'Puppy' has escaped from the farmers garden and the oversight of her two older sisters. She's waiting outside the door as we head off on our morning walk. It is clear she'd really, really like to get in the car and come with us to the beach. She is picked up and carried back home.
The Rangers have been busy. They've put up a new fence to stop dogs, and their owners, from wandering onto the sand dunes where the birds nest. The old fence was a good fifteen feet further out and was washed away on the first day of the storms.
Vignettes of peak exam time. 3 very pretty girls and a solitary male stream out of the door of a 'student' flat by the round about. The girls go one way, the guy goes another. He's heading in the direction of the exam hall. They shout out ' Good luck with MedChem Joe '. Joe has the shoulder drooped look of a man who's been cramming all night and might need all the luck he can get. I'm guessing that Joe will soon discover that Medicinal Chemistry is an unforgiving task master. Balancing an active social life with the demands of a medical degree is a steep learning curve. Further along the road we see a sign in the newsagents window telling us it's closing after 144 years. The last day it's open will be December 31st. This is sad but inevitable. Twenty years ago everyone bought a morning paper but who does that now ?
To the florists to order a garland for the front door.
The florist is keen on 'cheery' weather proof decorations but we are keen on only using natural materials. This leads to a discussion over whether plastic fruit counts as a natural material. It doesn't. It is agreed that sea holly and rowan berries will last two weeks and will be quite enough. Glitter, gold baubles and faux roses are forbidden but a tartan ribbon will be accepted.
The art gallery has a wonderful painting of a polar bear hanging on the wall.
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Puppy is asking to be kidnapped.
The polar bear paintings magnificent.
Let's hope Joe did not use up all his luck with the three pretty girls...
I think Puppy just wants to be the only pet in the family, and she's fed up with the competition at home! She knows that there's a vacancy at your house.....
Agree with Gail, the polar bear painting is magnificent.
It appears Tom Hanks once browsed pens in the newsagents - his daughter studied at St Andrews. The shop proprieter smiled at him and left him to browse in peace.
Puppy seems to be a special dog, obviously very smart and quite charismatic. It's sad to read about the newsagent closing after such a long run. One of the things I was happy to discover in France is the concept of the Tabac, which also serves as a newsagent. We have several close to our home, and they all seem to prosper by tacking on additional services. The tiny one in our own little neighborhood focuses on snacks and lottery tickets, a slightly larger one close by also sells stationery items, calendars, etc., and a third offers key-cutting. They all sell quite a variety of newspapers and magazines.
15 feet is quite an expanse to lose.
Puppy is growing fast but losing none of her appeal.
You need to adopt Puppy…
Hari OM
I got absorbed in the stonemasonry article; my rugby cousin is an artisan stonemason. A dying breed. His work is in restoration. I found myself pondering whether Wyoming is actually in need of Gothic carving, and that, too, brand new... YAM xx
Your door garland will be beautiful. Beauty with natural materials. That polar bear painting...wow! I have a wall by my front door where that could fit. Wouldn't that make a grand welcome statement?
I can't remember the last time I bought a print newspaper. Sad.
I guess no one told Joe that cramming is not the best way to prepare for an exam! But I guess that spending an evening of study with three pretty women might boost his confidence!
That florist! One doesn't see architecture such as that in LA!
Have you found the cloche yet??
Old school dinosaurs, we have our local print Sun Sentinel delivered every morning. But new school robots, we also read the national papers on line.
That puppy is such a sweetie, and certainly knows what she wants. After smiling over her, I laughed out loud at the florist's attempts to add 'natural plastic' fruit to your wreath - good try!! What about preparing some pine cones for next year's effort - they can look great, and they'd survive what your North Sea storms can throw at it. I think there'd be too many 'noughts' on that Polar Bear for me to do more than admire.
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