In The Yard, Apollinaire Charme is known as a Poodle who is an artist with the patience of a tinkerer and the timing of a comedian. On slow afternoons Apollinaire Charme carries snacks the way other pups carry maps and never runs out either and lets the breeze make most of the decisions. Apollinaire Charme keeps a low profile around the council fountain, and somehow that is exactly what makes other pups notice. Apollinaire Charme is mostly trying to keep one small fire alive in a world that keeps mistaking warmth for noise.