It’s still very wet here, but so far we’ve not got the freezing cold spell and snow that’s forecast for Scotland and the North East of England this weekend. And there’s new growth in our little wood – is Spring on it’s way?
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There’s a ‘welcome’ on the front door:
‘The weather outside is frightful!’
‘Let It Snow’ on the front window. It’s raining today, but maybe just a sprinkling of snow would be OK – not enough to keep us housebound though!
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This time it’s the Cheshire Cat!
Last Sunday was my granddaughter’s birthday. Her party had an Alice in Wonderland theme and so instead of pin the tail on the donkey it was stick the smile on the Cheshire Cat.
I drew a cartoon version of the Cat and M and I painted it in pink and purple stripes:
here’s the Cheshire Cat minus its smile:
and here with smiles added by the children blindfolded:
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Looking back again into old family photos I came across this one of me when I was a Brownie:
This was taken in our back garden when I was about 7 or 8 and you can just see my little sister coming into the photo. I loved being a Brownie.
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Sometimes I think I should call my blog CatsPlease as well as BooksPlease because of the number of cat photos I post. Today’s photos are of a cat called George. He came to live with us when D’s mother moved into an apartment on the third floor. He was quite a character and liked to sit on/in things. He was also quite vocal!
One day out in the garden I heard him miaowing:
He was sitting on top of the compost:
It was just the same inside. He liked sitting on tables:
And he especially liked sitting in the laundry basket on top of the clean clothes waiting to be ironed:
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We’ve had some beautiful skies this month. I took this photo early on Thursday morning of the sky at the back of our house:
I’m going to try painting it.
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