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A Very Good morning to you, Rusty!
Very wet here......we plodged rather than walked!
Not many people about.....I guess the heavy rain separated the men from the boys!
It looks though as you will be all set for your trip to the Pine Cone this morning, then?
What time are you going?
Is Miss O collecting you?
Will you be home for the golf play-off?
And the leap into Poppie's Pond?
My crosswords from John were awaiting me on my return - ...there are five of them!
That will keep me out of mischief.......




I did click "live" Kenyatta, but as I have been explaining to Rusty, my picture varied not at all, no matter when or how often I looked at it...
I certainly saw no moonlight or reflection on water.......
Indeed I could see no water.......all was totally dark in the background, throughout my viewing.
A mystery.......

Good afternoon, Elle!
It is windy and dry here, no snow yet!
We had a good time at Pine Cone.
Not sure what time the golf resumes.
If Inbee Park wins, it will be her second leap into the pond.
Last time she jumped she took a bottle and filled it with pond water, which she took home to Korea and poured it over her father's head so he could "share" in the celebratory jump.
Inbee's mother had jumped with Inbee.
So that particular jump was a family affair!
Lexi's Mom jumped with Lexi, too.
Good fun!
You have plenty puzzles to keep you going!
Mine is complete!
I always thought 10a was two words?
Good puzzle, though!

Hi Pigale,
Many thanks for all the trouble you took with the Zola excerpt on the other thread. I'm still digesting it, though perhaps I already see what might interest me most, that is the discussion on innéité. I don't in general share Zola's optimism, and believe that 'human progress' will increasingly be of value to only a small minority of the race.

I see in your excerpt that György Lukács, was one of Zola's critics. Lajos Jánossy was the adopted son of Lukács, and was in contact with my family for a while...I prefer not to be more specific...

Good afternoon, Rusty!
Still wet here.....
I am in for the day now.
I am glad your snow held off, and you were able to make it to the Pine Cone and meet your friends.
Do they return home today?
I too had thought that "pot herb" was two words.
I checked in Chambers which does give it as two words, and the Oxford Concise which has it hyphenated.
But all the online dictionaries give it a single word?
"You pays your money, and you takes your choice"???
I have just one left to parse.
16d: Heads for vacation often during spare time, showing wish for travel (3,6)
I have "Bon voyage"= wish for travel (def)
I thought "v" and "o" for "heads of....."?
Maybe?
But cannot parse it any further?
I have done three of the five puzzles that John sent - this one; the QC; and the Jumbo Concise.
This will be my lot!
I remember seeing one of the girls jump -with her mother - into Poppie's Pond.
I think you sent me a YouTube link...would that have been Lexi?

Hi Meursault,
I know Zola is not everybody's taste, and he has often been
criticized. I like his precision, (the very scientific approach), I like the methodical way he dedicated to research, meticulously studying whatever 'milieu' his next novel was to be set -
I admired his tidiness, as opposed to Balsac's rather 'messy' approach,
an untidiness which was also reflected in his personal life.

I hope you get some pleasure if you decide to read one or two
books by Zola - but choosing which one to read will prove difficult!

Hello, Elle!
My friends go home tomorrow.
Yes, I found "potherb" a strange looking word.
"Bon voyage". "Spare" is "bony", "time" is "age", around "v"acation and "o"ften.
Yes, it would have been Lexi.
This is the lady who started the tradition, Amy Alcott, way back in 1988.
Completely spontaneous!
This was when the tournament was called the "Dinah Shore".
There is a statue of Dinah on the course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ZFMxrb8_w

Hi, Rusty!
Thank you for the parsing of 16d.
I would never have fathomed that!
Well done, you !
Yes, bells are ringing......I remember your telling me about Dinah Shore.
Who was the chap who rushed into the pond with Amy Alcott?
It rather looked as thought the jump was his idea?
I am all crossworded up!
I never want to see another one........until maybe tomorrow!
I meant to ask after your friend's mum?

Hello, Elle!
Yes, there is a bronze statue of Dinah on the course.
She loved the game and was a good player.
The lad with Amy was her caddie.
It may have been his idea.
Just heard that Pernilla Lindberg has won this year after 8 play-off holes.
It was not on my TV, so I have not seen Pernilla's leap, yet!
Will check YouTube later.
You are better than me! One crossword a day is plenty for me.
My pal's Mum is OK.

Hello, Elle!
Here you go!
Statue of Dinah Shore at Poppie's Pond!
https://www.thoughtco.com/ana-inspiration-an-lpga-major-championship-1565113

Hello, Elle!
Here you are.
Pernilla Lindberg taking the plunge at Poppie's Pond today.
Think that was Mum and Dad jumping, too!
They said it was pretty cold!

https://www.golfchannel.com/video/lindberg-leaps-poppies-pond/