Wednesday, June 8, 2011

What every PON knows.









The painter , who had promised faithfully to start work on Monday , hasn't shown up . As a result the rickety old farmhouse still has twenty three green shutters and one, small , grey one . Time for Angus to demonstrate that he can turn his hand to any trade. No sooner had the undercoat been painstakingly applied to the garage doors than the cloudless blue sky turned grey . Then black . Then jet black . As the lid was put back on the paint tin the first tentative drops of rain started to fall . Within five minutes it was a downpour . It continued all day ferociously and without let up . The thunder echoing off the mountain peaks . A large branch crashing down from the plane tree onto the swimming pool cover under the weight of the water . " Not great painting weather ? " asked Wilf as his drenched and bedraggled owner put the last of the ladders away.

Our morning had started with an unscheduled break of dawn ' granny font ' trip back to Britain . No time to prepare ' pop it in the oven ' meals for Wilf and yours truly. Faced with the possibility of having to either starve or eat Swedish raw fish the family fellow and yours truly make a quick detour to the supermarket for bacon and sausages . A dish that lends itself to Angus's particular culinary skills and is much approved of by Wilf . The bacon easy to find but the sausages hidden down a side aisle in a freezer cabinet . " Is there usually this much smoke in the kitchen ?" asks a small white polar bear as lunch is prepared . Every PON knows that humour is to life what shock absorbers are to cars .

16 comments:

  1. Our kids will always speak the truth!

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  2. Hurray for sausages!!!

    XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella

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  3. So the culinary skills extend to home-smoked bacon then?
    We're impressed!

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  4. Hope you both enjoy your bacon and sausages.

    We are feeling pleased that blogger is actually allowing us to post this comment, we have had probs recently.

    Molly, Taffy, Monty and Winnie

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  5. Being from the south, I think you just can't go wrong with bacon or sausage because there are so many possibilities! Here in Virginia, bacon flavored ice cream is now being sold in a few places--What will they think of next?

    I hope all is well with 'Granny Font' and you and Wilf are having an enjoyable day!

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  6. Good luck in the kitchen Angus! I've been reading your 'Gain shall take the place of Loss' blog and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed it! I for one will be following with great interest if you decide to continue with that one again!

    Hugs to your family fellow!

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  7. Happy Wednesday and happy sausages Wilfee !!!
    Have a beautiful day Angus, amitiƩs to you, cuddles and bisous for my beloved Wilfee.

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  8. I hope Granny Font is okay!

    I would be happy to survive on bacon and sausage! I'd end up looking like a sausage, but it would be tasty!

    Darn Murphy and his laws! Better luck on the painting front tomorrow, M'Ongoose!

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  9. Wilfie is such a thoughtful old guy......
    xoxo

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  10. who needs the font. well only kitchen-figuratively-speaking of course! love to you two batchelors. i wish granny font no pain and whatever makes her happy near the close of a lovely long life. tammy

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  11. Was the bacon the "maple" kind? If you haven't seen the viral video of Clark and Bacon, you so need to; Wilf will enjoy it as well :). Has the painter yet shown up?

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  12. Sometimes even a dog can manage without fancy food, so long as there is a good supply of sausages. Lucky Wilf.

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  13. I love the ending. Thanks for the heart-warming lift.

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  14. Ahhhhhhh - the smells of bacon cooking drives us wild! Love your (to self: "too much smoke?") - heheh! Hope you get the little window/shutters painted!
    Hugs xoxoxo
    Sammie and Avalon

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  15. Good luck to you and Wilf. A diet of bacon and sausages sounds perfect.

    I loved your quip about humor in the last line. So true.

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  16. We hope granny font has taken a turn for the better. Sounds like you guys aren't going to starve. Hope the rain didn't ruin the garage door base coat. Bet the no show painter will claim he knew it was going to rain.

    Jed & Abby

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