1 August 2018

Dog Days of Summer


The potager was looking very dry and wilted when we got back last week but it has recovered well.  This morning I picked a whole basket of goodies.  Even the raspberry canes have finally started producing.


Earlier this morning I took Rick for a walk through the chestnut woods.  I tried to hurry him through the hamlet but, as is his habit, he squatted and did his poo right outside the neatly manicured grass of the teacher’s house.  I bagged it but as there are no bins out in the countryside I was forced to carry it for the duration of the walk.

I tried tying the bag to Rick’s leash but it swished and swayed so much it was in danger of being dispersed everywhere.  So I tied it around my wrist where it hung like a neat little handbag. As we entered the woods the flies gathered around mine and Rick’s heads.  Nasty little creatures trying to get in your mouth, nostrils and eyes.  I couldn’t adopt my usual trick of swishing them with a fern because I had a bag of poo around my wrist so I put my sunglasses on to keep them away from my eyes.  This presented its own problem because the woods are dark and shady and I couldn’t see where the heck I was going.  Such fun!

When we got home Paul was working in the potager.  “Did you know you’ve got a cloud of flies around your head?”




17 comments:

  1. I imagined the scene, sorry, this made me laugh!
    Greetings Maria x

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    1. If I had laughed I would have swallowed a fly!

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    2. There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
      I don't know why she swallowed that fly
      Perhaps she'll...

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  2. So accurate! Do you remember PigPen from Peanuts & Snoopy? Often think of him as the flies close in!

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  3. I thought of PigPen too. Your reward for being a thoughtful dog owner---a bag of poo to carry around.

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  4. you poor thing, she said giggling.

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  5. Raspberries in August? You must have dayglo-green fingers!

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    1. They seem to be very late in our garden this year.

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  6. Not Lord of the Flies by William Golding but Lady of the Flies by Barnbara Cartland!

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    1. There was nothing romantic about it and no dashing prince came to my rescue.

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  7. Probably attracted to the poo bag!

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    1. They seem to attack regardless at this time of year, looking for moisture I think.

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  8. That's a nice little bounty from your garden! Is that a peach? How I wish we could grow peaches here. -Jenn

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    1. Our peach trees have done well this year.

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