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February 21, 2007
Yesterday was Pancake Day
Did you know it??
Some people did but no one seemed up for a revival of the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Racing tradition. Here is what I got from Wikipedia~
"On Pancake Day, pancake races are held in villages and towns across the United Kingdom.[15] In 1634 William Fennor wrote in his Palinodia:
"And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne."
But the tradition of pancake racing had started long before that. The most famous pancake race, at Olney in Buckinghamshire, has been held since 1445. The contestants, traditionally women, carry a frying pan (skillet) and race to the finishing line tossing the pancakes as they go. As the pancakes are thin, some skill is required to toss them successfully while running. The winner is the first to cross the line having tossed the pancake a certain number of times.
The tradition is said to have originated when a housewife from Olney was so busy making pancakes, that she forgot the time until she heard the church bells ringing for the service. She raced out of the house to church while still carrying her frying pan and pancake."
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Since the weather has turned balmy and springlike, Marcel and I have got a case of Spring Fever, big time. There has been much promenading in the park, and splashing in mud-puddles. The latter being out of character for Marcel, but it may have been due to sheer giddiness from fresh air and sunshine, combined with the cornucopia of sights and smells outside of our backyard.
We took these before it got warm.
A fancy dogue in one of his favorite outfits, posing in the coveted comfy chair.
In such a fancy outfit he might have fit right in with the crowd at Lyric Opera on Friday, for seeing Cosi Fan Tutte. Could he have made it past the animal rights demonstrators in his fur?? That is the question. They might not have a problem if you can prove you grew it yourself. But I digress.
He's regal.
You betcha.
Yesterday I even finished the second of the Trekking socks, while sipping coffee at The Grind, and trying not to get apple pie, even though it was there, and calling out my name. The door was propped open and it was just like summertime.
Oh, and on our way home from the park, Marcel and I got a big, wet, muddy doggy paw on the arm from Lucy the Spaz (not to be confused with my niece, Lucy the Human), also known as Marcel's girlfriend, our neighbor's boxer, whom we haven't seen in donkey's ears. So happy!
More later.
Posted by at February 21, 2007 10:35 AM
Comments
dude trhey say stripes make you look fat, but I think the Moosedawg is getting a bit w-i-d-e-lux!!! Maybe it's just an optickle illusion??
Posted by: daddybear at February 21, 2007 11:56 AM
Drat, I almost stopped by The Grind yesterday. It would have been nice to see pippy's human form.
Posted by: mike a at February 21, 2007 11:57 AM
i has a bucket
Posted by: Mr Goddamn Sunshine (of the hammond goddamn sunshines) at March 10, 2007 09:17 AM