Sunday, July 11, 2010

Sleepy Sunday.





Off to the market bright and early with Wilf. We'd hoped to buy some Reblochon from the cheese stall but with its dark brown rind and yellow pate it looked altogether too adult for 'northern' palets. We settled for some Brebis from the Aveyron as a safer lunchtime bet. Whenever did cheese start to cost $17 a lb? Onto the greengrocer for some peaches but the local ones seem to have finished and all that were left were some rather unappetising looking specimens from Spain. They were selling radishes . What is it with the French and radishes? Everywhere you go, winter, summer, spring or fall the shops are full of radishes. Shopping completed Wilf settled down under the table at the cafe for his morning bowl of water and hair tousling by the waitress.The absinthe and beer crowd greeted him with a loud 'Bonjour Weelfie'.

The wheat has all been harvested and the countryside has now turned into a vast gold, yellow and green chess board. The ubiquitous sunflowers are bursting into cheerful bloom everywhere you look. Thank heavens for the refreshing green of the maize fields to break up the golden monopoly. The foals in the botttom field are getting bigger by the day but still eye strangers from the protective shadow of their mothers. It's going to be hot (again) today so Wilf will spend most of his day sleeping.

14 comments:

  1. That cheese must be made out of gold!

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  2. Just bought a sliver of bleu cheese @ $129 a kilo, ended up paying $17.....but, it is magnificent.

    XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella

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  3. Beautiful scenes.....Wilf is having a bad hairday....must be the heat!
    xoxo

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  4. I'm not sure about the cheese, or the radishes, but the peppers really give me some ideas!

    By the way, I thought of you a couple of days ago when Pennsylvania announced that they would allow the selling of wine out of a vending machine--Isn't that how everyone would like to buy it--I don't even want to imagine what they think of next!! Here's a link if you'd like to read how these "fine wines" will be sold:

    http://www.stltoday.com/business/article_55b54864-713f-5ea0-b4a7-6f5b17932301.html

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  5. I am on a major radish kick lately, been craving and eating them most days. My body must need something they provide. Love Wilf's hair!

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  6. We've seen some cheese that can top that price, sadly. Maybe the cows are holding out on the milk lately!

    That's a beautiful picture of the countryside. It looks like you could start walking and just keep going forever!

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  7. I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy reading about your life in France profonde. It's like a refreshing mini vacation to stop by your blog every morning! Ever since reading Peter Mayle's books about his life in Provence (and watching the TV series) I've had a desire to visit southern France. For now I do so vicariously through your wonderful blog. Naturally it doesn't hurt that Wilf is absolutely adorable and I can get a daily "dog fix" as well. ;)

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  8. Weelfie is a celebrity to be recognized with such enthusiasm like that :)

    Well, supposedly the more expensive the cheese the better it is, but I'm no fan of aged cheese so I can't tell you that.....have a great Sunday!

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  9. It sounds to me like Wilf has the best idea for a steamy Sunday. An idea, I might add, that is shared wholeheartedly by Edward and Apple. And, if I get my way later in the day....

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  10. Wilf has wild and crazy hairs today! Luvs your pictures of the countryside, so beautiful.

    Woofs and Licks,
    Maggie Mae

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  11. Your smile makes me smile every time :)

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  12. I was wondering about the price of that cheese when I saw your picture! Someone in France must have some money!!

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  13. As a Tour de France addict, I know all about the sunflowers blooming at this time of year in France. I take it that you are not a fan of Le Tour?

    It's hard to imagine summer beginning to wind down in your part of the world. Summer is just winding up towards its crescendo here.

    When I was a teenager, I used to sell foreign cheeses at a stand in a market... and I'm not surprised that the fancy cheeses are $17 per lb now. They were outrageously priced way back then.

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  14. those horses are beautiful.
    not a fan of the radishes? they taste wonderful raw with a pat of fresh butter on top!

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