There's been a bit of this:
Butter wouldn't melt? Don't be deceived; she's the hound from hell. Escapologist, sadist, roller in and eater of the unspeakable. Chews cookbooks for breakfast and consumes fingers as a sign of affection.
A lot of this:
Bob's first car isn't the little runabout I'd anticipated. I can't tell you the hours we've spent under it. We can now change a gearbox with our eyes closed, and putting in a replacement engine (off eBay) was so far out of my comfort zone it might as well have been brain-surgery. What I don't know about bodywork would fit on a postage stamp. Some good father-son bonding in there somewhere, though.
Some of this:
One perfect day Bob and I paddled a couple of miles to get here - mostly in circles. The bay may have a proper name, but it's always been 'Houpadout Bay' to my family, ever since, on some picnic expedition in the 1930s, a visiting aunt exclaimed, "Hope I don't fall in".
And plenty of this:
Sounds like a bloody good summer to me... nice to see you back on the blogging scene.
ReplyDeleteSteve - It was. Love the beard by the way. It confers a fetching macho gravitas. As in, "Don't try it on with me, sonny. I can tell a micacious schist from a gabbroic breccia AND take you out with one blow."
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like my dream summer. You own that car now! The dog sounds hilarious, glad she's not mine.
ReplyDeleteno wonder you weren't blogging, sugar! your summer sounded much better than mine, that's for sure! glad you're back in the blogosphere! xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a car just like that! It was a convertible tho' (so it's not really JUST like that...) sadly it has gone and made way for Morris Minor and a 1967 Jag. No dogs at ours, the rabbits are selfish that way and no fab singers either! That girl is really wonderful. xx
ReplyDeleteIt is a very shiny car. And I'm sure the dog looks cool, peering out from the window. Glad to see you back.
ReplyDeleteOk BT, we forgive you. Just.
ReplyDeleteGroovy car. Cheeky woof woof! Glad the talented daughter continues to bloom.
It is good to have you - and your talented family - back.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you're back and blogging.
ReplyDeleteWow, you have been busy; my younger daughter is trying to persuade me to get a dog - I might need to think hard about that. I love Kirsty's version of what is one of my favourite songs.
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