Monday starts off cloudy. Snow is forecast for Tuesday. We head along the farm track and then turn down through the cauliflower field to the shore. The farmer has a new machine that cuts the cauliflowers, weighs ( and prices ) them and then wraps them in cellophane ready for collection by the supermarket. Where once there was a gang of pickers now there's a tractor driver and a man to make sure the computerised machines moving parts remain 'unblocked'.
We are introduced to intersectional peonies - a type we'd never heard of before. A gentleman in a bobble hat - presumably the owner - says they are even sturdier than tree peonies. We are warned that peonies do not like to have their roots disturbed. Plant them in the ground in their pots until November and then, and only then, put them where you want them to be. The nursery is old school in as much as it doesn't have a cafe or indeed anything other than an encyclopedic knowledge of the plants they grow. It also has a very affable German Shepherd that expects visitors to spend a portion of their visit throwing him a stick. We are now left to think about what we do with all the new plants now there's a snow storm on the way.
The wallpaper in the first house is alarming :https://heawood.substack.com/p/thank-god-its-the-rightmove-roundup
Proof that dogs understand the word ' Cookies' :https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00171-4
10 comments:
Well done for capturing the magnificent fieldfare spectacle. One would need some time contemplating nature after encountering that truly terrifying wallpaper.
The dog paper is written in a style that suggests the authors are desperate to appear highly scientific, perhaps concerned that research on pets' intelligence might otherwise be considered somewhat 'fluffy'!
Some of those rooms would lead to nightmares.
We're teaching our dogs to spell - they're doing very well.
Not that she cares one jot, but my dog doesn't understand the word cookies, but she does understand the words biscuits and treats. Difference between American and British language! She's actually multi-lingual because she knows what "galletas" (biscuits) means too!
That wallpaper is horrific.
FB keeps reminding me of late spring snows in out past at this time of the year. Perhaps the plans could spend a few days in the Font's writing space?
Gadzooks, that is groovy wallpaper. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the interiors of the other homes too. There are some strange tastes in decorating out there. I wonder how much funding went into discovering what we already knew, that dogs are smarty pants. We're still digging out after receiving 24 inches (60+ centimeters) of snow over this past weekend. Parts north of us got even more. Spring indeed...pftttt!
How grand to see the fieldfares in such numbers!
That is the welcoming salvo for a German Shepherd. They also , if you would be so inclined, let you throw it until you arm fell off. We have raised 13 from pups. Did you get a photo?
I agree with WFT Nobby...the super scientific narrative kind of overwhelms the point of the study: "cookie?" And what about including a dog's response to the crackling of a treat bag opening two rooms away? Also, having watched Zone of Interest and listened to Jonathan Glazer's odd wording of his poignant message, I'm really confused at his role in the weird wallpaper and in the video with its scary¹ lyrics
Of course the wallpaper is atrocious, but those VIEWS!! Wallpaper can be stripped.
Dawg all mighty! That wallpaper...
Hailp, the 70's are back.
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