tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post6056507799503020282..comments2024-03-28T08:09:58.329+00:00Comments on Cestina's dolls houses: If you go down in the woods today....Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-55124259046311380412013-04-02T17:23:43.318+01:002013-04-02T17:23:43.318+01:00Ah! The extra picture is most helpful, thank you. ...Ah! The extra picture is most helpful, thank you. Being of a literal turn of mind, I thought you meant skirt when you said "skirt", whereas now I see you mean the skirt of her dress. From the front she is decorum personified. Perhaps her dressmaker had been inspired by hospital gowns?Andrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-8770611693636096322013-04-01T19:40:52.008+01:002013-04-01T19:40:52.008+01:00This is a comment?This is a comment?Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-1694824749874199052013-04-01T19:29:57.389+01:002013-04-01T19:29:57.389+01:00......Andrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-2118972843981167642013-04-01T18:03:48.134+01:002013-04-01T18:03:48.134+01:00Having been up to a friend's for Easter Monday...Having been up to a friend's for Easter Monday lunch and caught by the tradition of gently tapping the female rear-end with a hazel switch, followed by copious slugs of slivovice, I looked much like the hedgehog (she may be a Steiff mini-Mecki but sadly lacks the necessary Knopf im Ohr) a few hours ago.....Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-89815871277371287272013-04-01T15:58:47.103+01:002013-04-01T15:58:47.103+01:00The hedgehog with the accordion definitely looks v...The hedgehog with the accordion <i>definitely</i> looks very 'merry' shall we say ... too much slivovic, I fear [sorry I can't do the necessary diacritics!]Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-83332735845043838592013-04-01T10:34:42.239+01:002013-04-01T10:34:42.239+01:00Lolllllllll
XLolllllllll<br />XAndrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-72312963841441055242013-04-01T09:58:18.927+01:002013-04-01T09:58:18.927+01:00c) It's windy.....
d) What makes you think it&...c) It's windy.....<br />d) What makes you think it's a nightmare for me?<br /><br />Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-52367427066906110062013-03-31T23:32:04.439+01:002013-03-31T23:32:04.439+01:00a) I have never lost control of my skirt, whether ...a) I have never lost control of my skirt, whether on a seesaw or not<br />b) a skirt attaches to the waist<br />c) I am prepared to concede that the angle of the photo may be inopportune, and that the waist of a squirrel may be hard to place, but she appears to be wearing her skirt round her neck<br />d) the aforesaid boxer shorts are the stuff of your nightmares, not mine<br />harrumph and good night<br />And thank you Abbeybufo!<br />A xAndrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-4566622265218611422013-03-31T23:10:44.223+01:002013-03-31T23:10:44.223+01:00Oh your display is fabulous, what fun it must have...Oh your display is fabulous, what fun it must have been arranging it all. Happy Easter to you and Butterfly and your family from all the bears who are loving your miniature adventure.House of Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213181654644632081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-17175319871976347962013-03-31T22:55:38.460+01:002013-03-31T22:55:38.460+01:00No, no Dianne you are right - she is a hedgehog. ...No, no Dianne you are right - she is a hedgehog. The squirrel is on the see-saw :-)<br /><br />I was thinking just now, as I looked at the photo, that the hedgehog looks a bit the worse for drink......<br /><br />Glad you like the window.Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-71604085988004161532013-03-31T22:18:46.616+01:002013-03-31T22:18:46.616+01:00Oh Cestina the display window is wonderful the kid...Oh Cestina the display window is wonderful the kids must have loved it, I have to say my fav is the hedge hog ( which I'm crazy about, we don't have them in Canada)she is so cute with her accordion on the swing, I see now in the above post its a squirrel, to me she's a hedge hog:):) hope you and Butterfly are having a fabulous Easter weekend.. Dianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/04719124445447564433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-76820606177840371122013-03-31T21:15:47.568+01:002013-03-31T21:15:47.568+01:00PS just found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...PS just found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchy_the_Battery_Boy which may [or may not!] help ...Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-72482995511047372632013-03-31T21:13:32.655+01:002013-03-31T21:13:32.655+01:00I'd have to refer you to my brother for actual...I'd have to refer you to my brother for actual plots/events in Torchy, I'm afraid, Andrea ... I can *just* remember the title sequence, but that's about it !Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-79137114881084955882013-03-31T20:58:57.442+01:002013-03-31T20:58:57.442+01:00And if you continue to impugn my squirrel's vi...And if you continue to impugn my squirrel's virtue I just might be driven to mentioning a certain pair of boxer shorts...Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-57964196980751988282013-03-31T20:57:44.791+01:002013-03-31T20:57:44.791+01:00Oh come come, did you never as a little girl sit o...Oh come come, did you never as a little girl sit on a see-saw and experience your skirt going beyond your control?Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-79292148881069343522013-03-31T20:26:40.205+01:002013-03-31T20:26:40.205+01:00I am even more exercised now, and have been driven...I am even more exercised now, and have been driven to taking a restorative glass of fizz. I am sorry (not) to pursue this increasingly unsavoury matter, but if the lady squirrel's idea of a skirt is one that covers the front only, then I must question the use of the term "lady". <br />The Torchy reference relates to the fact that the toys were sent into space, thus needing rescue, rather than a visual similarity. Help me, Abbeybufo!<br />xxAndrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-31353389448918482792013-03-31T19:12:53.996+01:002013-03-31T19:12:53.996+01:00Well I can see that the green-coated one has a Tor...Well I can see that the green-coated one has a Torchy cap on but the other is, I am forced to tell you, a lady squirrel with her skirt flying up in the air...<br /><br />Make what you will of that!Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-2830521413123371772013-03-31T19:02:35.770+01:002013-03-31T19:02:35.770+01:00Also, he's not standing innocently, he's p...Also, he's not standing innocently, he's poised on a seesaw. And the Torchy link is obvious. Andrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-22606597595931147622013-03-31T19:00:17.125+01:002013-03-31T19:00:17.125+01:00It's not headgear, it's the yellow thing t...It's not headgear, it's the yellow thing that's exercising me...<br />Perhaps the frogs are generously-minded oil tycoons?Andrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-10425660732450112322013-03-31T18:38:14.086+01:002013-03-31T18:38:14.086+01:00Who but you could have made such a weithergezogene...Who but you could have made such a weithergezogene connection between a squirrel standing innocently in a wood and that spooky individual Torchy?<br /><br />(I'd never noticed the squirrel's headgear actually)<br /><br />Nor had I noticed what Jana Hedgehog just pointed out which is that Kopat tady prosim, which I had thought meant "Please swim here" actually means "Please dig here". The sign dates back to my leaving cake from the CAB and the translation was done by Fred.....Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-48435265011953353922013-03-31T11:57:44.564+01:002013-03-31T11:57:44.564+01:00Gosh! Torchy - who lived on a star! That takes me ...Gosh! Torchy - who lived on a star! That takes me back - and only to my brother's era children's TV - he's 8 years younger than I am... <br />(Glad someone can tell their <i>ranae</i> from their <i>bufones</i>!)Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-41660266043074993242013-03-31T11:52:26.332+01:002013-03-31T11:52:26.332+01:00Splendido! Lovely scenes. I am troubled by one of ...Splendido! Lovely scenes. I am troubled by one of the squirrels in the final shot. What is he wearing? And why? Is he about to be propelled into space? (One is reminded irresistibly of Torcheeeeeeeeee!)<br />Happy Easter all xx<br />(Abbeybufo I am pathetically preening myself for knowing bufo...)Andrea Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017280033696404459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-74314320888718642712013-03-31T11:32:00.308+01:002013-03-31T11:32:00.308+01:00What fun! Love the frogs - but then, as Latinists ...What fun! Love the frogs - but then, as Latinists among you may know, the 'bufo' part of my on-line name shows my amphibian heritage! <i>Bufo Bufo</i> is the common toad ;-)Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.com