Monday 1 July 2013

Spot the bunny


In the absence of anything terribly exciting or mystifying (it's been a slow couple of weeks), I thought I'd just give you a brief update of what's been happening here at Castlette DeVice.

First up, last weekend we had a visit from my sister, Indescribable DeVice, and my six week old niece, Lionel (not her real name, although I think it should be). My gods that baby can scream!

The screaming didn't seem to perturb Ming that much, as you can see below:

A sleeping Ming

Indescribable also left me with her familiar. She thought I'd pay it more attention than she does now that she's got a Lionel to look after. Although not quite a Moom, Gerbil (yes, Indescribable's that lazy that she couldn't be arsed to think up a name for it) is settling in nicely and not tormenting Inexcuseable's cats too much.

My new familiar, Gerbil. Great name, eh?

On Friday, Inexcuseable and her husband departed for a two week holiday, leaving me to my own devices. (Note the lowercase 'd' - No incest here).

So far, I've kept myself busy, mostly repotting and rearranging my modest array of potted plants. Although, the array is getting somewhat less modest as I can't seem to stop myself from visiting the garden centre!
Anyway, here's how my little potted garden is doing:



Oh, one final thing: I am no longer incommunicado. I have a new phone! My last phone slipped into a coma several months ago (December or January, I believe), and I couldn't put myself through the trauma of trying to find a suitable new one. Remember the drama when I was in need of a new PC?! 
The longer I put it off, the more used to not having one I got. However, after some almost relentless nagging from various friends & relatives, last week I finally caved and ended up with this: 


I've had it a week and sent three texts so far. I don't think I'm in any danger of exceeding my free 5000 per month...

So. That's it for now. I'm off over the Cusp in a little while, so I should have plenty to tell you when I get back.
 
 

6 comments:

  1. Can we have a name the gerbil competition???? PLEASE???
    Sxx

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  2. Gerbil Device!

    Did I win yet?

    PS: Didn't Richard Gere get into some mischief with a gerbil once-upon-a-time?

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  3. ...maybe so, Mr Lax. I believe an empty cardboard toilet roll tube was also involved...or was that someone else?
    Sx

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  4. Would you like us to save all our empty cardboard bog rolls and pop them in the post to you?

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  5. This may interest you, mostly potted plants.
    You need these cardboard things? Fine, don't know where to put them anyway ...

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  6. Miss Scarlet: Oh, go on then.

    LX: Bang go Miss Scarlet's chances of winning...

    As for Richard Gere, I don't think anyone was a winner in that situation. Especially not the gerbil.

    MJ: That's very kind but I think I've got enough for now, thanks.

    Mago: It does interest me. A lot! So pretty...

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Tickle my fancy, why don't you?