Saturday, May 21, 2011

The mayor, the farmer and the mechanical digger.




Wilf heard it first . A distant , grinding , clink-clank clink-clank sound echoing from the far end of the lane . By the time ' the font ' joined us at the garden gate to see what was happening the cause of this Friday evening brouhaha was apparent . The mayor and the old farmer were jointly coaxing a large , very ancient , bright yellow mechanical digger towards the village. As neither of them has a fully functioning right arm this was an unnecessarily complicated procedure that required the mayor to hang out of the cab and steer while the old farmer changed gear . Neither , one would have to admit, was a natural left hander . On their third attempt the battered mechanical device - a Poclain - made an abrupt right angled turn into the old farmers courtyard where it coughed and stalled . There it sits . A combination of beached whale and one of those dinsoaur skeletons you see in natural history museums . " There goes the neighbourhood " said ' the font ' demonstrating that wry Swedish humour that is famous round the world . We would have asked what the machine was going to be used for but both farmer and mayor disappeared , conspiratorially , into the adjoining garage before we had a chance to quiz them.

Wilf dealt with this noisy new arrival by wandering across the lane and promptly christening the behemoths tracks. He then came back into the garden and fell sound asleep on his back on the grass . A contented look on his face that said " What we see depends mainly on what we look for " .

18 comments:

  1. The mayor, the farmer and the mechanical digger. I thought they were going to walk into a bar! :)

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  2. Lovely picture of Wilf in front of your beautiful house. We await with bated breath further reports of digger activity....

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  3. What a funny picture you painted with the Mayor and the old farmer driving the digger. That image will stay with me all day! Wilf looks so lovely and relaxed on his back on the grass in the dappled shade.

    x (for Wilf!).

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  4. What that house badly needs is an infestation of Lancastrians. Do you live in heaven or does it just look like it?

    Hope that Wilf has a splendid weekend - Oh you too of course!

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  5. When in doubt, christen it.

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  6. Ah, the good life; a little vehicle christening and then a nap in the grass! Wilf does know how to plan his day!DBH

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  7. For certain, Wilf is Wealthy in Wisdom and I hope he continues to share it for a very long time!

    Kisses,
    Stella

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  8. Maybe it's a lawn ornament for the beautiful floral village competition--I'll bet it would look good with some geraniums on it!

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  9. i didn't know anyone worked past noon on a friday. ;)
    i can only imagine what the digger is there to do...can't wait to hear about it!

    the booker man and asa's mama

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  10. I have truly lived in Alaska too long...what you described as a battered mechanical device looked just fine to me... :O !!

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  11. P.S. This couldn't be for a do-it-yourself cess pit repair, could it?

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  12. Wilfee, more tyre christening!!!! More dog-girls in the village - Kelley and the one from the cateaux.... Live your life to the fullest always Love Susanne, Daisy and Foxiie

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  13. I cannot wait to see how this newest saga unfolds! Somehow, I suspect tears and or swearing will be involved on someone's part before it's all over. I suspect that most of the people in your village don't have Wilf's wisdom!

    I always envision 'the font' as someone who would be quite interesting to meet!

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  14. Way to go Wilf! :)

    Blessings and Love,
    Janelle and Maggie Mae

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  15. I've seen various machines like that before too and have always wondered what they'd be used for.

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  16. Love the picture that it took 2 grown men to drive that nasty contraption. I hope Wilf realizes that those are the biggest tires he will ever christen, so please let him know we appreciate his ongoing efforts to christen every tire in the world! Hugs to all.

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  17. Of course Wilf christened those tyres. They may be the biggest ones that he's ever christened!

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  18. Sounds like something exciting is about to happen in the village....if they can get the machine running again.

    XXXOOO Daisy, kendra & Bella

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