Puppy and her elder sister are out with the farmers wife. It's just cold and windy enough for us to be wearing jumpers this morning. The first hint of autumn? Elder sister has discovered that standing on the old stone field wall provides an excellent vantage point to look for hares to chase. Puppy headed off some time ago in pursuit of crows. Life for a Scottish farm dog is a constant whirl of activity and adventure.
We're down at the fishmonger as the days catch is still being set out.
Today we opt for lemon sole, crab and two overly large lobsters with thick shells. A thick shell, we are told by the fishmonger, is the sign of a succulent crustacean.
'A Bonnie Wee Cake' says the sign painted onto the side of a very old Vauxhall that's parked by the chapel. A quick search on the internet suggests that someone has a busy weekend of wedding receptions ahead : https://www.abonnieweecake.co.uk/
The town remains hectic. The bar in the 5 star hotel on the golf course is packed to the gunnels with stern looking men. It has a very 'Washington' feel to it. Black SUV's and those large Volvo's favoured by upmarket car rental companies are much in evidence. You know they're rental cars because they have that small sign on the petrol filler cap to remind you not to fill it up with diesel. We catch sight of our first MAGA hat of the season. There can be no doubting that the country is hosting an important visitor with an impressively large entourage. Hotel prices have doubled and large helicopters thud away overhead from seven 'til late. In Starbucks a gentleman wearing a Congressional Country Club baseball hat informs his colleagues ' The Scotch folk sure as hell like their coffee weak '. He then informs them what he thinks the coffee tastes like.
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Interesting comment about the coffee. I spent time in the US when I was a student, and then a last visit in 2000. I remember the coffee as being very dishwater-ish, everywhere - has it changed since then?
Hari OM
I had a feeling I'd spotted that wee yellow car somewhere recently... and now realise it was when I was staying in Falkland last month, the business being situated there. It's not a vehicle one forgets - and neither are those cakes. The lady is an artist! YAM xx
A rather heroic portrait of elder sister. Perhaps she is on the outlook for stern-looking intruders rather than hares.
From various visits over the years I remember the coffee in the States being uniformly very much like dishwater too! In California we once asked an amazed waitress ("You want it stronger??!!") if she would kindly add more coffee and put it through the filter (drip) machine again! We were used to European strength coffee - black and as strong as it comes!
Sorry about the visitors, I hope the area profits from the intrusion.
Maybe Starbucks here has different strength coffee to Starbucks outlets in the US .... but I doubt it.
Once again, the American traveler disappoints. The comparison of US coffee with European coffee puzzles me a bit. I guess it’s because I put cream in mine. Today’s links are very interesting. The cake baker produces stunning creations!
JoAnn in Maryland
Apologies for the behavior of my "fellow" citizens. For what it's worth we're not all like that.
I’ll never understand how the American taxpayer tolerates the many millions of dollars wasted on golfing junkets that the president and his entourage take at taxpayers expense and yet won’t fight for a universal healthcare system. He’s the biggest welfare queen there is. C.
The picture of Noreen surveying her world from the wall is quite wonderful. As an American I would happily embrace a universal healthcare system but have yet to find a way to limit the president's golfing schedule.
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