Discretion is the Better Part of Valour
There is a story here. Please be patient and I will tell you…. The black object is Gypsy legging it towards security and me.
Behind her and to the right is the Blue Loo. (A convenient convenience which I have blipped in the past). The loo has been spring-cleaned, disinfected and provided with toilet paper in time for the use of desperate vineyard workers (and me).
There are grapevines galore in the vicinity. The grapes are ripening up very nicely and almost ready for harvest. The little birds love the ripe grapes...
Behind Gypsy and to the left is a contraption on a triangular stand with a gas bottle dangling from it. It is a “gas gun” and is great for scaring off hungry little birds. The gas gun is set to fire every few minutes. It is only a few meters from the Blue Loo. The top mechanism whirs around as it fires three shots at set intervals, each shot in a different direction. Every shot makes an extremely loud explosive noise as it reverberates around the grapes, trees and surrounding hills.
Yes, you've got it! The gas gun had fired the first of three shots just as Gypsy had nosed up to it to check out the grapes. (She enjoys a feed of ripe grapes in season…) Hence her high-tailing it back to me.
I can assure you that it is quite an experience to be sitting in the convenient convenience when the gas gun fires its shots. I just wonder if the vineyard owner placed that gun in that position to prevent users of the loo from tarrying over their task…..
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