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TUESDAY 22nd Mar: No camera day!


Crinkly

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Tara:

Mum forgot her camera on our walk today! Hahahahaha!  Bad Mum! 

We had a fab time, but you can't see any of it, cos she FORGOT.  So you can't see Bailey the Big White Bouncy Boxer that I had to hide from on a bench.  Or the swans.  Or Bertie the JackRussell/Chihuahua/Pug who played with us.  And I played with HIM.  And you can't see how dirty Cato got cos I bounced on him in some really soggy muddy grass.  Mum was not happy.  Hahahahaha!

 

Cato:

So Mum says that if you can't see pics of our walk, we will improvise.  Wotever that means.  except improvise seems to mean taking pics of boring stuff at home, and asking me to tell you about it.  Not as much fun as the walk, but I don't mind doing it today.  Just don't ask her to do this everyday, or she might think we don't need to go on a walk at all.

This is wot we see just before we go out for a walk.  It is our front door.  Mum opens the inner door and we rush into the tiled bit and bounce around excitedly while she phaffs around getting the dog lead and bag.  She usually mutters about the Imbecile who tiled the walls in navy and cream at the same time.  She says they should be PERIOD tiles.  And will be one day.  She says this a lot.  It is very boring.

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Can you see the mud?  That is MY mud from this afternoon.

Anyway, she gets the leads and hangs them on the doorknob and puts them on our necks and then we have to be-very-good and SIT or she NEVER opens the door.

Then we see this:

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It is our front gate.  The mesh stuff is only there because I woz so unbearably-cute-and-tiny when I was a puppy that I could fit under the gate and through the gaps.  So Mum put the mesh stuff on.  Tara was so big and fat when she arrived that she couldn't have fitted.  But Mum says she is leaving it up for the next-little-furry-bundle.

We like to sit and stare out of the gate, but Mum won't let us do it unless she is 'pottering about' with us.  She says someone might try and steal us like they did Mia, and we would hate that.  Glad Mia got rescued!!!

This is our bin.  Sometimes it lives in the garden.  Sometimes it lives on the pavement.  Sometimes it lives inside the wall.  It makes a loud noise when it trundles around, but we never see it move.  That is weird, isn't it?

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Mum took a pic of the base because that is the interesting sniffy bit.

These are Mums tubs that are miserable because of the winter.  She says they will get happier soon.

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And this is the tiny tub that Aunty Jane gave to Mum for her birthday.  It is very bright, isn't it?  And the sage makes it sniffy too.  Mum won't let me widdle on it.  She says it is too gorgeous, and I should respect a thing of beauty.  She also wants to dig the old concrete out put nice tiles down out here, but I don't want that.  I like the smell and the green, and there was an ants nest out here last summer!  Mum likes things too clean and tidy.  The concrete is old.  Old is good.  Sidney was old.

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This is me being good in the hall.

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When Mum goes out to the bin, we are not allowed out into the garden til she she has gone out first, and looked for killer-monsters.  Or dognappers.   When it is safe, she says 'come on chaps!' and we charge out and leap over the doorstep.  Only today Tara was so excited she forgot, and went out too early, so I am waiting on my own.  She got told off and made to come back in and sit.  She is silly.

 

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Marlene

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Shorty G says he understands having to hide from big white bouncy Boxers......he lives with one!  Sophie wants so badly for Shorty to play but Shorty won't engage.  He plays with other small dogs but says that big ole Boxer is toooo big!  We'll add Shorty to our list of custom made headstones "My Boxer didn't mean to kill me.....but here I lay".

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Summerangel

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Mum forgot her camera!! Tut tut!!! Lol

what lovely tiles you have on your floor... I'm jealous ... 

We have those big wheelie bins too... In fact 3 of them and then a food watse bin. 

1 for the rubbish

1 for the recycling 

1 for the garden waste ( I have to pay extra every year for this) 

And a small food waste bin... 

Loving your grasses in the pots, very nice... 

But I do miss see the pictures of those muddy paws... ?

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PipsMom

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Love your period tiles matched or no match...anything old and historic I stop and study how it was made so you two would be bored with my walks too hehehe

I had a good chuckle reading where you weren't allowed to widdle on the lovely flower basket....What is it with you boys and widdling on anything upright?

Hey Cato? Do you just have to widdle on every single Willie Bin you pass on the street come collection day? Pip does...I swear the boy measures it out so every bin gets a sprinkle going and coming back :roflmao: pretty soon they will have green bottoms just like Mr Fox in the park 

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Missysmom

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Wow what a Great job with your improvising Cato! Now I can Really picture your whole walk, how fun!! I Love your tiles too and wow a double door entry area how nice is That, would Love one of those! Lots of room to get some of that mud off!! Good job on the mud today Cato, looks pretty caked on!! Looks like you had Lots of fun!! :ohyeah:

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Sophie's Haven

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I too love anything old and historic.........love the tile work in your entry on the floor. I fell in love with the black and white tile on the walls, my favorite colors to decorate with.........like your scroll work on the wall too...........your street looks pretty narrow for two cars to pass so I assume it is a one-way street? I am interested is your complex called condo's, a house, a flat, row houses? Everyone has a different name so was wondering.  I watch a lot of British shows and noticed that even though the rooms appear small each room has a door........such as the kitchen and living room.......is that how your place is? Love your pots of grasses and the pretty bright flowers.  Tara and Cato Mum may have forgotten the camera on your outing but it sounds like you had a great time......meeting interesting paws along the way.

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Crinkly

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:)

The house is built around 1910, so it is Art Nouveau, and the original tiles and fireplaces would have been all turn of the century yellows, greens, mossy stylized florals.  It is what is known around here as 'middle of terrace' which means we are middle of 6 houses built together with shared side walls (all brick built.  Originally there were 3 rooms upstairs, and 3 downstairs, with an outside privy using a drain (presumably under the alley at the back).  A fireplace in every room.

When bathrooms became fashionable (shocking innovation, eh?) they cut the back bedroom in half and made a very small bathroom and a very small bedroom.  So now we have 2.5 bedrooms. lol.

Mr C bought the house before we met.   He chose it mainly because it was 10 mins from his work, and he can walk in every morning.

I love the house and the location, but there are some TERRIBLE drawbacks of living here.  Because of the house location (at head of T junction) we cannot park in front of the house and have to park on a side street 50 yards from our own front door.  No driveway, no garage :(  I am afraid that is just inevitable with these houses, and most of the streets around here are the same.  The plumbing is ANCIENT - we really need a new bathroom, but will have to gut the whole water system to get a modern set of plumbing in...

Sorry, am rambling.

What I would like to do is restore the tiles, and the floors and the fireplaces (all of which have been ripped out or blocked up by those Imbeciles) while inserting nice modern stuff (power shower and snazzy appropriate looking kitchen).  Mr C is not a nest builder, but I am currently laying a trail of breadcrumbs towards the bathroom I like. ;) 

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Sophie's Haven

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Thank you for sharing your history of your home......it is nice to have space but I think small is quaint.....for sure you have less STUFF to have to contend with. We were big into antique stores and auctions but guess who gets to clean it all.......ME. So no more STUFF unless it is amazing....so far we have been behaving ourselves......I am being inquisitive again......do you have a standard size stove and frig? 

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Crinkly

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I must admit that when I moved in with Mr C, and we tried to compress 2 houses into one (my house in Wales was more than twice the size of this one, and the garden was 6 times the size) things got a little cramped for a while.  But I am getting there...  The heartbreak, for me, is sending the books to new homes... but a kindle can hold 1000s.

We have standard UK fridge and cooker, but I think they are smaller than US versions usually.  And there is no utility, mud room or downstairs loo :compress:  Once we have the bathroom sorted (one step at a time, darling ;) ) I have BIG plans for the kitchen.  At my age, I have finally learned the delights of conducting slow, well planned campaigns with seige tactics and covert warfare.  So far I have lost a mino skirmishes, but the war is developing nicely!

 

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Missysmom

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Am loving hearing about your house as I too love old houses, as in nice pretty old houses like yours not falling down old houses like ours! But especially Love your tactics and may have just gotten some ideas for getting repairs done around here!! :hysterical:

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