Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Who rearranged the garden ?




One in the morning. Wilf is out for a ' pit stop '. Instead of turning right and heading back to the front door, as he usually does, he turns left and heads off into the darkness of the garden . A quick sprint out of the house and across the courtyard by yours truly in hot pursuit. Thank heavens it's the middle of the night and the neighbours can't see me haring around wearing nothing other than a dressing gown and a pair of slippers. The family fellows eventually found sitting, quite unconcernedly, in the middle of the peony bed. " Blimey ! Who rearranged the garden ? " he seems to say. Night time clearly holds no fear for Wilf. Adventure over, he follows me back inside and sleeps ,snoring lightly, through to six .

Great excitement yesterday afternoon. A huge blue and white delivery truck arrives. Wilf thoroughly sniffs each of the packages as they're unloaded. The scent of Norkoping sawdust keeping him fully occupied for all of twenty minutes.The Swedish garden benches and new writing desks have arrived from the manufacturer . To my surprise they're unpainted. ' The font ' informs me that I ordered them that way in order to save money. What Scots see as 'canny' , Swedes see as daft. Today, with Spring Break fast approaching, we shall mostly be sanding , priming and painting. Wilf will be supervising and holding a paint brush. His PONtification for the day : ' I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship '.

31 comments:

  1. You made me spend an hour trying to find out what haring around was. It only took me a minute but then I started reading this joke about a rabbit in a pub and mixing my toasties and so I had to spend the rest of the time trying to figure out the joke! :)

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  2. Hmmm. Wilf, I presume you are going to help 'decorate' the new furniture?
    Toodle pip!
    Bertie.

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  3. Hmmm...Did you ever wonder if one of your neighbors might happen to have a blog with a recurring character named Angus? ;o)

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  4. The family who sands together stands together.....perhaps....or perhaps not!

    XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella

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  5. Pontifex Wilf - Peonies at night - croissants in the morning - deliveries from Sweden - well little fellow I hope you have time for Kellie - Love from Southern Italy Susanne, Daisy and Foxiie

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  6. Angus, what lovely pieces of furniture, I especially love the benches! I also love Wilf's PONtification for the day--He certainly is learning to sail his ship and you are his navigator!

    PS: Thought I'd pass on a piece of trivia that our news this morning is reporting Bristol Palin made $240,000 last year--I wonder what baby-daddy Levi Johnston made....

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  7. There is never a dull moment in the Mongoose household! Utterly fascinating! No wonder Wilf's life is always an adventure.
    Tell me...is that a painting of a Pon, next to the red roses on the sideboard? It certainly seems like it/he/she may well be 'smelling the roses' :)
    Sending lotsaluv
    MAXMOM IN SOUTH AFRICA

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  8. I love peonies too Wilf, and think 1:00 am is as good a time as any to give them a sniff and a viewing. Now, what color will you be painting that beautiful furniture? Will the Odd decorator be consulted?

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  9. Of course, as everyone here, i am in love with the new furniture and waiting for seeing Wilf's signature on them, buuuut, the thing i love above all, is the new toy, Angus bring (don't remember the preterit...) back from Harrod's for Wilfee, simply too lovely.
    Concerning the colour, may be a warm grey or a vintage white, which is very "tendance" here in France.
    Please Angus, a photo of you in dressing gown and slippers...

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  10. A night time adventure and sitting in a peony bed at 1 am sounds like dreamy fun! DBH

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  11. Hee hee! I can picture you chasing after Wilf in the dark! Perhaps you could blame it on the aliens.

    That furniture is beautiful, even if you do have to paint or stain it. I'm going to guess that's not IKEA! ;)

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  12. Don't worry Wilf. A peony bed is a lovely place to be, day or night. My dad, a very heavy sleeper, used to wake up at night and make wrong turns into his dressing room. Mum would then have to get up and redirect him before something unpleasant occured. Her biggest concern was one day he'd end up in her dressing room.
    The furniture is lovely but you know you have quite a job ahead of you.

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  13. Careful of your paint colours. White fur.......

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  14. Love all the pretty furniture, especially that top bench! Oh Wilf - what a little night adventure you had! Glad you were able to sleep it off! Have fun painting today!
    Hugs xoxo
    Sammie, Avalon and Ozzie

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  15. So our pal, Wilf, has written new lyrics to the old "tiptoing through the tulips." "Peeing in the peonies (by the light of the silvery moon?)" has a nice ring to it for us canines!

    Jake and Just Harry

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  16. Wilf
    An adventuwe in the night
    and peonies too
    Youw spiwit of adventuwe undiminished
    smoochie kisses
    ASTA

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  17. All Wilf needs is a yellow hardhat to state he is the supervisor and all will be well. Hope the sanding et al goes well and Wilf's nocturnal trips go well too! Keep going Wilf, lovely boy...

    With love your Canadian pals,
    Dianna along with Tor, Willow and Tucker

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  18. Selecting which trees to harvest and then saw, cut, plane, turn, miter, chisel, glue, screw and fasten is daft. Just a bit of sanding, priming and painting is canny indeed...

    Night smells differently than day to our dogs, so even though Wilf is in total darkness, he probably recognized the early morning hour. Peonies have a different scent at that hour.

    If you were concerned that Wilf coudn't see his way back to the front door, he was likely just as concerned that you couldn't follow his odor to the peony patch. Poor Angus, unable to follow his nose...

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  19. arf wilf you are a true champion - loves and licks xxxx pee-ess we lurve the new furniture cant wait to see it painted

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  20. Angus,the picture of the furry dog in the gold frame, is that the one you saw in the shop window sometime ago? It indeed looks like a PON. Happy painting! Maybe next time I would take the painted option.
    Roo

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  21. so, a Scot and a Swede, eh? we have a Brit and a Swede next door to us. Life is good with great neighbors who speak our language!

    cany and daft? sounds a lot like our household... now who's going to actually paint that furniture?

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  22. It *is* funny to contemplate if a neighbor has a blog with you (or me) as a character!

    No rearranging the garden or the furniture... so I guess that no sanding is needed... you can send the new furniture back :)

    I love Wilf's attitude. I guess that darkness holds no fear for him.

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  23. I love your dog! Looks kind of like mine, but she's a Wheaten Terrier - or at least I thought that's what she was until I saw your dog, now I'm wondering. . . I have found in addition to her abilities as supervisor, she also makes for an okay curator and embraces her title as art collector too. Enjoying your blog and marvelous photos.

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  24. Love the bench....would love to see it finished in the garden!

    Wyatt's Mom

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  25. Wilf
    Thank you so much fow visiting and saying such a nice thing to me
    I love you and hope you had a most wondewful day..you awe a genoos at getiting the most out of evewy moment
    smoochie kisses
    ASTA

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  26. Nothing like a night time chase to get your heart pumping! :) Hugs for Wilf.

    Blessings and Love,
    Janelle and Maggie Mae

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  27. Wilfy...if I had a bed of peonies right now I'd find myself sitting in it also!
    Happy sanding and painting...the furniture looks lovely!
    xo J~

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  28. We're most touched by Wilf's utter confidence that Angus would find him in the peony bed; all he has to do is sit and wait for his faithful guardian. Enjoy the furniture finishing. Mama's never turned out quite like she thought they would.

    Jed & Abby

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  29. That's some really nice furniture! I hope you'll post pictures of them once they're painted.

    I truly think Wilf was unconcerned about sitting in the peonies patch because he knew you'd come get him.

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