There is pomp and pageant in our town

with children in their favourite costumes marching up and down

from scratchy speakers, the theme to the lion king

it's a beautiful bright day and everything is in full swing!

the market is busy which is good to see

 fruit full for the towns economy

Today is our regular Friday date with Jan

off with Taj, together they ran

today was a bit miserable cold and wet

but it STILL....doesn't feel like winter yet

we met only a clean looking man and his very clean dog

judging also, his pristine car he has not realised 

 in places, it is just a muddy bog

Today we met Elvira and Alice by chance

also pom pom so they were all set free for a right song and dance

Elvira and i had a chat, we met a french friend of hers

they spoke in french, it is good for me

whilst the three dogs, in their own language ran free

Milou is running with another old pal

Verlaine is a very pretty gal

We met with Elvira and Klaus on the other side of the lake

where both Alice and Verlaine went into the water

and came out with a most vigorous shake

It was not Milou's main walk of the day

but we started at the tennis courts 

where she chased all the balls in play

she is good at retrieving the ball and bringing it back

as a tennis coaches dog she is on the right track

sometimes it is hard for a dog to let a ball go 

for Milou it's all in a day's work and she'll go with the flow

It was a beautiful sunny very warm day

we could have easily been in the month of May

i see fresh tracks, of what i think are deer

it does not take long for the three of them to appear

their bouncing white backsides give them away

dancing off as in a countryside ballet

Ten degrees, warmish but dull and very grey

after yesterday's blip, i am back to my usual self today

Milou, Marc and I traverse the lac

pom pom is waiting along the track

violets are now beginning to bloom

as are the catkins and the first buds, on all the birch

 and some of the shrubs