their wings on the rocks. Sophie has now reached an age where she's happy to stand and watch rather than bark and chase.
The super smart Los Angeleans are on the phone early. They think that 60% of Chinas population will suffer Covid symptoms in the next 90 days. That's 10% of the worlds population. Covid was one of those words that I'd hoped I wouldn't hear again.
Parking is now easy. That strange time of the year when the students and staff have all gone and the holiday makers haven't yet arrived. This morning we park outside the wee house in town and detour through an open gate to to the good coffee cafe. We pass the hotel with the sausage dispensing French chef but he's nowhere to be seen.
On the shopping street a sign that says ' Ladies that love to shop love pretty things'. There is a political incorrectness to this that makes me laugh. Sophie is much more interested in some dogs on the other side of the Belisha beacon.
Spring and the onset of weather warm enough to allow grooming ( and baths ) can't come a moment too soon. Sophie's un-aerodynamic shape is getting more anvil like with each passing day. The family diva is more than happy to prioritize warmth over style but her fur is continuing to grow at an impressive rate.
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Oh dear - I'm heading down the Youtube rabbit hole as I now have that choir's Advent music to follow. Thank you for sharing .
Hari OM
Yup, I'm away rabbiting too... and Angus, COVID is still very much present here too. Three folk of my acquaintance have been floored with it in the past month, regardless of multi-vax... YAM xx
Love that last picture of Sophie on the beach, in all her winter fur splendour.
Pretty Things belongs to friends of mine. I'm telling!
To add to Gail's comment - Sophie looks as though she's "acquired" much of the beach on her fur!
We, too, have already been out and about for our walk along the promenade beside the main beach. The low sun coated all the buildings in a pretty pale peachy-coloured light. Indy is jealous that Sophie can go on the sand when dogs are not allowed on beaches here.
More hair than dog, and do cute!
That prediction for the state of the Chinese population health status is a bit alarming. China has only just lifted the requirement for crew on arriving ships to all be COVID negative on nucleic testing. If COVID takes off again we will be right back to ships being refused entry if one crew member tests positive. Still, I wonder how it compares to percentages of UK population experiencing OVID symptoms over the same period.
I thing long hair is pretty on a girl and warm.:)
Is a furminator effective on PONs the way it is on wirehaired fox terriers?
Jake of F - I wish.
I think Ms. Sophie will be wanting to keep that fur until April-ish. Just a thought from a loyal reader in Los Angeles who finds herself freezing in 48 degree temps!
Rottrover. When I was growing up in Philadelphia, we put on shorts when the temperature turned to 60. Here in South Florida, we break out the sweaters and ear muffs.
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