The day of The Picnic had arrived!
The day that we had all been looking forward to for so long had arrived! The day of our Picnic! I woke early and made sure that everyone knew what they were supposed to be doing. It was a lovely morning and yes, plans were well under way. The food had been prepared and the Quail Ale ordered from The Pooch and Pullet, along with Cocktails for the ladies.
Plums for dessert
The curried eggs took pride of place amongst the worm sandwiches, bug butties and cock-a-leekie soup. Neddie and Seagoon were over-excited and Mrs One-Eye, although a very patient soul, was starting to get a little exasperated, so Truffle and Mrs White took them down to the footpath to collect the plums for dessert.
The Scarecrow was decked out in his finest CDs and provided the lightshow. Daytime musical entertainment was provided by Bird (the cockatiel) on the flute, with Ellen (the parakeet) screeching intermittently.
The Scarecrow was decked out in his finest CDs and provided the lightshow. Daytime musical entertainment was provided by Bird (the cockatiel) on the flute, with Ellen (the parakeet) screeching intermittently.
Harvest dans la piscine
Harvest took to the pool and gamefully splashed the youngsters when they tried to sneak up on her. They ran wildly around and to be honest it was all totally chaotic.
The Bossy Rosecomb organised a game of rounders and the Treasure Hunt was a great success with Mandy finding the most feathers from Harry's tail.
The Bossy Rosecomb organised a game of rounders and the Treasure Hunt was a great success with Mandy finding the most feathers from Harry's tail.
Heeey! I have no tail feathers left!
As the day progressed and we were all a little too full for galavanting around, we had a sort of Karaoke session. Martin, the Littlest Rosecomb and Mrs Black pretended to be judges on the Eggs Factor and Sylvia won with "I should be so Clucky. Clucky, clucky, clucky!"
At this point Lois' shoulders started shaking uncontrollably until she threw back her head and laughed so long and hard we thought she would never stop.
At this point Lois' shoulders started shaking uncontrollably until she threw back her head and laughed so long and hard we thought she would never stop.
Haaaa! Haa-Haa-Haa!
Then Mickey took centre stage to tell us a tale of daring and dastardly danger. He did get a bit carried away though and started swishing his tail and lunging out with his paws, whilst recounting chewing on bone and gristle. A few of us started to feel a bit sick and what with that and the curried eggs, we returned to the comfort and safety of our perches.
Harvey and Honey were heard to be winding up the day's jovialities with a raucous rendition of "You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog". And on that note we gratefully welcomed Dad's return to shut us away for the night. God Bless (and hic!). Gordon & Sylvia xxx
Harvey and Honey were heard to be winding up the day's jovialities with a raucous rendition of "You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog". And on that note we gratefully welcomed Dad's return to shut us away for the night. God Bless (and hic!). Gordon & Sylvia xxx