365/173 Moomin' marvellous!

It's raining cats and dogs here in my neck of the woods, so I am not doing much..so probably a good moment for Moomin to make a final appearance..though he is small and compact enough I may let him take up residence in my bag and let him star when and if the moment deserves a Moomin's eye view of things!


He reckons it would be fun to come out in the boat sometime, or even maybe cadge a lift with Zac someday and go see the islands of the Pacific..so much so this is how I found him this evening.. wishful thinkin'...

365/172 Same but Different.. Out of Doors!





"..not sure what all the fuss is about 'the Great Outdoors', this huge furry giant looks friendly enough to me..

.. along the way I met with a wax owl and he introduced me to a pink Stingray..mmm.. maybe I am seeing things ..must be those G&T things they have to drink.. knew I should only have the one!

Hang on a minute these glasses help with the headache!

 

 

.. I don't know.. I think I should just go inside.. I'm getting spots in front my eyes as I look out from under this dog....

...some of these guys here look a lot more my type.. especially plastic duck.. must have come from the yellow factory next door to me.."

 (Okay so I am finally losing it here.. even Kate said us bloggers on the Same but Different prompt have got too much time on our hands!!)

365/171 Same, but more in proportion!

"I got left in her scrap den overnight, which incidentally is still quite tidy.. it won't last!.. but I had a bit of a look round. On the wall she has a load of cards and pictures, too nice to store in that desk drawer where the bulk of them have found themselves..and amongst them I found this super little card which is just my size..it's got a little plinth and I sat here a while drinking my milk..that little black cat looks a lot less like me that Scrapping Nana's cat, I guess it must be a different breed"

'' I'm hoping this evening this thing called 'Summer' might give me a little trip out of doors.. .. a barbecue and maybe use up some of the charcoal Col has stored in the sheds, which should have been well depleted by this time of year, apparently.. I heard him grumbling about it when he went to bed and again when he woke up...

Everyone's also a little anxious here as there is a wild rabbit who eats the grass in their garden and he is getting very brave. Yesterday he was only about ten feet away from that huge cat Joey that lives here..it's a bit like a battle of wills, which one of them can run the fastest the day Joey decides to make chase!  Yesterday morning Kathi saw some grey and white fur on the decking and Joey looking very full, but come the end of the day the rabbit reappeared, again eating his own weight in grass and dandelions... maybe he has seen his friends and family being stalked and is enacting his own one-rabbit stand against the Feline!

.. it's not just rabbits that Joey likes to chase by all accounts, the night before last fur was flying and all the young guns in this house were woken when he set on an intruding cat from up the road..a little anger-management is needed where that there cat is concerned I think !"

365/170 Same but better..

".. I learnt a lot the last 24 hours.. all about a thing called Twitter, where JB posted this cool pic of Col in his previous life as a Father's Day tribute..'Tweet for Dad'

.. and about scrapbooking.. there are loads of sticky gluey things to play with and I got to sit in charge of them a while, then when the pages were done I got a closer look.. hey, that Zac-man guy really gets around.. and for some reason his Mum has got a Meerkat calendar she uses to post the dates of pictures on her pages.. (apparently he used to stretch his neck to see things and reminded them of meerkats way before Sergei and Alexander made them famous on TV)

Happy Father's Day for him...

... meant a bit of mowing, a lot of MotoGP on TV, a good amount of chocolate and a the love of a good family.. awhhh.  And for me it meant a little catering, some washing to turnover, a good bit of laid back scrapbooking, catching up on Zac's pages from his last trip... so almost a Mother's Day too.

JB just came in from an eight hour shift, catering establishments are always so busy on these special days. I quite miss her the last few days, since she got to drive herself about, it's surprising how many of our conversations have been had in the car en route to the college bus or work or to friends..I guess we'll settle into finding some chatty time as things sort themselves into a routine..

.. here's the Moomin having a look at the Twitter pic JB posted of Col today..almost famous!

365/169 Same Moomin, different adventure!

" So there I was, being just a little inquisitive as to what this coffee thing is that gets a mention a lot in this house.. I was only looking... 'You'll fall in if you're not careful' she said. I didn't actually, but she is a witch in diguise and wondered out loud if I did fall in would I float, so she tested it.... and did I float?... no, I sank?!!  

Still, the old softie in her kicked in and she fished me out with a spoon, like a wet rich tea biscuit!  And then she took my picture.. funny girl.. but cuddled me up and dried me off in a (tea) towel.. thanks Kathi!! "

365/168 Same.. but different 2

" It's been what they call a pretty average day in this household.. food shop and chores.. pretty much.. but I had one adventure which I'll tell you about tomorrow"

365/167 Same .. but different...

..our prompt for the next few days is to feature a mascot / toy / pet or similar in our activites.. sounds just great for me as I like to try and find a tenuous link between what I wrote and the daily news..

.. I was in half a mind to feature one of the girls Ty softies, maybe the giraffe or polar bear, or even Freddie Teddy from my own childhood .. but here is my 'Star of the Week'...Moomin.   I bought him for Col way back when, probably some crazy Christmas thing, as I think he called Zac it a few times when he was small (mmm, Zac is really going to appreciate that when he reads it!) .. anyway, you know how it is.. we had a whole bunch of names the kids were called, Lisa ranged from 'Sausage' to 'Tilly Mint' .. they're the ones I remember best!

..so it's Moomin, mainly as he is only about 3cm high and can go in my pocket or bag and should make a small world look like a much bigger place..

.. so here he was ...standing on the shelf above the computer, hoping I would notice him and cook him something healthy from one of the many cookbooks..

Everyone is out, I mean everyone, so just me and Col for tea.. a lavish meal perhaps, an evening out, what will it be... the weather outside is miserable like a bad autumn chill is in the air.. so I think we may light a fire, snack for tea and find something nice on TV.. til teen taxi is called.. though it is so odd to have Jordan out on her own.. such independence and freedom.. my stay-at-home girl just left the building!!

PS 9.30pm..

''they had beans on toast for tea and settled down to blog and watch MotoGP on TV.. two kinds of heaven.. getting used to the teenless quiet... even appreciating it..I wonder if they'll take me out tomorrow if it stops raining.. it's been a long time since I went out of doors...''