tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3793076046697607352024-03-05T05:53:15.168-08:00Alice IsabellaI travel a lot. I miss my grandchildren. The time I spend with them is limited during the year - so this is a blog just for them. Lily, Kaiden, Savannah, Tilly and Kodi. Matise and Maverick (the big ones think I'm whacky) but these are the littlies...
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It's about Alice Isabella who lives in my handbag.Pam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03642517688794339880noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379307604669760735.post-20617298620332827032011-08-28T21:04:00.000-07:002011-08-28T21:04:01.536-07:00A swimming day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's not often that a person who lives in a note book like Alice Isabella gets the opportunity to go for a swim... but the notebook was open this afternoon and she begged me to take her with me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So I did.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She shuffled around in her little old case and bought out a scrimply, striped bathing suit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We walked down to the swimming pool and I reminded her that she still had her hat on.!!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"I know, I know" she said with a cross look on her face. "its a special floating hat, I don't know how to swim"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well I knew that hat wouldn't save her when she was in the water so I found a couple of blow up rings.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I decided to hop into the bubble tub first... and I looked up to see Alice coming towards me with this strange look on her face and the two rings around her waist... the only problem is that she didn't take her arms out when she put the rings on.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"You need to take your arms out so you can float" I said to her... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"It's OK"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> she said and jumped right in the water.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So there she was bobbing around in the pool wiggling her skinny legs in her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">scrimply, striped bathing suit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She squealed with laughter as she bobbed up and down. The splashed water dripped off her hat and it sank lower and lower around her face... she looked like a drowned rat... but she had a lovely time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She was rather an item of interest in the swimming pool this afternoon. Now I guess she's tucked up in her little notebook bed.</span></div>Pam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03642517688794339880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379307604669760735.post-82280870365652073522011-07-11T10:00:00.000-07:002011-07-11T10:00:11.220-07:00Tilly has the answer....!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i></i>..But NO, she wanted to wear her dainty fairy shoes she bought the day before....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was cold and wet in the dairy and the floor was sloshed with unmentionables....(Pooh) actually. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice danced around like a princess saying "OOH Pooh, OOh Pooh" and waving her princes arms in the air, suddenly she slipped and fell flat on her bottom in the pooh.....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3 of the "lovely ladies" who worked in the dairy fished her out with a big hook that they used to push the cows into place.... they hung her up to dry in the rafters and she wasn't very happy....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But do you know what...?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She stopped singing Silver Bells. I think that's amazing.</span><br />
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</span>Pam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03642517688794339880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379307604669760735.post-91255882331280447342011-07-10T10:53:00.000-07:002011-07-17T11:25:59.975-07:00<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I decided to take Alice isabella on a trip to the farm this morning.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was a bit difficult getting her out of her warm notebook bed, she was wrapped in a note paper quilt and her sheets and pillow slip are made from silk bookmarks</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I opened the book, there she was with just her little nose out of the cover, the paper quilt was pulled right up to her eyes and she made an Isabella whistling noise as she slept.. Well at least it is better than her singing.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She sleeps with her hat on and it gets a bit skew whiff during the night.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In fact, she has been out and about but we just haven't had the time to share our adventures with you all.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Miss Tilly has been inventing stories for her but we didn't put them to air.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sometimes she just likes to do private things without sharing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">However, the fact that she is now in South Africa is such an exciting adventure that she couldn't remain in there by herself for long.</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">By the way, she isn't ever lonely.... she does have 3 cats in the note book to keep her company.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Why do they have such strange names....?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hmm, that's another story all together.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice does annoy me sometimes.... she hums a lot and it's so embarrassing when you are standing in line.... for instance in immigration or the shopping cue, or the bus cue... and you have humming coming out of your hand bag.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I tried to think of something to cover the noise.... sometimes I cough.. other times I engage others in the line in conversation. But that doesn't always work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She sings "Silver Bells" it drives me mad. It's one of those songs that sticks in your head and you can't get it out....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Then I tried to trick her and I left her in my black handbag and hid it in my big suitcase and used my orange one...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But she outsmarted me... she took my purse and put it in the bag her notebook house is in and I just had to take her along.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Still singing Silver Bells.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Little Possum she is.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now I think I need to teach her a new song.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Miss Tilly what song do you thing would be interesting for her to learn and I don't think I could cope with your favourite song.....</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The three of them became a little band, they walked for miles along the cobblestone pavements.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There were lots of interesting things for Jack to sniff and there were cats everywhere... on the steps by the door, under the chairs, and on the pavement <i>(footpath) </i>Now this excited him very much.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jack, the Jack Russell put his paws over his ears sometimes, but at other times he joined in. He can speak French you know, he has a strong doggy accent but it's quite nice really.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He painted all day and all night in his bright yellow kitchen.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was warm and kind.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It smelt wonderful and the bees and butterflies were having a wonderful time visiting each other for a cuppa.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Storms come with alarming regularity and at times the world bows to their creativity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Such a storm affected the Travel of Alice Isabella on her trip to France.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Miss P Smedley, her friend, with whom she traveled had to leave on an earlier flight due to the storm approaching.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice Isabella accompanied her in the notebook in her handbag.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was warm and comfortable there and in fact it saved an airfare.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first part of the trip was to Montreal in Canada and Miss P Smedley was so relaxed after the flight she forgot that she left her notebook in the seat of the plane when she got off.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She waited at the gate for the plane to Paris with her other friends forgetting all about miss Alice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice Isabella was actually taking a nap and woke feeling quite relaxed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It took her a little while to realise here was something strange. There was no plane noise or vibration.... what was happening.?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, its a bit hard when you're stuck in a notebook in the back of a plane seat... you just can't get out until someone takes you out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Suddenly she felt herself being lifted up by a great big hand. Someone with chewing gum breathe flipped through the book making her dizzy and then all of a sudden she felt herself flying through the air and landing upside down in a garbage bag.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She almost got a headache being in that position.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Where was her friend Miss P Smedley?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How was she going to get out of this situation?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The garbage bag was placed with other bags in the storage room. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice Isabella's bottom lip quivered... for pete's sake she had only just been rescued from jail... now she was in a garbage bag in Montreal Canada.... and she was cold and frightened.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She heard a noise... </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A small noise at first....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A whining noise.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice called out in a small voice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"is anybody there, can you help me?"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The whining got louder.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Whiiiiiiiine whaaaaat do you neeeeeeeed, woof."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I need to meet my friend Miss P Smedley, she's going to Paris."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Whine..... I'm going there too, woof.... I'm Jack, the Jack Russell and my owners are taking me to Paris....." said the little brown dog.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Oooh, can you help me" said Alice Isabella, "I'm afraid I'll get lost" she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Woof, what if I get out of this cage and come and get you and you can ride with me to Paris."..</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice was so excited she could barely talk.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Thank you a thousand times"... she said a little dramatically.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jack the Jack Russell was a really clever dog. He undid the latch on his blue container and ran over to the garbage bag and tore it apart with his sharp teeth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He picked up the notebook very gently and took it back to his dog container...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alice Isabella was surprised it was so comfortable... it had a soft rug, a container for water and but it smelt a little "doggy"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">BUT she was safe and going to Paris.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She traveled all the way with Jack the Jack Russell and when it came time for him to meet his owners, he gently lifted her out of the notebook and placed her on the luggage belt....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now Miss P. Smedley hadn't even missed her notebook... you can imagine her surprise when she looked up an there Alice Isabella sitting on her luggage as it came out of the hole thing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How exciting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She tried not to show her sadness... in fact she was quite good at that.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She smiled a lot, but sometimes if you looked carefully enough, you could see her sad eyes and her bottom lip just had the slightest quiver.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When someone does something kind and special for you, you must always thank them... so Alice gave Beulah the Baster a big hug and a kind smile. <i>"Thankyou so much"</i> she said. Beulah, gave a shrug and got back on her bike.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"You're welcome Maam" she said and started up that big old harley, Vroom, Vroom.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In fact she was showing off a little and almost skidded as she took off down the road. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The formed a circle, their arms 'entwined'. <i>(That means they were sort of hugging each other).</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Their heads bobbed....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Suddenly their heads nodded and they raised their little arms in the air....</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In musical union they yelled....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They had their plan.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They were prepared.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They were ready for anything.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>"Sir", she said, "Can you help me, I have this roll of batting and I have a problem with the brown paper that goes around it. It's stuck and I can't get it undone. Can you use your Quilt Police Quick Unpick to open it for me"</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The policeman glanced up over his glasses and put down the quilt.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He was tucked up as snug as a bug in a rug as they spun him round and round at a fast pace.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">His feet almost gave way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Batting Babes squealed with delight and the excitement of the moment.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They made a big circle around him with their arms outstretched. In their hands they held their rotary cutters with its sharp blade just ready to pop out at the flick of a plastic click...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now we had better get back to the story.... its getting exciting.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So there she was.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Behind bars.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now I'm not too sure if you know, but there are "Quilt Police" in the Quilting business.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They have been around for a long time.... mostly they are very, very annoying.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mostly they very strict.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mostly they are crabby.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mostly they just are - Ghostly Mostly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But, I'm happy to say, that on this very occasion they were.......</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mostly helpers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When they found out about Alice Isabella, they realised that she didn't really do anything really bad.. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I mean, what do you think?</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So the chief of the Quilt Police, 'Generous Germaine' <i>(I think her other name is Greer)</i> put in a call to the "batting babes" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">another group of famous quilters... and they dropped everything they were doing and raced to the home of Generous Germaine to an urgent meeting.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Their faces were flushed, their bosoms heaved in exertion and they were all a little flustered... they're not used to moving so quickly, but this was an urgent case.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They sat at a big round table. The room was dark except for a low light in the centre of the room... the ladies huddled, jiggled and talked in quiet tones as they hatched their escape plan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">No doubt about it..... this was the pin culprit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice shook in her black boots, her hair 'winkling' even more than before.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Madam, do you know what damage you have done" he said in a 'gruffly' voice.?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice was too scared to answer. She just shook.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I mean this was the little lady who was too scared to come out from behind the pot plant... now she was being arrested.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Policeman looked down at her from a policeman height.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He said "Eight pigeons have reported pins in the their toes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Six ladies have punctures in the tyres of their motor carts and 20 ladies have pins in their 'quilting crocs, we're arresting you for 'pinfull damage'"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Oh, my goodness... what will happen to Alice, will she go to jail?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Do they have a jail for quilters.?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She tucked her big bag full of quilting 'stuff' under her arm and began the walk down the street.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There were a lot of people walking in this direction and that.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Their feet made loud noises on the pavement.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She passed a big line of bright yellow taxis. The drivers sat on a seat on the corner and chatted about the day while they waited for their passengers. They smiled at her as she walked passed them.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pigeons sat by their feet and talked pigeon talk.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Suddenly she stopped, her winkly eyes winkled </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"What if I can't find my way back"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> she said out loud.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She twirled around, her "spotty lotty" dress took a little while to catch up with her spin !!!!! she almost toppled over...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Suddenly she smiled. It was happy, curly smile, and she reached into her big quilt bag and took out a little box of pins.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As she walked along she dropped the pins and she knew she had worked out her problem.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Then she was there... finally.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Her heart beat a little faster...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There was a hummmmmmmmmm in the foyer.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There was a hummmmmmmmmm in line.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There was a hummmmmmmmmm just all over the place.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was an happy hummmmmmmmm and then finally she was inside.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Still dropping her pins.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice Isabella was having a wonderful time when suddenly a policeman with a big hat and a shiny badge came up to her and put his hand on her shoulder,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice Whizzed around in fright.... she was so scared she dropped the pins in her hand right in front of him.....!!!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">What will happen....!!</span>Pam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03642517688794339880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379307604669760735.post-37912521667768579162011-04-07T19:50:00.000-07:002011-04-07T19:50:59.305-07:00Scary Mary.A<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">lice Isabella slept well on her big feather bed with lots of pillows.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She got up early and put on her black stockings, her 'spotty lotty' dress and combed her grey hair back into a bun. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Her hair had a mind of it's own, it was a bit springy and it was always 'ringleting' down her neck. So she plonked her favourite hat on her head and tucked up the ringlets under the brim.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They usually stay there for a short time until she gets the colley-wobbles, then they 'sprong' out again.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She had breakfast in the big dining room of the hotel. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is very grand. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There are pink pots with tall palm trees planted in them, fruit that's not real in blue bowls and big silver chandeliers hanging from a painted ceiling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Suddenly Alice Isabella got an attack of the tummy jumbles. She realised that she was very nervous about going to the quilt show by herself.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A group of people came in and sat down talking and laughing, so Miss Alice Isabella hid behind the pot plant....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">What will she do next?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">How will she get to the show?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Why is she scared...who is Scary Mary?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sometimes she sleeps a lot, but she does enjoy traveling with me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Today she was so excited because we were going to Cincinnati </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(sit on the matty) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">to the quilt show.</span></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She has been waiting a very long time to go and she was really, really excited. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She has her bags full of interesting things... her clothes, magazines in case she gets bored, and 20 cheese sandwiches wrapped in brown paper just in case she gets hungry or just in case no one feeds her or - just in case......</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alice Isabella loves the big comfy beds at the hotel. She asks for 8 pillows and says (with a plum in her mouth and her nose in the air) <i>"I need to be close to the lifts"</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She doesn't really but she thinks it makes you look important to be by the lifts.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">hint for grandchildren. If you want to know what it's like talking with a plum in your mouth.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ask your Mum for one and try it....!!!</span>Pam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03642517688794339880noreply@blogger.com2