Another succesful car boot day and a bit of foraging....

I like a good car boot as I am sure I have mentioned before.

Sunday's car boot was in Volvic, and yes the water does come from there.  You can visit the source itself, but Volvic itself is mostly water bottling factory.  But it does have a good car boot.

This week, I bought a beautiful 50's mustard yellow casserole dish, and a set of copper pans.

 

I know I don't actually need any more pans, but they were a bargain, and they do look lovely hanging up in the kitchen in place of the 70s brown enamel ones I had before.

While we were out, we initiated our friends into the fine art of foraging, starting with a bag of immature green walnuts and some red sour plums.

 

Another happy afternoon of jam making ahead then, and the first stage of pickling the walnuts.

River is enjoying herself being a naughty puppy, there is something so very cute about the way she runs around like a loon, pouncing and bouncing, then just collapses for a snooze.

 

Not sure what the sleeping with the tongue stuck out like that means, perhaps a way of thumbing her nose at the cats by managing to claim a bit of living room floor to herself.

River settling in

 

Arthur was the only dog I have every owned, and River is the second, he was a dog and she is a bitch.  Is this why she sleeps like this?  Arthur never did.  Cute though.

 

The biggest problem for River is getting used to the fact the cats want to share her blanket at night.  Mr Pink likes to curl up into her tummy and Ferguson and Pond swiftly follow suit.

Puppy learns a few life lessons

Poor puppy, she has been on a very very steep learning curve since arriving on Saturday.

But she has mastered the first most vital of life's lessons.

Pointy Bits

This is a valuable lesson and one that must be learnt early and it goes like this:

Cats have pointy bits.

Puppies are not allowed to eat out of cat bowls - cats reinforce this rule with pointy bits.
Cats are allowed to eat out of puppy bowls - cats reinforce this rule with pointy bits.

When cats are tired they sleep on puppy beds - cats reinforce this rule with pointy bits.
If puppies are already attempting to take a nap on puppy beds and a cat decides it wants a quick lie down, puppies must move - cats reinforce this rule with pointy bits.

Puppies are not to chase cats - cats reinforce this rule with pointy bits.
Puppies are not allowed to sit on laps, these are cat places - cats reinforce this rule with pointy bits.


And then to add to her education, poor puppy discovered that chickens have pointy bits too:


Chickens have pointy bits even when you sneak up behind them.
Chickens have pointy bits even when you stick your nose through the fencing at them.
Chickens have pointy bits even when they are a plucking just short of a grilling on the BBQ.

River

watching the river
through a window of trees...
spring rain falls 

ISSA - 1804    -   .川見ゆる木の間の窓や春の雨         kawa miyuru ko no ma no mado ya haru no ame