THE CHILD LOVES ANIMALS

A little bit of rain, and a little less heat, and the Garden of Neglect begins to shine once more...

Little Aussie has been to visit for a few days,

which gladdens the hearts of we old grandfolks..

His swimming is coming on a treat..

Then there is the cooking:

Rustic they may be, but these are his chocolate dinosaurs:

eaten while watching these guys:

We went to see the animals:

Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage at the GoMA

Aussie was impressed; he loves animals.

I bought him a little giraffe at the Gallery shop, and when we came home this is what we played:

I've been off to the sewing group at lovely R's place -

Pom poms were the order of the day:

'cept I didn't know, so I wore my latest sew, DKNY Vogue V1250 :

I loved this jersey fabric, but am a bit underwhelmed by the finished dress.

On the plus side however, it is cool and easy to wear when the heat is soaring up into the mid- 30s C..

Fifty years ago this week Beatlemania hit the USA, and the world.

Seems just like last week.

I had a crush on Paul.

Who did you love?

The Red Cardinal clicked past 40,000 pageviews the other day.

This milestone was sullied by a weekend attack from the Sinister Creeps of Spam, who bombarded me every few minutes with idiotic madness on old posts.

So I've had to turn on the Word Verification.  Sorry folks, I'll leave it a week or so then check how things are going.

Also approaching will be my 300th post.

I am planning another giveaway - stay tuned!

  

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