Monday, 24 February 2025

Break In Routine

From Facebook Archives

24 February 2018
When he got here and was quarantined into one room I would give Teddy a sachet of food before shutting him in for the night.  
I omitted to give Teddy his supper before going to bed last night.  
He had a complete radgy, hurtling up and down the stairs attacking every riser and tread, and Felix, and yowling.

Saturday, 22 February 2025

Variety Is The Spice Of Life

This was the only thing left in the Facebook Archives for today…

22 February 2010 at 16:15
Yesterday Media Tart hobnobbing with a Government Minister.  
Today Domestic Goddess doing laundry, making soup and knitting bedsocks.  
Tomorrow???
Goddaughter  Superhero?


 

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?

Once again I’ve resorted to pillaging leap year entries, and now have none left.

From Facebook Archives…
29 February 2024 at 18:30
So I go to draw Ferretfingers’ curtains and guess who's asleep on his bed ... not Goldilocks.
Tylebach  I love you Ben, you have a fantastic take on life xxx
Bentonbag  Jessie from No3 lives with three under fives (?), including one toddler who obviously wants to pick him up and hug him and love him.   
The cat has other ideas and wants to stay with us where it's peaceful and Fester and Thunderthighs keep feeding him.   
I don't.   
I usually chase him out.   
He shoots in every time the back door is left open - which makes gardening a challenge as I have to remember to shut the kitchen door so he can't get in the house.   
But I'm beginning to relent.   
He appears at bedtime asking to be out, sometimes when I didn't even know he was in.
By the way I planted the ffa yesterday.
Mrs Quilt  After the flood Jess and Lola moved in with us. They were very reluctant to go home. Lola hid in her house of noisy teenagers and squealing girls. She spent every evening here on Aidan’s chair, on his lap if he was using it. Jess spent his evenings beside me, he was too wary to be picked up. Both were strays originally.
 🐈🐈🐈
One Sunday afternoon last Summer I was in the living room and saw something out of the corner of my eye.  It was Jessie flashing by the window and disappearing into next door’s garden.   
I looked and saw a toddler passing under the bay, followed by a slightly older little girl, pursued by an older one still, with a very frazzled and apologetic mum coming through the gate trying to get the children out again.  I was actually most bothered that one of them might come to grief on our very aggressive yucca (it will have your eye out if you’re not careful).
I’ve also see the same toddler at full pelt, arms outstretching, calling “Jesseeee” as the cat fled up the street.
It’s got to the point where if it’s wet and/or cold enough I let him stay out of pity.
Apart from the occassional spit spat Felix and Teddy seem sort of reconciled to it.
He’s now progressed to mewing to be let in.


 

Monday, 17 February 2025

Change

From Facebook Archives …

17 February 2024 at 14:12
For many years (as long as he's lived here) Fester has put his small change into various tins on the kitchen table "to see how much they hold."
Some years ago Ferretfingers discovered them and spends many a happy hour counting the coins into change bags and taking them up to the Post Office; keeping the cash.
Today I went up to the Post Office with Ferretfingers and a bag of 20p pieces.
"Oh hello Ferretfingers" says the man "where's your Mam? Oh there she is" as I appear from behind him "What have we got here? £10?"
"Ten pound note" says Ferretfingers.
The man doesn't bother to weigh the bags any longer and hands over the note.
Then
"More plastic bags."
"Say please" says his mother.
A bundle of bags are shoved under the screen, we say thanks and depart.
Later
Fester counted up and dumped all the change from the Haymarket rapper weekendin the various pots. Ferretfingers was on it within minutes. 
Good thing he got some more bags.
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Ferretfingers has now discovered the change counting and exchange machine in the supermarket.  He always goes and feels in the rejected coin bit.  So far he’s found a farthing, American and Euro cents and a dodgy looking 20p.

Always reminds me how we, as kids, always used to push button B in the telephone box just in case.