tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79448323731772592282024-03-13T05:35:30.725+00:00Monkee Maker.... but is this obsession with knitted monkeys healthy, Doctor??Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-11562375683228539582009-07-21T06:50:00.005+01:002009-07-21T07:29:43.345+01:00Monkee Pattern<span style="font-family:arial;">Just as I suspected, when I stopped paying the rent over at my new place, MrSite pulled the plug.<br /><br />So here, for anyone who may want to make a monkee of their own is my very very long <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/17520939/Monkee-Pattern">Monkee Pattern.<br /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Happy knitting!<br /></span>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-75790969371204868932008-08-03T16:08:00.000+01:002008-08-03T16:50:27.983+01:00007 and the mini-me's ....<div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbc1i047L-hMiP4AC93PubnWy7SqhSME7YK-Yi9tIcadxsB21u28NPbftKKDTt_QlCMyI_a_lvQLL1rqyhUv6WpJSeo_M6KSVywgdAESfelVGdvg5ATNDo6_ofWlczP7yExqkMf6pV1EA/s1600-h/IMG_2068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228315544984040882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbc1i047L-hMiP4AC93PubnWy7SqhSME7YK-Yi9tIcadxsB21u28NPbftKKDTt_QlCMyI_a_lvQLL1rqyhUv6WpJSeo_M6KSVywgdAESfelVGdvg5ATNDo6_ofWlczP7yExqkMf6pV1EA/s400/IMG_2068.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></a><br /><p align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We're back!<br /><br /></span><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228316290965883570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1rAXPuvcLtWhl7P5ja14O2XSUxkhgn9icc1JUEpkV4HHoWuQLpkyiRYGLBGKEfV5U51lp1WQ2RwJ2ECg8t2xRkjfjYypqrwgkKwNvOsVlip2SHNYWzmFDLYs1sUNjiWlxFU9Kpw8P8U/s400/IMG_2057.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But we've moved here :<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><a href="http://www.monkeemaker.co.uk/">monkeemaker.co.uk</a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228316971708453954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvWnf-unRmn-D-OvI7nK4UYb2m07szX4aDruObtW6y7v0TUz1MXNWIv2B-xrLiB1mSLkarmrtoTUTjno7NPq3FgtipxD4R8GFGK_Sy140GHdeNzpuAddcKC2f7-HX-Ti-coqIaG1stYc/s400/IMG_2062.JPG" border="0" /></strong></span></span></div><br /><p align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We hope to see you there!<br /><br /></span></p>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-73313556047038723682008-05-10T06:10:00.002+01:002008-05-10T07:22:29.393+01:00A year of blogging and some Thank You's ....My blog is one year old today.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfVI7TEvh8eVPXDSVHYgpbWja3Gvecydjrf55hRCAwgyba1F13S6lQm4lJEfjc4NddV-YDlDoUr6w00efiPv7cEqAyWqS2a0TisslBgajMOR5Y4Qzd0NskqH5FaR5gsXtbBvZ9ZQTQ8I/s1600-h/muffincandle2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197882570505638386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfVI7TEvh8eVPXDSVHYgpbWja3Gvecydjrf55hRCAwgyba1F13S6lQm4lJEfjc4NddV-YDlDoUr6w00efiPv7cEqAyWqS2a0TisslBgajMOR5Y4Qzd0NskqH5FaR5gsXtbBvZ9ZQTQ8I/s400/muffincandle2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've had a brilliant year of blogging, mostly about knitted monkeys, and I'd like to thank everyone who has stopped by during the past year, and especially those who have commented on one or more of my 261 blog posts.<br /><br /><br />Thanks also to the following kind bloggers for these great goodies that have landed on my doormat recently ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://mushroommeadows.blogspot.com/">mushroommeadows</a> for this beautiful February Girl print and cute card ....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAIJZq8OzuFaWTgo2gUytszVU4y2SBS6u9ty4ZYUK6pZdp1fvvsqyeeX20V2G1I0Oq8z-YU-QcZh09RxMfEgEpeuESZjD785DmecnqmWtNLvz3HtgmcEHfg5Zcwtg0yaUGd-lA6oa03k/s1600-h/PICT0003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197880663540158946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAIJZq8OzuFaWTgo2gUytszVU4y2SBS6u9ty4ZYUK6pZdp1fvvsqyeeX20V2G1I0Oq8z-YU-QcZh09RxMfEgEpeuESZjD785DmecnqmWtNLvz3HtgmcEHfg5Zcwtg0yaUGd-lA6oa03k/s320/PICT0003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i0jskQhuX3RVnvJupGop3m0rmViNiCb5wM5cNmtUxrsAiR1Ml999B2mOol57xNUlOSqB7iRLaoBgMguFBTKsPnZcUJwTybl-IQBfC1pA8dSgiror2g0TV45AAuL6c5KwKA0y2qDg2Qw/s1600-h/PICT0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197880577640812994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i0jskQhuX3RVnvJupGop3m0rmViNiCb5wM5cNmtUxrsAiR1Ml999B2mOol57xNUlOSqB7iRLaoBgMguFBTKsPnZcUJwTybl-IQBfC1pA8dSgiror2g0TV45AAuL6c5KwKA0y2qDg2Qw/s320/PICT0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=95246">Nia</a>, for this delicious cupcake brooch .....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWM67p3UJqwyUws4onPdKy12NCI711Z7HmXuEJAny4USyUF1WCeV80DVgBLZ-Xd80rUcUd1GKJJmm8LTwYx3Mds7NCGVog4szkxGUvwPGR-yjAcGtKbZEWc3gKntNiPGk7yclCFRzZjXO/s1600-h/IMG_1236.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197880470266630578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWM67p3UJqwyUws4onPdKy12NCI711Z7HmXuEJAny4USyUF1WCeV80DVgBLZ-Xd80rUcUd1GKJJmm8LTwYx3Mds7NCGVog4szkxGUvwPGR-yjAcGtKbZEWc3gKntNiPGk7yclCFRzZjXO/s320/IMG_1236.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and <a href="http://workingmomwhoknits.blogspot.com/">Working Mom Knits </a>for this wonderfully soft one too ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBf-35cjEbFhw1Kmz-IS9pVvXJJsNjbKd25zLJCflUkKEdzH4lta_Atv-tENbk-VafBWHzgEctL2-MLqnguQKj4SLdJY69VOgBm3-V3rKPgjkacr39YsdO19rw8kW4_8MdQLU1QqNQ_k7/s1600-h/PICT0015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197880401547153826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBf-35cjEbFhw1Kmz-IS9pVvXJJsNjbKd25zLJCflUkKEdzH4lta_Atv-tENbk-VafBWHzgEctL2-MLqnguQKj4SLdJY69VOgBm3-V3rKPgjkacr39YsdO19rw8kW4_8MdQLU1QqNQ_k7/s320/PICT0015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://monda-loves.blogspot.com/">Monda</a>, for the extras that came with her little monsters ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBygmz7dmbH5LY_vN-KwcJ6gAsDZWXTxRPT_Lnfg7Y3URGZgfySm7RaXdME59WBJoV2p1tl_aNRdjktpBZ_duTy2yKlspwZmuV50y60OYcICqHcJ-S7fmH6me740Br5xuYRgolg5oTD1QQ/s1600-h/PICT0089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197880281288069522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBygmz7dmbH5LY_vN-KwcJ6gAsDZWXTxRPT_Lnfg7Y3URGZgfySm7RaXdME59WBJoV2p1tl_aNRdjktpBZ_duTy2yKlspwZmuV50y60OYcICqHcJ-S7fmH6me740Br5xuYRgolg5oTD1QQ/s320/PICT0089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>.... and <a href="http://thepigeonloftuk.blogspot.com/">Charlie</a>, (the very talented creator of Greg) who sent me this fabulous package ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOH5214Rp2C8sZsBSDBBRCaodCEVF3PfHf7PuZnfAwEKnpJrGbBUxNXQyWbgXXT2zQkJ-ZnckLyL4X-U7F5lOyjhtkUze7B3wKnFV5cLVVeT6GoyXvXvZxochOi_-xz3pR2psO3yiDv8Sv/s1600-h/IMG_1142.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197879826021536114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOH5214Rp2C8sZsBSDBBRCaodCEVF3PfHf7PuZnfAwEKnpJrGbBUxNXQyWbgXXT2zQkJ-ZnckLyL4X-U7F5lOyjhtkUze7B3wKnFV5cLVVeT6GoyXvXvZxochOi_-xz3pR2psO3yiDv8Sv/s320/IMG_1142.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197879984935326082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxoNLoR9MhjjXeGs27UktxRIlXTi7ZjKuZuSi3HQyDd4fvneYnwEn-jEm-l6IEBegVLenoRw19DP63wMJvYSpZzmM15IQ37ytKDaOxcv1W7ocqNQYqv1O20nErmXM82OgZKe5InIg9dPD/s320/IMG_1134.JPG" border="0" /> .... complete with customised envelope!</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://trashaloucan.blogspot.com/">Trash</a> sent me loads of goodies including <em>the best</em> little hand painted monkey trinket box and teeny tiny glass ladybird ....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURBI6jpc2QWkeQ0Vy3bt-aurwid4BNPGLxc3fwtgwFt0hRqiTUU94U7qpBZgizJxS45v5t56HGreJhw8vNfYgEKy0GTvDy2GOwSTwvWE_hNQ7QvX8M6ZA0ZKPlWK5fS3KBgsq0wqdxJur/s1600-h/IMG_1143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197879714352386402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURBI6jpc2QWkeQ0Vy3bt-aurwid4BNPGLxc3fwtgwFt0hRqiTUU94U7qpBZgizJxS45v5t56HGreJhw8vNfYgEKy0GTvDy2GOwSTwvWE_hNQ7QvX8M6ZA0ZKPlWK5fS3KBgsq0wqdxJur/s320/IMG_1143.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and finally, <a href="http://bethanyjanehissong.blogspot.com/">Bethany</a>, who introduced me to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/conchords">these guys</a>, and <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FArZxLj6DLk">this song</a>, for which I shall be eternally grateful ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci-N5R5Cahi4FSkpAPLgCrzQB9suGxzSH6PaznZaANRIyedygF0spGbYkwDNTkPsXgrxBbVjwOvtqqJoRT1H7jLIHbgORkfAjcMOGPfoy6lBkVyfNaDeikKhv-Cg_7zzwpQBvC_5diyfU/s1600-h/IMG_1239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197879606978203986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci-N5R5Cahi4FSkpAPLgCrzQB9suGxzSH6PaznZaANRIyedygF0spGbYkwDNTkPsXgrxBbVjwOvtqqJoRT1H7jLIHbgORkfAjcMOGPfoy6lBkVyfNaDeikKhv-Cg_7zzwpQBvC_5diyfU/s320/IMG_1239.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(I seem to have developed a bit of a crush .... I'm not sure which one on though ....)</span><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /></div><div>I think that in this past year I've done as much public monkee-ing around as it's possible for a <del>young woman</del> slightly deranged 39 year old to do, so I've decided to hang up my monkee <span style="font-size:85%;">(not literally, for a change)</span> and take a bit of a blogging break.<br /><br /><br />I'm feeling the need to step away from the computer and do something else for a bit. Maybe pick up a book, or just lie on the sofa of an evening having my head scratched, like I used to in the pre-blogging days (monkee by name, monkee by nature).<br /><br /><br /><br />So it's goodbye from me ....<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYhdEb1Il6DC7FleUZ5b7j7PbJR7uq2O49d6cEIjft4sLzLoyYC8zD2EZpS4Nv0lJCXYeQxv-XfC8ojnbqselzF1pND2gfPR3-YphPD1j9ssJRivZFoFvvl4qrCEjvjldW-f-6bQdyqdn/s1600-h/Tenby+(109).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197879435179512130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYhdEb1Il6DC7FleUZ5b7j7PbJR7uq2O49d6cEIjft4sLzLoyYC8zD2EZpS4Nv0lJCXYeQxv-XfC8ojnbqselzF1pND2gfPR3-YphPD1j9ssJRivZFoFvvl4qrCEjvjldW-f-6bQdyqdn/s400/Tenby+(109).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and goodbye from him ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtrg4r_KNwTmRAzdMaf916UVbVx6HNV2_COokrCcT5TLWRKL4RdlRvwYBQ9BBZ6wUCPbK8vtczmNFMRi5QjWjbFxM_dyuFvRf2_sxqbXP0ryAHCaqUsiSd8uXmjTeLyck1Scf516MFpsG/s1600-h/IMG_1094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197879276265722162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtrg4r_KNwTmRAzdMaf916UVbVx6HNV2_COokrCcT5TLWRKL4RdlRvwYBQ9BBZ6wUCPbK8vtczmNFMRi5QjWjbFxM_dyuFvRf2_sxqbXP0ryAHCaqUsiSd8uXmjTeLyck1Scf516MFpsG/s400/IMG_1094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... for now ....<br /><br /><br />.... we'll be back when more monkees made of knit are ready to join the crusade ....<br /><br /><br />.... the crusade that is <strong>world domination by monkees made of knit</strong> ....<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-88000667066705262182008-05-08T06:04:00.003+01:002008-05-08T06:42:58.176+01:00007 in Mission : Unbelievable - Part III<div align="left"><br />So, we're reaching the end of this monkee who-dunnit, and I must confess to being slightly surprised by the way things have turned out.<br /><br /><br />Looking at the following photo, I would say we had caught our monkee marauder red handed ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197579470368592066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AKl7CT4734UL8qxhnP4-9cyG0UJp9E_T8rQU8gTVk2gvVc0YK-O47JrIWGpb08L7tb9fGmDJy2CpSF7wT85yRv1fXyYKO0cQwx7Xal07d44qfdq26oqTKLzGky_uMmkiIPMr4rBp3nAk/s400/IMG_1206.JPG" border="0" /><br />.... No! Not my RGH - surely not! But when I studied the photo more closely, I realised that it had <em>obviously been edited.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And further investigations led me to realise that <strong>THIS</strong> was in fact the straight-out-of-camera shot ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197579358699442354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nB8MfVJXqCSgq7bq6epyycHK6VyhFESYxxXPIPzvHUG1JeO3qKCl_zYmHW-jYUQT-8sge9VrMPLuU3JTovLZCbKOHTlMcviwjQQQHAiyoyVTa8I6PQEcpXfTJBNUUu7LzebqpxHp5AeB/s400/monkeebridge.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />For it transpires that the perpetrators of all these monkee misdoings were this pair of misfits .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197674831527465202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygTlxtXBTp8vp53Iz4pG7m5bYjtHla-4FpERFuCYcx1MBVSmCv2zKN_SllAlYB4Ji9kJWoQg4AqrqWDF_yol3IJJuF_qHBiMRmRyfsy_usHf-gEoZAKUwreC8RpGLy0MeqGgsJvPC6Fd7/s400/collage18.jpg" border="0" /><br />No. 5 (on the right) and his accomplice in crime No. 6. It's shocking, I know, as they both look much too gormless.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not convinced? Well, lets examine some photographic evidence that has come to light .... </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197579036576895138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3Q25rlSA0FtaZUL647-csdq8Jv5yRn2c5u-priiDRVckowhBVakUqpqjWAEqsPpQ5E6ZL-KUgnJSgm3qQmAMvDSRa4cEHOOLiQyBTWT7abV4d398e8AuSD_x7IVwqYP_zWE_YVa5Nv9Z/s400/monkee+saw.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">.... hmm, interesting ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197578826123497618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB1h0G5aFdK1Xg230C9_Y73htgtz9WEV97pe1dAJ1FETwox72JS8JgutnKL4XRg_DXttHyYVy5B-FIwqgMFANfKzZyCBhNZi3EVI1I9LIirDnnBlV4ZppYaO1WBRhpvabDiu8jZZwEfWB/s400/monkee+push.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">.... <em>very</em> interesting ....<br /></p><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br />And now that we know the truth, let's just have another quick look at the video footage taken recently at 007's garden party, to see if we may have missed anything the first time round .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxGNkLfrWHk3wOMQN2WXFt8vQ8PhV8SYZzGItlVi94htLpkCIz8tdFOFTOf4w6ko3vUlARQ8hdOCbToZplfww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />*gasp!*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, the most damning evidence of all .....<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197578701569446018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbobdpmK0ncqD1-PfahPNo9NHhKwaYw-z3Hq1CIzkIxGtEp1oE-tD75eQvUapudW7lt8TNfpFhspXwMxYFyovEi0wSHCtzWsszlTgTnPGZRRcFrEKUiVlN4PpIifCaLnizuTBLRcwa68C/s400/IMG_1218.JPG" border="0" /><br />Just who was behind the steering wheels of these stretch limos earlier this week?<br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197578336497225826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZi19Zp1LOcgsSkBwPfTR5TkoTvmltf4_Ru27n8ztyyMVTBhMDxzZiLiWJ0T3V9Ctf0G7vD21kbEJNFUupg4IJy90GbcoJnAf_hNPJ60TjCKKo7Hy2yUlXmZ3T2ghj8PWQ-LfVTWKug9e/s400/IMG_1226.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">.... why, none other than No. 5 and No. 6! .....<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197578435281473650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexkKo1pB5aucVTAgulg9_V1H_TubLjvg0tLWUuhHkwu30ims87TTzTisWmEIkX3H63foiRBqgJsq24Y_mMtXdUHUu7OxqUIDICXdkOGLsFsHn3ippDmVby2NhbJQku5C4_p3vFUKLmcP4/s400/IMG_1220.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">.... proof positive, I'm sure you'll agree ....<br /><br /></p><br /><div align="left"><br /><br />Luckily, before he flew back home, Cedric the Super Hero spotted the monkee mutineers laughing and joking in the garden .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoamHerQi6kJvct2k7aSBUhLKC_EC_ZLnxHUaNdatLMUbNHEkA0YfTWihyphenhyphenrbjGUVLhfu0jt7EWkAm1eWj3tAxpE1AFP7X2P1pUeDGXuNQXlQ0_QFtb-0X2wva4Nyp2I3vXA3XJxFtKjod/s1600-h/IMG_1245.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197675501542363394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoamHerQi6kJvct2k7aSBUhLKC_EC_ZLnxHUaNdatLMUbNHEkA0YfTWihyphenhyphenrbjGUVLhfu0jt7EWkAm1eWj3tAxpE1AFP7X2P1pUeDGXuNQXlQ0_QFtb-0X2wva4Nyp2I3vXA3XJxFtKjod/s400/IMG_1245.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>I think we got away with that .... we're great, we are</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197676016938438930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStZm8w32RzaKtKgCPgR1wW5Arfo_OeBYLyQ5pirFwLbERm5rDBCgyPl97eNd9nIoglPTaaWS15NBVq1lH7_RmU2EeRyIcefQ0qNPOlFTCjthPkLkxnDA4Aq4f9N5HWCgBZCTsMmdGFAd5/s400/IMG_1246.JPG" border="0" /> .... <em>oh-oh .... looks like we've been rumbled</em> .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197676261751574818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBccNnKcZ2pF57gM6ZyvUbdTRNZr1LFCSUwtgp1Vu-rTx-lHaVZqjt-CDc4rrSVZ2sdONwchJNPF30jdGPKG89l8_zfEpPDniSiSVKaortTXc_3VNDoZ4tdvhTlaFy8D25QWBulxou7Kl/s400/IMG_1247.JPG" border="0" /> ....<em> nothing to see here</em> ....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But in true Super Hero style, Cedric took them down and bound them up so they could never cause any more mayhem ....<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197578134633762898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PeFa_yglTq0-isW23LWPBmlmNlTKTe8dWnoDvWM8j7900SyDl1fbhgtPIAiKv4wwWhdWxKl7_JpeTJK-676qLit4vUSyB7hO9vglbV8ZBsOHP12t9D3bF7V1t6FVAaiE6CsowkSnPxOT/s400/Cedric+apprehends.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">( .... and then he flew home ..... )<br /></p><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Under interrogation - which did not involve a little bunny bell or a knotted rope, I hasten to add - No's. 5 & 6 admitted to the charges levelled against them. They stated that they were fed up with living in these appalling conditions .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197579693706891490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Yl0vQ6i_uBZPzgATrbLMNF74ySyZa1FvO5mE9eARE3Tnry5cqvA5chHbIVhgxCa9tB3AEhv0X5p7FrPmLJLo5zs_3eIgbE1MXP2OScZNvo-E0U253mcmNegz8XiiG0rRuu2Bf834co7/s400/IMG_1111.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197579599217610962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOv9EdmlpHnSkrlm_UU5ztzpDwRWVqzsCPHWk2UdITi4vJjcm3_OJ-Dz0m6_4ecjYv5GlFN5xokyj3GXZ8vZCMn8xQbGUqHwenMS_WQARWOkRo6RXT7_bxmxM3q3zfQ0rAT97qx0_d_6w/s400/IMG_1114.JPG" border="0" /><br />.... while 007 was being treated as a superstar monkee who got all the glory. Well .... I guess they have a point ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br />And I'll leave it to them to sum up ....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197573753767120898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYgkFCcSChvSGlyGtpQwRxobFPAS0VBboKXHfvdEofVOdjZ_yzFQea7OKUse6szVrSEUpC0YYiaMiHZFZzZIa7wTTYcun7OEDCz5CH4h7BMvyej8NQFFW038SIX3gbeVanwutI8mkpWon/s400/IMG_1228.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><div align="center"><br />.... <em>we're still monkees made of knit</em> .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197577945655201858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmeGqWMgo58DPJM6qp2Unlzg7c_tfky4jnLR7e-pjO3P8C27dtXnk-lL0CCKbVosUOBRpFk1XbgXVgbrmGI5_LekyXg3Rcj82Rzh9PWv3S-m_mbsbBqXE3ebGcr1HV_vbYszhibViM1YL3/s400/IMG_1229.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center"><br />.... <em>don't hate us because our mouths are ugly</em> .....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, I think we can all learn a lesson from that .... oh, come on, it wouldn't be a proper tale without a moral at the end, now would it?</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>The End.</strong></div><strong><br /><div align="left"><br /></strong><br /><br /><br />Just to show that there really are no hard feelings, I'd like to thank the cast for their excellent performances ....<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr4pwYU6BPvaX1sV16B8tvP-hD6RVxf0YZiMf6bws3iJG963iP2LHLCIUZrUV9wSLBhAvV8OAN_xxwag06UnTkOceGlnAMg6h0b-Ytou1iM6-V9f2kHlK14lZ4IBmskVHc1NA-ccl85_0/s1600-h/IMG_1241.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197577743791738930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr4pwYU6BPvaX1sV16B8tvP-hD6RVxf0YZiMf6bws3iJG963iP2LHLCIUZrUV9wSLBhAvV8OAN_xxwag06UnTkOceGlnAMg6h0b-Ytou1iM6-V9f2kHlK14lZ4IBmskVHc1NA-ccl85_0/s400/IMG_1241.JPG" border="0" /></a>.... No. 6, Greg, 007 and No.5 ....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />.... take a bow, guys ....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMPP4GghQ2peV13CywgKk0QEtHaXPHUTJfSWisDMd6WNesi6QYPt4LNY2vmqyKqr2OhajUU9uRkm5D6YMnPa04IP7Ed9Luiu0z-akW-14oyr2HLjTkVZ4KLRT3bdlyX2oE4vStlucdaAV/s1600-h/IMG_1242.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197577632122589218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMPP4GghQ2peV13CywgKk0QEtHaXPHUTJfSWisDMd6WNesi6QYPt4LNY2vmqyKqr2OhajUU9uRkm5D6YMnPa04IP7Ed9Luiu0z-akW-14oyr2HLjTkVZ4KLRT3bdlyX2oE4vStlucdaAV/s400/IMG_1242.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJWxhfnvPIhr9OoeAsWQPvkvgW35gG3fVvuEhV1XnEfiB1qQ_tHI3n0tvWQZBm3AFqgilodKtIW6VSvTpGAU7wWHj-eaTHDHjtm7fxMKU4X_nJDJBD1aSQnt2mybI373xdNo2uYm07fzG/s1600-h/IMG_1243.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197577503273570322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJWxhfnvPIhr9OoeAsWQPvkvgW35gG3fVvuEhV1XnEfiB1qQ_tHI3n0tvWQZBm3AFqgilodKtIW6VSvTpGAU7wWHj-eaTHDHjtm7fxMKU4X_nJDJBD1aSQnt2mybI373xdNo2uYm07fzG/s400/IMG_1243.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... ummm ?.....<br /><br /></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-21439476464130902932008-05-07T06:03:00.002+01:002008-05-07T07:16:38.809+01:00007 in Mission : Unbelievable - Part IIHmmm - so it transpires that Greg <strong>was</strong> hanging around the place during that series of unfortunate events after all. How strange .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6g5lYVbvTW9GmvKHusumWxlU6dydUwo4O921hKCeEnqoAoG0ShMJVmDTcZFslcAnjkqDF9n0P6397DiU6PVn8vSiljPdjo0yTEtVIrNVCTebM42M7aENOG0OVOVsY9-pzp4jSTwRMSkM/s1600-h/IMG_1165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196908213270394914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6g5lYVbvTW9GmvKHusumWxlU6dydUwo4O921hKCeEnqoAoG0ShMJVmDTcZFslcAnjkqDF9n0P6397DiU6PVn8vSiljPdjo0yTEtVIrNVCTebM42M7aENOG0OVOVsY9-pzp4jSTwRMSkM/s400/IMG_1165.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... pure coincidence? Or something much more sinister? I wonder ..... </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Still, innocent until proven guilty and all that, plus 007 didn't have time to ponder as he needed his little crocheted chums help .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTioe7w6vpr9tq6qIL9RaJg8_Elc4jp3lopK3xfJTJmEUFMzxZiU7Ef69nWkYPVwvKwRehjUg6h3c26pd_MZfdAufeeP2j4t9tEw1FFg_CxOSfJqF5f8iGnMg_Rlogm1J_yHHbQuLSUr8S/s1600-h/IMG_1166.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196908097306277906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTioe7w6vpr9tq6qIL9RaJg8_Elc4jp3lopK3xfJTJmEUFMzxZiU7Ef69nWkYPVwvKwRehjUg6h3c26pd_MZfdAufeeP2j4t9tEw1FFg_CxOSfJqF5f8iGnMg_Rlogm1J_yHHbQuLSUr8S/s400/IMG_1166.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... he asked Greg to collect a couple of essential items ..... </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and while he was gone 007 heaved and tugged and pulled and stretched, and finally got an arm free of the ropes, just in time to see Greg return with the supplies .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_Tb3Dc1Ha1SYr0z5t1AX2SZgaR9GkzFglDFbn7xQ6vU_AqQC0IqB4A-myLCiyBDmuww2roS6sfRTcYq5xQDxkhTxERB0hlP3xnvLGk1foyezVyHIK3OMql03wm0Ef6w_rczhWBSp8piJ/s1600-h/IMG_1167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196907989932095490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_Tb3Dc1Ha1SYr0z5t1AX2SZgaR9GkzFglDFbn7xQ6vU_AqQC0IqB4A-myLCiyBDmuww2roS6sfRTcYq5xQDxkhTxERB0hlP3xnvLGk1foyezVyHIK3OMql03wm0Ef6w_rczhWBSp8piJ/s400/IMG_1167.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... a sheet of paper and a Secret Agent Security-Cleared Hugely Impressive Magic Pen (SAS-CHIMP) ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwP1x4x2w1MdC2oXPe3NQJ30Gu88GDDTLBf4fJjv6hLUo2Mjc9l9UeGgxWX18wESwdfN-7LI5gN11_IisxYbg5wSR8suPXTBuuVSnp4EGIRepC6bTwv68HrsFbYY7ZSBFtcLdKR6kPaEq/s1600-h/IMG_1168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196907839608240114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwP1x4x2w1MdC2oXPe3NQJ30Gu88GDDTLBf4fJjv6hLUo2Mjc9l9UeGgxWX18wESwdfN-7LI5gN11_IisxYbg5wSR8suPXTBuuVSnp4EGIRepC6bTwv68HrsFbYY7ZSBFtcLdKR6kPaEq/s400/IMG_1168.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />007 started frantically scribbling a message just as it began to rain, which meant that events from here on in got even more frenzied ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3-n1H75dFs0MDcWGL9Q4sisxtSMr5qJDOT9M-CfKqVKi0MKTc2ROeyk1wduRAqrI0BTWscoA6xVjYECGEzJR8WNyEDibZ4hZs6BkN-DfLRDtiFDCIr1zy_8i5y7DlT6RaTfUO47cIR6z/s1600-h/IMG_1169.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196907684989417442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3-n1H75dFs0MDcWGL9Q4sisxtSMr5qJDOT9M-CfKqVKi0MKTc2ROeyk1wduRAqrI0BTWscoA6xVjYECGEzJR8WNyEDibZ4hZs6BkN-DfLRDtiFDCIr1zy_8i5y7DlT6RaTfUO47cIR6z/s400/IMG_1169.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (yeah, sure, monkee torture is one thing - but frizzy hair is quite another</span>!) </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To the untrained eye, this may look like an ordinary - somewhat crumpled - piece of paper ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8n6GS8fnx91kO8cZTUr1AKLgKm6x5QYBvt0KUcJKPaJu94_AYKj-iYEZTB6XTbM9EcRwZdS0BdEXwGimWolErgew-nfXJpsyyUitgewDL3ULKyDrRTF7sOCpwx9kqudj4UclrAc00U12X/s1600-h/IMG_1170.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196907483125954514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8n6GS8fnx91kO8cZTUr1AKLgKm6x5QYBvt0KUcJKPaJu94_AYKj-iYEZTB6XTbM9EcRwZdS0BdEXwGimWolErgew-nfXJpsyyUitgewDL3ULKyDrRTF7sOCpwx9kqudj4UclrAc00U12X/s400/IMG_1170.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But anyone with an SAS-CHIMP would be able to tell you that it is actually a very detailed and highly elaborate plan, chock full of maps, advice and instructions on how to rescue a monkee in peril .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBRce8jaMAv4g-ixInY8C6xh_YgjRIOHRu0JFbOqaNJNsj-567g5wVu8ozw3pvMxfiEne3imcTmlnIsSr2iRQjMxFnPvEc2HHSNEdNIUohZzB9DQjgI1Wtb89U6WPKkNW08Ta1sOLf-NC/s1600-h/IMG_1171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196907332802099138" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IB-XDVFhGDHT1SwC_d_AkC4wgp36rDyz5Ae1REA5wecEBopM3qGWpRAvNj8v7TLRIIDy2UypG1-so_rlKBtZVqW5KODe8SHOdMuCRVynrE0JLAiIH5B6KYeE-iQfWra5r8-_pj7P3G5w/s400/IMG_1173.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxalI40QA5VMAac9q7vSfYU0CngbfqWnHXittTivtRS8x7gRXdK_MYSH4JS8Kqb8P5ymhVUCxl4ZqbNcLwSBlj51k0mvpSqxhnUMlIpT3paerkHt0ydw9DVSisVYu-Kj-3bAbjHjDGuP16/s1600-h/IMG_1174.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196907027859421074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxalI40QA5VMAac9q7vSfYU0CngbfqWnHXittTivtRS8x7gRXdK_MYSH4JS8Kqb8P5ymhVUCxl4ZqbNcLwSBlj51k0mvpSqxhnUMlIpT3paerkHt0ydw9DVSisVYu-Kj-3bAbjHjDGuP16/s400/IMG_1174.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... <em>ahem</em> .... ok, so it's not actually that elaborate. Or detailed. Or chock full of instructions. But I think it does impart a very valuable message, and Greg was charged with delivering that message to it's intended recipient, Cedric .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196908702896666674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXkc7Mmm4Or64tfEBcELAY0O4uzeDVSlMeqiY18vVTfMcGfwdJCN-wyhtFTr-TwmC0oIp-JsgVZLWGMvo2e3-jniRcs4Qum8pFmdgkJruen-hIB1Em4Bjit0u6wt3oupgztDyJl46p9Y6/s400/IMG_1176.JPG" border="0" /> .... just as soon as it had stopped raining ....<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br />.... he flew off .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDvXH1FUJ6DXAm0GcN8QA8RBbNXS2ceJx_h6BDR0_6WP1SIBXNzKRtJDKYTVcrAtRA6C1sGl8mFT3XXwFJ_xEOaterpVyoHcbXUC2GoEnqBqmiuXtWgCUPolfA_L9O7Nu5E9M02gIA54o/s1600-h/IMG_1177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196906752981514098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDvXH1FUJ6DXAm0GcN8QA8RBbNXS2ceJx_h6BDR0_6WP1SIBXNzKRtJDKYTVcrAtRA6C1sGl8mFT3XXwFJ_xEOaterpVyoHcbXUC2GoEnqBqmiuXtWgCUPolfA_L9O7Nu5E9M02gIA54o/s400/IMG_1177.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... actually, he may have just waddled off .... to Cedric's place, somewhere on the south coast. ( .... it took a while)<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left">For anyone who isn't familiar with Cedric, let me fill you in. Cedric Splatt is a Super Hero. A Super Hero who has a well deserved reputation for rescuing monkeys in peril.<br /><br />Here he is, having just rescued Martin LaFelt from Ruby's knitted clutches, after she turned against him following a particularly bad PMS (Precocious Monkee Syndrome) episode ....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bWhOzPVuLhFKEhL83z8_SwXNZD95h-XnjKdouIPZfCFm6oghBjBUg2VyYIAZ5DYkJnBTuGr-RpngjBcSfDEneNJksHeZ0ZTH4wzbFqxUVrRbiKAkOIw5pS6Zvt_mKKEY9iVw9oNC55qg/s1600-h/Cedric2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196906254765307746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bWhOzPVuLhFKEhL83z8_SwXNZD95h-XnjKdouIPZfCFm6oghBjBUg2VyYIAZ5DYkJnBTuGr-RpngjBcSfDEneNJksHeZ0ZTH4wzbFqxUVrRbiKAkOIw5pS6Zvt_mKKEY9iVw9oNC55qg/s400/Cedric2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (just ignore what Lesley had to say about <a href="http://moogsmum.blogspot.com/2008/01/newsflash-monkeenapping-in-moogsville.html">this incident</a> .... he DID rescue Martin, Lesley just got the wrong end of the stick)<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br />As soon as Cedric the Caped Crusader got 007's message, he sprang into action, and flew up to Bristol at warp speed, red cape billowing in the breeze.<br /><br />(Unfortunately the batteries on my camera ran out at this very crucial moment, but with the aid of my trusty tablet and pen, I've been able to re-create the scene for you ..... )<br /><br /><br />Cedric flying in ....<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkGzhEa-U3QZhwtElKryWV0kCQs4ri8sM1fqYuHrAm_3WYJ6_erefKt7pWPjQ133r0aSlRQU4ULR_osaYuL6Tesp80MGgpkn5Dk4lj0SGK-1ZaWuHDeMlMHOiDbj2_dP9sfnKZe9MndSG/s1600-h/Cedric5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196906117326354258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkGzhEa-U3QZhwtElKryWV0kCQs4ri8sM1fqYuHrAm_3WYJ6_erefKt7pWPjQ133r0aSlRQU4ULR_osaYuL6Tesp80MGgpkn5Dk4lj0SGK-1ZaWuHDeMlMHOiDbj2_dP9sfnKZe9MndSG/s400/Cedric5.jpg" border="0" /></a> .... to our fence .....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />.... once the concussion had worn off, he immediately set about freeing 007 .....<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuZW8TwIjc9ctUCOB-PtilbfspikYKrpPQsEm-9YToWd3NSjZjpcrVKIYIJbZ0ouHLQQ9KeH7ARD3ouAOHFezfoIxAj6CLU2GQvmVcVJYDMeDfFQvRH2W9kyCfLdO3tQNQPbFJUgyoY15/s1600-h/Cedric4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196905954117596994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuZW8TwIjc9ctUCOB-PtilbfspikYKrpPQsEm-9YToWd3NSjZjpcrVKIYIJbZ0ouHLQQ9KeH7ARD3ouAOHFezfoIxAj6CLU2GQvmVcVJYDMeDfFQvRH2W9kyCfLdO3tQNQPbFJUgyoY15/s400/Cedric4.jpg" border="0" /></a> .... and just as quickly as he'd arrived, he flew off again .... </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />.... into next door's hedge .....<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197378572318849106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwaGRRJMzRseKnsepSeImWQdpmaVeqjetgW6oDHbiEvwUAcQ-qjnNZ07NuJilrhoGgJQX-LiOjz2mXt440ezlmokWUVd5sEwqw_HscZy5N_R9UMI_3eyc6fELb3299SztZuyUJrdp9D9Q/s400/Cedric6.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center">.... <strong>Bye Cedric! And thank you - you're a Super Hero!</strong><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />So at last, 007 was free. And if you're worrying about his welfare following the terrible goings on here over the last few days, please rest assured .... he's fine. After Cedric's departure he retired to the comfort of an armchair ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197388343369447522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK__7gJaWzdJYFGm1cdPo2LdAZLFPwcod1b-yoyvM3sQyHIyTYhQxu9R5G8xIm-uzBOJcmQ07QxgfYT5XlCMsobAHGybN_QT08SIhP29zc_XTyMnfDCyyddH4dCNBXQ2qtst9mbTkI3SP/s400/monkeepeas.jpg" border="0" />.... with a four-pack and an ice-pack .... <em>ahhhh, that's better! </em></div><em><br /><div align="left"><br /></em><br /><br /><br />And now dear reader, I'll leave you to decide. Just who was the criminal <em>genius</em> behind this evil plot to rid the world of 007?<br /><br /><br /><br />Perhaps it was a new character or characters not yet involved in our tale ....<br /><br /><br /><br />.... or could it really have been the mild-mannered Greg ....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3qRiR6rVCabN_7WdDtqXNEJmvUiAQwn2auPaMPKjYedlj_zXUKm24yYiXCUni0pQWgLZeVAUqOeoaYHAImPDg4xjVnjg0wWHP7YfThw4cLQkRAeufADKUEJeHWEM4pubBPH8HFgubyg0/s1600-h/IMG_0635.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196904352094795570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3qRiR6rVCabN_7WdDtqXNEJmvUiAQwn2auPaMPKjYedlj_zXUKm24yYiXCUni0pQWgLZeVAUqOeoaYHAImPDg4xjVnjg0wWHP7YfThw4cLQkRAeufADKUEJeHWEM4pubBPH8HFgubyg0/s400/IMG_0635.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... possibly while under the influence of a mind altering substance .....?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAAvBnrZ4XfQ_T7jpJUE0YL13KVBPzR6rHjG4ZTduUkbgTCUzQS2hz6-ORPi5LbmWMpxBX6N5jlumy6c1SVaKwYG2EqZySolbUpG9WoZXNnWsz6auvCnjmVkEwInXeJ1PtbmjMyohgkYB/s1600-h/IMG_0656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196904231835711266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAAvBnrZ4XfQ_T7jpJUE0YL13KVBPzR6rHjG4ZTduUkbgTCUzQS2hz6-ORPi5LbmWMpxBX6N5jlumy6c1SVaKwYG2EqZySolbUpG9WoZXNnWsz6auvCnjmVkEwInXeJ1PtbmjMyohgkYB/s400/IMG_0656.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Or was it this frowny man in the the monkey shirt?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKThgWkQXoQ_U0cC0SE67SwNxrxOE_wePGXtFApfiGnGNkQJmGDlFjXT7KuY2hxTE_y4XDI1ULFcnVhu5uSd39aqmun1Wf55BMSloaNFsd-1XS4RFiTu2aVNovnr57HY2n3C2k3kLa7iiI/s1600-h/IMG_1194.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196904077216888594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKThgWkQXoQ_U0cC0SE67SwNxrxOE_wePGXtFApfiGnGNkQJmGDlFjXT7KuY2hxTE_y4XDI1ULFcnVhu5uSd39aqmun1Wf55BMSloaNFsd-1XS4RFiTu2aVNovnr57HY2n3C2k3kLa7iiI/s400/IMG_1194.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Or could it just have been me, the mad monkee lady .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5ERUVw0zo5BimS3R7ZpSZc19smzS2868fKUiuPhSapDEDCgXotAoLYBIGP0Ejds_KBY9UhrENma9CZT8j1aI85QfLrH8Z5oUUTcDb1oXuu_zhu3sL769MQaU6jH2E_EfUKHP7kvtR7GR/s1600-h/IMG_0891.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196903613360420610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5ERUVw0zo5BimS3R7ZpSZc19smzS2868fKUiuPhSapDEDCgXotAoLYBIGP0Ejds_KBY9UhrENma9CZT8j1aI85QfLrH8Z5oUUTcDb1oXuu_zhu3sL769MQaU6jH2E_EfUKHP7kvtR7GR/s400/IMG_0891.JPG" border="0" /></a>.... after all .... pigeons don't wear green shoes ....<br /><br /><br />.... or do they?<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Tune in tomorrow for the <del>final exciting instalment</del> slightly disappointing climax to<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">007 in Mission : Unbelievable </span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><div align="left"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">With special thanks to <a href="http://caughtknitting.blogspot.com/">Rosie</a>, who provided the Impressive Magic Pen prop <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2007/11/gorgeous-goodies-galore-and-prison.html">ages ago</a>, and to <a href="http://moogsmum.blogspot.com/">Lesley</a>, who kindly let me borrow her pictures</span></div><br /><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-42565019703260415422008-05-06T06:05:00.029+01:002008-05-06T07:02:40.621+01:00007 in Mission : Unbelievable - Part I (Certificate PG)<div align="left"><br />Things came to a rather nasty head this weekend. The day started off like any other and nobody knew that the following terrible events would unfold.<br /><br />007 had just settled down to watch a film .....<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsX5BQeaTV94nEq65UE9yaAAYUfuEz9YL9aG9GCjBHYPpMHEX3ULqsJcIZJXq9YoO_iwtd07qsr_RwpGM5t8nuOihvdYGRFolamw9X_IqfoTbMNRFm0beUG0MSeBu-kQ-VyIJQyCbUsveK/s1600-h/IMG_1184.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196852370105611986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsX5BQeaTV94nEq65UE9yaAAYUfuEz9YL9aG9GCjBHYPpMHEX3ULqsJcIZJXq9YoO_iwtd07qsr_RwpGM5t8nuOihvdYGRFolamw9X_IqfoTbMNRFm0beUG0MSeBu-kQ-VyIJQyCbUsveK/s400/IMG_1184.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, if you're interested, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law) </span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><p align="left"><br /></span><br /><br /><br />But no sooner had it started, when 007 suddenly had a pillow case dumped unceremoniously over him ....<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196855574151214834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dDn-6AooW_qg6H3lQsmWPlGkCxhOwClpDBrhReZBjozF1rjaeXNg5j6T4ueS6DCWDxfJ6Rvt08HoL4FSsYy9A_jHNL9hAfDpieVl2P6IvH5mAaMuqzVPmgyb4Y9Imdz0r3UK0HPERiTx/s400/IMG_1187.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... which was hastily tied up with string, with 007 frantically kicking and struggling inside .....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FnoVBqzAOAksyORbemVTS-Pcm2_0eoROtM9NgsRqPiB_cI2WU3yp0sr_2-gIuHDJoIqOWSIamWPq7J5Jefrlo5qjgjY94bOouWHLJyN_7Zv92hBVRQ-MUJrejytNgJVxwEMYkEeVQdaB/s1600-h/IMG_1188.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196852206896854722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FnoVBqzAOAksyORbemVTS-Pcm2_0eoROtM9NgsRqPiB_cI2WU3yp0sr_2-gIuHDJoIqOWSIamWPq7J5Jefrlo5qjgjY94bOouWHLJyN_7Zv92hBVRQ-MUJrejytNgJVxwEMYkEeVQdaB/s400/IMG_1188.JPG" border="0" /></a> (you may not be able to tell that he's frantically kicking and struggling, but you'll have to take my word for that. Would I lie to you??)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lV1pxUYqOlC3haOJbvR-zm8iy1-lgbwIrswa2EGDBIkB5hEE7KaNr6lS67mhTVlG7Ew9sr-ediPHR591R18FY8fZGyA4SHN52Qzt1iumPrwq6-0fbu-uAWlacd5x5LmR6nEDMcFaFU2w/s1600-h/IMG_1188.JPG"></a><br />And he was dragged - still struggling - out of the front door .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGfc0zuglPGEoXT8edTgYViDLiJSUxbDUWurOFiMfI1hh1RFwIgerL0LyC6bdEW3K7STC4y6pfasi5B88c55tMN7GkXPL7AWsqQ1hyi8dLqm7GW6Q-dpLuD0AebjIk5UqmAp7CLduC-z7/s1600-h/IMG_1189.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196851171809736354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGfc0zuglPGEoXT8edTgYViDLiJSUxbDUWurOFiMfI1hh1RFwIgerL0LyC6bdEW3K7STC4y6pfasi5B88c55tMN7GkXPL7AWsqQ1hyi8dLqm7GW6Q-dpLuD0AebjIk5UqmAp7CLduC-z7/s400/IMG_1189.JPG" border="0" /></a> mm ... seems familiar doesn't it? I wonder where the perpetrators of this monkee kidnapping got <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-feel-sick.html">that idea from </a>....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and bundled into the back of a waiting car ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkvHg2PbwuQglkdvblmMZJb0FRxKyXlFETaX3-O7AjRyiUZ9q0DLqYi9e7nX56va34nmVF4zzoZGuRCRhmDij1VaOuCxDc2_rO-9ii5fL1U64anQTr16VQLGR4vHUkDp_3kfwRIXkz2Vc/s1600-h/IMG_1196.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196850991421109906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkvHg2PbwuQglkdvblmMZJb0FRxKyXlFETaX3-O7AjRyiUZ9q0DLqYi9e7nX56va34nmVF4zzoZGuRCRhmDij1VaOuCxDc2_rO-9ii5fL1U64anQTr16VQLGR4vHUkDp_3kfwRIXkz2Vc/s400/IMG_1196.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He was then driven to a local beauty spot where he was tossed out as duck bait .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196854015078086370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJtXe3HjuYjn3RuV_Fx1Fpxq3bEk37Kl_MuKUd-Zew2PiZObzisaFY0L3Vef23AAV2O2wabo5xrG-69f9sHON60a-62-Mrwj-Aw6-zmG3FRjk7O6v54fHct7mF5ZpgOgxiIyfk0GCSJz5/s400/IMG_1019.JPG" border="0" /> .... luckily for 007 the ducks had had their fill of bread that day, so weren't interested. </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Then they tried to throw him to the lions! .... ok .... lion ....<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196850656413660802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSR5sug1GZRwiJDl4URbHLDHCvA-ciplBIoFgaCNATgFA3I31oQ7OfaQayktSaA9v7ao08Zs-QO1UhJDNFzPsYC0T5c25DoCj7HTd1C4qG0e0sukoJphWz0PpdamLTQCy9TygcnbODB3dM/s400/IMG_0647.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">.... but quite frankly that just tickled a bit .... </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Realising that they'd have to up their game, the perps then drove him to the Avon Gorge.<br /><br /><br /><br />And threw him off .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnylzb2jpXcwlmx1-hV3KatokzGzxM2xAR0M84ffzDdBt7hXFuRHSouOAGfF9Ru-hEkCiTypwJ-1j3SQV7_p2MYDhZElQ0aq9DvwS44trq9Yy9yMywx7MctDvZeR1D8yP8V41iOcSu1vV/s1600-h/IMG_0699.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196850510384772722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnylzb2jpXcwlmx1-hV3KatokzGzxM2xAR0M84ffzDdBt7hXFuRHSouOAGfF9Ru-hEkCiTypwJ-1j3SQV7_p2MYDhZElQ0aq9DvwS44trq9Yy9yMywx7MctDvZeR1D8yP8V41iOcSu1vV/s400/IMG_0699.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was a long way down, but luckily 007 is no ordinary monkee made of knit .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1u3japWky2QsZAFkjNuEQA4Ypgp3Kui0bsJJ5Nv9cnY9t-88vfZdlHWaLZCXm8iQeo-isQ0RnvaRQut7vwDAAoDfoNHWp2sWZxC0Hy92r1M_9BAmzY1VRRaMGSc_ssS85t7vpErsvR7y/s1600-h/IMG_0693.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196850368650851938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1u3japWky2QsZAFkjNuEQA4Ypgp3Kui0bsJJ5Nv9cnY9t-88vfZdlHWaLZCXm8iQeo-isQ0RnvaRQut7vwDAAoDfoNHWp2sWZxC0Hy92r1M_9BAmzY1VRRaMGSc_ssS85t7vpErsvR7y/s400/IMG_0693.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXku2AVxRRmFHNAFvfreXYhBiwf09KvNLxy4JPfeqvyWt8gjQ8zyY7K0hhL_sBAsOmQIZceTIaNx8RG70l2aepwfoXvQUkhlji4ksObZgXtXZTD7KqevuGaYdPIfzSZ6pbjvSptyThK26c/s1600-h/IMG_0696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196850252686734930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXku2AVxRRmFHNAFvfreXYhBiwf09KvNLxy4JPfeqvyWt8gjQ8zyY7K0hhL_sBAsOmQIZceTIaNx8RG70l2aepwfoXvQUkhlji4ksObZgXtXZTD7KqevuGaYdPIfzSZ6pbjvSptyThK26c/s400/IMG_0696.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />.... and against all odds he managed to scramble back up ....<br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />.... straight back into their evil clutches.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next thing he knew he was hanging upside down ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaxozF3OZ7M7B_OJfnTPuMkusE7IsmoWLLlVMD7AGYVd1TMEeUl_zg57QHit2TprlI0qfG6bXfpJ_cLsa7ptiBe07vVDkCODaWWiTLxnMa8ZJ6jXNwTyHSJJItfMmIPKrGf9NdnHX5zSR/s1600-h/IMG_1212.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196847276274398770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaxozF3OZ7M7B_OJfnTPuMkusE7IsmoWLLlVMD7AGYVd1TMEeUl_zg57QHit2TprlI0qfG6bXfpJ_cLsa7ptiBe07vVDkCODaWWiTLxnMa8ZJ6jXNwTyHSJJItfMmIPKrGf9NdnHX5zSR/s400/IMG_1212.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />.... over the rather murky River Avon - with duct tape muffling his monkee screams .... </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Luckily at that moment the river police came along and threatened the criminal masterminds behind this cunning scheme with prosecution if they littered the river, so the action was moved on ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... to the train tracks!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyouOTXXw4V9memOn4ANEo5WsD-gFPVdJGnm2eFkW57SDoQK-M_76STtB-9Dj0imAFdwAQVrkWFqfFnMP6lpa8c2lGLifEZtdUHgCekkeu-R_nNpVmhWM-4-_q21RfcFN_L2tFyIxJkpZ/s1600-h/IMG_1205.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196847014281393698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyouOTXXw4V9memOn4ANEo5WsD-gFPVdJGnm2eFkW57SDoQK-M_76STtB-9Dj0imAFdwAQVrkWFqfFnMP6lpa8c2lGLifEZtdUHgCekkeu-R_nNpVmhWM-4-_q21RfcFN_L2tFyIxJkpZ/s400/IMG_1205.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... gulp ....<br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />Thank heavens that particular train track was a disused one <span style="font-size:85%;">(please! .... as if I would encourage people to strap a knitted monkey to a real live track!)</span> so the abductors thought they'd change their tactic.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>To a tactic of torture.<br /></strong><br /><br /><br />First they tried stretching 007 .....<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196849960628958786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigseHygNVZMaB56dQCO01IVmVH7EzyGOW0VyPeha87jtruj5x0SG4NcngNdQC563Ys6fFlOCexjs25dFEFrKdPTgkY5BQPQxRgooMd-7ugKTX75mGJ085wHT8uvhEBNtbcTtNB73R_Cx3I/s400/IMG_1218.JPG" border="0" /> .... quite effectively as it goes ....<br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />And then they turned to .... <strong>the chair*</strong> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDZg2RtxQm0FsRcG2u3S4FvfzNPKnSjiRZi-rChyphenhyphenxF-FtE8ecMHCj51tK4BolkPeb-ivT4wsAgax-36xCKI9XWLaCJilg1N-XWvgz-UGiU66-GwD2kVoJ6PiESSZ86EGdHrnJKHI21J0h/s1600-h/IMG_1150.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196846662094075410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDZg2RtxQm0FsRcG2u3S4FvfzNPKnSjiRZi-rChyphenhyphenxF-FtE8ecMHCj51tK4BolkPeb-ivT4wsAgax-36xCKI9XWLaCJilg1N-XWvgz-UGiU66-GwD2kVoJ6PiESSZ86EGdHrnJKHI21J0h/s400/IMG_1150.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />.... oh, don't be fooled by it's look of innocence. It's pretty blue bird and sprinkling of flowers. For it is .... <strong>the chair of doom</strong> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You've seen <a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/casinoroyale/">Casino Royale</a>, right? And <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYbj7FjW6g">that scene?? </a>(about 2 minutes in)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well with a little suspended belief, a smattering of imagination and a cartoon saw, <em>that chair</em> was easily recreated ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn8Lby9HK3iYpBdyh0t2dT7TX7CeN1xAMwRF-bSAcwOR7icYK7Ru2u0Q8PL_scGvEVOMNurf38hTl1ypzeswnH8TF5X2S8e0UjEUxwmIcgFfYXSK44K_pxwC-qltLQOF8jhgB7O-eu_KC/s1600-h/IMG_1151(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196846486000416258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn8Lby9HK3iYpBdyh0t2dT7TX7CeN1xAMwRF-bSAcwOR7icYK7Ru2u0Q8PL_scGvEVOMNurf38hTl1ypzeswnH8TF5X2S8e0UjEUxwmIcgFfYXSK44K_pxwC-qltLQOF8jhgB7O-eu_KC/s400/IMG_1151(2).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and 007 was hastily strapped onto it. Then blindfolded.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9gaIdUY8rArlmipdhFEnASvEtGIMmm3jAhN5ZGlZJCpvYw0rMU1yCPd80TepP5OD0Yj59l1DwY5bSzqKQ1t_41-T-6W1ny6jjSQjvZ2aC0CgkLaQjtseyFOFcyUE6utBpOeYqIMUgqGQ/s1600-h/IMG_1156.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196846108043294194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9gaIdUY8rArlmipdhFEnASvEtGIMmm3jAhN5ZGlZJCpvYw0rMU1yCPd80TepP5OD0Yj59l1DwY5bSzqKQ1t_41-T-6W1ny6jjSQjvZ2aC0CgkLaQjtseyFOFcyUE6utBpOeYqIMUgqGQ/s400/IMG_1156.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... which was probably for the best ....<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />Oh. It was bad. Make no mistake, it was bad. Would 007's monkee-hood ever be the same again? Has 007 even got any monkee-hood? (well ... he hasn't now, that's for sure ....)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ddvPqYxJmS8rsT598emdTfeQsYyDeNoHVi8ZQSceQtQfXP3vK0aS0lweo66TBKwKXof3MwWYCtDDqyW6ojDPUE3AhBcocY1XGtjBpBgb5LOEpqTf6MVQjtQSl4ARCHnsfViOb-5suD4b/s1600-h/IMG_1163.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196845880410027490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ddvPqYxJmS8rsT598emdTfeQsYyDeNoHVi8ZQSceQtQfXP3vK0aS0lweo66TBKwKXof3MwWYCtDDqyW6ojDPUE3AhBcocY1XGtjBpBgb5LOEpqTf6MVQjtQSl4ARCHnsfViOb-5suD4b/s400/IMG_1163.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />But unbelievably the worst was yet to come. I know. Like I said, it really is <em>unbelievable</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><br />Worse than Chinese water torture.<br /><br /><br /><br />Much, much worse ....</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />.... the sound of a bell tolling .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... make that more of a tinkling ..... yeah .... definitely a tinkling, not a tolling ....<br /><br /><br /><br />.... a little bell <em>tinkling</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196997089028651074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVR_rq7Qw3gnuxaNVfXCcQUd9OL_IEAKc5JpDfW0wAooohSXrEY38hYN4UsrZCRmhov1nrG4fXESDo-pgsuiHa4RbHrvCt4THqt1AyxEx30oDOeJfrTWMO2EAxlPOeWt4qMU6KaxrZTVxJ/s400/IMG_1160.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... the sound of <em>the chocolate bunny's little bell tinkling in his ear</em> .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TPnWwNWRFWFgkd7Z02z_MA-nQjZZBPboAN3aNMWBkdVUK4FUl69LMPLD_FGS_bgZuekMmnsvPBgKSAZfxGjHfyaUgPPiUqa6O836BYfIjVHZDqca1FssfrhMVf_QxetY8eDKyuwrASWm/s1600-h/IMG_1162.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196845652776760786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TPnWwNWRFWFgkd7Z02z_MA-nQjZZBPboAN3aNMWBkdVUK4FUl69LMPLD_FGS_bgZuekMmnsvPBgKSAZfxGjHfyaUgPPiUqa6O836BYfIjVHZDqca1FssfrhMVf_QxetY8eDKyuwrASWm/s400/IMG_1162.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... a cruel and twisted torture, I'm sure you'll agree ....<br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, that was just too much. 007 was a broken monkee.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0hTpP8fy2f-InkZw72wuy3GcOqSY39BgQa94MAyuR-9I6WVw6sKbVwGUvhaUmJAy-KSLI-rzcAWv2vz71OIXXxZCq1sH4sghGTAr4H2-Y5hfXCyEKgmHoYPo2bzsbjyIi_NXeyciQwk9/s1600-h/IMG_1164.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196845545402578370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0hTpP8fy2f-InkZw72wuy3GcOqSY39BgQa94MAyuR-9I6WVw6sKbVwGUvhaUmJAy-KSLI-rzcAWv2vz71OIXXxZCq1sH4sghGTAr4H2-Y5hfXCyEKgmHoYPo2bzsbjyIi_NXeyciQwk9/s400/IMG_1164.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>.... could this be the end for 007? ..... and more to the point - where was Greg while all this was going on??<br /></strong><br /><br /><br /><em>..... tune in same time (roughly), same place tomorrow, to find out .....<br /></em><br /><div align="left"><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">* chair prop very kindly provided by </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5321388"><span style="font-size:85%;">Moogsmum's shop </span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-15367469716514719172008-05-05T06:09:00.001+01:002008-05-05T06:52:14.559+01:00HP1 .... doing his bit for World Domination ....HP1 was lucky enough to have gone on a round-the-world trip recently, taking in Las Vegas, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania and Hong Kong. Sue (his person) very kindly sent me some great pictures.<br /><br /><br />Here he is before the holiday, swotting up on all things Australian ....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEing8xAUQUV1Zm5r_tGwBhGvBld1I3m540x7u-LfC_9j04qRUNHpQP-KAcd2tFi2in2bUYE90aO8Ew6UETZ6rNmM-_4M2XWPsA4ESFjsE3pwgGvFKPUdzxlq-6gfmftSzJtoXA4HDvhSier/s1600-h/HP+Oz+02e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196593022800409954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEing8xAUQUV1Zm5r_tGwBhGvBld1I3m540x7u-LfC_9j04qRUNHpQP-KAcd2tFi2in2bUYE90aO8Ew6UETZ6rNmM-_4M2XWPsA4ESFjsE3pwgGvFKPUdzxlq-6gfmftSzJtoXA4HDvhSier/s320/HP+Oz+02e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Although he was very excited about this trip of a lifetime .... he didn't think much of the travel arrangements ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196595569716016498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Wu4eKzh8nI4l5PpJB0IM82l9ydl0fbA_5kr5EPVugk6X0633ccPUV83HUVKBLFQJdiuf8ujRhHl1e4HFTowkhhy6xWFAni1sIVlt3DuWbzX1yFCxCrlRuS2jTBA7oYsBO9qqflk1PgE/s320/HP+Oz+06e.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />When they got to Las Vegas, HP1 found it difficult to get his bearings, as one minute it seemed like they were in New York ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVGnVEFEntwQlH1yrEgyWrdp3R89YUpCXzbNAZ30eP3DYWkJt0BB4wUeflSVZ97A_0jgl6-BbfHJTSNjMSDxZcy7PXx-EFoC4032PTQJNX9yHkOaUiLtL7utgfJSk6OQ3fych5ul_cAJy/s1600-h/LVNYork01e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196591961943487810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVGnVEFEntwQlH1yrEgyWrdp3R89YUpCXzbNAZ30eP3DYWkJt0BB4wUeflSVZ97A_0jgl6-BbfHJTSNjMSDxZcy7PXx-EFoC4032PTQJNX9yHkOaUiLtL7utgfJSk6OQ3fych5ul_cAJy/s320/LVNYork01e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and the next in Egypt ....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196592430094923090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w0HbzrCsBCtbl3RhS5t_EvOStVBH4cTEaH59SfNzJt5V6p_dpPQyFP1sgxic-q20zrEHqM9SeThj1y4Bk5eYMHAkUogkx5CS8iL_zC4J0eI_ibMuI8NIkxSBXdnufXwSt94Xfl1cHnBn/s320/Luxor+01.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />When they got to New Zealand it was lovely to be able to get close to nature ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIbbkuJc49FWKJmPqsPdIMG47kEWZmWyzyboWFSAjbi5MWga_5Bd0ct4gGQPCR2mhXAvNDb2yfOqJS-_gbjNpdeOHUIgJllJ2Zjv9BpvdvKTzOR0z1-GkFTNM2LOxBfwBMkK627evuzh2/s1600-h/HP+NZ+W+03e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196591536741725490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIbbkuJc49FWKJmPqsPdIMG47kEWZmWyzyboWFSAjbi5MWga_5Bd0ct4gGQPCR2mhXAvNDb2yfOqJS-_gbjNpdeOHUIgJllJ2Zjv9BpvdvKTzOR0z1-GkFTNM2LOxBfwBMkK627evuzh2/s320/HP+NZ+W+03e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... although not too close ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigohwk1WNyRp-5eBNsi4Uqu_AB14ZquGMHmTBi1VoK2Um9VNFXWZfAcqEpWduouVza_x6rxgu1aFmJui5ac1U5GjSZsoeBAo37_fLxdIS0khe4gYos4luLI0ymdvRjv1SmNeg_4nLUgt_Q/s1600-h/HP+NZ+OK+05e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196591158784603426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigohwk1WNyRp-5eBNsi4Uqu_AB14ZquGMHmTBi1VoK2Um9VNFXWZfAcqEpWduouVza_x6rxgu1aFmJui5ac1U5GjSZsoeBAo37_fLxdIS0khe4gYos4luLI0ymdvRjv1SmNeg_4nLUgt_Q/s320/HP+NZ+OK+05e.jpg" border="0" /></a> (it was very hot - and smelly - apparently, and he didn't want his knit getting fuzzy, now did he?)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sGPQ0Hj4IsEuMc2RqYTevGNjgDrxzVXgTFLD0S6dMGY_Wvw3QZ6QULaxyTt4CxDgMYAip_ldmwsFA09MRc0ugzWsWjU03NxmelJrMwVaiGwBFq-og1tyHcsh6ASMPAZnwtKW1Lqdv3MK/s1600-h/HP+NZ+OK+03e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196590789417415954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sGPQ0Hj4IsEuMc2RqYTevGNjgDrxzVXgTFLD0S6dMGY_Wvw3QZ6QULaxyTt4CxDgMYAip_ldmwsFA09MRc0ugzWsWjU03NxmelJrMwVaiGwBFq-og1tyHcsh6ASMPAZnwtKW1Lqdv3MK/s320/HP+NZ+OK+03e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ahh, HP1, I always knew he was a .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkaLedn2duYVUXnIg4HyG2BgAHsqIqptY-_a3KL98DFtidGexucZlkb8YfkKHa8TkyAYQsn8NMv6ymrKrSe5i39XSnjwlHNap7s0-mD6FRyuC6MtNOgSNzs1d1zgArDYwKT7a35F29WyW/s1600-h/HP+NZ+OK+02e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196590574669051138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkaLedn2duYVUXnIg4HyG2BgAHsqIqptY-_a3KL98DFtidGexucZlkb8YfkKHa8TkyAYQsn8NMv6ymrKrSe5i39XSnjwlHNap7s0-mD6FRyuC6MtNOgSNzs1d1zgArDYwKT7a35F29WyW/s320/HP+NZ+OK+02e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />You know how gregarious monkees can be, and it wasn't long before he made a new Kiwi mate ....</div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196758658214180226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJ_TvIcIgkOppw_W3osbYPMlYZ-Pt3P5yMbYNtk_O_pfVslacAZ7eV2mA6BiNjuqv0Ni6F_SDd2VkNxzx7Q5rGuqHnxIo16UAElS_XB1YVKHPuzyf-nwqS4r-GoqVftlxN0p_B2DXDQiC/s320/Intro+Sam+01e.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div align="center">Sam</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Good job too, as he needed some company on those long lonely evenings when Sue was out on the town with her husband, and they were left back in the motel room with nothing to do but look at the view ....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOWPumDbg13P5pJ2zgDG8J-QIZ-7VsgdyLV7BqwFF_ttysIxmzrEdKbmIusyPMuKvZlxzyDQstE9bRNFsL2n94dQnwjy-FNCVS1-KIF1ZVR0bOcuDPCT-ggqur-166u0XqaZ6NvEI5oYw/s1600-h/HPS+NZ+W+02e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196586674838746354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOWPumDbg13P5pJ2zgDG8J-QIZ-7VsgdyLV7BqwFF_ttysIxmzrEdKbmIusyPMuKvZlxzyDQstE9bRNFsL2n94dQnwjy-FNCVS1-KIF1ZVR0bOcuDPCT-ggqur-166u0XqaZ6NvEI5oYw/s320/HPS+NZ+W+02e.jpg" border="0" /></a> .... it's a hard life ....</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />But the highlight of HP1's holiday snaps (for me) has to be this one ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSegDPmd1hUoFk_XyP4NmzNsvJf-iRgv7jFuy1KpnGQLcbw65oatjSwe9RVewQ97ALNFkqY-BfgM2rtyjxPH7sqVoOuv79XJwPEvuIpb0_nPfeWSS39YZAoRs_8IdW72QG0_wmNlkPaDc/s1600-h/LVKK01e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196586236752082146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSegDPmd1hUoFk_XyP4NmzNsvJf-iRgv7jFuy1KpnGQLcbw65oatjSwe9RVewQ97ALNFkqY-BfgM2rtyjxPH7sqVoOuv79XJwPEvuIpb0_nPfeWSS39YZAoRs_8IdW72QG0_wmNlkPaDc/s320/LVKK01e.jpg" border="0" /></a> .... mmm .... Krispy Kreme donuts - and he didn't even save me one!</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks Sue, for these great shots, and for reminding me that my monkees are better travelled than me. Do you have a big enough plastic lunchbox to take me next time?<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvvapo1XsZNHLRX3kP4OdI9pWoUzJnKCDPsyPvOOTWt7i6cC55Grdegg04_Ex-tkWjbWX1x_jgSBU_O7xVpd3U-XT0Nci6bPnOPJIOCD_aCN2Um5MK_mkiQaTPpabK1ETOr32ztwM0ljK/s1600-h/collage17.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196565805592655058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvvapo1XsZNHLRX3kP4OdI9pWoUzJnKCDPsyPvOOTWt7i6cC55Grdegg04_Ex-tkWjbWX1x_jgSBU_O7xVpd3U-XT0Nci6bPnOPJIOCD_aCN2Um5MK_mkiQaTPpabK1ETOr32ztwM0ljK/s400/collage17.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-14311650616591825852008-05-03T06:00:00.003+01:002008-05-03T06:35:32.064+01:00And then there was the stair incident ....<div align="left"><br />Strange things are definitely afoot here at Monkee Towers. First there was the sabotaged balloon at <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2008/04/something-strange-happened-in-garden.html">the garden party</a> and now this.<br /><br />007 was sat innocently at the top of the stairs, pondering.<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8P20fybk_B0q6vFwwkz63i30Ql3wSwDbyTiLDkZwShAMb05Mb-cLhPH1nkCtq584mVmHPAAcuj5TQ_cEGTzP-oTIotTG8SlZ59GQLmPTkN4-SIRyZbnlsgGKLEf4XzTSnnTXobVAjm0BN/s1600-h/IMG_0910.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195814057466836114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8P20fybk_B0q6vFwwkz63i30Ql3wSwDbyTiLDkZwShAMb05Mb-cLhPH1nkCtq584mVmHPAAcuj5TQ_cEGTzP-oTIotTG8SlZ59GQLmPTkN4-SIRyZbnlsgGKLEf4XzTSnnTXobVAjm0BN/s320/IMG_0910.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... not pondering on how RGH manages to cycle on that a**e up, head down bicycle, but pondering on what might be the best way to get downstairs. Should he use the botty-slide-bump-down method or the reverse-twist-knee-over-knee action?<br /><br />Please bear in mind that when you're a monkee made of acrylic knit, using either of these options to scale down equally synthetic stair carpet could result in some pretty nasty static shock episodes.<br /><br />So he was still debating which would be the least statically charged option when suddenly he felt a hefty nudge in his back, and this happened ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-dciHUWjIxugkbWOCz6k9vHni3B8DNstpNyUwkkvIsJFCZS3x_0gjYLQg1qSBMPZaxuZJn2HQGEske_BMjQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />Gasp! The decision was taken out of his little knitted mitts!<br /><br />When 007 had recovered and his head had stopped spinning, he looked up to see who could have done such a dastardly thing, but there was no one there. No one apart from ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195813314437493890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi22oksB5q-D37uUJPCLmL80vdsPnrlQGsL-iLkOjGW0yL6UJ2bhQINlRgV0jxDedMMYKPq1a68dD5Ij_KSiGLfXEp0gjfvhkMDzsUrfKac8GabyPJBjXMuXFPiCEyHn8Y_UCCU7Y2kH_6/s320/IMG_0886.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p align="center">.... Greg .... DA DA DAHHHHH!!!<br /><br />.... Greg?? But surely not!<br /><br />Just <strong>who</strong> has got it in for 007? The mystery continues ....</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><br />Anyway, to lighten the mood and to make sure there were no hard feelings, we took them out. Can you guess where?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195881458388612258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7THJo6Y9tDeOZtTPWDni9_Krnzgttb5KPnVCw_GFTrvx5c2xUGFkp8ubOdCB-dkkjgqLsHCRO8ZeN_4RUfDtRrMuZSHD3hAHLGgXDNiYw32DssdiwbsbPaxhszkYJOw0ZgpNQ2rSDrmE2/s320/IMG_1020.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />Yep. How'd ya guess?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p align="center">* * * * * </p><br /><br /><p align="left"><br /><br />In other (and yet oddly related) news, this weekend I shall be giving a little something back.<br /><br />Giving a little something back to the man who gives me pleasure every single weekend and never lets me down.<br /><br />Well, apart from that brief spell last year when he couldn't come up with the goods and much frustration ensued here at Chez Monkee Maker.<br /></p><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><p align="left"><br />Mr <a href="http://www.coffee1.co.uk/flash/index.html">Coffee#1</a> guy, this is for you .... </p><br /><p align="left"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195886702543680690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05MWIpHbTdvrbuO0vw-NixIZnVrl8nXYJWUvN5AEv9rXoC-kVo_MzHYN9xvrm14mOAbTMNjA2BORf-aPBC3BpUGpDCdsFAnQyC9JtdMnohvz9LMI_IyaZz4K_hYoaKqPuN_OQyBgipfaU/s320/IMG_1060.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Calorie and caffeine free white chocolate and raspberry muffin and single shot skinny latte. Enjoy.</p><p align="left"><br /><br /><br />.... watch out though, because as ever, this muffin bites back ....<br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195886818507797698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOCBvlgxcO0nl2CkjtPpvtG6BOZ5UvsUbd6p2rvhIXEQrBn_qlpEgLH03Tn72smdOB3g6pUghG2Bt-9U_cwARCT01Q5uGFvs277v1-dl5lzHfWx-H_bOmbhMN8hqHlB1rMHAvix_5Au7Z/s320/IMG_1080.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">(yes, I am hoping to get a free muffin out of this. Is that wrong?)</span><br /></p>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-87496957535682164972008-05-01T06:15:00.001+01:002008-05-01T07:13:13.616+01:00Monmouth and the MountainRecently RGH and I had a day off together, and spent the day in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/monmouth/">Monmouth</a>. He wanted to do some of this ....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenO-LU5uuAfHVytm4dkdOjohSVSi6fDBlNK2hgTKeOtPQ2hoFLetpkqnWztZBqMr9Ls74PeYbKlrW2SOFDNxoeczdCyRXA2vEN_dgXNu28rJQkjYiW5ruTQIjJ4U5PYovsbZ50e-R668-/s1600-h/IMG_0737.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195126076720460866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenO-LU5uuAfHVytm4dkdOjohSVSi6fDBlNK2hgTKeOtPQ2hoFLetpkqnWztZBqMr9Ls74PeYbKlrW2SOFDNxoeczdCyRXA2vEN_dgXNu28rJQkjYiW5ruTQIjJ4U5PYovsbZ50e-R668-/s320/IMG_0737.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... up and down some big hills in preparation for a race he's taking part in this weekend.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />007 and Greg wanted to go too ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuwWmgeRXiWijl7tYiGARKW3DxFhao3ReFp0PPBiVQBSMjQ1wMjkkm_mr1OXyfVpT230txTEuaaUdBpEk3c3zkEookBVSYW-2o5O3RZg0vqbZ-AUfDTleyWrx4uJzrxQ9VfpC-qdumrZy/s1600-h/IMG_0729-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195125853382161458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuwWmgeRXiWijl7tYiGARKW3DxFhao3ReFp0PPBiVQBSMjQ1wMjkkm_mr1OXyfVpT230txTEuaaUdBpEk3c3zkEookBVSYW-2o5O3RZg0vqbZ-AUfDTleyWrx4uJzrxQ9VfpC-qdumrZy/s320/IMG_0729-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... but they weren't allowed as they'd have slowed him up. </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Greg even tried to disguise himself as a water bottle but that didn't work either ....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVJWYN2SOrwyIm4GO00wYgwyw8FEQUKKpnqrZvs8ivBOajS4mEBvs8cEMysC19kKyEwBnVrCE4KRKd68sZoTE4TDQgFp5w1dBnPFVdZ2BftqYssBPb7siJXDK022Gib0zYs8ASHLJjlWo/s1600-h/IMG_0733-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195125763187848226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVJWYN2SOrwyIm4GO00wYgwyw8FEQUKKpnqrZvs8ivBOajS4mEBvs8cEMysC19kKyEwBnVrCE4KRKd68sZoTE4TDQgFp5w1dBnPFVdZ2BftqYssBPb7siJXDK022Gib0zYs8ASHLJjlWo/s320/IMG_0733-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />There he goes ....<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195127906376528978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DoljDZzclLduMAm4MuddMHiFAECE1tJfvMv2bukFR0Dz0Wxr9Q05vA1Tlef1hUB3SsqZGd_aO6T4nSC2bFtigz-xRRfLLn2TOWQ8b-YTLYPO3iVI6qIkLVohaezZsx2NtFXfmEnOt01B/s320/IMG_0738.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Which left me with about 3 hours of unhindered retail therapy and wandering around the historic town with a couple of knitted chums ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15rxqGMhEtcueQ2hI6iK7GZp2VneXighMTQeitZZrEEBIQksEKtTF7WcnbEa7XXd1jWJ1ZazKaGn6PDfnLSODk1AQiSEsA5AR3Isl8Pxw1ja9bO8flPG0q8DV-X574oGm4jFin9O4orQF/s1600-h/IMG_0740-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195125526964646930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15rxqGMhEtcueQ2hI6iK7GZp2VneXighMTQeitZZrEEBIQksEKtTF7WcnbEa7XXd1jWJ1ZazKaGn6PDfnLSODk1AQiSEsA5AR3Isl8Pxw1ja9bO8flPG0q8DV-X574oGm4jFin9O4orQF/s320/IMG_0740-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It really is amazing quite how much of a nutter you feel when you're doing this kind of thing on your own .... hence me only taking one photo all morning (plus, my hands were too full with all those bags).<br /><br /><br />Later on we met up again at Symonds Yat, which is a beautiful place with <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/panoramas/symonds_yat_1_360.shtml">fantastic views</a> .... and a rather lovely pub ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFeXa4RnyXSUa3pN9TQ8ytPIlu0aS8IxrrqVWaTG8W4R11ZniCP3Pg8KGLcJ5rlmkmibZRRLASoCZiFnkFRoVLmkKPJhCQZlv1hr0xnADOyWZq_MXpeyhn0YDrONM-5wMW6zRMHekptOT/s1600-h/IMG_0754-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195125380935758850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFeXa4RnyXSUa3pN9TQ8ytPIlu0aS8IxrrqVWaTG8W4R11ZniCP3Pg8KGLcJ5rlmkmibZRRLASoCZiFnkFRoVLmkKPJhCQZlv1hr0xnADOyWZq_MXpeyhn0YDrONM-5wMW6zRMHekptOT/s320/IMG_0754-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... where we enjoyed a shandy .... </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Well, the monkee did, RGH enjoyed a nice cup of tea after all his exertion<br />....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYbqjWeswyU4BS6F5Ra67g2xzLdfqvkQjAQH-RhafP3Q0wbzb-HjPexgjcFGeL7wkiZXxFrVCveF-xnGEz0MlPD8DDjK0gn2GHxVsCo3R6hnARHAZCd4IFg6wU2q45WsHHoG7qgdv9Abc/s1600-h/IMG_0756-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195125243496805362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYbqjWeswyU4BS6F5Ra67g2xzLdfqvkQjAQH-RhafP3Q0wbzb-HjPexgjcFGeL7wkiZXxFrVCveF-xnGEz0MlPD8DDjK0gn2GHxVsCo3R6hnARHAZCd4IFg6wU2q45WsHHoG7qgdv9Abc/s320/IMG_0756-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And we would have gone canoeing .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnL95oUQsnbpyY3q9f61QpFknwAIIGJZ6JsWGwt0wxMTdTXhbUUgEmflCBz9NiXHcNbnZJPK9h12a8-eIvpQpysRXNlGrhtQIX4cnz2OxniW-CXEfxYPqnICij-kwVi9OuxTwrEe4ebGn/s1600-h/IMG_0760-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195125127532688354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnL95oUQsnbpyY3q9f61QpFknwAIIGJZ6JsWGwt0wxMTdTXhbUUgEmflCBz9NiXHcNbnZJPK9h12a8-eIvpQpysRXNlGrhtQIX4cnz2OxniW-CXEfxYPqnICij-kwVi9OuxTwrEe4ebGn/s320/IMG_0760-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... but apparently Greg is afraid of water .... (phew!) </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Luckily, he's not afraid of Pizza, which was our next stop ....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFz_quwGPGUy5n6I6FARCaYCclIy46HC4xjR6mjXuLZoRyk5hihxAbMuE5y4z8EadzKruUTI4PMtHrzXtDNGjDUGvwb1olxUU-_Bdf0DUbQQO3977c8fRQ58pUt-i6pYlDRVqctzWzb6qz/s1600-h/IMG_0742.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195124199819752402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFz_quwGPGUy5n6I6FARCaYCclIy46HC4xjR6mjXuLZoRyk5hihxAbMuE5y4z8EadzKruUTI4PMtHrzXtDNGjDUGvwb1olxUU-_Bdf0DUbQQO3977c8fRQ58pUt-i6pYlDRVqctzWzb6qz/s320/IMG_0742.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and neither is 007 ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D6P79sspNHqPZyakQmtWTdPORJJpeyvRcOCjh_PZOxhEhJcMQfUQEStxIyKy4DEkrpXuH0kOjyeH2eOlDbtsIgGkMLhyD__pGyJcYUjdb35AhiS4xsc21yjIb1QMh2MO96mo4RYuhNJD/s1600-h/IMG_0749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195124053790864322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D6P79sspNHqPZyakQmtWTdPORJJpeyvRcOCjh_PZOxhEhJcMQfUQEStxIyKy4DEkrpXuH0kOjyeH2eOlDbtsIgGkMLhyD__pGyJcYUjdb35AhiS4xsc21yjIb1QMh2MO96mo4RYuhNJD/s320/IMG_0749.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />There are some very big hills around Monmouth (just ask RGH), but there aren't any mountains that I'm aware of. There is one at my house though. I've mentioned <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2007/07/am-i-multi-tasking-or-just-getting.html">these kinds</a> of <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2007/12/queens-monkees-speech-and-giveaway.html">mountains</a> before, and sadly another one has erupted here. Possibly the biggest one yet ....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195281807939646578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-T_r-KviQvltaiwnzjIkkaENUkMfIipX4PtrpiLbzErIPA7ww8LAu8ZPoE-IdiOBlBOMHcfPKShLg1EzXzBDYqSkFaB1t6gdBhhjFG5ZVBtdpljbLHffb9Kv6oMLxO1BFfS_SC3PC-gG/s320/IMG_0987-1.JPG" border="0" /><br />You're probably thinking 'Pah, big deal, that's just some pants and socks in a carrier bag'. Well, you're wrong.<br /><br /><br />This is some pants and socks in a carrier bag ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQplspS6vfRiliDdhubeANPGfSp0-YIQ5warYWm0kl0S0vsMd0tu2BKQvgXGkZDHdo-ZLTNav39WVWG4ThyphenhyphenXuCayckU-3IvIVVFEQ20MBviFJV0bbfq9klzAUHfZMErSBgMio6hdV3I-V/s1600-h/IMG_0989.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195123723078382514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNQplspS6vfRiliDdhubeANPGfSp0-YIQ5warYWm0kl0S0vsMd0tu2BKQvgXGkZDHdo-ZLTNav39WVWG4ThyphenhyphenXuCayckU-3IvIVVFEQ20MBviFJV0bbfq9klzAUHfZMErSBgMio6hdV3I-V/s320/IMG_0989.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and so is this ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4zP7CFqzExn3rqJE39zjSlD1Q8_zjQjzMtz0WtrdljouO1U5Xy-dIVT8zC2OgFOqvr8pkKTP5wUPVUW98QYu7DNoNx97hmqlqCwFq6BKtWBmAbFxcbp77tbOYuAL9-uWoR8MJV-mtn0o/s1600-h/IMG_0990.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195123637179036578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4zP7CFqzExn3rqJE39zjSlD1Q8_zjQjzMtz0WtrdljouO1U5Xy-dIVT8zC2OgFOqvr8pkKTP5wUPVUW98QYu7DNoNx97hmqlqCwFq6BKtWBmAbFxcbp77tbOYuAL9-uWoR8MJV-mtn0o/s320/IMG_0990.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and this .....<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mgZGjlsXq5BjsLfNKhRw1WtUZup_FijGwVIeMR0ZCNSDy2Tz_Ytz4fy7sBYozVLH9BSGXoXjUQSfE7CDslWHqvR46PFOIU9YzB4aL2AnaRmAh0bEfOMrrfLDBtkgFSMwOTJ9YBh2HyB-/s1600-h/IMG_0991.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195123542689756050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mgZGjlsXq5BjsLfNKhRw1WtUZup_FijGwVIeMR0ZCNSDy2Tz_Ytz4fy7sBYozVLH9BSGXoXjUQSfE7CDslWHqvR46PFOIU9YzB4aL2AnaRmAh0bEfOMrrfLDBtkgFSMwOTJ9YBh2HyB-/s320/IMG_0991.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... but this? ....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195281700565464162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabKK-UFFpppX-xlQdKd1btwKf9dVg0o3d6EbZwM2KI1bBibWLkzF0lAKjvpwyA2ibxFixxcwUu77FfjMuxV-6cJ96yi45UXGn3AZeHZWPA0CF630r8EplaSDj6oZRP8vGQIt35ks44Z2d/s320/IMG_0987-1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... this is <strong>the mother</strong> of all carrier bags full of pants and socks ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZnsYVBy0F7LTeDqnm1YbY-AAKt2vkCBddouGbG-9jKqqkHo7QqPc86ufcyYWVB4xtu_Gd8PvQ9RyUIuE__R6X8r_eRKRbEkojwWWD2_ofm5aPFy0B0PrSUDmWZyqZSYCxn_w9lG68BAF/s1600-h/IMG_0992.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195123405250802562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZnsYVBy0F7LTeDqnm1YbY-AAKt2vkCBddouGbG-9jKqqkHo7QqPc86ufcyYWVB4xtu_Gd8PvQ9RyUIuE__R6X8r_eRKRbEkojwWWD2_ofm5aPFy0B0PrSUDmWZyqZSYCxn_w9lG68BAF/s320/IMG_0992.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I asked RBD2 what she thought it would be worth to sort it all out for me, and I started the bidding at two whole English pounds. She added a zero. After she'd finished we compromised .... nearer my end of the fiscal scale ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIKcIJHa38K7OIOlKganbGnWxBkFbNo4TI8HhDgCEYYyCJcUfrft8xTz-cpZc9HJBkaBt90ayoG1xnAIVDtsN8dExLoM5aN66xZyVSEvuf9Vk24eOoDQeyPIb1UzvRpcWcd6RE0c0Xwjf/s1600-h/IMG_0995.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195121940666954610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIKcIJHa38K7OIOlKganbGnWxBkFbNo4TI8HhDgCEYYyCJcUfrft8xTz-cpZc9HJBkaBt90ayoG1xnAIVDtsN8dExLoM5aN66xZyVSEvuf9Vk24eOoDQeyPIb1UzvRpcWcd6RE0c0Xwjf/s320/IMG_0995.JPG" border="0" /></a> £5 for a job well done .... Thanks. RBD2 .... same time same place next month?<br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-38859763789644354402008-04-29T06:03:00.008+01:002008-04-29T06:29:29.428+01:00Some post-garden-party (knitted) monkey abuseFollowing the strange goings on at our recent garden party, we decided to have more fun with the party hats. .... ok .... <em><strong>I</strong></em> decided to have more fun with the party hats ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp07ZVMH6wXBvbokQHjDcDhi7jqsyWXDcuxJSqhBAn8I0PMfoWWlahKuzDrjO3UztR9QQigKwv4JQFx4twD8BvVprEI0UsaDKFaLJznmMtmnXjLXsV5lV5a98Ug_HxAYRawBPBuQ8NnUtP/s1600-h/IMG_0999.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194408014023144274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp07ZVMH6wXBvbokQHjDcDhi7jqsyWXDcuxJSqhBAn8I0PMfoWWlahKuzDrjO3UztR9QQigKwv4JQFx4twD8BvVprEI0UsaDKFaLJznmMtmnXjLXsV5lV5a98Ug_HxAYRawBPBuQ8NnUtP/s320/IMG_0999.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>.... <em>must you?</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPjTjcVJJSg-4CHlAbdbd4ckaFP04dzra39XTB_oBzZV96sm7tqlenPWrRTi3i6_7EMR8kyeDS4AU5AJPo4WpQnsjrrpzAID55LOmc1542_tRpafPjGaLsMCe_iAhhxxFlB76GFAWBE8j/s1600-h/IMG_1001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194407932418765634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPjTjcVJJSg-4CHlAbdbd4ckaFP04dzra39XTB_oBzZV96sm7tqlenPWrRTi3i6_7EMR8kyeDS4AU5AJPo4WpQnsjrrpzAID55LOmc1542_tRpafPjGaLsMCe_iAhhxxFlB76GFAWBE8j/s320/IMG_1001.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>*sigh</em>* ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7iJZTfmM7NOjkdjrSr8WeR3Y6xc5SSJetv_Dqxu7jCkvUoNdRCFIajj0wNvEO6G00mFtce8KYupXsl7rmPT4qpvF8_uHlGNBlypuUzmvWWJ39Jq7Q1TOrR5_WJI7rinzo7t4QWSye5ja/s1600-h/IMG_1002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194407812159681330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7iJZTfmM7NOjkdjrSr8WeR3Y6xc5SSJetv_Dqxu7jCkvUoNdRCFIajj0wNvEO6G00mFtce8KYupXsl7rmPT4qpvF8_uHlGNBlypuUzmvWWJ39Jq7Q1TOrR5_WJI7rinzo7t4QWSye5ja/s320/IMG_1002.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... <em>are you done yet?</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nope.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYjtX2blBCpbpw9JxfQuR0uRpsKwKXIBmeOefeKsiClazWI9x37d2MbK8xWhYgH5PyI8nU-zL9ctA2sHNnDnbW36Ax4VwKvblvDcUqvcAwC3gf34kh_NWi4BgCqLmlDBWhoevv8NcW6-B/s1600-h/IMG_1005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194407601706283810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYjtX2blBCpbpw9JxfQuR0uRpsKwKXIBmeOefeKsiClazWI9x37d2MbK8xWhYgH5PyI8nU-zL9ctA2sHNnDnbW36Ax4VwKvblvDcUqvcAwC3gf34kh_NWi4BgCqLmlDBWhoevv8NcW6-B/s320/IMG_1005.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>just kill me now</em> ....<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />I can't show you where I positioned the red shiny hat for the final shot as this is a family blog, but let's just say that 007 didn't complain .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix89DPqRMVdcnKQiVwjAQreJPeQap7JYt2p7hkgs4BQ17lfl7wScjfyLnMXKmsBZCNZ-WOY9_SeqKAZaW9fYk-8PKOyywUWwj_0zX6u8kAym7h-w9pOUxkCgHMT2QpQhFROvCVp3yETi2P/s1600-h/IMG_1034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194407459972363026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix89DPqRMVdcnKQiVwjAQreJPeQap7JYt2p7hkgs4BQ17lfl7wScjfyLnMXKmsBZCNZ-WOY9_SeqKAZaW9fYk-8PKOyywUWwj_0zX6u8kAym7h-w9pOUxkCgHMT2QpQhFROvCVp3yETi2P/s320/IMG_1034.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>on the other hand</em> ....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />And then there was more.<br /><br /><br />Imagine the scene ....<br /><br /><br />.... you're a cool monkee about town ....<br /><br /><br />.... you share your name with the <a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_03/DanielCraigBBH_468x381.jpg">most suave secret agent</a> the world has ever seen ....<br /><br /><br />.... men want to be you and women want to be with you .... <span style="font-size:85%;">(mm, yeah, I thought I'd gone one step too far with that one too ....)<br /><br /></span><br />.... you spot an unattended box of <a href="http://www.thorntons.co.uk/ThorntonsSite/pages/home/default.asp">Thorntons</a> ....<br /><br /><br /></div>.... you move in for the kill ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_LwZ9VmnKlZqLciCuvEUhADorOMM3lfDfE2N_b72gmm7FoJHK0mEZZsMQbfAjHPRqfwZxrpvUPSoZevkb3q0J75KIxZ5qNgA8_0zda7pEAiyuxpGp_lkzq9KssKSyJm9wAzCjri1HOla/s1600-h/IMG_1042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194407313943474946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_LwZ9VmnKlZqLciCuvEUhADorOMM3lfDfE2N_b72gmm7FoJHK0mEZZsMQbfAjHPRqfwZxrpvUPSoZevkb3q0J75KIxZ5qNgA8_0zda7pEAiyuxpGp_lkzq9KssKSyJm9wAzCjri1HOla/s320/IMG_1042.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... and you get a <em>baby's</em> <em>bib</em> whipped over your head .... oh, the humiliation!<br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />When I was de-bibbing 007, I remembered that I used to do this with my poncho when I was young. Weird, I know, but being short haired, I wanted to know how it would feel to have long, flowing (albeit orange and turquoise granny squared) hair ....<br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194413288242983778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbzW4YEITlduE30Bf_z-YLq2NXf60aV6US0eUU6uexssuewpHCCog-LsXLiavAs1CtVnlsZCnYyzkVhCs2EL7KbtHyzzhtfClk8n-fmyqtUSL8lR4l-IstO-PT9lFzYT6MEnAa7vR2wY-/s320/IMG_1044.JPG" border="0" />.... or to help me make up my mind whether or not to become a Nun.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(.... I didn't, just in case you were wondering ....)<br /></span><br /></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-36346502331706307062008-04-26T06:08:00.001+01:002008-04-26T06:25:06.024+01:00Something strange happened in the garden ....But before I tell you about that, I must quickly thank you for all your thoughts on photo editing on my last post. I've studied them intently, and I think the overall message is .... I'm right. Hurrah!<br /><br /><br />Anyway, on with the story .....<br /><br />It was such a lovely day on Wednesday and 007 was feeling a bit grumpy, what with his latest bessie mate having been eaten (<a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-feel-sick.html">by me</a>), that I decided to throw him a bit of a party in the garden.<br /><br />There were party hats ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mSNKpQ8euXCVq6Qjqvvi4nantypeCwhS3kbL9uacLSh-veVTg9KyDxdyMUG8z2VT_b-tbCd4wDl7d2CUQ_1i1Xci3CbEMMN8IBOH-rwbtzIsA3RENNtdivsqgWG7Sx2zAA-GDOpU44gx/s1600-h/IMG_0938.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193069676443906802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9mSNKpQ8euXCVq6Qjqvvi4nantypeCwhS3kbL9uacLSh-veVTg9KyDxdyMUG8z2VT_b-tbCd4wDl7d2CUQ_1i1Xci3CbEMMN8IBOH-rwbtzIsA3RENNtdivsqgWG7Sx2zAA-GDOpU44gx/s320/IMG_0938.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and <del>homemade</del> cupcakes ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kz9OF0lU9aRqTtJBC1DlKaSGWcutiM-gR0HDpVsfPMkFCVTQVgyV4-youGQ_3k-YoLcxh03HIY1apbUlmvPUSOInt6WT0PBVumDj_JZ1Ey0fZn7jzv7a5FrILI-1VfqUVYS9LBMZmr6d/s1600-h/IMG_0946.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193069543299920610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kz9OF0lU9aRqTtJBC1DlKaSGWcutiM-gR0HDpVsfPMkFCVTQVgyV4-youGQ_3k-YoLcxh03HIY1apbUlmvPUSOInt6WT0PBVumDj_JZ1Ey0fZn7jzv7a5FrILI-1VfqUVYS9LBMZmr6d/s320/IMG_0946.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and even a lovely heart-shaped balloon (kindly provided by <a href="http://www.raspberry.co.uk/">Alice</a> when I bought <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=8151151">this</a> gorgeous bag) ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__jCTlMtlAxn33zw7ayVlN7S_U3_B2dmB_Co88F-soqgAovgPaG32zJcS68VkkCvPMCyRwz7GXp8RCUft0JfmrDiznYb0q3EvaotzE4Pe8HMADCGm_8tGoaw5exHpLOw45v-zREgmMd-V/s1600-h/IMG_0961.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193069448810640082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__jCTlMtlAxn33zw7ayVlN7S_U3_B2dmB_Co88F-soqgAovgPaG32zJcS68VkkCvPMCyRwz7GXp8RCUft0JfmrDiznYb0q3EvaotzE4Pe8HMADCGm_8tGoaw5exHpLOw45v-zREgmMd-V/s320/IMG_0961.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> (oh yeah .... I've <em>really</em> over-edited this picture .... where are my shades?)</span></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />007 was one happy monkee ....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietSuUDsXzhyphenhypheng6FX2TtSUNCdPb4_2897-6y4guPTOcF2K_7EPxiBMzSYeqxGO1mTx5KXFSiYLlSDvMxxUy5QEEp5HW24SpMqgJ273SBf9KWN6jls6x4wggg0rkk1deYG7wcpbKjhe9dEx5/s1600-h/IMG_0940.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193069315666653890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietSuUDsXzhyphenhypheng6FX2TtSUNCdPb4_2897-6y4guPTOcF2K_7EPxiBMzSYeqxGO1mTx5KXFSiYLlSDvMxxUy5QEEp5HW24SpMqgJ273SBf9KWN6jls6x4wggg0rkk1deYG7wcpbKjhe9dEx5/s400/IMG_0940.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br />.... but that's when the something strange happened ....</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwOByFf_ijYaC4vWIgUK1430wJGcik9OvAz4ZVYAYPao21JDlSmexpFRLrCHaAtVDjywWG81Vwd4oAhR8YP3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />.... what the ....??? 007 looked around for the scoundrel who had sabotaged his garden party but could see no one.<br /><br /><br />.... and then he spotted the blue party hat ....<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuqs_7XB4D5gf2EMSoO3gRyjYJ1gkqrv1M1tyJu78v_MJbV-_edQtqJsgx1u8yE2GAR17u9l9kSOHD3lbmiAm6-cGJJX6GRs5Xk60J7umb8eBx23SBV3o61Wn1w6QB9lK9Hk35G6yhuuC/s1600-h/IMG_0979.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193066339254317746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuqs_7XB4D5gf2EMSoO3gRyjYJ1gkqrv1M1tyJu78v_MJbV-_edQtqJsgx1u8yE2GAR17u9l9kSOHD3lbmiAm6-cGJJX6GRs5Xk60J7umb8eBx23SBV3o61Wn1w6QB9lK9Hk35G6yhuuC/s320/IMG_0979.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... and looked underneath it. And who did he find there?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUBtXhVH4hurncAeCXieHxbgCpK2gAMLGSjpclkDdRxrLEOlvg8KoXFzSG1PvvePI90dIrCWj9sNp6xp1EfloA5dIk2acuUwWLhtfM9WamVvkPk0q9HiVxcnKnk2RMyjfKenWXZplwpnk/s1600-h/IMG_0980.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193066236175102626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUBtXhVH4hurncAeCXieHxbgCpK2gAMLGSjpclkDdRxrLEOlvg8KoXFzSG1PvvePI90dIrCWj9sNp6xp1EfloA5dIk2acuUwWLhtfM9WamVvkPk0q9HiVxcnKnk2RMyjfKenWXZplwpnk/s320/IMG_0980.JPG" border="0" /></a> Greg.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Note to Dotty Cookie if she's looking .... told you my two neglected pots aren't as pretty as yours!)<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />.... Greg, looking like butter wouldn't melt in his little crocheted mouth .....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VSQIGQnK7v_aWyLPA6hxdZMbybJeWrzDXh2mn3MbwGd5nZirwN5k4Pi-dusp4ue6m0ZFjFNOBxcxR9Uz08_hEdbLvLJRbRbCBjHRGNZubtr34wV1VUyKSv900oAU6uvp-XUiRRhZAI2u/s1600-h/IMG_0981.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193066042901574290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VSQIGQnK7v_aWyLPA6hxdZMbybJeWrzDXh2mn3MbwGd5nZirwN5k4Pi-dusp4ue6m0ZFjFNOBxcxR9Uz08_hEdbLvLJRbRbCBjHRGNZubtr34wV1VUyKSv900oAU6uvp-XUiRRhZAI2u/s320/IMG_0981.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... Greg, who insisted he had nothing to do with it ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7mgj4WbURQpwPPTk3G9a8D1uMi0pdIekwin8gUaLMu-u9Oss5GSYdYVu38tRzCJvl3_V4s7pQkP9ocTk7rqNqw_-_O2DvXJMdJGlMe2AniMjGLNuwNUu6Hc8Jj_QnKbYw5jC8jmVf29x/s1600-h/IMG_0982.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193065926937457282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7mgj4WbURQpwPPTk3G9a8D1uMi0pdIekwin8gUaLMu-u9Oss5GSYdYVu38tRzCJvl3_V4s7pQkP9ocTk7rqNqw_-_O2DvXJMdJGlMe2AniMjGLNuwNUu6Hc8Jj_QnKbYw5jC8jmVf29x/s320/IMG_0982.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>I had nothing to do with it</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRAw8nVrvhHTRyzU0KiiMIlwxFNIrAxjZ8kLxybjXr91B-NwrRtILHWSj4vo0cFHQJ5Stl54gNXqh7i-KL0Byii4ak3ps-O3x7nh5ibafD1F2k70RfKjbHSBgsik-ui18f1kQ-NYNzMnj/s1600-h/IMG_0983.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193065823858242162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRAw8nVrvhHTRyzU0KiiMIlwxFNIrAxjZ8kLxybjXr91B-NwrRtILHWSj4vo0cFHQJ5Stl54gNXqh7i-KL0Byii4ak3ps-O3x7nh5ibafD1F2k70RfKjbHSBgsik-ui18f1kQ-NYNzMnj/s320/IMG_0983.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>I didn't do it!</em>.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPfBI3DL93yr0o9Racvh_dHPMncMeIg7zT0252bIcLcETytTOVrpQbp3iiIWFmWUPItRNUb8II1BKV-XyRp_0Px7rjow1t_t76wtpTymIFDLY0C7otrsxsNPBFPwCyjN-fAJETqZroPpK/s1600-h/IMG_0984.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193065643469615714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPfBI3DL93yr0o9Racvh_dHPMncMeIg7zT0252bIcLcETytTOVrpQbp3iiIWFmWUPItRNUb8II1BKV-XyRp_0Px7rjow1t_t76wtpTymIFDLY0C7otrsxsNPBFPwCyjN-fAJETqZroPpK/s320/IMG_0984.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>No, really .... it wasn't me!!</em> ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBI5M_nRQWsRlfrBm_JYaysgja0YK6m5NE3PbhcZn-uaHXiaRuWOKAmECvsUEEFHrPxbKILITsbc56qFLtox_br5eZtHEm0G2f4TaZJ9KTWACwMs511zXM3re-aeOGRGK8VYwliTYLT5LD/s1600-h/IMG_0985.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193065501735694930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBI5M_nRQWsRlfrBm_JYaysgja0YK6m5NE3PbhcZn-uaHXiaRuWOKAmECvsUEEFHrPxbKILITsbc56qFLtox_br5eZtHEm0G2f4TaZJ9KTWACwMs511zXM3re-aeOGRGK8VYwliTYLT5LD/s320/IMG_0985.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... <em>mmfffppfffffhh!</em> ....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />So Greg protested his innocence until the bitter end. And really, he was under the hat the whole time, so how <strong>could</strong> he have done it?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left">It's a mystery .....<br /></div><br /><div></div></div><br /></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-62823104678753475692008-04-24T06:05:00.036+01:002008-04-24T06:57:43.049+01:00Possibly more photos than you can be bothered to look at ........ and not a single one of them a monkee. Shocking.<br /><br />If you're only here for the monkees you may want to skip this and come back next time, when normal monkee service will resume. But, if like me, you like looking at other people's photographs (I'm a freak, I know .... or possibly just very nosey), and could maybe spare a few minutes at the end to help settle an argument, I'd be grateful.<br /><br />I like to take photos and then I like to edit photos to (hopefully) enhance them. But it seems that what I see on my laptop screen may not be <em>entirely</em> accurate. When we went to Prague last year I took 200+ pictures, then edited them, and then spent around twenty quid having them <em>all </em>printed out .... wanna come see my holiday photos??<br /><br />They turned out a tad on the gare-ish side ....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Y4zmTDZeYFEvYlqVytyNx53XHpWp-Lli7Z5ehyphenhyphenxn5qa2wiWyLP1IPIcs27IljHmbmzshqoI2nj-Iww82hljaQHI84G-bDpz-NxP6GjpozVtSqOWSE9mvWsT4qVx3hBNSOIjpY7UvuV3m/s1600-h/IMG_0709.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192539076184158770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Y4zmTDZeYFEvYlqVytyNx53XHpWp-Lli7Z5ehyphenhyphenxn5qa2wiWyLP1IPIcs27IljHmbmzshqoI2nj-Iww82hljaQHI84G-bDpz-NxP6GjpozVtSqOWSE9mvWsT4qVx3hBNSOIjpY7UvuV3m/s320/IMG_0709.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />.... mind you, sometimes gare-ish is good ....<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192539196443243074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyqb1VYrpVvWXUEV55juIAV34QKTvoNFXiU0BfFCc8_L-LHGNNCc8hLM6FL22zFxXlvyAnJuSHyuiHjjqFgnWfPW9W9WBR1lmB0HKpTn2AJJYyMpysAX_Q3ElyTxKusKtvwte_N5vUnDm/s320/IMG_0711.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Since that unfortunate incident, RGH thinks I shouldn't edit my photos, and thinks I should just leave them in their original, straight-out-of-the-camera form.<br /><br />But I disagree. Surely all pictures are edited? Imagine picking up the latest celebrity magazine and seeing un-airbrushed celebs, or the Sunday supplements having un-doctored pictures. Wouldn't it be a bit .... dull?<br /><br />Anyway. Since I've discovered Picasa I've <em>tried</em> to be a bit more subtle in my photo editing, sometimes just using the "I feel lucky" tool to automatically adjust them, but often using other effects.<br /><br />Here are some before (or I feel luckied) shots, followed by the - sometimes heavily - edited ones ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BfIYHqH9slDxwWbMjFe9YuLhggKdqu3xl7_20kJxzUdSeQo9x8pDgQhzuq_-0u9AJHDgI_XU0HJakB57L0AoBXZc3NVEn6i8LNRUH28-IyhuRxtMyBnvDMy7SJqNc_Hsxljisaon4aKr/s1600-h/IMG_0398.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192537323837501970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BfIYHqH9slDxwWbMjFe9YuLhggKdqu3xl7_20kJxzUdSeQo9x8pDgQhzuq_-0u9AJHDgI_XU0HJakB57L0AoBXZc3NVEn6i8LNRUH28-IyhuRxtMyBnvDMy7SJqNc_Hsxljisaon4aKr/s320/IMG_0398.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a 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alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXg_a2MNv8nZ1oXhkvtxlibYQCFwbcw4UZGv6d6tw1aMEFn-qJO0Z9TzRnLNW1xB8dWHR3l9VmxEgTiMyBmC_4Jp4GTaFtls42uxgiH5lPMijP6YZhQruCxSFNN7xRjmeXNLkkA70ft88/s320/IMG_0646.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />(you see? I told you there were a lot ....)</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left">RGH asked me not to edit his photos. So I didn't ....<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1prqlx4IBM6UDte_s4_beTCVWONSyqHp9d6AHCioIne6PkPc6PN3y4gDjERGAp7X9vOGk-eOSsta7tL0Ao25_l16NL2iIq12KJUEFUW7l0dskIgzckfnhVYaBB5OIUgwMV37HBYeN7ls_/s1600-h/DSCF1713.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192529429687611490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1prqlx4IBM6UDte_s4_beTCVWONSyqHp9d6AHCioIne6PkPc6PN3y4gDjERGAp7X9vOGk-eOSsta7tL0Ao25_l16NL2iIq12KJUEFUW7l0dskIgzckfnhVYaBB5OIUgwMV37HBYeN7ls_/s320/DSCF1713.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />.... for about five minutes ....</div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192530318745841778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYod6pYfmOwPzexs7gHKDVo3Ka3dmjgUqJijJfI99komJORJmTEWIi3Uok-jvAoV8AxNlEU9cfvCqlcs2i0cbJCWmL3yu7xEtYHK6rw0tqyHu-HXywF4M02vo9UWka_AzsyXWSI9c4sBr-/s320/DSCF1713-1.jpg" border="0" /> (better, no?) <div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />I may have accidentally done one ....<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz0v7Iu3d98kJSpgnZ7yDj-OaigLG0p9dT0Dc4vVSW4lQ93CDsGEbVb0KaF58zqhutUB7zvl9z0uRFDYHq1YmH2hTDzno70LIZJdHaHvHTzcmlbmNgjCLDH9uHmIdqT8-KyReV3_XqPlM/s1600-h/DSCF1705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192528961536176210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz0v7Iu3d98kJSpgnZ7yDj-OaigLG0p9dT0Dc4vVSW4lQ93CDsGEbVb0KaF58zqhutUB7zvl9z0uRFDYHq1YmH2hTDzno70LIZJdHaHvHTzcmlbmNgjCLDH9uHmIdqT8-KyReV3_XqPlM/s320/DSCF1705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />.... or two more ....<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVIsYSQQ9wNy8Gse6tzn62NwKP4qr068BZYEQDT-YgqSUQa5C2pdGIaEqCSljtND7dqeCZ_m69DJI9QKDuIw5gojfOwo5lbY1OqPGNUHTF-B93nu3PwVGkUqvjjVG4sLeKHqgSKiVos6d/s1600-h/DSCF1722.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192528420370296898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVIsYSQQ9wNy8Gse6tzn62NwKP4qr068BZYEQDT-YgqSUQa5C2pdGIaEqCSljtND7dqeCZ_m69DJI9QKDuIw5gojfOwo5lbY1OqPGNUHTF-B93nu3PwVGkUqvjjVG4sLeKHqgSKiVos6d/s320/DSCF1722.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So. What do you think? Am I right, or is he wrong? Any advice would be gratefully accepted and acted upon .... unless you're agreeing with him .....</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />* * * * * * * *</div><div align="left"><br /><br />Despite both girls being at the same school and only one year apart, RBD1 is staying home today due to the teacher's strike, but RBD2 has to go in. You can imagine how RBD2 feels about that .... </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-22494319239652941472008-04-22T06:04:00.002+01:002008-04-22T23:13:47.951+01:00I feel sick ....Look what happened. Look what I did ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X6TsLbOe3LYWLH6ReGdOnanjouQpd38mJPF9HJUYA0f4xaaK7285z-q705GaLnKwPh6hdMlco14rtn6VwlOe9dZC2pN7hBEG0SjDntadqnEdpzeIUsI5pysYtcKYxfHg_35J-9Aa8kD3/s1600-h/IMG_0841.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191779320194177154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X6TsLbOe3LYWLH6ReGdOnanjouQpd38mJPF9HJUYA0f4xaaK7285z-q705GaLnKwPh6hdMlco14rtn6VwlOe9dZC2pN7hBEG0SjDntadqnEdpzeIUsI5pysYtcKYxfHg_35J-9Aa8kD3/s320/IMG_0841.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... bite marks ....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I tried and tried to resist .... but the lure of the Lindt was too great ....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRHzublmYUjH-rRnvVBlZAwCxmj6I3l2Hshuy_PdBfKXdVRl-5uDTR3Dw44UsuDsvB0aK9dbtlNtKCb94KtMGzfgUYolnWKCLiEZ4vFveUy9zVB3f4VzLNCHXmusIYiMCpLIT02vZNDbz/s1600-h/IMG_0832.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191779221409929330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRHzublmYUjH-rRnvVBlZAwCxmj6I3l2Hshuy_PdBfKXdVRl-5uDTR3Dw44UsuDsvB0aK9dbtlNtKCb94KtMGzfgUYolnWKCLiEZ4vFveUy9zVB3f4VzLNCHXmusIYiMCpLIT02vZNDbz/s320/IMG_0832.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... sorry bunny ....<br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />007 wasn't best pleased .....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPAWNdUTdO_CjPJjTKiSnXZmf56Cb1YOegYVElOvlRUkSrp-YYUWg4s2B_Lg_EQ7vAhyphenhyphenCUdypFVsgbKK5qtuBYCczWY49z_xoJxuMh_m5L-PLvqgWBIy9Z7NVfl3beMnBdW8wgU8gWjiA/s1600-h/IMG_0821.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191779041021302882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPAWNdUTdO_CjPJjTKiSnXZmf56Cb1YOegYVElOvlRUkSrp-YYUWg4s2B_Lg_EQ7vAhyphenhyphenCUdypFVsgbKK5qtuBYCczWY49z_xoJxuMh_m5L-PLvqgWBIy9Z7NVfl3beMnBdW8wgU8gWjiA/s320/IMG_0821.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and vowed to take revenge ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpULktu85B08wmQ7k1fDWl4ggFtefjJEgAbFz2BNFmvmp7VQR2qK6a-G9l1-sts2HxF0g8FrkQg4DhPwvGV3ki5K5QKIVaRrPCuRSEXx5zlJVxbw2UHQHIlnODIwdrPAxjEElya_BIl_78/s1600-h/IMG_0830.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191778581459802194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpULktu85B08wmQ7k1fDWl4ggFtefjJEgAbFz2BNFmvmp7VQR2qK6a-G9l1-sts2HxF0g8FrkQg4DhPwvGV3ki5K5QKIVaRrPCuRSEXx5zlJVxbw2UHQHIlnODIwdrPAxjEElya_BIl_78/s320/IMG_0830.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I ignored his idle threat and got on with making the tea. And before you say it .... yes, chocolate does make an excellent starter. And breakfast, as we've already discussed.<br /><br /><br />I was so engrossed with the task in hand, I didn't notice this going on ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuPEn6CH4lgbRbx1ws4J5c0TNiF4x3hZViO9_06uQ5t7cvzSOn_lhhIefUB6jTDShuvyXbNgtFXdlob0SgJCKbYKM9-Nh7ajJr-t_CDAsrrfCRH7VhigJsMT0Xml3Fk22QXwAhH5bv-Gs/s1600-h/IMG_0860.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191778242157385794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuPEn6CH4lgbRbx1ws4J5c0TNiF4x3hZViO9_06uQ5t7cvzSOn_lhhIefUB6jTDShuvyXbNgtFXdlob0SgJCKbYKM9-Nh7ajJr-t_CDAsrrfCRH7VhigJsMT0Xml3Fk22QXwAhH5bv-Gs/s320/IMG_0860.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />007 had only bundled the latest batch of stunt monkees into a bag and was making off with them!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb78yFtU0K3GqnC2A54NJJ6JX8HHoQrGrVovWBddZQ1OVm8Hess7g3d0HVCg-k4YR8YGydli-XzmtDU-iGJkK8QPiUDT4OFs8thPCJcENdObpqWfA_-PDs02A2kOxsFA4Lf-DMurDbLPSC/s1600-h/IMG_0862.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191778164847974450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb78yFtU0K3GqnC2A54NJJ6JX8HHoQrGrVovWBddZQ1OVm8Hess7g3d0HVCg-k4YR8YGydli-XzmtDU-iGJkK8QPiUDT4OFs8thPCJcENdObpqWfA_-PDs02A2kOxsFA4Lf-DMurDbLPSC/s320/IMG_0862.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Down the hall ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHHdP-9CWxxAKaEPkI8d_3h-rJHQJwGGXo14f2hMfKRlxX8wCb14Rvcjayt5q8ZOWljpZSxdL1iK6pLMJzX6gDPnSgcU14xGs6azBDNDh0anAee7r2M64XcvRAbHgSkQworZ-6UiIwza-/s1600-h/IMG_0863.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191778018819086370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHHdP-9CWxxAKaEPkI8d_3h-rJHQJwGGXo14f2hMfKRlxX8wCb14Rvcjayt5q8ZOWljpZSxdL1iK6pLMJzX6gDPnSgcU14xGs6azBDNDh0anAee7r2M64XcvRAbHgSkQworZ-6UiIwza-/s320/IMG_0863.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl7zkrtiw_eIdQSHPBFdbXZXMZTvfbGDykkRIuzIzYkW9Tb1quLnByfSQeGA1_M7_ikTh78bycS2z5YsA8jPMgrYgWTqmi89gGYyQ8A6NuwHVNxqizQA320ID-vsWeDZzufAJJu-TMq1i/s1600-h/IMG_0865.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191777705286473746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl7zkrtiw_eIdQSHPBFdbXZXMZTvfbGDykkRIuzIzYkW9Tb1quLnByfSQeGA1_M7_ikTh78bycS2z5YsA8jPMgrYgWTqmi89gGYyQ8A6NuwHVNxqizQA320ID-vsWeDZzufAJJu-TMq1i/s320/IMG_0865.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZrz9Blqv-ApvlmXDfX_tXs_cPaiT_bSUjYcZ7uuQ8z-J_r9M5xdVLLLNMQa7eh9xH-EyC0rn1FS0sV1k0mgzmoLih6ZjJHGKKO7zQBaOELz0SKpicdQDhKFPTtgKiN_hJmEHbF97RYWK/s1600-h/IMG_0866.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191777597912291330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZrz9Blqv-ApvlmXDfX_tXs_cPaiT_bSUjYcZ7uuQ8z-J_r9M5xdVLLLNMQa7eh9xH-EyC0rn1FS0sV1k0mgzmoLih6ZjJHGKKO7zQBaOELz0SKpicdQDhKFPTtgKiN_hJmEHbF97RYWK/s320/IMG_0866.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6w64zhRlQuSUuG7SH3oKJFZ_LUDDyHpIZ5OB0Lk8lkBm-1d8RrmTXjfbeuEtK_4TkJ7d3mWa5pMI5GIFZQ_b3WPlHYzXPU1o9s93MQaufWpKERMOVYBbxdiFZk_8CYE6WqAe3D89bng4G/s1600-h/IMG_0867.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191777142645757938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6w64zhRlQuSUuG7SH3oKJFZ_LUDDyHpIZ5OB0Lk8lkBm-1d8RrmTXjfbeuEtK_4TkJ7d3mWa5pMI5GIFZQ_b3WPlHYzXPU1o9s93MQaufWpKERMOVYBbxdiFZk_8CYE6WqAe3D89bng4G/s320/IMG_0867.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTaQDDhh5C_SJrCrTpddnFk5vrlJpnhOUYtZeAjXobENdpd-ER3JaAJyzm3roXh5UijDBQqwqYfc6nYdh_ds8CU4roB8ZGz0yZOzlwExW7ecFoQ8x7Kx89uNmWPUvRlLuENgY0HlCATvp/s1600-h/IMG_0869.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191777013796739042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTaQDDhh5C_SJrCrTpddnFk5vrlJpnhOUYtZeAjXobENdpd-ER3JaAJyzm3roXh5UijDBQqwqYfc6nYdh_ds8CU4roB8ZGz0yZOzlwExW7ecFoQ8x7Kx89uNmWPUvRlLuENgY0HlCATvp/s320/IMG_0869.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and out the front door ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQS8u4I7AUoV0V-9jpMdIbhSV2ocl0q9NqjHD3lTY778xuC4rByysFb9jm0MXBquYG8END8UUEL_niB4pxEqVe3HNFlZrMc3Go_xOpoeFSLWc_vEO2bHcJV2zXcvl1OWUyc7nJXR2o5T_/s1600-h/IMG_0870.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191776863472883666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQS8u4I7AUoV0V-9jpMdIbhSV2ocl0q9NqjHD3lTY778xuC4rByysFb9jm0MXBquYG8END8UUEL_niB4pxEqVe3HNFlZrMc3Go_xOpoeFSLWc_vEO2bHcJV2zXcvl1OWUyc7nJXR2o5T_/s320/IMG_0870.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... whoa, whoa, whoa!! Back up there a second! <del>I took these photos</del> These photos were taken yesterday afternoon. The first day back to school for the RBD's ....<br /><br />.... so how do you explain THIS .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191785079745321106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2d3ohzuzPm1ahCjrR_ys-Axe4tTVaC9XCm87idVUd-hima2aSxRHDPaHDm8QYWUa9gy_6YqlgtsY-cN-NN2fy6YyeOYpZRQb-GrtaQrGRAqU-IACduUo_KYaYJ5EyzdTG5_WimcREXFu/s320/IMG_0870.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">.... Exhibit A : school uniform .... grrrrr ....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I left it there .... and I won't be re-ironing it before school today. So there!)</span></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway .... as I was saying .... out through the door ....<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UMiOwdQGRtvPMCxeNlZBC4l_oy7WN8ZsC-ppqzK9nc_-iaLvPiNyVImu4_aF8m44iuFoRtuUjdH76XExxsiUtDYgzMf0NV4HckxIYdnmoYGswjHrF_9tCiSQcn4ylWF3_LoNRUZjFFa1/s1600-h/IMG_0871.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191776730328897474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UMiOwdQGRtvPMCxeNlZBC4l_oy7WN8ZsC-ppqzK9nc_-iaLvPiNyVImu4_aF8m44iuFoRtuUjdH76XExxsiUtDYgzMf0NV4HckxIYdnmoYGswjHrF_9tCiSQcn4ylWF3_LoNRUZjFFa1/s320/IMG_0871.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and up some precariously placed steps ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV4djzliBv7-Z3ZeRilLVHEDW8vUVbjKy9igO5aVAo15om8fGMYk9yP_ndmEw2JlEPftH9nIeVv37apSVfJ2zuhvyUTYydc_nYkDvrPGecISOnn_bnwy_koiw6feteH811-RI5tK-n_9e/s1600-h/IMG_0872.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191776622954715058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaV4djzliBv7-Z3ZeRilLVHEDW8vUVbjKy9igO5aVAo15om8fGMYk9yP_ndmEw2JlEPftH9nIeVv37apSVfJ2zuhvyUTYydc_nYkDvrPGecISOnn_bnwy_koiw6feteH811-RI5tK-n_9e/s320/IMG_0872.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... to the bin .... !<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHRdVnuCHF9Uq-iI222mD-Tn3qFFeoc-9h8XUBvMeU2JdJ1hZHXlZs8rkgzENlBMDCG-OjMFyoIM8OYbP-oJJAHZgdJS7xu6Xnx60EvRMDsdZqgc9_GknNp-4wM0Euizk8zH3d8Rq-oW7/s1600-h/IMG_0873.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191776438271121314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHRdVnuCHF9Uq-iI222mD-Tn3qFFeoc-9h8XUBvMeU2JdJ1hZHXlZs8rkgzENlBMDCG-OjMFyoIM8OYbP-oJJAHZgdJS7xu6Xnx60EvRMDsdZqgc9_GknNp-4wM0Euizk8zH3d8Rq-oW7/s320/IMG_0873.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... can you see where this is going? Or more to the point, where they're going??<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvkajuex7wSG3d5-j2ywFSprp_2hmMUuoTTFvIT3_cXsP6gkZqgbHwHhSLsV5HkSf0IJjlCVA__ClfEQQouGOzMvOvqxexD_BXOWiPJW5050uOr4ZMLYZlQPDxpWoz32lDPr8gWKm3N9a/s1600-h/IMG_0874.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191776339486873490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvkajuex7wSG3d5-j2ywFSprp_2hmMUuoTTFvIT3_cXsP6gkZqgbHwHhSLsV5HkSf0IJjlCVA__ClfEQQouGOzMvOvqxexD_BXOWiPJW5050uOr4ZMLYZlQPDxpWoz32lDPr8gWKm3N9a/s320/IMG_0874.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... it <em>could</em> have ended like that, if I hadn't rescued them in the nick of time ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNLHjmtVCI4Gzt8ibR2I-rfPX66tMtgHQiJk37FEr9HO8GY2m95hKCbjuT7oblJACRKvVguGW-mDSePlBj6pjSjmq_2hi-RSr6nE9D7lQ15uFrHQfVbIfE24flMYip3CtYjxPkTYiUIj4/s1600-h/IMG_0877.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191776107558639474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNLHjmtVCI4Gzt8ibR2I-rfPX66tMtgHQiJk37FEr9HO8GY2m95hKCbjuT7oblJACRKvVguGW-mDSePlBj6pjSjmq_2hi-RSr6nE9D7lQ15uFrHQfVbIfE24flMYip3CtYjxPkTYiUIj4/s320/IMG_0877.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And do you know what? Those brave little stunt monkees just kept on smiling through the whole traumatic incident ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYNlG6H-kEDLlIKtoBE8oekL12qd_pZg6NFyJuYDKEuzwWOTSAw4C7IiuO0ekl8UcgvxuZ4Af_yJkKUa1_6NCbZK06UcCr66X5ymzbiFRpCWhe8yvIakSfEuCDtTbAkJElmw73012Hikc/s1600-h/IMG_0882.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191775888515307362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYNlG6H-kEDLlIKtoBE8oekL12qd_pZg6NFyJuYDKEuzwWOTSAw4C7IiuO0ekl8UcgvxuZ4Af_yJkKUa1_6NCbZK06UcCr66X5ymzbiFRpCWhe8yvIakSfEuCDtTbAkJElmw73012Hikc/s320/IMG_0882.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">* * * * * * * * *<br /><br /><br /><strong>Update :<br /></strong>Many thanks to everyone who stopped by my shop tonight to reserve these monkees and bag .... once again the virtual shelves were cleared out in a flash, and slowly but surely the quest for world domination by monkees made of knit continues ....<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1ow0gQ0kYTgZyv33pjmJltbs4-zrbrEZQxepuFt7d2tLo5j9b27xqif-RkuYl4Idu_esLHMl7-kzJj0oQO6N4YWZJC_qXIHb5Yipnlh5XranJgSjW-f1rtjK23YyYPWjeYGOXWASdj3e/s1600-h/IMG_0851.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191775497673283394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1ow0gQ0kYTgZyv33pjmJltbs4-zrbrEZQxepuFt7d2tLo5j9b27xqif-RkuYl4Idu_esLHMl7-kzJj0oQO6N4YWZJC_qXIHb5Yipnlh5XranJgSjW-f1rtjK23YyYPWjeYGOXWASdj3e/s320/IMG_0851.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191775721011582802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsI3Ue0o65dCf2QvzxjaGp4znRjG3oCCeLiLf5sEaL83ZSpDE7oPr-TEMDpR_sRGCdsUJqNho_ScRU1xj03ZoUUjjn4onI0w4uOwPSJAVb_aduzswLMSr66l4laEpl_U6fVZ4_UxYFYlzL/s320/IMG_0859.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><p align="center"> </p>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-18282493865828762762008-04-19T06:29:00.006+01:002008-04-19T06:46:14.776+01:00It's been a while .....Just a quickie today as I have to go and prepare myself for a date with one of these* .....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrHCmhmrZaZvZSwg-x_9vHgNfPLlFir5YtTKuM78t2_cpUCEqLanw9jSx7MuDZs_w1fH-1-HmmmkjOuvpPGzXofw70w4SV3cVRGiY-bZhUqVjhxfC0FwDLKxquVWmIQ_b6qfaumOBaGs_/s1600-h/Muffin1.1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190824860872782498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrHCmhmrZaZvZSwg-x_9vHgNfPLlFir5YtTKuM78t2_cpUCEqLanw9jSx7MuDZs_w1fH-1-HmmmkjOuvpPGzXofw70w4SV3cVRGiY-bZhUqVjhxfC0FwDLKxquVWmIQ_b6qfaumOBaGs_/s400/Muffin1.1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Like I said .... it's been a while .....<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGJPUhN3FeGKFfBt6J8Jg-xfnJhz75j5SqUeP09sLqaYtAUqMJeCt8dBWWNssVNZNTQGq-r-WUm7aD8k6KQTjQnu0nMk4OhButYhnoI9eAoPzk30eNKOm29_NjeEtB7kpWDScrV8Hf0Li/s1600-h/IMG_0712.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190824787858338450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGJPUhN3FeGKFfBt6J8Jg-xfnJhz75j5SqUeP09sLqaYtAUqMJeCt8dBWWNssVNZNTQGq-r-WUm7aD8k6KQTjQnu0nMk4OhButYhnoI9eAoPzk30eNKOm29_NjeEtB7kpWDScrV8Hf0Li/s400/IMG_0712.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a>..... since you saw any corners of my home .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... or any monkees in my shop .....<br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGHO-mGRhyphenhyphen6Y6HtVYBtRZcSKDgf87zSW6Ya2fx53S1NLoxR8DUrmm1Ady2mhqOwZldjktoEqvsU6MvDJherT2_P9BQLh6uW0AVYf_sWvfo0GrQw97lC0pnQUFnROlHE7rS2KSyNLkEBB8/s1600-h/IMG_0714.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190824706253959810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGHO-mGRhyphenhyphen6Y6HtVYBtRZcSKDgf87zSW6Ya2fx53S1NLoxR8DUrmm1Ady2mhqOwZldjktoEqvsU6MvDJherT2_P9BQLh6uW0AVYf_sWvfo0GrQw97lC0pnQUFnROlHE7rS2KSyNLkEBB8/s400/IMG_0714.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... of course you may have lost interest by now .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... what with having to wait so long** .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrIFRthb-3K5Zk3wgJQfszr4kxNVt0GwTgdbWGMQAw94RBA_e789mIdi9vHqUiOswOtMb48opsTFjNJBjCtdJcijj_D9VT74GjpHVIvNueSdqW0HUYIdHFx6FKEGWJ-8KUjKUBVsHYcc2/s1600-h/IMG_0718.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190824551635137138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrIFRthb-3K5Zk3wgJQfszr4kxNVt0GwTgdbWGMQAw94RBA_e789mIdi9vHqUiOswOtMb48opsTFjNJBjCtdJcijj_D9VT74GjpHVIvNueSdqW0HUYIdHFx6FKEGWJ-8KUjKUBVsHYcc2/s400/IMG_0718.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... but just in case you do want one .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... Tuesday night, 10 pm (UK time).....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEbnzsxXKHJ_RkLBmQPWZgt1UoBmbGeOfgRv3mtDQDaAZ3FZerlQ9CHJh73FLTf-EuXteIfU3fTExCTum8hvIpy1fUFMeKCfeQALOLtW8F8_uoddf8JMJk2LrlzgmA91e_sqgymy_p82o/s1600-h/IMG_0720.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190824439965987426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEbnzsxXKHJ_RkLBmQPWZgt1UoBmbGeOfgRv3mtDQDaAZ3FZerlQ9CHJh73FLTf-EuXteIfU3fTExCTum8hvIpy1fUFMeKCfeQALOLtW8F8_uoddf8JMJk2LrlzgmA91e_sqgymy_p82o/s400/IMG_0720.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... <a href="http://monkees4u.blogspot.com/">round at mine</a> .....<br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* for 'prepare myself for a date' read 'go back to bed for another hour'<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left">** let's not call me lazy .... let's call them rare and exclusive .....<br /></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-73444721154086885922008-04-17T06:10:00.001+01:002008-04-17T06:47:15.141+01:00I'm not a granny and I'm not square .......... hmm .... ok, so I <em>am</em> square, but I'm definitely not a granny (and as my Rather Beautiful Daughters aren't allowed to leave the house without a chaperone, hopefully I won't be for a very long time). Even so, I am loving the whole granny square revival.<br /><br />.... although I can't help wondering if there is actually a revival. Are granny squares so retro they're cool again, or am I just getting old?<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189577134218588690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGAE3N3gphB7SQI85_EFzT-OUgkputxype027Ksy2rr3VCSAb9XENSr7Cd5rHy67VHfq0e_U7CMaoPTHWT8UHyvC7c5wm2l0E7zGaSZ3uPFWZtTCqy4Gk5DI2-cPMksTbuoisdeLdl29OF/s320/040.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">... my granny squares ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br />My Rather Fabulous Sister was a granny square virgin until she had a lesson from our Mum. Here she is modelling her very first square .....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUppZIbEwsyIUcBM8urpuGx60QE4m-oKKnqqU7-0LJlQJffBWMdbw-D_7njI47kx_SqhfdY5aowgv7dSR1D3K5VDrvjV9spQ8f0pFNV-g4jlsh_tS8Zyk-gHMUHhM695jvs9a1VBAqETJh/s1600-h/GrannySquare2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189577357556888114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUppZIbEwsyIUcBM8urpuGx60QE4m-oKKnqqU7-0LJlQJffBWMdbw-D_7njI47kx_SqhfdY5aowgv7dSR1D3K5VDrvjV9spQ8f0pFNV-g4jlsh_tS8Zyk-gHMUHhM695jvs9a1VBAqETJh/s320/GrannySquare2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... oh no, wait, I seem to have blanked out her pretty face. Hang on .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4o4d3HwWJVQGI0ZgWF8c9DjyFWh67-O2MZkgafkBHVo5OYEpx8r4jJqq8uIirMa2jYAEMNeQTVpim2ZlD5xZhvuU1sX6nx55bMVHYGUR06Kzow-nqKCyXb-UeGmv0-sWYSeK_vkiLiJg/s1600-h/GrannySquare3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189577254477672994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4o4d3HwWJVQGI0ZgWF8c9DjyFWh67-O2MZkgafkBHVo5OYEpx8r4jJqq8uIirMa2jYAEMNeQTVpim2ZlD5xZhvuU1sX6nx55bMVHYGUR06Kzow-nqKCyXb-UeGmv0-sWYSeK_vkiLiJg/s320/GrannySquare3.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... that's better ....<br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />My RFS is steadily working on a throw .....<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189576674657087986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyswVrRlSNoBRoOB6oLoseFWw5X_UjG6KuH222ev1aP9KOzzHldto6rHwbSO6mwHyF2KomD-rKXOHsOBvU8pKRXs0gcV1rQVPzaWpjw1SgMI59bvqzJQN394EltyNHofnEHp-MwbCkc5d/s320/Blankie1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... whereas I don't have the patience for that (plus I'm meant to be knitting monkees), so after being inspired by this girl's scarf in the film Snow Day ....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DpiXTc-0ORpw0VGV3w4bvYKi00pc6F4gYp0bHMqgFLOSkbozXbqNTf85uCr4R11ljNWOCR0I26mXTaNFsKjkJN_jUBwqAaagw48dF0gToJVFcLAdmYfAQrG-gefdumlXSzMe1-VSZt_u/s1600-h/snow+day+pic.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189576880815518210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DpiXTc-0ORpw0VGV3w4bvYKi00pc6F4gYp0bHMqgFLOSkbozXbqNTf85uCr4R11ljNWOCR0I26mXTaNFsKjkJN_jUBwqAaagw48dF0gToJVFcLAdmYfAQrG-gefdumlXSzMe1-VSZt_u/s320/snow+day+pic.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... that's what I went for .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190079538018038338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH46nuNIzg05nK9HMgr7xPXI2VG0ri-tFfiwe8_VTIRsc33R6FiElRLS0az-C41OtNN_L8q2SNTErTJbBEnQLbseCD3Ht1kxqIeRT3i33CS55Sthle29DELMAurnukWfPRR28PmUfxknBx/s320/PICT0118.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />.... I asked RBD2 to model my scarf for me but she refused. So I made her model it by proxy ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190079718406664786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3dC5k6Z-ooBZWzEXKeUT74XCvAK7ipZ6WZqhdqV8Sia0f2bxbmE8oume3ZlVc2Ia6mdSCw9ZzXKVDA4vnf3iVzYEy_rJSnY2suHdPaYEvxLOI4Op04vsmjIa2C6O0cnEn2ZwrBeq9vZN/s320/PICT0119.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br />One day I would like to make a full size throw, but for now I'll have to settle for a virtual one .....<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoN7K94EE3WCfxr38aEq8MpEhdvpzvEeKNloSmxj00CPKaLVudHj0mFmIkuJmJFoKURTnCFs8Owl76CNZjHdAx8hZGuTFTkEDRbbaDpLemWvLz_ndBVizO93A9WuB8Bqnb0miDaTnb7K8m/s1600-h/granny+square+bedspread.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189576361124475362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoN7K94EE3WCfxr38aEq8MpEhdvpzvEeKNloSmxj00CPKaLVudHj0mFmIkuJmJFoKURTnCFs8Owl76CNZjHdAx8hZGuTFTkEDRbbaDpLemWvLz_ndBVizO93A9WuB8Bqnb0miDaTnb7K8m/s320/granny+square+bedspread.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... although bearing in mind that RGH hates them - he's not a fan of knit or crochet ..... unless it's in monkey form ..... my throw would have to look more like this ....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-WQjL_Ec0Mi8iHm06wxyFwfbhYjygSBQu0G-k_kJgPHDB1ASlRFfvkolRf7D7Ktk3E_OCd4f6-RofvNmrFFzLUMD19_AdDFHq-GF-G3n-xFBuzhCLG7dRLc2QYpp86rCseJvieKOCt-J/s1600-h/granny+half-square.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189576167850947026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-WQjL_Ec0Mi8iHm06wxyFwfbhYjygSBQu0G-k_kJgPHDB1ASlRFfvkolRf7D7Ktk3E_OCd4f6-RofvNmrFFzLUMD19_AdDFHq-GF-G3n-xFBuzhCLG7dRLc2QYpp86rCseJvieKOCt-J/s320/granny+half-square.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In other crocheting news, last time we were at Ikea, I bought this lamp shade ....<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJcwMhdCoD-v9Gti9Ud4ioFkGS5TASh5efwRVwZS31R4YTKySleKXObGEozgaUPH783d3ZIQW1BmMTB9YYxvamkvaJMahcvKFIlPRyo8cvE5jtfg03yI9F0OCl3Mc96LgiEeO_07LQNMV/s1600-h/IMG_0662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189573968827691458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJcwMhdCoD-v9Gti9Ud4ioFkGS5TASh5efwRVwZS31R4YTKySleKXObGEozgaUPH783d3ZIQW1BmMTB9YYxvamkvaJMahcvKFIlPRyo8cvE5jtfg03yI9F0OCl3Mc96LgiEeO_07LQNMV/s320/IMG_0662.JPG" border="0" /></a> (this is crocheting news, honest)</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... and I thought it might be nice to make a small throw in matching colours to replace this charity shop one that's on my chair ....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVl1bbfxpLWjp2Egvzv8mJTsWeRqnYndScCy7zmP_dZJcKe2-9XV7uxG2d1yHL_u6BOSHDt2Y8kyZFF7skTSt-5QpEzD3fHUDYFm_-jFHPb3pA36wS_CxgCzve6JIySe8N19Ko6wyYKDrR/s1600-h/PICT0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189573754079326642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVl1bbfxpLWjp2Egvzv8mJTsWeRqnYndScCy7zmP_dZJcKe2-9XV7uxG2d1yHL_u6BOSHDt2Y8kyZFF7skTSt-5QpEzD3fHUDYFm_-jFHPb3pA36wS_CxgCzve6JIySe8N19Ko6wyYKDrR/s320/PICT0004.JPG" border="0" /></a> (told you)</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... so I ordered some cotton. Unfortunately I made a boob at the ordering stage and got this .....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qVAwmytDacq5QoneQ8Zn0FOzCV_ODitkvSn8hEo9_ufo-x17203KxghQTXS-VUU1r47dxGKS4ZmJ6mI01ZuSyzDGn4eE4lIblxhvEHXy3wInHRrl6kUyV9xCXJ9o8lZOAivU06FF7-go/s1600-h/IMG_0572.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189571078314701218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qVAwmytDacq5QoneQ8Zn0FOzCV_ODitkvSn8hEo9_ufo-x17203KxghQTXS-VUU1r47dxGKS4ZmJ6mI01ZuSyzDGn4eE4lIblxhvEHXy3wInHRrl6kUyV9xCXJ9o8lZOAivU06FF7-go/s320/IMG_0572.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... spot the (non)deliberate mistake ....</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Damn and blast it! I hate 4-ply!<br /><br /><br /><br />*Sigh*<br /><br /><br /><br />.... Still. Never mind. It makes quite cute little monkees .....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTo6j0ipssm-4D0er_qJbdUZsepPLOaIu1lODULnCfc43jB7ThiMnW8uhS7zQa0HENp8QDFtWebLputYqygDTSp_bMj3EWjiMaaLXp7JsAUV2CBtqc2ylRqqeGPlMrLyRYijEJclk2iAk/s1600-h/IMG_0671.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189570893631107474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTo6j0ipssm-4D0er_qJbdUZsepPLOaIu1lODULnCfc43jB7ThiMnW8uhS7zQa0HENp8QDFtWebLputYqygDTSp_bMj3EWjiMaaLXp7JsAUV2CBtqc2ylRqqeGPlMrLyRYijEJclk2iAk/s320/IMG_0671.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-29761175295266783292008-04-14T06:12:00.002+01:002008-04-14T07:01:49.478+01:00The real reason the bunny still lives .....007 had never seen so many chocolates in his knitted life ......<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWl4pHOZRWSzkxaEk9v1tjyQmaQxlzASKXpJ_1Xtl67FSsqeGn8pKynnatr03JzvYzxrC6FXbUESysRdznHIRuaqh8JUx2M_7CWe8sRPgdxs5QEskugjWYEPNcfkUEA1jknbMZTJghTJs/s1600-h/PICT0042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188680164658557314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWl4pHOZRWSzkxaEk9v1tjyQmaQxlzASKXpJ_1Xtl67FSsqeGn8pKynnatr03JzvYzxrC6FXbUESysRdznHIRuaqh8JUx2M_7CWe8sRPgdxs5QEskugjWYEPNcfkUEA1jknbMZTJghTJs/s400/PICT0042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... until he realised there was another layer .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92ilDgLfZah3NPJ3zKtSLJv1CmXP1jfa8ozyvEcidc3dSo8BYur6Wzw2-cUF6n1pzvjrSp5VJDzK41ns18pSdqFYd59EuAoPoU9npDDFiPAyGGlqwlNXEvZ3sn5K2LIbkMOURYpmwvi4s/s1600-h/PICT0043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188680027219603826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92ilDgLfZah3NPJ3zKtSLJv1CmXP1jfa8ozyvEcidc3dSo8BYur6Wzw2-cUF6n1pzvjrSp5VJDzK41ns18pSdqFYd59EuAoPoU9npDDFiPAyGGlqwlNXEvZ3sn5K2LIbkMOURYpmwvi4s/s400/PICT0043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">..... breakfast anyone? </div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-62089761975038148792008-04-12T06:12:00.024+01:002008-04-12T06:25:47.665+01:00Breakfast.<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">Early morning. My kitchen. I'm hungry.<br /><br /><br /><br />I think about the usual breakfast options ......<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oRExTWIlvqNZmgE6qukR-VzFMrL68gqIn4qMYCAxwDiv7ev8CJNjAjKjypck_LdEbdtiMSjxngRXhgxF-1F9y6igKdY1IqqymEio6L-kIstql9dP9235qhACO_CcztjNbvdRanTNc8f6/s1600-h/IMG_0560.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187990974672562002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oRExTWIlvqNZmgE6qukR-VzFMrL68gqIn4qMYCAxwDiv7ev8CJNjAjKjypck_LdEbdtiMSjxngRXhgxF-1F9y6igKdY1IqqymEio6L-kIstql9dP9235qhACO_CcztjNbvdRanTNc8f6/s320/IMG_0560.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center">Toast.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFFZB8Als6dLGYgzwr7yrwnN5bFk-bB7NBOdSSB_BJsxGgb4qug6TipmQWzwscjFAJM2kuVocowcgCinDZ6kmqlp-D8DHXXA4_i14JzvWG3B6tad91wF0kgMN2nw5YBUHq4aF-b_M-R-4/s1600-h/IMG_0557.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187990837233608514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFFZB8Als6dLGYgzwr7yrwnN5bFk-bB7NBOdSSB_BJsxGgb4qug6TipmQWzwscjFAJM2kuVocowcgCinDZ6kmqlp-D8DHXXA4_i14JzvWG3B6tad91wF0kgMN2nw5YBUHq4aF-b_M-R-4/s320/IMG_0557.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cereals. Drugs.<br /><br />(kidding!) (..... about the <del>cereals</del> drugs) </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />But nothing is really ringing my bell. Floating my boat. Rocking my world.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And then, with a blinding flash of clarity, I think of something tasty. </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Very tasty.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCx6CCxIqQZ1SUCY2luRUPIldXEI8iFYcDcVTKgnYNZ31ABzcM1zL8LcPrf37AyQ8S0AJxKEDUii1prO6kzTvQmZ7mWTaHpyzWr4GY4t48GLbdgEiVmG6jBRoMWZrZaT4pbK1TWzZNz5h/s1600-h/IMG_0544.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187990635370145586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCx6CCxIqQZ1SUCY2luRUPIldXEI8iFYcDcVTKgnYNZ31ABzcM1zL8LcPrf37AyQ8S0AJxKEDUii1prO6kzTvQmZ7mWTaHpyzWr4GY4t48GLbdgEiVmG6jBRoMWZrZaT4pbK1TWzZNz5h/s320/IMG_0544.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... can you see it?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmM8L80IenFWJPmWIRIK3YCXeDgmIDRQ5PtFfGP9JJraD3o6C-9Z6tJC6yALfyMt6-ki9Jz3nZZr-9RoDZ6Eg83DA8CVUcm-BWpXwNEtiGL5AiKw_QM2EJAW-qWqBCwF88C9hmaj8bzzi/s1600-h/IMG_0550.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187990510816093986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmM8L80IenFWJPmWIRIK3YCXeDgmIDRQ5PtFfGP9JJraD3o6C-9Z6tJC6yALfyMt6-ki9Jz3nZZr-9RoDZ6Eg83DA8CVUcm-BWpXwNEtiGL5AiKw_QM2EJAW-qWqBCwF88C9hmaj8bzzi/s320/IMG_0550.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... how about now?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT4oZtZg0PDKgzyPKNRRT4oAqrgSyAGg042S6SfvldEVMDqB0Nw547GUe2pMGCtDx1RqY_7JoMJMizZFYcGYXhVPt2SqmVLFlAQtSy7xxqkUKPOeMKnMSbDtzbUAwvOwnhO4c3Oky7x99/s1600-h/IMG_0473.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187990137153939218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT4oZtZg0PDKgzyPKNRRT4oAqrgSyAGg042S6SfvldEVMDqB0Nw547GUe2pMGCtDx1RqY_7JoMJMizZFYcGYXhVPt2SqmVLFlAQtSy7xxqkUKPOeMKnMSbDtzbUAwvOwnhO4c3Oky7x99/s320/IMG_0473.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... how about now?? </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ah yes .... chocolate ..... the breakfast of champions .....*<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I assemble some tools I think may be useful for chocolate bunny massacre .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatYFY-YGARpzcFPgf6bimg4UmuhaQFmlQf4zNCtQOatECvqeZ8fjIJVHe3T5qssmRRMikPILvTlytaG8geNWE9KqJ-GGnxyxKTo-wJcPvA7SwS8nH-1FIkIsqDWqLHcEpytdO-6jpPHJe/s1600-h/IMG_0495.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187989905225705218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatYFY-YGARpzcFPgf6bimg4UmuhaQFmlQf4zNCtQOatECvqeZ8fjIJVHe3T5qssmRRMikPILvTlytaG8geNWE9KqJ-GGnxyxKTo-wJcPvA7SwS8nH-1FIkIsqDWqLHcEpytdO-6jpPHJe/s320/IMG_0495.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unfortunately 007 quickly realises what I'm up to and takes immediate steps to protect the bunny .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB23TP5kaJbkvhPyarYBwnQim-_kd-d7jZhCUR3Ypz-MZLy8Z8r19Wm7oWp1QVvGaYOlqlGy3RQ5aeYJeQLrHpKUXZOBIl6NNWUdw7mIDtyNhnLNXK77Jg8YO8DlUDOat_ARyYTbYezMB4/s1600-h/IMG_0506.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187989570218256114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB23TP5kaJbkvhPyarYBwnQim-_kd-d7jZhCUR3Ypz-MZLy8Z8r19Wm7oWp1QVvGaYOlqlGy3RQ5aeYJeQLrHpKUXZOBIl6NNWUdw7mIDtyNhnLNXK77Jg8YO8DlUDOat_ARyYTbYezMB4/s320/IMG_0506.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... by shielding his eyes ..... <em>how effective</em> .....</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Too little too late, 007, too little too late!<br /></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I think about administering a shot of pain relief for the chocolate bunny .....<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWj5hWe0V8MZ91gqYXAJV0C2BP1r6CK9gSoAjIfoAbFKNZ8vXOQBguz1qzs8H82pJmEm-pLPnelN85j4JW4IP8hbB5hSM7ETfgoINM7r-nV2gr8YmD_dmK2YDwN3a34vZAQeGUYD4Jguu/s1600-h/IMG_0515.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187989389829629666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWj5hWe0V8MZ91gqYXAJV0C2BP1r6CK9gSoAjIfoAbFKNZ8vXOQBguz1qzs8H82pJmEm-pLPnelN85j4JW4IP8hbB5hSM7ETfgoINM7r-nV2gr8YmD_dmK2YDwN3a34vZAQeGUYD4Jguu/s320/IMG_0515.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But then I worry that may make the chocolate taste nasty <em>for me.</em> I decide that if I use this tool .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG8M-topspaN43x-OZkBO0E7UMRRx8hTNlOKTBQm-hwhL859HIeMOw7t-7Q5z1rW8bj-0vEv8NhIXyTiVsk5_gMFQxp9-0jAMMmADvYc_4qWC9ahNYCKX8xGD-T_gtt3ZMBu5p0g_FM9g/s1600-h/IMG_0498.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187989273865512658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG8M-topspaN43x-OZkBO0E7UMRRx8hTNlOKTBQm-hwhL859HIeMOw7t-7Q5z1rW8bj-0vEv8NhIXyTiVsk5_gMFQxp9-0jAMMmADvYc_4qWC9ahNYCKX8xGD-T_gtt3ZMBu5p0g_FM9g/s320/IMG_0498.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... the chocolate bunny probably won't feel <del>a thing</del> much. </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The chocolate bunny surveys the situation .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdueuBIyC2qxJBpCuVnIWgxR_K5hyphenhyphen43P07ULDSGvDMgdTJeHxSd6aNwz2D1FKB01N8PKPfgz_T6S0lmqATHYNc-qpPHvJQlIl1KQ47YSwRpOgGm79yNlM3R2NKf5U7taiatabn6tamI3k4/s1600-h/IMG_0512.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187989102066820802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdueuBIyC2qxJBpCuVnIWgxR_K5hyphenhyphen43P07ULDSGvDMgdTJeHxSd6aNwz2D1FKB01N8PKPfgz_T6S0lmqATHYNc-qpPHvJQlIl1KQ47YSwRpOgGm79yNlM3R2NKf5U7taiatabn6tamI3k4/s320/IMG_0512.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... but 007 can't bring himself to look .....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBdqDtxOwwPE5rLWCbz7RMCoZaXfMTvL9codcOz-gnbeu-O90_ZeGHLe9RhaEqTW5ayXavB92oWpow8INQxAEmU4awXwiVAO8MoSVxNnbqWCtY3CVsOH3ZjhTqYffifBZB5STKwBCf2_c/s1600-h/IMG_0523.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187988900203357874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBdqDtxOwwPE5rLWCbz7RMCoZaXfMTvL9codcOz-gnbeu-O90_ZeGHLe9RhaEqTW5ayXavB92oWpow8INQxAEmU4awXwiVAO8MoSVxNnbqWCtY3CVsOH3ZjhTqYffifBZB5STKwBCf2_c/s320/IMG_0523.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You probably can't tell, but underneath that calm, dignified exterior .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsivrEriNmK35yGS7uie82RFLQngaH8LcjjFpPlGl9uAYcdMEG7ERxGZn-mehi4omGXKAtSwSu9OXnZxBx2gUopJBltGpMm-YVDlXvycropt-LNUMs-2oxeg96AeDB-BeWhm22nB5K6aWe/s1600-h/IMG_0526.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187988685454993058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsivrEriNmK35yGS7uie82RFLQngaH8LcjjFpPlGl9uAYcdMEG7ERxGZn-mehi4omGXKAtSwSu9OXnZxBx2gUopJBltGpMm-YVDlXvycropt-LNUMs-2oxeg96AeDB-BeWhm22nB5K6aWe/s320/IMG_0526.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... the chocolate bunny is quaking like a leaf.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br />The time is upon us. My tummy is rumbling and I need my breakfast. I pick up the wooden mallet .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... but then I spot something out of the corner of my eye.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />007 is trying to bait me .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvebodZYI5K4NcBPiNaGtIGi-B58jIlBbK0felMfXPYmFrXMpXGu_3TUeT9GaJcinc5K5KSVVOacD_BMtQPhC5RMk4uaf-B07Cg4x_Y5hd5_20jnYeTwAB-K0S0KC5t5Df4QBg1KtCfUL/s1600-h/IMG_0531.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187988466411660946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvebodZYI5K4NcBPiNaGtIGi-B58jIlBbK0felMfXPYmFrXMpXGu_3TUeT9GaJcinc5K5KSVVOacD_BMtQPhC5RMk4uaf-B07Cg4x_Y5hd5_20jnYeTwAB-K0S0KC5t5Df4QBg1KtCfUL/s320/IMG_0531.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... and I fall for it .....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8m6DKk8JwdwKznyTD4pCCtXcPybneLgV0nDx14_ldVV8-kNUV0PC0ukp2-Ch0_fgeQ3aY2zWb_pe9nCicAl4VKp2zTRtkHGNcPM2dqjwDsGLjs2MuNj3_I7YfY9kk3wnOZ3e54ot5ELTp/s1600-h/IMG_0527.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187996656914294642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8m6DKk8JwdwKznyTD4pCCtXcPybneLgV0nDx14_ldVV8-kNUV0PC0ukp2-Ch0_fgeQ3aY2zWb_pe9nCicAl4VKp2zTRtkHGNcPM2dqjwDsGLjs2MuNj3_I7YfY9kk3wnOZ3e54ot5ELTp/s320/IMG_0527.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLin6FRpfCzLKZgCorYvuC5UcmYMxAQTsnRHCM2nhWT5o4hpd-rnYNDNXOZLFkZzZDMIWKmJfAjyzmVUSMg0Rv8mTUC14zzB-LBrLinrP1tKi1X4xDCpjWVWtyZJ9wtL1Fd_pv-2QdNrvC/s1600-h/IMG_0527.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well ..... eggs are so much more <em>breakfasty</em>, aren't they?<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohznw4ArEXgscP7madyypxtNE2i09Ssiye4xmtBrcOvurWLvNexMvhm28qCY6tZCyPV2YmjhBld6OCM4D_G5kuLbTiHfXRSnVPrjzuRjGKxSl0fwVdRn_DxNLEFT95cBwz_Kb7wPoRg2w/s1600-h/IMG_0529.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187988251663296130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohznw4ArEXgscP7madyypxtNE2i09Ssiye4xmtBrcOvurWLvNexMvhm28qCY6tZCyPV2YmjhBld6OCM4D_G5kuLbTiHfXRSnVPrjzuRjGKxSl0fwVdRn_DxNLEFT95cBwz_Kb7wPoRg2w/s320/IMG_0529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br />You may not be able to see it, but the chocolate bunny is overcome with relief .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHUMFBVt3fGyUbQRpFg6TbsxLqFMt22VVoBJnffbUyopfasYnL28vcBHwAVqFZiSYKnSwFQEGeHNOGPSzTzkE1D11OtKFz8RwM2y8GnPwh4RErtS0sTMC3P1Uvtn_Or2VuDOFnqZA6IC0/s1600-h/IMG_0539.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187987929540748898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHUMFBVt3fGyUbQRpFg6TbsxLqFMt22VVoBJnffbUyopfasYnL28vcBHwAVqFZiSYKnSwFQEGeHNOGPSzTzkE1D11OtKFz8RwM2y8GnPwh4RErtS0sTMC3P1Uvtn_Or2VuDOFnqZA6IC0/s320/IMG_0539.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />007 is too .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGml9klEIOcYxBflzM6GG32c8sqgKU1xZVreyRl42vBhkGVSoJED4ZsJkur4u9LJSU1aBgMZHLVrbCPUOmqTD5WZhuNAjIPnsHHbAs6gyNPt8GM1papcWcZYJePbOBOfmSPAWJhK-HVBR/s1600-h/IMG_0537.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187988084159571570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGml9klEIOcYxBflzM6GG32c8sqgKU1xZVreyRl42vBhkGVSoJED4ZsJkur4u9LJSU1aBgMZHLVrbCPUOmqTD5WZhuNAjIPnsHHbAs6gyNPt8GM1papcWcZYJePbOBOfmSPAWJhK-HVBR/s320/IMG_0537.JPG" border="0" /></a> (you may be able to see that)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188010813126502274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3JDWrNutzfBYUTFE74utsDUXAgB9Yw8lZ6jw04icIr7-bxXxChNgmVVAeseJSSP5hifdWRI2FCyKbAamZN8fOGtVxJi7-jzr_VQ0Bm8PcA1swW_BJf7IaPQSQ8NmKrF6S0A8i_0Z2f0L/s320/IMG_0535.JPG" border="0" />..... <em>yum</em> .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br />These two on the other hand ..... are <del>cra</del>pooping themselves with worry.....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUOPgb9WIAc5MuxmTrT8eGgszzM3uf_FkA685zJ3wOXCsyl28475r1T096_ZbvTDUHTm8okQ6Cn9hESe8BaZnHbsfspHU8cizuflKTBI8GTPomXreVM7szgKncrImvyetoNvN3LrL9-h0/s1600-h/IMG_0543.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187987293885589074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUOPgb9WIAc5MuxmTrT8eGgszzM3uf_FkA685zJ3wOXCsyl28475r1T096_ZbvTDUHTm8okQ6Cn9hESe8BaZnHbsfspHU8cizuflKTBI8GTPomXreVM7szgKncrImvyetoNvN3LrL9-h0/s320/IMG_0543.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... although you may not be able to see that ..... what with the shell and all .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />So. The chocolate bunny lives to see another day, and 007 looks like the <del>cat who got the cream</del> monkey who saved the bunny .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaoqQujGezPfjJR99_obsgYDSNyBx1Ds-X-ktyxqYb0ISkDZvJ1EwX_j0YUmvnrSEouQYZP1UNbLfd_nk3T3Lq4-d6jheLLuR3CtQxbZvLQaa_e7W-UilKWSySKufctmCCYKCWCbikkuN/s1600-h/IMG_0472.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187987104907028034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnaoqQujGezPfjJR99_obsgYDSNyBx1Ds-X-ktyxqYb0ISkDZvJ1EwX_j0YUmvnrSEouQYZP1UNbLfd_nk3T3Lq4-d6jheLLuR3CtQxbZvLQaa_e7W-UilKWSySKufctmCCYKCWCbikkuN/s320/IMG_0472.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... good job the best before date is August 2008 .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">* I am a mother. I know the importance of a hearty and healthy breakfast. Of course I don't eat chocolate for breakfast.**<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />** I do really. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-26604017497097446062008-04-10T06:10:00.013+01:002008-04-10T06:26:53.102+01:00Two more packages .......... dropped onto my doormat recently. This one .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GzQ2Fu20DCs4TV35iNh5K5GRwvH0VfDyF7COAldznx1l6arW8lfQ76nRk649Qet0dsvoN1Sjm7PnNTlOlgKQ98N0xLEdRo0b3SZXjOgoa01JrXaGKQ55vTRJoHiJ4BsXOrUOjsDKizJP/s1600-h/PICT0001+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187344302921639442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GzQ2Fu20DCs4TV35iNh5K5GRwvH0VfDyF7COAldznx1l6arW8lfQ76nRk649Qet0dsvoN1Sjm7PnNTlOlgKQ98N0xLEdRo0b3SZXjOgoa01JrXaGKQ55vTRJoHiJ4BsXOrUOjsDKizJP/s320/PICT0001+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... <a href="http://www.joleo.co.uk/todayweare/">from Jo</a> ......</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />..... and this one .....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuz1ExICN4_S2htFMamFEBRYKsu360Vx5BIOeeyjZk_GxRR4T5-e9vLebJvKzocwdr-azhPLH85gV-yh9-g5xzr4pYa6HDPp81cBnhxN-L9cEvcByZUsN4Z1fJBLqLCDG85woF40UQTVXd/s1600-h/PICT0003+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187344096763209218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuz1ExICN4_S2htFMamFEBRYKsu360Vx5BIOeeyjZk_GxRR4T5-e9vLebJvKzocwdr-azhPLH85gV-yh9-g5xzr4pYa6HDPp81cBnhxN-L9cEvcByZUsN4Z1fJBLqLCDG85woF40UQTVXd/s320/PICT0003+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... <a href="http://ginaferrari.blogspot.com/">from Gina</a> .....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />After seeing some of Jo's lovely bags and doorstops <a href="http://www.full.co.uk/">on her website</a>, I asked her if she'd make a doorstop for me. And, after giving me a choice of fabrics and size, she did .....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h1pPkRrEGdVJFJjvUXk8c2bSAn-BSmJ-fdU4kK7ZvRmCxNJIZ6-NCBrKRUhmR0mJHH3zX8UYQwSyD6y2nEBTJe5fDYzSkSU-5Pngm3AiZdFQDc9cGCEiiDMsMH3SOlv3dKxMHSGIgUP9/s1600-h/IMG_0215+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187343830475236850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h1pPkRrEGdVJFJjvUXk8c2bSAn-BSmJ-fdU4kK7ZvRmCxNJIZ6-NCBrKRUhmR0mJHH3zX8UYQwSyD6y2nEBTJe5fDYzSkSU-5Pngm3AiZdFQDc9cGCEiiDMsMH3SOlv3dKxMHSGIgUP9/s320/IMG_0215+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... in a lovely floral mauve needle cord fabric .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Wgi8UJLAohdCt81KvIOOaijfr951iI0FIIfoIUhkH5ReJbC_FxVdKvmk9RrlR6-KBzv_LjfcordkLAb8ToObA03GnSFZNwf5o7TanfdfsoQBontWZqmfpNH6bzSbmMju0zTHZOco0XTv/s1600-h/IMG_0227+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187343650086610402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Wgi8UJLAohdCt81KvIOOaijfr951iI0FIIfoIUhkH5ReJbC_FxVdKvmk9RrlR6-KBzv_LjfcordkLAb8ToObA03GnSFZNwf5o7TanfdfsoQBontWZqmfpNH6bzSbmMju0zTHZOco0XTv/s320/IMG_0227+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Thank you, Jo, it's great and it does exactly what it says on the tin ..... well ..... it would do if it had come in a tin .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tPb8jL7zUd_bN3hvzPwFnyKFxLTHur_wODcqbNErHZ7JDNDJfob34H8QzDMZ9_JxZC_iNrXFy-PfuOd8RnkmNhLin0vIWlHcQ_E_UkYjUMrTzClw_qv1dM22C0awpMJfoNdeyJOukc8v/s1600-h/IMG_0231+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187343396683539922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tPb8jL7zUd_bN3hvzPwFnyKFxLTHur_wODcqbNErHZ7JDNDJfob34H8QzDMZ9_JxZC_iNrXFy-PfuOd8RnkmNhLin0vIWlHcQ_E_UkYjUMrTzClw_qv1dM22C0awpMJfoNdeyJOukc8v/s320/IMG_0231+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.... and it completely cuts out the need for this .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187345436793005602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50cEJgFoK7uMV1FX6i_1-KOzpTXV7pZRKKSFJ2dmcEOnjdLWgI5P5Rf4v6JVvxVEz5_jCD_Fvm5tsenTO68okqoYsTUyDVvF9xgJSLPsl-rV76LVvi8IPDtNsyFPZ8cGWPM8_OqUhCNwe/s400/doorstop.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />And after seeing the gorgeous clutch bag that Gina made for her <a href="http://ginaferrari.blogspot.com/2008/01/wow-100-posts.html">100th post giveaway</a>, I asked if she'd be able to make one for me. Luckily, she happened to have one that she'd made earlier (hmm, wonder if she's ever considered <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/valpetejohn/trivia.shtml">a change of career</a>).....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKDn1d9oJUKH0l2TmvfOQA3_b4Ikd0A7_CTvNBZBTYZuN3-CtoSKzskBVtz7SZI0xBayH46qSi877fqrmObVQp48WbCPYYuPjXeGXX4I-3-hgeQZyLYU4_EWzz1MNRJCcDI7QvSffE1xp/s1600-h/PICT0005+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187343121805632962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKDn1d9oJUKH0l2TmvfOQA3_b4Ikd0A7_CTvNBZBTYZuN3-CtoSKzskBVtz7SZI0xBayH46qSi877fqrmObVQp48WbCPYYuPjXeGXX4I-3-hgeQZyLYU4_EWzz1MNRJCcDI7QvSffE1xp/s320/PICT0005+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm-MzQU1bdo93Rw6nhJG4n5s3qB_k42xdFcwmzgnph88XfpfUHDKRq8DwI-dSYxlX4Nui9ZB7Z0Q3opJlzZJjFj9aP5pvfLuR-aLwkzb5q1o0NCsWdlb3e0jzd-201GSOWUtlEJJprWOn/s1600-h/PICT0008+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187342945711973810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm-MzQU1bdo93Rw6nhJG4n5s3qB_k42xdFcwmzgnph88XfpfUHDKRq8DwI-dSYxlX4Nui9ZB7Z0Q3opJlzZJjFj9aP5pvfLuR-aLwkzb5q1o0NCsWdlb3e0jzd-201GSOWUtlEJJprWOn/s320/PICT0008+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtUHL6miIsLDmbqvePPMKscBOfKcEAf0v0TJAJlCsLr36dxs0uM6tZiDQ2-c0rzE0lHLi9WuIqmcHjV1z_CNY2Plw4PT5Sbdk1QDXEzS4b4emZGgWDeXPc1GIJXeFrMe8pQ9pxnGG6qIn/s1600-h/PICT0009+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187342752438445474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtUHL6miIsLDmbqvePPMKscBOfKcEAf0v0TJAJlCsLr36dxs0uM6tZiDQ2-c0rzE0lHLi9WuIqmcHjV1z_CNY2Plw4PT5Sbdk1QDXEzS4b4emZGgWDeXPc1GIJXeFrMe8pQ9pxnGG6qIn/s320/PICT0009+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... ooh, I just love that cakey lining .....</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />Thank you, Gina, I'm so pleased with the bag, and the other goodies that came with it .....<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGKttWVxjk8dNanVHy8zlVO5kff5qZwWPyGNEPQ-2e5H2ChDOih7Zw83V68tjk62OOI7OChrTKPorgTYueBjPBCTeJFAvhXbWxrWMLO2tKu4h_8m-zI7JpmpALdczfnADlQgb-WnbEeq2/s1600-h/PICT0012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187342335826617746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGKttWVxjk8dNanVHy8zlVO5kff5qZwWPyGNEPQ-2e5H2ChDOih7Zw83V68tjk62OOI7OChrTKPorgTYueBjPBCTeJFAvhXbWxrWMLO2tKu4h_8m-zI7JpmpALdczfnADlQgb-WnbEeq2/s320/PICT0012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, I can't post today without mentioning my Rather Fabulous Sister, who is <em>another year</em> <em>older</em> than me today (titter).<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6633ff;">Happy Birthday, Sis!</span><br /></strong><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187350809797092914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_APLtBitS_tJAIgPFdTK-2aqHpV4qVxWs3EYUTJs948EvzAiPO7prLyBWSL6ZbQ8W2eZifhWc3HTqqn3ae5LBD9bLT24h6fKEUWf8bcDsolzoyCjv7A4JwyIfUUYOFltY7UF1jFGLg2-/s400/Jmontage.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><br /></div></div><br />..... some sketches of my RFS through the years, from photos that I traced using my tablet and pen <span style="font-size:85%;">(I may have misled you last post when I said "copied". Oops).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">.... that one on the left? That's <em>a gun</em> in her hand, ok? (from a picture of a paint-balling exercise we went on when we were both much younger ..... although she was obviously <em>still older</em> <em>than me</em> .....)<br /></span>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-47142361325185707952008-04-08T06:04:00.017+01:002008-04-08T06:32:21.277+01:00Today's word is .....<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9DkQaMHquKnuDZ9Aoi0BE1jcUzb0rGuzktY_VYBfO_9uke-m5OksmOMc3uPmhYeMhZ2ymX2VrP4VfVzKCgZLAd7uLYx6VD4kvG1NJaxq_WiSw-p7UzknBMvn-_wbRF8j1r3eDKB-NMqR/s1600-h/Tenby+(41).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186627828216500354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT9DkQaMHquKnuDZ9Aoi0BE1jcUzb0rGuzktY_VYBfO_9uke-m5OksmOMc3uPmhYeMhZ2ymX2VrP4VfVzKCgZLAd7uLYx6VD4kvG1NJaxq_WiSw-p7UzknBMvn-_wbRF8j1r3eDKB-NMqR/s320/Tenby+(41).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br />Orange ....<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFoEGg1hZh6DtEtdOBg2nzfEq0rVuHc-8X8z-sQIbFKsaiTJsFkaeAvasGAeX738KeheKE-fRp7cr_MmoS4u_USLc6tleTHIiNSe49MedvT65E_Zl1U02s7ap3-hyZ2QKaxKlu7bTPPT/s1600-h/IMG_0468+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186575330831241330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFoEGg1hZh6DtEtdOBg2nzfEq0rVuHc-8X8z-sQIbFKsaiTJsFkaeAvasGAeX738KeheKE-fRp7cr_MmoS4u_USLc6tleTHIiNSe49MedvT65E_Zl1U02s7ap3-hyZ2QKaxKlu7bTPPT/s320/IMG_0468+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"></a></p><p align="center"><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWvcDZ6Ibemend1xlMV7rpKLiweP4YiIJDY_pUKQ8yny18_G-CTkstH6qVXFKe6vGVOEUK1OwNBGeCwYGBdvf46h_xrhKhcpKWabgbz_ADkt3bskcH-0XzdY-IyZsAYLuaQ30M_wJGu5u/s1600-h/IMG_0407+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186575262111764578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWvcDZ6Ibemend1xlMV7rpKLiweP4YiIJDY_pUKQ8yny18_G-CTkstH6qVXFKe6vGVOEUK1OwNBGeCwYGBdvf46h_xrhKhcpKWabgbz_ADkt3bskcH-0XzdY-IyZsAYLuaQ30M_wJGu5u/s320/IMG_0407+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxkXRUr_k1u0wI1yajPBKSvQU6zD9XD4uHGojKyPiLwf-Kb7eJg5XEMqhDUgUavxSrZVjgRDgykTbBV8Xk_X7-Tm_q-9Ut397kQXqFjD_Aco-bEUjGh7UGBuUfourOxxoui_X2x_hE7ID/s1600-h/IMG_0405+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186575197687255122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxkXRUr_k1u0wI1yajPBKSvQU6zD9XD4uHGojKyPiLwf-Kb7eJg5XEMqhDUgUavxSrZVjgRDgykTbBV8Xk_X7-Tm_q-9Ut397kQXqFjD_Aco-bEUjGh7UGBuUfourOxxoui_X2x_hE7ID/s320/IMG_0405+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc89eqkei17s_x_ff-u5sN1Jz8vHyusmZTBuUkT0agDxMJzaB4OSWOzmjsfv-keh7q3Nugr93zR1cc3M_6LhdCvdtNhV_qvPcc8CqDZSO9xvMRJinv7Tbqz4cGYOfs0nmwjTtTakAiAIH_/s1600-h/IMG_0395+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186575120377843778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc89eqkei17s_x_ff-u5sN1Jz8vHyusmZTBuUkT0agDxMJzaB4OSWOzmjsfv-keh7q3Nugr93zR1cc3M_6LhdCvdtNhV_qvPcc8CqDZSO9xvMRJinv7Tbqz4cGYOfs0nmwjTtTakAiAIH_/s320/IMG_0395+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOxfrgVH72tNQOcJRGMxBryOOJr41Zx0h0yg9A2jYAQW75yGGgf8xFNOYeLRWrJSMSWvpWTpww-b9CLAHFypQdOma_iD-4-Ju_WLOMnB-axXOltnDy9CIhwBSN7nV0a91CmHlNX90ld6r/s1600-h/IMG_0347+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186575051658367026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOxfrgVH72tNQOcJRGMxBryOOJr41Zx0h0yg9A2jYAQW75yGGgf8xFNOYeLRWrJSMSWvpWTpww-b9CLAHFypQdOma_iD-4-Ju_WLOMnB-axXOltnDy9CIhwBSN7nV0a91CmHlNX90ld6r/s320/IMG_0347+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange ......<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAn_Cr-9bTk96ggbMalDto2jMQ0PP6naFiopAQj2Z4uOCJPcD369oGfs5H7gDPusF8WXQpJFscfW1TQHpSv66np9MhaCXHqBy0KCjlI6zZGIYN4LyErhcInHSawzWo6j2Q_FJeZaAWjNx/s1600-h/IMG_0338+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186574974348955682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAn_Cr-9bTk96ggbMalDto2jMQ0PP6naFiopAQj2Z4uOCJPcD369oGfs5H7gDPusF8WXQpJFscfW1TQHpSv66np9MhaCXHqBy0KCjlI6zZGIYN4LyErhcInHSawzWo6j2Q_FJeZaAWjNx/s320/IMG_0338+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>(.... and blue)<br />(.... and white)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgFSiOfCv61ukk4eXH9vZlRE0_ary3gdR5T3tE0akI6Q3Q49bS2qPMOsq6wbZ1pZXYbeQWXwJBUuydsKGmrUxtA7ygUg4F-Xvn7MRGsR7ey17YJeG5Rbb_Z_SM4ZOh0pvwvGT9MQRQGPB/s1600-h/097+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186574901334511634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgFSiOfCv61ukk4eXH9vZlRE0_ary3gdR5T3tE0akI6Q3Q49bS2qPMOsq6wbZ1pZXYbeQWXwJBUuydsKGmrUxtA7ygUg4F-Xvn7MRGsR7ey17YJeG5Rbb_Z_SM4ZOh0pvwvGT9MQRQGPB/s320/097+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange ......<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauoJq8pMbrdopBzrzL7nOOU4pbvR7XuJcsXwSA0Y-B2ZsFkR6R89MWs_GlgGL4cLv5mRNcbx451EI991Sa8xLtc-qIiI_612JU7eMFSJejI5j-wbbyh6DWZVdognl2h_8T84nVKmQECZY/s1600-h/058+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186574776780460034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauoJq8pMbrdopBzrzL7nOOU4pbvR7XuJcsXwSA0Y-B2ZsFkR6R89MWs_GlgGL4cLv5mRNcbx451EI991Sa8xLtc-qIiI_612JU7eMFSJejI5j-wbbyh6DWZVdognl2h_8T84nVKmQECZY/s320/058+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange .....<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVXlopkdZPchyphenhyphenvvwE8gK20tkvmix3H5Um7UTGzWrs79wwp0eXMAmfqs7m5o5S3lgo_VgnKo78rMZTHJFx1jlk6fF3jQt-r-W2xqjpW-rfdL-XmGL_c_Md6qvkMQizw7UJ4CgmQtiKRQ1H/s1600-h/037+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186574708060983282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVXlopkdZPchyphenhyphenvvwE8gK20tkvmix3H5Um7UTGzWrs79wwp0eXMAmfqs7m5o5S3lgo_VgnKo78rMZTHJFx1jlk6fF3jQt-r-W2xqjpW-rfdL-XmGL_c_Md6qvkMQizw7UJ4CgmQtiKRQ1H/s320/037+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Orange-utan ...... </p><div align="center"><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6gXZTgl7sUnlBBKt-TzHdu5W1qOKA_ATRKJbJNlJPXxOfvU45b_cyd2stvn_k5uxgpEKng2tiqXCOx95RjUGtG37hEoXQVXOHB60LbSoavXiDKMZrNcfUAfwYw3HjTkMw7jlOlpLOZ-v/s1600-h/collage16.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186570937079697378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6gXZTgl7sUnlBBKt-TzHdu5W1qOKA_ATRKJbJNlJPXxOfvU45b_cyd2stvn_k5uxgpEKng2tiqXCOx95RjUGtG37hEoXQVXOHB60LbSoavXiDKMZrNcfUAfwYw3HjTkMw7jlOlpLOZ-v/s400/collage16.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><br />* * * * * *</p><div><br /></div><p align="left"><br /><br />Many thanks for all the kind comments on my last post ..... some of them had me <em>literally crying</em> ..... but then I just made another appointment with the beautician, and I was fine .....<br /><br />..... and the muffin was the best I've had in a long time, thanks .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186740596877824162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCeUsQ2XvtZc-y7quyK6IX5aXPdUKHJKGAtPQdsxFBX6qRxpZbaM5NlLsWLqqNRwV-tTSmCchf7l23WxuoAh46znqs4R1CUvjERFeKivFYQdYAbiVBoZ8NQSSrQSZPqgD59yfI5ZQ2iAP/s400/muff.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p align="center">..... gratuitous muffin shot .....<br /></p></div><br /></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-64494702090205867582008-04-06T06:40:00.000+01:002008-04-06T07:12:59.904+01:00Love is in the air ....<div align="left"><br />Seventeen years ago today RGH plighted his troth to me and I promised to love, honour and obey .....<br /><br />..... well ..... two out of three ain't bad .....<br /><br /><br />We've changed a lot since then .....<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsTbP6qiNJHH7XQDZwFvfUhkb7X3VPH-RTDIJzERDYWhNUnzIwc_pb6bCb8gkJQ09aTHPxzgv9AJukpWmDKzlNzz-rBXeEZUgxEd-Az53ZN-lzimyaGqY5n-SXhvhezMeis9Jf1yrJJcu/s1600-h/IMG_0189.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184660183439118226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsTbP6qiNJHH7XQDZwFvfUhkb7X3VPH-RTDIJzERDYWhNUnzIwc_pb6bCb8gkJQ09aTHPxzgv9AJukpWmDKzlNzz-rBXeEZUgxEd-Az53ZN-lzimyaGqY5n-SXhvhezMeis9Jf1yrJJcu/s400/IMG_0189.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a>..... although I do still wear flowers in my hair as often as I can, obviously .....</p><br /><p align="left"><br /><br /><br />I spent some time in the attic recently searching for our wedding album, just so that I could create this collage. Please try and remember that in 1991 it was absolutely fine to have MASSIVE brows .....<br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEx6eevPMFQrjlshoE-DxSmbmLbskeLejPk7Nkr1tfH-ikOZ8QmBDUHjZ9eH5dAb5VWR9w3RTiPbGmFMn_3s3MB9TDAkbA0j3HIcX7W9CmvnxlVmyLvJ-Radi9pcsHrlLu7CHLYpq7gZd/s1600-h/collage15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184659135467097986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEx6eevPMFQrjlshoE-DxSmbmLbskeLejPk7Nkr1tfH-ikOZ8QmBDUHjZ9eH5dAb5VWR9w3RTiPbGmFMn_3s3MB9TDAkbA0j3HIcX7W9CmvnxlVmyLvJ-Radi9pcsHrlLu7CHLYpq7gZd/s400/collage15.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>..... no really, it was .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">And in other celebratory news, it's also my Mum's birthday today ..... what with MiL's birthday on Valentine's Day and my Mum's on our anniversary, I think there's a conspiracy going on to ambush our love life!<br /><br />I wanted to draw my Mum a little something with my tablet and pen (don't worry, I did send a proper card too), but I thought a monkee may be inappropriate. So I copied this photo of four monkeys instead ..... my siblings and I in our Sunday best (I'm the one with a piggy snout and a finger up it .....)<br /><br /><br /></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185711187706253266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWDHNSr5J3eBwF7fzx4Ki72RIP1fxp9xylgmRe5qcHQdTKsp68p4Q03jRNcDWXYZ6hwFT214JX0z7iEKupR4TMAAXPVbRnx29gR0kebSp6BDBeiHNPA7YbvwA2E0vdEnROn0gHj3YFAvg/s400/Us.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">(hmm, I don't think I'll be giving up the day job anytime soon .....)<br /></span><br /><br /></p><div align="left">So Happy Birthday Mum, and Happy Anniversary RGH ..... I haven't brought you a card, but if you like, I promise to treat you to that thing you like .....<br /><br /><br /><br />..... you know .....<br /><br /><br /><br />..... that activity we both enjoy at least once a weekend .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... when we're alone .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... coffee and muffin .....<br /></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-45738487242694061682008-04-04T06:06:00.005+01:002008-04-04T06:32:55.466+01:00007 helped me out .....<div><div><br /><div><br />..... with the chocolate bunny conundrum .....<br /><br /></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjdvwXdGXgHg9NwhcaOCDKnO3sx7sISh5nv-kkErA7cDOMBicrAR7Pj8oPc0BINrkqoaRtKKTgpf-BwK8uc7DowpPwVx-8KVshz1ea9ZxkMotLB1KvrJ0mzChIir_EQelEfjkLvsVOFDt/s1600-h/chocbunny6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184525566279159666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjdvwXdGXgHg9NwhcaOCDKnO3sx7sISh5nv-kkErA7cDOMBicrAR7Pj8oPc0BINrkqoaRtKKTgpf-BwK8uc7DowpPwVx-8KVshz1ea9ZxkMotLB1KvrJ0mzChIir_EQelEfjkLvsVOFDt/s400/chocbunny6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... he surveyed the situation .....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZ6dIUli90qaDcVVCNgx8LRwsF6Og6Ky5zLruUuKUx3iXtdzfRbO7Ufd4hzNOnMDXiFoWF6TwXSr1DdwSIA3kWvQbjvAufFt_BxEKe_imu86Hp8RqC3fOeX5bXcu2RwYApGnHcCkj6d1n/s1600-h/chocbunny4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184525450315042658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZ6dIUli90qaDcVVCNgx8LRwsF6Og6Ky5zLruUuKUx3iXtdzfRbO7Ufd4hzNOnMDXiFoWF6TwXSr1DdwSIA3kWvQbjvAufFt_BxEKe_imu86Hp8RqC3fOeX5bXcu2RwYApGnHcCkj6d1n/s400/chocbunny4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... he selected the right tool for the job ......<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEW0HPaxrqXBgEzPwcXBWNc4_rW5Ak9_UhBTbuZf1bVwn0hzs_zHRgd0kxnnCUXX2SgwbRb_WhW8TnHPHprHFOSSmZUv2D3rEiGcskSUh573tdVirtu3EIQ_WJ7WsD_14P7dRrgoXxpOl/s1600-h/chocbunny3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184525342940860242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEW0HPaxrqXBgEzPwcXBWNc4_rW5Ak9_UhBTbuZf1bVwn0hzs_zHRgd0kxnnCUXX2SgwbRb_WhW8TnHPHprHFOSSmZUv2D3rEiGcskSUh573tdVirtu3EIQ_WJ7WsD_14P7dRrgoXxpOl/s400/chocbunny3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... he took the appropriate action .....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibickDosaEYEeiwzGe2PbOk6Ls610SnsZH4TAcoprplwul1Fy0sY4MjG-CmCRUBGJwgPpvoalrcNbuQvVz-LmvOtxQyL_VmOVNnYaaDkTCyTu6I-Dmay45rsQFvEFUoqIUcoXKWIqk5aVc/s1600-h/chocbunny5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184525231271710530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibickDosaEYEeiwzGe2PbOk6Ls610SnsZH4TAcoprplwul1Fy0sY4MjG-CmCRUBGJwgPpvoalrcNbuQvVz-LmvOtxQyL_VmOVNnYaaDkTCyTu6I-Dmay45rsQFvEFUoqIUcoXKWIqk5aVc/s400/chocbunny5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... to ensure complete chocolate bunny annihilation ......<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fvqAeSRBr8pqvM6-k7NYutIGOKfaXTB8uzDSw2NS8V19jLZiZP-ZKswot2__1KWeiLXOCRypINNKt54TIne1Bh-EEAYbZ-8Asafv1R8jWmfjiJNit0iiXWHP0bYCpB_SH3eIHW7-L69K/s1600-h/chocbunny7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184524720170602290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fvqAeSRBr8pqvM6-k7NYutIGOKfaXTB8uzDSw2NS8V19jLZiZP-ZKswot2__1KWeiLXOCRypINNKt54TIne1Bh-EEAYbZ-8Asafv1R8jWmfjiJNit0iiXWHP0bYCpB_SH3eIHW7-L69K/s400/chocbunny7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... result! .....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EblYeSkrXebtjBSbhlkp2-H5qlTN4Xw0scrgml5Sag3gU0pyjXFig7Rh7FRoaTp0AjkTBnfHEU_17Sq8fkz78TdBA8xPsl9cK5c0b2ZJ7py3fWWLjvXelp39pQvKcfKIaX1BOSrEeTbO/s1600-h/chocbunny8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184524591321583394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_EblYeSkrXebtjBSbhlkp2-H5qlTN4Xw0scrgml5Sag3gU0pyjXFig7Rh7FRoaTp0AjkTBnfHEU_17Sq8fkz78TdBA8xPsl9cK5c0b2ZJ7py3fWWLjvXelp39pQvKcfKIaX1BOSrEeTbO/s400/chocbunny8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... he didn't really.</div><div><br /><br /><br />..... as if he would! He's a mild mannered monkee who LOVES the chocolate bunny .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185256569712938914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-u-gyO12ljMgLRyEqBSCdRvMUldJpVaYON2sCTY1l8oHBraCgxkPTibjXJxkVU2sexmDqJuoXVooud1XHS130GjIaEWsWEbjiPBbVFgQcKKuORSyRQkmikkAbBsfbH7wGkwJpOb1vqqf/s320/IMG_0194.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p align="center">..... awww .....</p><p align="left"><br /><br /><br />Have you ever seen the brilliant <a href="http://www.retrocomputing.net/racconti/umor/coniglio/pandora.beptuui.html">Bunny Suicide sketches</a>?<br /><br /><br /><br />..... here's my take on it .....<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185256689972023218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAljac6RaaZy_4RtUEpzh2JQzNgz5ceLKnf2uzykYB54tn6Q1YlixLmJrwtVAqNdeDd4VhyN_9PnNCOQDQeCbVVE3fbkJamGD25wt1x7PvgYHKfnjZN8dh0x7UTYwCC0ZnMZNNcS2cSPB/s320/IMG_0193.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">...... death by monkee-grip ......<br /></p>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-49876419660412820382008-04-02T06:04:00.003+01:002008-04-02T06:48:59.988+01:00I tote, you tote, we all tote together ......... hmm, I really don't know what I was thinking with that title, but don't you find it tricky to come up with post titles sometimes? I do.<br /><br />Anyway, for <a href="http://the-vicious-chicken.blogspot.com/">enquiring eyes who want to know</a>, this is what my new bag looks like .....<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTomb9YknvKsTrmyh6A5iaiBz1UCHneP1MOC6PqeHki0YXb101vAoZMqvH67jLERVaFKyvHL4U3QRTbeDhT0VNZqHAgCs7f9PWjfjlQ8GxuvtitwwZ_PhJjvdinMq6IGuQjoBVgVjMlW-/s1600-h/IMG_0054+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184354858509012706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTomb9YknvKsTrmyh6A5iaiBz1UCHneP1MOC6PqeHki0YXb101vAoZMqvH67jLERVaFKyvHL4U3QRTbeDhT0VNZqHAgCs7f9PWjfjlQ8GxuvtitwwZ_PhJjvdinMq6IGuQjoBVgVjMlW-/s320/IMG_0054+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> .... sorry, <a href="http://kittywrinkle.blogspot.com/">Kitty</a>, it's not leather, but it is a rather lovely brown canvas and was only eight quid at Asda. Bargain!<br /><br />And, as I pointed out to RGH, it carries so much stuff "that I may never need another bag ever again!". I love how he believes this kind of garbage .....<br /><br /><br />Amongst lots of other things, in the top picture it was carrying .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteFnz0QIRr2yMicpOiot4STpb5tVuGj3DyDkxiL8rKb0zjVFc9JtODg0_dGiaZrcJbcOsJThb_KmpLGyChOXSJNAs2dN70YEORO6-CCFRrYcISfl7IHreG0eKaJ530DVcvcAw7blzoCNU/s1600-h/IMG_0055+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184354656645549778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteFnz0QIRr2yMicpOiot4STpb5tVuGj3DyDkxiL8rKb0zjVFc9JtODg0_dGiaZrcJbcOsJThb_KmpLGyChOXSJNAs2dN70YEORO6-CCFRrYcISfl7IHreG0eKaJ530DVcvcAw7blzoCNU/s320/IMG_0055+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... a monkee .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlRHyijmHpOAiJ2QRbLu2I7nt1ywUv1XAhMn4zlgv-l-bYKeW7yu1F1iD42rEXezDbU2ThWiJcHBBoKl6MkP2t-LAWbmtUHYGNeWghb9wZIPOUun_e35nq0MVWhuYn5dvDG2TS20d0DLL/s1600-h/IMG_0056+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184354514911628994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLlRHyijmHpOAiJ2QRbLu2I7nt1ywUv1XAhMn4zlgv-l-bYKeW7yu1F1iD42rEXezDbU2ThWiJcHBBoKl6MkP2t-LAWbmtUHYGNeWghb9wZIPOUun_e35nq0MVWhuYn5dvDG2TS20d0DLL/s320/IMG_0056+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... a monkee and a pigeon .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJAzNt3Ie9HdooGE-p7T2cpF6vquySSGrAvylgH_EkdJZgA9kzlFqqdxSwUCTKUJ1WdLoq9RdQUNE4WJ16T-Rb8kqGWCJtIAcoFHBQizyErm0-r4eD3Ij17jCgxZgk7lJBtlh72ZBnkP7/s1600-h/IMG_0060+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184354218558885554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJAzNt3Ie9HdooGE-p7T2cpF6vquySSGrAvylgH_EkdJZgA9kzlFqqdxSwUCTKUJ1WdLoq9RdQUNE4WJ16T-Rb8kqGWCJtIAcoFHBQizyErm0-r4eD3Ij17jCgxZgk7lJBtlh72ZBnkP7/s320/IMG_0060+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... a monkee and a pigeon and a chocolate bunny that refuses to die .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xNlcLoFdnQ3CRfKhrh-AWexclcLSCJ5lOzsuXXGgxHlq7mFPP_3ZdZ5a8qmGDZoOAr2Jxb22GBasfabsMbzQwGudV07Gk8B7UChsp3tm_MP5H-cB8lp1harUhjic38pfx2TAvLKfvWEu/s1600-h/IMG_0068+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184354089709866658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xNlcLoFdnQ3CRfKhrh-AWexclcLSCJ5lOzsuXXGgxHlq7mFPP_3ZdZ5a8qmGDZoOAr2Jxb22GBasfabsMbzQwGudV07Gk8B7UChsp3tm_MP5H-cB8lp1harUhjic38pfx2TAvLKfvWEu/s320/IMG_0068+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... a monkee and a pigeon and a chocolate bunny that refuses to die and some really cute chocolate Easter chicks from my colleague (which are also too cute to chomp) .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMUAUuD01HEfznaFPwqAavBMbmnQ1vlXPyYbjkEUTFfi8HACi73_OiH_Icg-V1M74cgX1BxMQ6N4XYq4V0QtNbHVRpXbOwjiv-5YAjnPYd3o2xXTvLAy6LwT2sLQP7cKCkU6kqJQdzXwB/s1600-h/IMG_0070+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184353827716861586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMUAUuD01HEfznaFPwqAavBMbmnQ1vlXPyYbjkEUTFfi8HACi73_OiH_Icg-V1M74cgX1BxMQ6N4XYq4V0QtNbHVRpXbOwjiv-5YAjnPYd3o2xXTvLAy6LwT2sLQP7cKCkU6kqJQdzXwB/s320/IMG_0070+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... a monkee and a pigeon and a chocolate bunny that refuses to die and some too-cute-to-chomp chocolate Easter chicks and some 007 playing cards ..... no, <a href="http://llaurenb.blogspot.com/">Lauren</a>, I wasn't kidding .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_ZUaSYNUEFdt3sZHzi-3vyK_f8a1ZQjjlPQZAICIrWFsSuDoEcPWB6Y-uumX_E2-plQ0Do4AjPfzX0oCDy_RKbBysY08OdDooYIE8VgBFHI0XxBWiTEoiBkEFJXoEnzyGz2f3vDmfx3h/s1600-h/IMG_0071+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184353578608758402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_ZUaSYNUEFdt3sZHzi-3vyK_f8a1ZQjjlPQZAICIrWFsSuDoEcPWB6Y-uumX_E2-plQ0Do4AjPfzX0oCDy_RKbBysY08OdDooYIE8VgBFHI0XxBWiTEoiBkEFJXoEnzyGz2f3vDmfx3h/s320/IMG_0071+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />.... sadly, they don't have any of <a href="http://llaurenb.blogspot.com/2008/03/photo-mosaic-tutorial.html">our favourite Bond</a>, but a close second ..... </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />Oh, and my camera. Which I obviously couldn't take a picture of, but you get the idea. One very accommodating (and heavy) bag.<br /><br /><br /><br />Also, when we went down to Cornwall recently, we stopped off in Sainsbury's and a very nice lady informed me that if I purchased a pack of <a href="http://www.pgtips.co.uk/">PG Tips</a> teabags, she'd give me a free bag. A free bag .... with a monkey on it!<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSK2aD46zapH_d96wmUqRgxxePq3GOHuk_t33cFTG5xXSAvBDMj8ErjU-4ArOXEjgdH4qASl2HH_d1Zdg3Q80pIB-oEXidvXWr8-lYMj2on9zDoRWw9k4JZTA7Bkl8K9hncAq6ksRjRg8/s1600-h/IMG_0108+%5B%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184353441169804914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSK2aD46zapH_d96wmUqRgxxePq3GOHuk_t33cFTG5xXSAvBDMj8ErjU-4ArOXEjgdH4qASl2HH_d1Zdg3Q80pIB-oEXidvXWr8-lYMj2on9zDoRWw9k4JZTA7Bkl8K9hncAq6ksRjRg8/s320/IMG_0108+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> (monkee in it not included)<br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><br />Two new bags in one week. Fabulous!<br /><br /><br />In monkee knitting news I'm embarrassed that I've been so lax recently. So embarrassed that I'm thinking of changing my blog name to .... oh, I don't know .... 'Used to be a Monkee Maker but isn't really anymore' or something equally catchy.<br /><br />But I'm happy to report that another monkee made of knit has finally been completed and has been added to the finished monkee tally ..... currently running at ..... two ..... ahem .....<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184357693187428082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJJiFP8peLR_P6oLNh1w7-nxNhBnitQUjqO46yg8un8CaZk8p5p7r-D1cDCtDh2AccdWdAuswWcRo6Htt2Xohh6S8lJKi0mCn7WdIMqCkV-fQIAi-jpBgqcj58RlQUjJAIrIM73KcSKOb/s320/PICT0104.JPG" border="0" /><br />(..... but there are five more in various stages of completion .... )</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="left">Honestly, this world domination malarkey is taking longer than anticipated ..... maybe if I spent less time doing this .....</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184512711442042626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fHPta_509Bq-Brp5oKYx4-B32J9pFUcbIjB8ZuZXA-DzHlFrk3JhxX0ZEdHUawqi4Mj2mYNCKum5600IF1TvQa0x75wT2R_FuhGc38W47pzxYZ0GQWZx3w7kZ1c2RyGeAqcnX_CtHcOo/s320/IMG_0075+%5B%5D.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br />..... and this .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184517156733194002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJMSDsPtFp3xo1bm0xzXAtyiXun2dJWgl58Ch4aAVAUA6D2XZoZbUt5sg1D0571paGpVuEnpzXo78EU9rP8WvZjfzVV_tqYMF8TQlz5zyIUxZnHi6sKXXfoz9vvdqsIS6fBZKxngCpAqb/s320/Hearts+and+flowers.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />..... and more time <em>actually knitting monkees</em>, then it might just happen a lot quicker .....Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-69972082741584335052008-03-30T09:30:00.002+01:002008-03-30T11:20:06.073+01:00How??How can I eat this ..... ?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8CXrVoraRFTFqGtTdKEV_dA7Ls-iKcJa4VeZB482aoyXSBvvJuFsCpRGQywo5IDAH9ix2PnPcjAIQmC5XQcPd3fInHQu9TebbE4UcvlodhhHnCRdz28feXFXZoU2WXr5N2ox-kieqiRF/s1600-h/PICT0093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183465826048544338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8CXrVoraRFTFqGtTdKEV_dA7Ls-iKcJa4VeZB482aoyXSBvvJuFsCpRGQywo5IDAH9ix2PnPcjAIQmC5XQcPd3fInHQu9TebbE4UcvlodhhHnCRdz28feXFXZoU2WXr5N2ox-kieqiRF/s320/PICT0093.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's just too damned cute! Every time I go to smash it over the head with a wooden mallet it keeps fixing it's beady eye on me ......<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183466405869129314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_M7mIq9tZ_OqPivgp8ArfG4vVaIDtUPE5M8nNnkyG9mAbeH_yLMXYjow8dxQDjgxQPTtmQ-mQTY5Np8jyW_6RoBTqc0Tbzce40prBkCP0T2nPZiLweFB9FQDQdEjw051A0ciD7DslurW/s320/PICT0090.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />..... and I just can't do it. So this chocolate bunny lives to see another day. I'm not sure just how many more days it'll see before I crack (it) though .....<br /><br /><br />As mentioned last time, I need to get back to showing and telling the goodies that our very nice postie keeps delivering to our door.<br /><br /><br />The day after the <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2008/03/socks-glorious-socks.html">monkey sock parcel</a> arrived, I received a little something from Meg's Mum (no blog link I'm afraid, as she doesn't have one) (although she really ought to) (I'm just saying). Well, I say <em>little</em>, as little was what I was expecting, after she'd asked for my address so that Meg could send me a Thank you card.<br /><br /><br />Meg really didn't need to send me a Thank you card ..... in fact, I should be the one thanking her as she and her Mum have bought <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-love-this.html">two of my monkees</a>.<br /><br /><br />So I was a little taken aback when this arrived ......<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ODGfqIQmfrmNmZIUW5YkngIt2Tbx-9PBDvWvejbXMdqcv68Ud3UR2GBQMOY_0skivkYAD5nvPgDCTnQOCNcbNeq4CrHyoksgP_0dllPfRq0MVtP3pcv0ZDHJIVtJSnKeXD86XkVXmyv7/s1600-h/PICT0019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183463777349144130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ODGfqIQmfrmNmZIUW5YkngIt2Tbx-9PBDvWvejbXMdqcv68Ud3UR2GBQMOY_0skivkYAD5nvPgDCTnQOCNcbNeq4CrHyoksgP_0dllPfRq0MVtP3pcv0ZDHJIVtJSnKeXD86XkVXmyv7/s320/PICT0019.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... not little at all (a Thank you card has been included for scale purposes) .....<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />Inside was a card and a brilliantly wrapped gift ......<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfHUt_O1OiBb5ob5YWJI_XoQY8hR9G0B6anncbaU7kkSNTV8X5PqKBb-5Zq7XxS7PUW2CeUn2oAiFxTUS2_GL9PILWmcEWnXk-V6EpHmfgdIGXV4ltPnrvtz6jiuYhcZ_NGRopZCxOX-u/s1600-h/PICT0020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183462729377123890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfHUt_O1OiBb5ob5YWJI_XoQY8hR9G0B6anncbaU7kkSNTV8X5PqKBb-5Zq7XxS7PUW2CeUn2oAiFxTUS2_GL9PILWmcEWnXk-V6EpHmfgdIGXV4ltPnrvtz6jiuYhcZ_NGRopZCxOX-u/s320/PICT0020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />..... and inside that was this gorgeous bag, handcrafted by Meg's Mum, a fabulous cupcake card and a letter from Meg .....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlgobFmaj4oydaYQcPcgD6pbOioHuX4HNPAZRtDGYDJmQgaJVIl_4iiKkK1cWCW7jD18ZvA4WVENsTCA_W8oBkMI4TwpAoat-NJab68B5U3DsVVeEYZy9n4YLC42X8JP-znSuS6odYqh5/s1600-h/PICT0021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183462213981048354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlgobFmaj4oydaYQcPcgD6pbOioHuX4HNPAZRtDGYDJmQgaJVIl_4iiKkK1cWCW7jD18ZvA4WVENsTCA_W8oBkMI4TwpAoat-NJab68B5U3DsVVeEYZy9n4YLC42X8JP-znSuS6odYqh5/s320/PICT0021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />..... which included this groovy alien frog/monkee design .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jSy798ts5jdHPcsFS-iyL5VRnGq6J88OBKnUp1WnejFjPPijNm6oeVqhcDs_z6enBIBB2OB3DeNH6aJfIwNuEM1KuGTHilciQnR77RLM6HgExVMYCjN1IwfJgWL1ybl-FvcZ7VlD4j8v/s1600-h/PICT0032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183439987525291538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jSy798ts5jdHPcsFS-iyL5VRnGq6J88OBKnUp1WnejFjPPijNm6oeVqhcDs_z6enBIBB2OB3DeNH6aJfIwNuEM1KuGTHilciQnR77RLM6HgExVMYCjN1IwfJgWL1ybl-FvcZ7VlD4j8v/s320/PICT0032.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... Meg's partial to frogs, apparently .....</div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you Meg, and Meg's Mum, for your kindness, I've found just the thing to go in my luxurious bag .....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgyADJ226Sr2DvOBwtxEPfFlRpMjEdg9ypFKKNBd5IaYdkLiBIFBHL25DshTIkWaCXUx8NWHqJuCDJ2uETtwPfvh3BjoEi6RsABFpxbRZJ9C7ZqWqJ78tmd8LiNUKx-hCv1jCe0QLuulJ/s1600-h/PICT0031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183436212249038338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgyADJ226Sr2DvOBwtxEPfFlRpMjEdg9ypFKKNBd5IaYdkLiBIFBHL25DshTIkWaCXUx8NWHqJuCDJ2uETtwPfvh3BjoEi6RsABFpxbRZJ9C7ZqWqJ78tmd8LiNUKx-hCv1jCe0QLuulJ/s320/PICT0031.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... luxurious chocolates (which I have no qualms eating) .....<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><br />In <del>monkee</del> pigeon news, Greg's not very happy with me ......<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUSnY8KBPeWPP9MBM4W-8_4XvxmC3WVAGhoa6dv2jFZZ38jOGjLDDcZOo8mNAL25JlGldoItwlQLZULFq55N6kQehsaG4QRxrgE01bfbIpe7ILl3NjUY8EPyynJqbNuHn5TCrC9vrWP8E/s1600-h/IMG_0038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183435069787737586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUSnY8KBPeWPP9MBM4W-8_4XvxmC3WVAGhoa6dv2jFZZ38jOGjLDDcZOo8mNAL25JlGldoItwlQLZULFq55N6kQehsaG4QRxrgE01bfbIpe7ILl3NjUY8EPyynJqbNuHn5TCrC9vrWP8E/s320/IMG_0038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />..... something to do with his new badge, apparently ......<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Yq07nX-BSP3iZfesOwYa9obDMpE21NBb7DrwGofEc1ISzLhghOxsFPxNNKs7omktir1U545DnPX-S5QYGHq_dtz9pZg-JQu1k4BjSItO9Qyd-yg83PSHr8vQWtfLJxlY_P3wo_K6e1sq/s1600-h/IMG_0034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183434867924274658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Yq07nX-BSP3iZfesOwYa9obDMpE21NBb7DrwGofEc1ISzLhghOxsFPxNNKs7omktir1U545DnPX-S5QYGHq_dtz9pZg-JQu1k4BjSItO9Qyd-yg83PSHr8vQWtfLJxlY_P3wo_K6e1sq/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivx7juQUsoFesUO-xlLU1PWU6oBUlvZ03s6VTVzaIN58mz_W_XAzgp_PdJXbOyT9bdGbkTDupPneHM_aYAHnGL9JCdBvmRQ-3_RvZ7tZl8KOLB-LO6_bvN0zKcXCtby0WryzjJEEMyaI6Y/s1600-h/IMG_0035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183434764845059538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivx7juQUsoFesUO-xlLU1PWU6oBUlvZ03s6VTVzaIN58mz_W_XAzgp_PdJXbOyT9bdGbkTDupPneHM_aYAHnGL9JCdBvmRQ-3_RvZ7tZl8KOLB-LO6_bvN0zKcXCtby0WryzjJEEMyaI6Y/s320/IMG_0035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />..... I can't decide if it's the picture or the pin he objects to most ..... </div></div></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-8500286989708275662008-03-28T06:05:00.029+00:002008-03-28T08:29:56.494+00:00Captain Jack Sparrow has got nothing on Greg .....So, as previously mentioned, last weekend we visited some of our relatives in sunny Devon and Cornwall.<br /><br />We made sure we had the essentials .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNgJpjfNCFW4NpIxJQIx_dn3Hz3oTi_flV59Kyx7xy_Uxb8haX_c5YCGIsf1z7nqhJ1cm0FMeWKCbBBeFZ3HAXdqUREC0BkOcq29_6EBr4XARnyoW8lM4QrHVmTCyJ72Ttgtc2lrg-hKg/s1600-h/PICT0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182530906157485474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNgJpjfNCFW4NpIxJQIx_dn3Hz3oTi_flV59Kyx7xy_Uxb8haX_c5YCGIsf1z7nqhJ1cm0FMeWKCbBBeFZ3HAXdqUREC0BkOcq29_6EBr4XARnyoW8lM4QrHVmTCyJ72Ttgtc2lrg-hKg/s320/PICT0001.JPG" border="0" /></a> Clothes ..... check<br />Monkee ..... check<br />Chocolate ..... check<br />Pigeon ..... check<br />007 playing cards ..... check </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />After a <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-does-express-holiday-inn.html">long and boring journey</a>, we settled into our <a href="http://www.premierinn.com/pti/hotelInformation.do?hotelId=24024&iscsell=">five star accommodation</a> then got busy with the treats ......<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3YrsDdhjVaGyc_fWtQhAUNhghSOECEdqrhs5nG88somuxwiwxWS9yJW_3YLsLh7v-wmZyT-LEwxSAqABgM-69pLuIvjJ1aAVqGDk0wfbDDEvWnvc7tBCXsx2l9uugEGgOFGT6YTaT5Ax/s1600-h/PICT0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182530390761409938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3YrsDdhjVaGyc_fWtQhAUNhghSOECEdqrhs5nG88somuxwiwxWS9yJW_3YLsLh7v-wmZyT-LEwxSAqABgM-69pLuIvjJ1aAVqGDk0wfbDDEvWnvc7tBCXsx2l9uugEGgOFGT6YTaT5Ax/s320/PICT0004.JPG" border="0" /></a> ..... although 007 was keen to keep Greg at arms length ...... </div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />..... but I think he may have regretted his greediness the next day ......<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDMTKQnqgbFqcIjTjsAv3e3S1xQM0KvC5cT-KOLUi9VSfitwR6Jhb3WzmNqPHLK73g1QC7M7mfTHY2LF1KDAspRWHePgNor8wcpOIicU-qdKK_lnT9nB622xISGbRM98TQSSNUPsvJ1gA/s1600-h/PICT0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182529759401217410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDMTKQnqgbFqcIjTjsAv3e3S1xQM0KvC5cT-KOLUi9VSfitwR6Jhb3WzmNqPHLK73g1QC7M7mfTHY2LF1KDAspRWHePgNor8wcpOIicU-qdKK_lnT9nB622xISGbRM98TQSSNUPsvJ1gA/s320/PICT0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We didn't actually do much in St. Ives with ......<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegZh41ibHGZEJ8sybpUkuJ3rgU10Jgir5nZGJF9u6vJLsW8ZpEOTXDn5e-HGqNzNEsYGahbWyUYaDCC1ydByOkgBoyobyrTWkJMdt7bmOx1__qnsxmu-I4dTNKY2hg2sPY_9QuS8tb486/s1600-h/PICT0016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182528681364426098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegZh41ibHGZEJ8sybpUkuJ3rgU10Jgir5nZGJF9u6vJLsW8ZpEOTXDn5e-HGqNzNEsYGahbWyUYaDCC1ydByOkgBoyobyrTWkJMdt7bmOx1__qnsxmu-I4dTNKY2hg2sPY_9QuS8tb486/s320/PICT0016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />...... as it was so incredibly windy ......<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182516213074365778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1xjKXOIhUrag3svUkFUcTUp52tMLfTrWRXHeiVRidGtCkmKfvYQantUojclMSG7tUVM_x8V5PhnZmYGd3ItPkiz_vVDAC6dJyizI4kFjlDVwbhbtZDntR6u22_6JDCHhKuhrLWabvWcZ/s320/PICT0019.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... Greg found it especially difficult .....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p-QLinRQdvFjdfjN9TYh8UpdP3b8cSgYEewpyPbYIeJWuHOO3E4aOHhroSBlsT1jh4996nurFOAdUHlkO03TR2NkhNyJzbd7geKWZGYV-XQg7UZEhVAfUfNm9QKuheH7UHHRAD33VRpQ/s1600-h/PICT0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182527766536392034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p-QLinRQdvFjdfjN9TYh8UpdP3b8cSgYEewpyPbYIeJWuHOO3E4aOHhroSBlsT1jh4996nurFOAdUHlkO03TR2NkhNyJzbd7geKWZGYV-XQg7UZEhVAfUfNm9QKuheH7UHHRAD33VRpQ/s320/PICT0018.JPG" border="0" /></a>..... those wings weren't made for flying .....</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br />And we were all relieved to get to my Brother-in-law's house. It was our first visit there and we were very impressed by it's beautiful features.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Like this lovely (& warm) fireplace .....<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182514559511956802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWnw7ud4u6CrUvUTgSPKC2QOm7NDn-FKf0rAOTjF-Hmg6nj4HLVqwHBBVqFPJHnUk9M43sZgT_TPF12mk4krJQkEfBatSj_aLI7hjQQ_X4S9TfIBAOBTxmCL3vaKdZQPUdR_vo0chJevX/s320/PICT0021.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />..... and this impressive cast iron oven .....</div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182513958216535346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9utSzpzUYIC5eXdmaCwfw-imM8-dn-3bSikIZgZvQyYaZNiy5Yr7piFRczJr4diYaNSKaXj1dg85taMN03hIvjSMToWEZaVgdWr5HO9vsr94TnShe3dhmucRQ_nH5iRp7yavGBDb1Ac3W/s320/PICT0022.JPG" border="0" />..... 007 got busy with the copper kettle straight away!<br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br />Although he did seem a little confused about what was meant to be cooking ......<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182513240956996898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFm1XvtNbx4WpovSJ4kU9HZwi9DAtpF7XX4d-9sGkfhdmabmhxcXAjfg8rN1wieoYq_AR6cOv7tdBPAI0VYZHuV-sfQ3XGsuUCeProtaSDk1oW7l_xb7i8ri7HCQy7kUm-mGUgrOivuAe/s320/PICT0028.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center">..... pigeon pie anyone?<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br />The views scrubbed up pretty well too .....<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182512729855888658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUkRnqVLvY30BMFfG4d5kW13wYa3NQA1xb87Mp4ElmNsTGKV4IjfSXXI9mdCAyHThiuq_8T_CdnwiHIcQnD7zoEEsMtbUSYkO6yH7Dq5eHwxc0uEGalgB7Z_G4OS1gY-TfdunnMzFB1X1/s320/PICT0030.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Next day we visited some <a href="http://monkeemaker.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-not-to-win-friends-and-influence.html">"friends"</a>, and I'm happy to report that no monkee business went on. Just a little pigeon baiting ......<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182479761686924466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8Ms_k9tA5pcALMuTyDKwE95Mfow9BF21CKJCksbXUMCqeeWKnM7o4koHas2IEiN55e6fxFUH76vbNeAL2qbLVItQ9jKHvv4rfU3g7wh8m1TB8tF4tjnDey6RU4NXvMLz5yePmSc1U_Uk/s320/PICT0054.JPG" border="0" />..... and really, what's a little pigeon baiting between friends. Especially when said friends feed you up with delicious curry, make sure your glass is always topped up <strong>and</strong> offer to let your kids sleep over! (Plus, I think Greg actually quite enjoyed the attention .....)<br /><br /><br />So the next day we headed to a <a href="http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/">rather marvellous chocolate shop</a> in Exeter, and picked them up a little Thank you. Although they were lucky to get them, as someone else had his beady eye on them ......<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182480521896135874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtKc4KnyMaJHsEsoU5Z75_xLVBfyTcw8x5zKKo-zIOhf6oGz4cFRYfLgWvicJ8zdSPGV2FfydjnmIN9JAvRhtXJVSqAkYw2wgUznLvFpWHT8fG6F8w86OyARtAVkicjzhwo6EcjJcSbiR/s320/PICT0067.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />When we stopped for a coffee, it looked like 007 and Greg had fallen out ......<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182512119970532610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQsp3iWeyPdlI8vKbZtZSiQk0H1G5Gw4jB0l3nou81A1W7lqh8WZ11Z3B-qd1olhlhkfGc-6DOYTG_sdtH4Y2pTaZW4TcjUqhENs4Xufipgzd7YVxuCDQy29_hiFBsy2rK8CDJcKWwW2a/s320/PICT0071.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />I'm not too sure but I think this may have had something to do with it .....<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182481973595081954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBk17mtIMDuybifPp4VWkv-9jjCwQ9hitAD0vnwiY1N_VMmYG8zzNNTq2cxsU-2m4oL0WMQGisAu8UdyhfOPhTHPAWDPOfmZgmnMTnRJSrTP5zUN-leIGPYFjV1zoNqPX9WihBqdKmVdts/s320/PICT0060.JPG" border="0" /><br />..... when 007 posed in front of Exeter Cathedral ...... <div align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left">..... Greg wanted a go too .....<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182481346529856722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs3f4bRnLxqc_xkijTYYbROmOIsz_F1Y57zRvrOoSnAWkOWF4yjMJUoOEbGLldcGlOexx7-q3n2qwUxYVkXzx9Izcmi8nd6TblBrvAnS8ItQO_sKHoD5UZzY0BCn1kDb_ejzBmZxUnFio/s320/PICT0061.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... and while he was being photographed I made sure that 007 was put away safely and comfortably .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182511544444914930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4jtwaCjNIpfqZt4p0yqCTeNJbMiIEtjxL1-8IgiF8oVUZS4xXP7U9HinvOR7JXx8L4lrLdc9D_9rHcOxjiBv23PrmxSvC5VV3c_v-zdQfq0PTG8kXswkOW7Ws1pTEiZi3O8hZgiVgglx/s320/PICT0062.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />...... or maybe I didn't ......<br /></p><div align="center">(RGH, working my new bag)</div><div align="center">(.... and a monkee .....)<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><br />Finally, this is for <a href="http://piratepurls.blogspot.com/">Murdo</a> ......</div><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182479087377058978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1l0YtZbCjw363h9DGVx8zS7xP1wBp-DettT-FshohZtYugSIisAnlu2J4O1kx8AFLu0_RIXZLDCQqIQt2DZBwDxFEBlHTYChiJiFCwsOma0waKtO_hjszpBc70P3gMB8xz06-vxbFK70/s400/mouth+amendments.jpg" border="0" /><br />..... I hope it helps ......</p><br /><p align="left"><br /><br />Well, that's it for today, please come back next time when I'll be reacquainting myself with that lovely man who brings me gifts on a virtually daily basis .....</p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Oh no! Wait!! I was forgetting! Something very exciting did actually happen while we were in Cornwall. Contrary to my earlier statement about Greg's wings, it appears that he can indeed fly.<br /><br /><br />During one flight out to sea, he came upon a miniature galleon and crew .....</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182531142380686770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1OSVxrKBCqM98j1XH4yPdGwslpecl-If922yW-S9b0hBx3r7t-z-qch-w_TcKUwKMAwij8zD_M6aN6G9NiU1QCtu_1hIDhXIGEIay-C_P0q_z-hxa6zXZwVOfOlD6SMhlJtMVnxdQhBU/s320/PICT0049.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">(.... no, I haven't been drinking ....)<br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br />Once on board he rallied the crew into mutiny so that he could become the new Captain ..... well, those wings were <em>really</em> tired and he had to get back to land somehow .....<br /><div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182531533222710722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzNUYNXQe4DmVLKG_NawZuZRzajJAR8u5whwOpxV6LozmRgnvrjQZLVAEfhSFqPqItfDPIzHbb8ojb-9WwQdFSvoGjYYrfTYH7mcYBSk-pEIsadL4m9Dsn25N-FlwD4NFWx16mAz1-KaB/s320/PICT0046.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><br /><p align="center"><strong>Cap'n Greg Pigeon</strong> ..... he could take Jack Sparrow with his wings tied behind his back!</p><p align="left"></p>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944832373177259228.post-31367841279187880322008-03-25T06:11:00.007+00:002008-03-25T19:00:32.897+00:00I feel pretty ..... oh so pretty .....<div><a href="http://lucylocketrecycledherpocket.blogspot.com/">Lucy Locket</a> asked why there aren't more pictures of me on my blog. Well, Lucy, I'm glad you asked. Apart from the fact that I'm <del>usually</del> always the one behind the camera, the real reason is that I don't like my face.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>I have some deep-rooted face issues. But that's fine, that's ok, I'm sure lots of people don't like their face. I'll probably grow into mine one day.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>In fact, when I was with my sister a couple of days ago, I came to realise that actually, I'm quite a corker. So I thought I'd share with you just how gorgeous I really am.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>My Rather Fabulous Sister and I .....</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy4ye_nYJveV_Cdj67wGzaqdAD75MQljW67JRCJDZMfz8MPBPir2lhpk0RYzl8X555w7tjh6ibivlEgTlWWI-xTMRaMjf0TBSR2S5X3Xq2OEbnatunaYYl4abMFh2rVEa8B7nNbz77YYz/s1600-h/PB25.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181368017992289362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy4ye_nYJveV_Cdj67wGzaqdAD75MQljW67JRCJDZMfz8MPBPir2lhpk0RYzl8X555w7tjh6ibivlEgTlWWI-xTMRaMjf0TBSR2S5X3Xq2OEbnatunaYYl4abMFh2rVEa8B7nNbz77YYz/s320/PB25.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181755917963627650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9D6o0cuxPjhsHh2lL7wzhZY5aHrV9yKa-rE8XnDeEAhFocCNWDkCyIJmCyQ8_C10Cob-p_cebaqg4QY2qaxt_-hlYgE1RKCpqSnpKwP7I02QRGRfpHxVRgxZnqOP6mfIaHoWAO-ZKXsg/s320/PB53.jpg" border="0" /> <div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6Q8GPnPmQQcB2cmFAKsNM9RbRQ3r8q8gZrX6ZF9utxA40KACwvTklgWLfBB3cwklvT_Laz3AN4jk1F9AtDrsJ5XGdDb1ffEuVY7dyUxy3eNJ71w72MA62tUDma38Nwf8mu0bLJOPKDBS/s1600-h/PB23.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181367356567325746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6Q8GPnPmQQcB2cmFAKsNM9RbRQ3r8q8gZrX6ZF9utxA40KACwvTklgWLfBB3cwklvT_Laz3AN4jk1F9AtDrsJ5XGdDb1ffEuVY7dyUxy3eNJ71w72MA62tUDma38Nwf8mu0bLJOPKDBS/s320/PB23.jpg" border="0" /></a> ..... oh yeah ..... we've really got it going on ......<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">And you can see where Rather Beautiful Daughter 1 gets her stunning looks .....<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eKs_ANl59-5LNFepRgEjcdm8ZomePFzAev9ww-R8D_j2htWwbh1wFI5Y-CDI-8sErxRBBYGDBTBQWfdUtTYCTMiy0dJwTet96wGVbPnYL78t-pu2oD4PpayU2LDNEIGoiBBaAPl3HUFr/s1600-h/PB39.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181366952840399906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1eKs_ANl59-5LNFepRgEjcdm8ZomePFzAev9ww-R8D_j2htWwbh1wFI5Y-CDI-8sErxRBBYGDBTBQWfdUtTYCTMiy0dJwTet96wGVbPnYL78t-pu2oD4PpayU2LDNEIGoiBBaAPl3HUFr/s320/PB39.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />...... and Rather Beautiful Daughter 2's big blue eye(s) ......<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9z5ebTHynBPt5kemlCteTSOISXrN97bsaE91i1Xx2z9qoNsbUlFC3nKUfKufca-rDnBtow6Q0IhmyCgPSvMPoqOHeaFntzqarbGfLxMWcFvpN7mgOjw0jlREVhgiVO9MNJOFIhGgOn02/s1600-h/PB12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181366347250011154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9z5ebTHynBPt5kemlCteTSOISXrN97bsaE91i1Xx2z9qoNsbUlFC3nKUfKufca-rDnBtow6Q0IhmyCgPSvMPoqOHeaFntzqarbGfLxMWcFvpN7mgOjw0jlREVhgiVO9MNJOFIhGgOn02/s320/PB12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Oh no, wait. Scrub that. They obviously get them from their Dad .....<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaBbcXCzNxjlBZpa2j7xichF9nxFUrl6bJwDF-yssnDFi-oXRRdYSh8O5gPKXMiBw_TsCnBOOoHbxOqBn8pcLB6PdjYEm6skwna5o9GOTHWjrKDI9Sl7cEI2TnpNWuc7rYh47SojiakaV/s1600-h/PB60.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181365952113019906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaBbcXCzNxjlBZpa2j7xichF9nxFUrl6bJwDF-yssnDFi-oXRRdYSh8O5gPKXMiBw_TsCnBOOoHbxOqBn8pcLB6PdjYEm6skwna5o9GOTHWjrKDI9Sl7cEI2TnpNWuc7rYh47SojiakaV/s320/PB60.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Much fun was had by all, playing with my Sister's Mac Photobooth, but please rest assured that I'm not going to share all 70 photos with you.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>..... how about just nine more?</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>..... in ..... oh, I don't know ..... let's say .....<em> collage form</em>?</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181442432595659874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUbQOL7e0tUnY0VrxCHSItVqrku751lFaWCe7R3K3fhdPNwS61NwSG6Mbj99YL9htaSBY3f6iquU9p2HeyP1flWL9XLYtzbh31rAqbZc5hjuS4380swpyl4pbnX4wsmRQn_GfvhI99VRP/s400/collage13.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><div align="center">..... who needs therapy when there's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/macphotobooth/pool/page3/">Mac Photobooth</a> .....<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><p>Many thanks for all the birthday wishes for RGH on the last post, I think they all must have gone to his head. Last night he asked if he could borrow my sketching tablet and pen. I suppose I should have been concerned, as he's a big fan of <a href="http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/itchy/pics/is4.gif">Itchy and Scratchy</a>.</p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><br /><p align="left">...... you may want to take that as a warning ......</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181557988690758770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOdjW5LlMGkVutG-3kRWbCaPufpHEhDwStZYfM_RNHRjG-d1B2hyphenhyphennO1rCNT1hR4ATaoj8r30Zl8OT8KlGc6Dyckms5bv5t_GAw_nUdM6VUwofe4qyMDeJZc9O8pXBK42UG9psgk3m4Jsc/s400/Guts.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">..... well this kind of cartoon is never going to catch on, is it?</p><br /><p></p></div></div>Monkee Makerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336571641425561485noreply@blogger.com29