Saturday, September 30

Apple Time - Slug Time - Brazilians


Mabon is the pagan celebration of the autumn equinox, the image associated with this holiday is a fruitful apple tree. My apple tree was fruitful to a ridiculous degree this year, I can't collect them and give them away fast enough so the slugs have been pouring into the garden. Going into the garden at the moment is a squidgy affair.


After the Great Flood I needed help - mainly to fix the electrics and the roof. The electrician offered to send some Brazilians my way, they had just finished working on a big building project and were looking for employment.

My current Brazilian is very attractive, last week he was making things nice up inworking on the roof, he speaks barely any English and we both have enough  Spanish to ensure a continuous stream of misunderstandings. He arrives in the morning, I suggest 'Te o Cafe?' and he beams nodding enthusiastically 'Chocolat - si si si!!!' 

At midday Alejandra brings down his packed lunch and I make myself a sandwich then we sit in the garden looking at all the apples and slugs and he tells me about the numerous offspring he has seeded around the world, he sees my face and beams  'I can't help, I Brazilian...'





5 comments:

  1. Hmm...I knew a Brazilian who was a bit like that. A top class mechanic for a Grand Prix team, he had no end of girls on his string. Racing-car blokes are like the sailors with a girl in every port!

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  2. That combo of Brazilian and car racing sounds like dynamite Di. Lulu xx

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  3. Autumn makes me frisky Scarlet - must be the cider xx Lulu

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  4. I think I need some cider, sweetpea! xoxo

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