Roger found a packet of panini in the footwell of the car. It had fallen out of the shopping bag unnoticed and the resulting hysteria from Dorothy who shouldered her way out of her cage in the back seat like a fat faced drug raiding policeman in order to grab one out of Mary’s mouth would have caused a car wreck if we weren’t stuck in the workman’s traffic lights just outside the village.
The bickering over the crumbs lasted at least 25 minutes so I had a headache brewing when I finally got to the dentists in Llandudno.
After my appointment we all had a walk along the Promenade to blow away the cobwebs and I turned listening to Spotify on my phone as the waves flung spray horizontally into our faces.
We sat down in a beach shelter as Max Richter’s On The Nature Of Daylight was playing.
It’s a deeply melancholy and rather beautiful piece of music
And as I listened the dogs crammed in closer, on either side of me in an effort to keep warm.
The pressure of each body just noticeable in three places
And the moment just broke my heart a little……
I love Max Richters arrangements. Oh my, I'm picturing the dogs leaning in and think I know ( being a soppy owner of 3 dogs!) just how you were feeling in that moment.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Yes, you have to be a dog owner or a parent me thinks lol
DeleteAre your teeth pearly white now John - all ready for kissing a beau x 👮
ReplyDeleteOh brother
DeleteAm glad that you were not actively driv driving when the food war started!
ReplyDeleteHope the lovely music and the sea eased your headache. and that you all went home and got warm.
Hugs!
I was once driving the berlingo over prestatyn hil when one dog had the runs and all stepped in it during woofest
Deleteohhhhhh, ick! I bet that was no fun in secewral ways.
DeleteHugs!
You are an old softie.
ReplyDeleteI am indeed
Deleteso touching
ReplyDeleteThe music is delightful
DeleteSounds like a nice moment, though I can't help laughing at the thought of the dogs scrambling for those paninis!
ReplyDeleteThe fight was like a Tom and Jerry cartoon
DeleteVery tender music.
ReplyDeleteIt sort of captured the moment
DeleteThe food fight fiasco has me laughing.
ReplyDeleteJohn - Can you look at your Tuesdays post please because someone is directing personally abusive lies about me x
ReplyDeletetheir comment on Zombie Gay Fairytale post at 3.47 x
DeleteWill do
DeleteYou paint such wonderful pictures with your words. As others have said many times - write that book! xx
ReplyDeleteI was on a zoom call with a doctor once, the meeting was about Katie so she had to be there. Katie did everything she could to get my attention away from the computer, including opening the freezer and pulling out a frozen muffin. One of the dogs found the muffin and all hell broke loose, the two dogs fighting over the muffin, at which point I yelled, "Jesus!". I'm sure the doctor was terribly impressed.
ReplyDeleteI love that , once Winnie walked up to a woman pushing a pram in the church and pushed her whole head in the stroller shelf. After a rummage she victoriously pulled out a farleys rusk and ate it
DeleteI absolutely adore Max Richter’s music. He was composer of the week on Radio 3 the other week and so nice to hear him talk about his passion. He has composed many film scores and he also composed the music for Woolf Works, the newish ballet by Wayne McGregor which is being performed at the ROH this March. Would love to go, but need someone to go with who is just as passionate about VW, MR and the ballet as me! Sarah in Sussex
ReplyDeleteSarah go on your own if us have to …just go xx
DeleteI was sitting watching tv quietly - suddenly my Prince and Herbie were scrapping over a chew - as I grabbed them my finger must have got in the way - resulting in stitches and a wonky nail x
ReplyDeleteA little heartbreak and the panini Keystone Kops all in one brief afternoon.
ReplyDeleteRoger let fly an over excited turd too, but it spoilt the narrative
DeleteThat made me spit my tea. :D Tina in west oz.
DeleteOh, John, nothing could spoil your narrative.
DeleteOh John, both amusing and poignant, all in one post.
ReplyDeleteI can recommend Voices by Max Richter, the final track makes me cry every time, I love it but it breaks my heart.
I think I was just feeling “ emotional” today , not tired and emotional , just emotional ….the LAST OF US took it out of me last night me thinks
DeleteI will have to look up this music, I am a huge fan of Hans Zimmer and the music from Intersteller.
ReplyDeleteYou are a gentle softie.
ReplyDeleteToo much for my own good
DeleteNice.
ReplyDeleteI needed that music tonight. It fit my mood well. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOff to learn more about Max Richter.
Those dogs will be the death of you when you're driving John! I can't cope with two grandchildren bickering, dogs having a meltdown would do my head in!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ! I looked up the composer and realised that he had written some music for Shutter Island, and that really haunting sound was what I was reminded of. It made a deep impression on me at the time.
ReplyDeleteoh my god, this music is so beautiful!
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