idun Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Where is Normie? Can't you coax him here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 His banishment was voluntary, I believe. Doubtless he will be back when the term of incarceration is over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 For those interested, I have blogged a nice little ruined Abbey with fotos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 For the hardy amongst you, I have blogged again. I am also trying a new form of advertising, for fun, called viral advertising, which seems to consist of short videos. They seem light enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I thankyou, thankyou so much for making me smile as I needed to smile today. And because French ladies of a certain age are best not snapped from behind when bending as it saps their dignityThat made me laugh out loud. You do realise that some english ladies of a certain age are best not snapped from behind either[:-))] I am trying to think what the alpine people get excited about and it must be champignons. Not a family affair though, and seems to be limited to the males going off at an early hour with their baskets, as plaggy bags don't let the spores drip into the soil. And the canny gatherers bring home huge loup de pres and all sorts of other bizarre looking fungi. Some are conserved in oil and herbs and others put out as a dish, just assorted mushrooms and herbs alone on the plate and I hate it. I need a pork chop or good steak, chicken or fish would do too, just something with them. I love mushrooms, but they are not a plat that I ever like to eat alone. A good friend gets upset with me, but I cannot help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Thank you Idun, one tries to entertain.I would not ever presume to comment on English ladies, though on horseback some of them are very, shall we say, interesting. I once saw the Duchess of Cornwall on a horse and I then knew exactly why HRH is keen on her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Thank you Idun, one tries to entertain.I would not ever presume to comment on English ladies, though on horseback some of them are very, shall we say, interesting. I once saw the Duchess of Cornwall on a horse and I then knew exactly why HRH is keen on her![/quote]As for the duchess, did you see her from in front or from behind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Both, as she passed my stopped car (I still do stop for horses). The behind view was the one I was referring to.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 OH, you didn't mean her FACE then, Wools?Can't be much fun being constantly compared to Diana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Trouble with bottoms is that none of us can judge our own without the aid of a mirror, which is not always easy OR by other people's comments[:D]Don't think I'd fancy having mine photo'd though to be honest. [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 A friend who overtook me when I was riding my daughter's pony to be shod, described me as a 'very large lady on a very small horse'.I never really believed that's what I looked like .........Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Love today's blog, Wooly. I hope literary spies from Complete France will spot it here and print it in their mag and that it will earn you €€€€€€€. So Alsatians have Blucher boots, do they? Pity something similar has not been devised for other breeds...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 What a cute doggie, including his nice mud boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 He is next to me on the sofa now, clean but smelly, hoping I will take him out in the garden and play, which I will.I have had lots of warnings from French people to keep a close eye on him as he might be nicked. Old wives tales, I dunno, but I watch him like a hawk.By the way, he came from a refuge as a pup, so there are loads of nice doggies there if you want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I love the way dogs smile when they are happy. Ours used to smile most, not just happy, ecstatic, when she had rolled in crotte de vache. And when I looked that up, as I'm sure it is called 'buse' this is what came up. I am sat here looking very confused now as to why and who would use these products.http://www.monsaphir.com/beaute/traitez-vos-cheveux-avec-de-la-crotte-de-vache-ou-du-sperme-de-taureau.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 [+o(] [+o(]We used to have a dog - an alsatian, in fact (who came with no boots) - and he used to get ecstatic over the same delights as yours did, idun! Any whiff of Jeyes Fluid still evokes those ages spent scrubbing at his coat to get it off.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 I have blogged the substance of a conversation I had with my nice neighbour yesterday, with his approval. Most interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Interesting indeed, Wools.Do you think that Jamie Oliver fellow may learn something here if he'd just keep quiet long enough to listen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Excellent Wooly. I know well before Jamie Oliver started his campaign I heard a prog on Radio 4 about some schools locally sourcing their food, somewhere in the Midlands, I think . And in fact not just using their kitchens to feed the kids but to feed pensioners too.Maybe they too are going green as well. How refreshing to learn of such things in action in France. In our village the cantine was run by a restaurant in the village, then they stopped and closed down and the surviving 'good' resto took over, the kids were queueing up to eat then. But that was only for a few months and then sodhexo took over. Needless to say that the kids were no longer queueing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 [6]Well, I have only ever seen a couple of things he has done. I love the way he corners on two wheels and then recovers the car just as you think it is going to roll over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Intrigued, please explain. You see I thought he rode a scooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 That was deep irony, Idun!Interesting that you mention sodhexo, my neighbour mentioned them as the profit-based approach which was into total contrast to his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Ah dear, the nearest thing to irony I can manage today appears to be ironing I'm afraid. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Ohhh, I havent ironed anything for 25 years but I may try it soon, along with knitting and crochet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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