A shopping day. Wilf is lifted into the back of the car and we set off , windows down , in the direction of the little market town . While Wilf and ' yours truly ' go in search of a coffee , a bowl of water and a pain au chocolat , ' the font ' goes off in search of dinner plates . After twenty years of family breakages and other assorted mishaps we are left with a motley collection of day to day tableware . Not so much the survival of the fittest as the survival of the least fragile . Time , I'm firmly told , to jettison the feeding time at the zoo mix of Jerry's Home Store / Marks and Spencers / Villeroy and Boch that we use and invest in new crockery . After an absolute eternity ' the font ' appears carrying some examples of what's been ordered . " What do you think of these ? " I'm asked . ' A bit blousy " I reply. From the the look I get it can be assumed that was the wrong answer . Ever the diplomat my plea is changed to a more ambiguous " they look very French " . Wilf has a btter understanding of shopping psychology . He emerges from under the table with a look on his face that says " Where there's plates there's sausages " . That ever hopeful PON outlook on life .
Good recovery. Very bucolic.
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XXXOOO Daisy, kendra & Bella
Great boy Wilf - Ongoose - never make ANY doubtful remarks - women are allergic to that! Love from Southern Italy Susanne Daisy and Foxiie
ReplyDeleteI love that, "Where there's plates there's sausages." That made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteHusbands rarely say the right thing. What amuses me is the way they change their original unacceptable answer to the new correct one, and in how many steps. You seem to have done a good job and come round to 'the font's' way of thinking in reasonable time!
x (for Wilf!)
Happy Sunday Wilfee ! Don't forget to wish your sweet mother, aka, "the Font", a beautiful "Fête des Mères" ! That's the tradition in France, today sweet boy... Cuddles to you.
ReplyDeleteAmitiés to you Angus.
What beautiful plates too - 'the font' has great taste.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt Wilf is hoping her taste in sausages is up to scratch too.
Wilf will undoubtedly have his eye on the prize: that which is on the plate and smelling delicious....aesthetics and decoration are fine when they don't interfere with what is important to such a gourmet as Wilfee...no fool he!DBH
ReplyDeleteI love those plates and applaud "the font" for finding a pattern with what appears to be a bagpiper on them in deepest France profonde! Not "plates and sausages" says Petey..."plates OF sausages!" I just got the book French Summers which seems to be all about your corner of the world, right down to the renovation of a much more rickety old farmhouse!
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ReplyDeleteTell you Mom she made a perfect choice!
Cat Mandu and his Mom
judging from the wonderful way the font cooks, it probably doesn't matter what it's served on ... although some say the frame completes the picture! i love and aspire to wilf's philosophy of life. love to you boy. tj
ReplyDeleteGood thing she didn't ask you if this plate made her butt look big! :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the plates! I am definitely in agreement with Wilf's philosophy, too! It's not what's on the plates that's important, but what will be on them later! ;)
ReplyDeleteA bagpiper! Goodness! In France!
ReplyDeleteMy father used to say a plate is only as beautiful as the dinner thats on it. But just let there be one mismatched china piece! Then it was " what IS going on with the china". I wish my father had known Wilf. Two great minds but with a single thought where food is concerned. Oh, by the way, good save, Angus.
The new dishes are lovely. I remember a quote that goes something like, 'A wise husband is one who buys his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the dishes.' Food for thought that may perhaps find you liking the new tableware just a little more.
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Oooh. Sausages or no sausages.... she made a fabulous choice. I adore them!
ReplyDeletePretty plates...Wilf knows the right answer!
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Well I love those beautiful plates. Wilf is right again of course. I ordered on Amazon one of those balls you talked about Wilf enjoying so much that makes sounds. My two boys are not blind but I'm always looking for new entertainment for these active two.
ReplyDelete'The font' did great as far as I'm concerned. L♥ve the color and the tole - just love it! I'm voting with Wilf on the sausages - YUM!
ReplyDeleteThat china is really pretty.
ReplyDeleteMy parents have a bunch of china but none of the designs on them match. They're all the same color blue though and if you don't look at them too closely, you might not notice.
I don't know what pain au chocolat is but I want some! Off now to look it up.
I really like the plate! However, I would never take Mr. O on a shopping excursion... Ina in Alaska (from my iPhone)
ReplyDeleteHopefully Wilf got some sausages today, in moderation of course ;)
ReplyDeleteBlessings and Love,
Janelle and Maggie Mae
Mon Dieu, Mongoose - the font went to all the trouble to pay you the delicate compliment of picking out a bagpiper on the everyday china! [Or at least some of the everyday china; don't know what's on all the pieces.] You are correct, however: they are very French. We like Kim's quote.
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