Tick fever?
Our third generation artisanal butcher had a new addition on his stall today - plump andouillettes ! A nice surprise as they’re not really a thing around here - les tripes and les tripoux are the local alternatives. Just bought one (my wife’s freaked out by anything offalous) but didn’t have the courage to ask if they’re just a summer treat for les juillettistes et les aoûtiens. Hope not - one of my regional autumn pleasures is an andouillette with aligot or truffade, cepes and baked figs.
OTOH; it’s far too early to be thinking about things like that - actually just simply enjoying being able to have dinner outdoors again - first time for a couple of weeks. It’s very restorative to just gaze at the shady wall of green forest on the other side of the Lot…
We’ve just eaten outside tonight - temperature is dropping and is down to about 21-22 right now.
Thanks - looking at some of the recipes, I seem to have intuitively created (or more likely, culturally absorbed) a typical andouillette combo, albeit one best enjoyed in moderation.
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Thankfully, not. Both dogs have always had all the vaccines and protections in existence. I’m afraid the vet said that as Maud is 14 years old, these organ issues do develop.
My husband and I had spent the night before having the choking talk on what to do if today’s prognosis was bad. We’ve now perked right up. Maud was so happy she ate her and Agnes’s dinner 
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THE talk is so difficult. Good news it’s not now. Milk thistle - liver? It’s the one organ that can heal itself.
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Still on pets, the weather was cool enough for the cat to spend some time on my lap this morning after his brushing.
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I sense that, every time you write that, you still can’t quite believe your luck!
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You are absolutely 100% right, Lord Porridge! 
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The hydrangea that looked as dead as a dodo has sprung back to life with only minor damage.
The haricot vert have got their act together, finally and the tomatoes are sugary sweet.
6 hours of pretty moderate rain sorted it all out, but we still need more.
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I can but dream!!!
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All this evenings organic veg come straight from our garden, I love them when they’re fresh picked.
2 nd bit of happy news, OH and I just spent 15 mins rescuing 2 red admiral butterflies from our conservatory. Couldn’t leave them to it as they just die from the heat in there 
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The Soviet Navy will be eternally grateful.
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My goodness, at first I thought you had her hanging on the wall. 
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She’s on the newly (not quite) made bed. That’s how she always sleeps.
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That tummy is just waiting to be tickled. 
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Indeed, she loves it when you stroke her tummy. She’s always adopted what is essentially a submissive posture like that. She was the runt of a litter and the last to find a home and I think that’s where it comes from. Never had a cat do that all the time before
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