Country Walk--in Town

Today, the WWTs were invited to La Foret Enchantee--home of member Martha Siv--for a hike around her semi-rural neighborhood in the middle of the city. As we walked to and from a stable, we saw groups of deer gamboling about yards. (Two spotted fawn were among them, not too much bigger than me.)

I have to say that because of the deer, horses and all manner of unseen creatures, the scents were infinitely more interesting that what I detect in the tamer suburban neighborhoods where we usually walk. In a word, the sniffing was superb.

After we got back to the house, the ladies sat out on Martha's porch overlooking a swimming pool. My mistress--who is not really a coffee drinker, preferring tea--loved the cafe au lait, which Martha prepared by bringing milk in a saucepan just to the boiling point and pouring it into the coffee.

Afterwards, the ladies shopped in Martha's in-house South China Seas store, which features clothing, textiles, jewelry, accessories and gift items from Asia. They were as elated with their exotic finds as I was with the exotic scents I'd detected on the walk. Thus both man and beast left enchanted by their visit to the enchanted forest.