Sunday, 27 July 2025

Rescue Kittens

From Facebook Archives
27 July 2024 at 19.27
Clicked on a picture from a rescue because the kittens touched my heart.
"They looking for homes?"
"Yes. But we couldn't have them, the ginger kit would kill them, and Felix has form too.  Anyway it says here 'home check' ... anyone looking at this house would probably take the kids away."
"Well they could ‘ave ‘em."
The loving father speaks.

Saturday, 26 July 2025

Every Mother Is A Working Mother

From Facebook Archives, when the boys were a lot younger
26 July 2011 at 14:05
My day so far: 
    up, wash, dress; 
    make Ferretfingers' bait*; 
    breakfast; 
    nag Ferretfingers into getting dressed; 
    everyone into car; 
    to Beacon Hill for Playscheme; 
    to Nafferton Farm with Fester; 
    to Royal Quays for Thunderthighs’ new trousers; 
    to Lidl Byker; 
    home; 
    toast for lunch; 
    to Nafferton Farm for Fester;
    home.
To do: 
    washing up; 
    load washer; 
    fetch Ferretfingers from Playscheme; 
    ironing ....
Fifi D  You haven't got time for a paid job!!!! X
Bentonbag  Not in the holidays certainly.  How are you and the TwinCousin** getting along?
Fifi D  We are both well and off to Italy in a few weeks to see the other cousins!! X
Ernextdoor  A woman's work is never done xx hopefully you will get chance to put your feet up later xx  If not I have a spare room xx

*NE venacular for ‘packed lunch’ or as his Sheffield born father says ‘packing up’ or ‘snap’.

** Fifi D is my first cousin's daughter, but there's been a generation slip.  Her daugher and my Thunderthighs were born on the same day, Twin Cousin at 4pm and him at 7pm.

Thursday, 24 July 2025

Lost & Found

From Facebook Archives
24 July 2017 at 23:35
My 'best' pair of reading glasses went missing months ago.   
I couldn't find them anywhere in the house and thought "Oh they'll turn up."
They did.   
This afternoon when I was weeding the front garden.  
No;  I've no idea how they got there.  
But a good clean and they're as good as ever.

Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Lunchbox Card Pizza

Slight haitus due to VirginO2 messing me about.

23 July 2012 at 17:02

Ferretfingers came back from playscheme with a broken lunchbox - we've only had it 11 years.
 
23 July 2014 at 11:37 
Fester is feeling quite smug because he's given me a card for our wedding anniversary, and I didn't get him one!
McChurch  I have a secret network of agents who remind me when my wedding anniversary is coming up. Still don`t get it right every time.
Henlady  My husband had one which he kept in a drawer and brought it out each year - when we remembered our anniversary.
  
23 July 2023 at16.41
We are about to have pizza and salad for tea.
"Pepperoni?" asks himself then "Actually no … I'm going to look at what we've got and then we'll have the most awkward one."
Those living with picky eating autistic people will understand.

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

The Good Life ?

From Facebook Archives
16 July 2013 at 22:46
Very suburban-earth-mother this evening.   
After watering the broad beans, pumpkins, courgettes, lettuce, beetroot, cabbage and sunflowers (with Thunderthighs’ help) I made about 8lb of blackberry, rhubarb and blackcurrant jam whilst liquidising another 2.5lb of blackberries and putting them through a sieve onto icing sugar preparatory to making an attempt at sorbet tomorrow.
Mr Melodeon  Impressive!
Ms Telyn  Very humbled by your efforts...
Darklady  Blackberries! They're early!!
Ms KA  Domesticated godess!!!
Henlady  My class always loved your jam at brunch- and staff often popped in when they smelled the toast!
Bess Cavalier  I've got a tub of half made pear and blackberry jam from last year in the freezer!  
Really must find time to finish it off before the preserving season really gets under way.  
Must get some nectarine vodka on the go as well!
Bentonbag  The blackberries are last year's from the freezer - we didn't have the time 
(or energy) to do anything with them last year.  Mind you there are nice big green fruit on our early red-blackberry so they're not so far off!
Darklady  I finally realised that! I've still got sloes & hips from last year
Miss Fiddle  Ben, we're dancing at the Cumberland on Thursday and I have some jars - do you want them?
Bentobag  No thanks - I'm working my way through the collection in the garage ....
Later  The sorbet works!
So does the jam.
Darklady  Yippee!

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Videography RIP Chivalry (?)

From Facebook Archives.  
Tom Ranson was my first father-in-law
 
15 July 2012 at 14:18
Back from first trip to Sheffield ...
Thunderthighs got a camera for his birthday, which he used to take photos of buses (and a tram) in Sheffield, and I've just watched a video package he's made of them.
Mummy is impressed!

15 July 2013 at 22:39

RIP Tom Ranson, it would have been his birthday today.  
A lovely man I'm glad to have known who showed us how to face the worst life can throw at us with grace, fortitude and humour.

15 July 2024 at 21.59

With it being so chilly and damp this evening I wore thick tights and a vest underneath my long sleeved dress to the WI meeting.
We had a Salsa man, he was very good.
But I did regret the vest and tights.
I mentioned this to himself.
His reply was "Well you should know better after your decades of experience chucking your body about."

 

Monday, 14 July 2025

The Age Of Chivalry

From Facebook Archives
14 July 2014 at 23:12
Yesterday Bazoukiboy came over to celebrate Thunderthighs' 18th birthday tea with us.
As it was such a humid day I was wearing shorts 
(too hot for trousers too sticky for a skirt).
"You've got your legs out" says Bazoukiboy 
"I don't think I've actually seen your legs for years ..."
"You've not missed much" says Fester.
Who says chivalry is dead?