Making It Up As I Go Along #461

Here’s what happens when you mess up your French while ordering Carrot Cake in Quebec.

Chateau aux Carrotte
It is there
In the distance you can see
The long, peaked spires atop the hill
Shadowy and dark with the sun setting behind
But when we get up close
A brilliant orange
Ringed and climbing
Into the sky.

The four spires surround a large central dome
Ringed and orange but only a third the height
Atop that
A tuft of green
As a great tree
Atop a fortress

This place
Circled by a cream corn moat
And upon the highest peak in the celery forest
Is the magnificent
Carrot Castle

Dungeons lay within its grounds
Hollowed pits within the earth
Created by long ago potatoes
Each legume the size of a Volkswagen van

Broccoli and turnips
The only nourishment for those imprisoned
Ensuring long life for those tortured souls
Cursing themselves
For receiving such servings
Of their daily vegetable intake.

Pea catapults protect the fortress.
Other kingdoms hold tales of brave knights
Battling fire breathing dragons
Protecting the King
From these ravenous beasts

This kingdom has other horrors
The great pea catapults are able to rain down
Mighty green barrel sized bombardments
In order to fend off the beasts
Those that bring the threat of devastation
Those that would destroy the celeryed wood
And would lay ruin to the great castle
Wraith Rabbits

On most attacks
The pea catapults protect the land
And when the wraith rabbit hoards become too much
The stock of Tomato bombs are wheeled out
They are fired high into the sky by cabbage blasters
Pausing at their zenith as great red suns
Before dropping into the wraith rabbit throngs
Splattering the countryside red
And maintaining order in the kingdom

Yes, we’re here now
You can see the orange of the spires from this close proximity
Isn’t it a glorious sight?
Now let us cross the cream corn
Our peapod boat awaits
And the garlic gate is opening
Welcome
To Carrot Castle





WEDNESDAY…
--- Sleep through my alarm. Lucky to wake a half hour later in order to make it in on time.
--- Work is fine… some odd things going on but still fine. Weather is not nice though… rain and wind.
--- After work, I head to the airport and wait a bit while mom and dad’s flight comes in. We do supper together afterwards and have a nice evening together.

THURSDAY…
--- Busy day. House viewing with mom and dad and the agent… looking like edging towards a new townhouse that would be built in December and out of the Avalon area… a subdivision closer to the city.
--- Physio right after that and then home for supper with the parents and depressing hockey. Montreal is great for half the game but lose in overtime against Boston for the series to now be tied. Vancouver gets shelled by Chicago. I quit half way through and it’s 5-0 then. Still up 3 games to 2 but it’s nervous time.

FRIDAY…
--- Start the day checking out the location for the townhouses getting built. Nice spot… very tempting.
--- Drive to Fiddler’s Lake Resort near Saint Sauveur. Almost two hours to get there… quite the cottages.
--- Go to town for some groceries and supper… then back for a soak in the hot tub. Very relaxed after that.

SATURDAY…
--- Lounge day. Sleep late… have a sauna followed by a hot tub soak… a game of monopoly… and the hockey game. Montreal Boston is close and good but Montreal loses in double overtime. Ugh.

SUNDAY…
--- Hockey is slowly killing me as Vancouver loses to Chicago again. Now I may lose both Montreal and Vancouver on the same day… Oh Tuesday, don’t make me hate you.
--- Other than that, a walk, sauna, hot tub soak, and then supper in Saint Sauveur makes for a really good day… other than that bloody hockey.

MONDAY…
--- Breakfast in Saint Sauveur and then drive back to Ottawa after a really relaxing trip. In Ottawa by 1:00 and over to Mountain Equipment for 2:00… the mall after that and home for Chinese food to end the night. After supper we start figuring out for BC trip this summer.

TUESDAY…
--- Up early and spend some pretty quiet time with mom and dad before taking them to the airport. Hockey night is intense and good. Montreal beats Boston to force game seven… and Vancouver needs overtime to win game seven… possibly the best NHL hockey game I’ve ever watched.