Now exams are underway the rain has stopped and the weather is on the bright and sunny side. The temperatures are forecast to get into double digits today and may reach 13 degrees on Friday.
Some lucky souls have finished their exams and are heading home. May, June, July, August and half of September aren't bad as a summer vacation. Italian tourists have started to arrive. They're dressed as if going to the Arctic. They sport the European hats, boots, scarves and padded jackets look. Eight of them are standing outside the coffee shop discussing their order. They're doing this in what can best be described as a 'animated' manner. No sooner has the order been placed - six espressos and two Americanos - than one of them decides she wants a cup of tea. This change causes the others to gesticulate and embark on a fresh bout of arm waving. When her drink does arrive it has a tea bag in it. We watch in silent amazement as she attempts to scoop it out - first with her fingers, then with a pen and finally with her sunglasses - and then find somewhere to put it. New levels of theatricality arise when it's discovered the tea bag is hot.
Two American girls in trouser suits at a neighbouring table discuss their summer plans. One of them is unsure whether or not it's a good idea to invite 'Humphrey' to their lake house. 'Humphrey' is her English boyfriend and she's not entirely sure her father is ready to meet him - or indeed any - boyfriend. The mothers likely reaction is not discussed so is presumably a non-issue. 'Humphrey', we agree, is the sort of old fashioned male name that you're more likely find in a town like this.
So starts a quiet Wednesday morning in a small town coming alive as summer nears.
Labrador humour :https://twitter.com/kwoade/status/1782328162602389695
The moon :https://www.sciencealert.com/this-crater-could-be-where-earths-second-moon-broke-off-the-first-one
It's all in the mind:https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2024/04/old-age-onset-perceptions
An exhibition worth visiting :https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/walton-ford
8 comments:
I love the Labrador humour. Clearly the three pictured in todays link are resisting the sort of stereotyping that casts Italians as excessively theatrical or fathers as overly suspicious of their daughters' boyfriends!
Cheers, Gail.
PS In defence of Labradors' resilience I should point out that Angus, the black lab I take for a walk on Tuesday afternoons, is more than happy to go out, whatever the weather throws at us.
Labradors are quite happy in the rain so long as they have human company!
We were in the shopping center in Nice on Monday afternoon when we heard a huge clap of thunder and then a pounding on the roof, a huge hailstorm that left the beach completely white. Charlie was with us, totally unfazed by the thunder and pounding and quite willing to step out into the hail, which he seemed to find interesting. Further proof that toy poodles are not wusses. As to aging, Keith Richards is now 80 and going strong, so it must be somewhere a bit later than that. I have never heard of Walton Ford, but I would love to see this exhibition.
The Labrador humour raised a chuckle here too - having had one Lab that refused to go out if there was so much as a hint of rain! Most of them couldn't wait to get outside and get wet. One in particular had to be regularly dragged from any puddle deep enough to wallow in.
Do you sometimes feel that Puppy is stalking you!
Hari OM
Hah! My post coming up on Friday is about ageing (as perceived from turning 65 on that day)—and I may have entered it already. YAM xx
I expect that Humphrey would be welcome at the lake house as long as he enjoys a pup tent sleeping arrangement. Better talk it over with Mom because Dads can be so Dad-ish.
I love your first and third photos of the clouds (and of course Puppy). I can feel them moving past me overhead.
Puppy!
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