It's been three weeks since the wedding and I am delighted to say that we are still recieving belated gifts .
With the inscription " John and Chris' Wedding Day"
Now this arrived this afternoon and as it had no covering letter or card to let us know who had sent it, I cannot thank anyone for the lovely thought.
The third gift was from Albert.
The first dead rabbit of the season.
I was up late this morning as I was still feeling rather crook
So the corpse had been dragged around the house by the terriers with a huge amount of gay abandon
I found it's liver on the bathroom floor
And what suspiciously looked like a lung on the living room carpet
And the fourth gift?
Two packets of throat losengers left on the garden wall by village elder Islwyn
Very kind!
My mouth is agape at the doggie's present. haha
ReplyDeleteThe other two presents are thoughtful and lovely and more apt to be displayed with aplomb.
It may open a little wider given its a gift from Albert not the dogs.... Albert kills rabbits to eat during spring and summer every year
DeleteAwww kitty. Who's a killer? LOL
Deleterabbit stew for dinner?
ReplyDeleteI love the photo, and my husband Carlos the MasterBaker would love the cake stand.
ReplyDeleteIt's that third gift that has me bothered ...
All good things come in threes
DeleteLove the Miss Marpleish cake stand. I am re-watching the "new" cleaned up Miss Marple with Joan Hickson. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThe bird and flower dishes to the left are fabulous. I want them.
Beautiful photo card.
The 3rd gift is beyond hysterical. A possible lung on the living room floor ? Dragged about with "a huge amount of gay abandon" Gift from the heart.
cheers, parsnip
They were a wedding pressie from Chris' mum
DeleteDo you know the pattern name ?
DeleteI have so many Japanese dishes that I adore and use everyday but that pattern is so lovely.
They are " cuckoo " pattern from john lewis
DeleteYou can buy them on line
Oh Thank You.
DeleteNow I will have something like You and Chis have. Makes it even more special.
Um... Thank You???
ReplyDeleteDid you get the brass candlestick?
ReplyDeleteNo!
DeleteI saw it on Ebay John, come clean and put him out of his misery.
DeleteHeartfelt gifts, all.
ReplyDeleteSo, what, dare I ask, have you done with the third gift? Everything else is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe hens are picking over the guts
DeleteI have nothing to say........
ReplyDeleteWas the gift from you susan?
DeleteNo me darlin', while you was getting wed we were having tough fambly times. But did think of how your lovely day was going. Could sure do with some happy round these 'ere parts.
DeleteOh my, perhaps that's why I dreamed I was in the village!!!
Cue the 'Twilight Zone' theme toon.
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'I found its liver on the bathroom floor'...and ate it with some fava beans and a fine chianti?
ReplyDeleteMade me laugh !
DeleteEven though I couldn't watch the movie everyone knows that line.
Thoughtful gifts one and all....especially the rabbit.
ReplyDeleteThe first rabbit of the season .... Albert is slipping.
ReplyDeleteGinger has been dining in style for weeks now, any leftovers Rosy hides under the shed, with her own kills. I really do not want to look under the shed ..... it must resemble something from a horror movie :-(
Love the presents ... except the rabbit of course!
Yes Albert is slow this year!
Deletewe had half a rabbit beside the fridge and a kidney under my toes the other day , the cat just loves the rabbit season
ReplyDeleteYes, i've often stamped on a bloody warm body on the way to the bog first thing in the morning
DeleteLovely gifts. I'm thinking Albert really didn't GIVE you that carcass, he just couldn't eat any more at the moment.
ReplyDeleteHe always takes the heads off too, which i always think is a big gross
DeleteI love your gifts and I know you will do that cake stand proud! And, I also love the wedding pressie from Chris' mom. What is the name of that pattern? So pretty for spring and summer. The picture was such a lovely thought and idea! A real keepsake to remember the day. Now, the rabbit is another story.
ReplyDeleteIt's called the " cuckoo pattern"
DeleteYou can buy them from John Lewis
Geesh... you really do get a 'variety' of gifts, don't you.
ReplyDeleteLike L'Oreal
Delete" i'm worth it"
I always knew the cats were killers at heart. Poor bunny!
ReplyDeleteIts just the first of many rabbit bodies I shall find this year!
DeleteLovely to see the cake stand on display. We chose it because we thought it would suit the cottage and we also had Sorrel in mind for afternoon tea when she comes to stay!
ReplyDeleteWe were thrilled val....thank you both!
DeleteI may use it for the judges " teas" at the flower show!
Lovely Gifts. Less said about the entrails, the better, I've just had my tea! You might want to rethink your 'Growing Older in Style' pic on your sidebar. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/scotland-s-oldest-woman-passes-away-aged-109-1-3731085
ReplyDeletePoor old soul. x
I think i'll keep it as a kind of tribute!
DeleteAw that would be lovely. xxx
DeleteThat's how I want to be when I'm old(er). Love the pic, don't take it down. But I would rather not see bunny carcasses. My Mollie doesn't leave the garden and if she saw a bun she would run, run, run away!!
DeleteAlthough we do get dead moths (the big ones) she has 'played' with and that grosses us out....we are saps.
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I was unaware that cats would regularly take on rabbits. I've had a few cats over the years but never known them to take anything bigger than a blackbird or a mouse. Interesting (if not very nice).
ReplyDeleteAlbert is a prolific rabbit killer
DeleteHow thoughtful of the dogs. I do hope you did the gift justice. I think the photo is a particularly touching gift. Very moving. Shame they didn't attach a card
ReplyDeleteI think Albert is a cat Anna, judging from his photo in the sidebar, hence my comment above your one. But maybe he is a cat who thinks he's a dog.
DeleteAh... but the corpse provided by the cat was dragged around the house by the terriers, which I think are dogs. Sometimes I have to study things twice, or more, to comprehend the goings on in John's place. Other times I can make little sense of them at all, however, but it is always interesting to read about them.
DeleteJust ask a question
DeleteI'm pretty prompt at answering them
I note Andrew is trying to disguise himself tonight.
DeleteEh? Can't be a very successful attempt if you can see through it? Have no idea what you are on about dear lady. There is at least on other Andrew who comments here, and on blogs, by the way. I do also write books as Andrew R. Scott (so sometimes comment when logged in as that), but "disguise" is not on my agenda. Given that you previously wrongly thought I had previously been visiting your blog on many occasions, simply on the basis that "someone from Scotland" did you said, I humbly suggest you remind yourself there are a lot of people in the world, and more people than me "in Scotland". I wish you well - I wish everyone well - but your comments do puzzle me
DeleteYou're a bit touchy tonight Andrew.
DeleteAnd John, part of the fun here is figuring things out. For example I had to visit many times before I realised where the Ukranian village is, and that, oddly enough, it is not in Ukraine. Some people may also have been puzzled to know that Jesus dies in your care recently... etc.
DeleteNot touchy Rachel, just genuinely puzzled as to what this attempt at "disguise" was. And "touchy" from a lady who tells people on blogs to F*** off at the merest whim? :) xx
DeleteI am utterly fascinated by the Rachel/Andrew debacle, much better than tonight's Eastenders.
DeleteWhat gives??
Beats me Susan... I was just innocently blog commenting one day and she told me to F*** Off. I think she may have mistaken me for someone else (especially given that I then found that she was labouring under the delusion that I had been visiting her blog for ages, which I had not). When I did then visit her blog to see who she was she assured me that telling people to "F*** Off" is her way of saying she likes them; but then she later told me to "Piss Off" in here, which may not be so good. Anyway, I am as mystified as you, but a source of fascination can be fun, I suppose (unless John tells me to F*** Off, in which case I promptly will).
DeleteRight then, Mr. Scott, under which pseudonym have you been visiting my blog? Let's have it then; I've plenty of family in Scotland to send 'round your way, I do!
DeleteThey'll probably drag you off to go fishing, but that's your lookout.
Dr. Scott actually, and I did eat the chipmunk, sorry. And I'm not Andrew Scott the actor, by the way, being much better looking (and a bit more mature) than him. I suppose I should confess that I do also sometimes go by the name of Don QuiScottie de l'Ecosse, but that's another story altogether.
DeleteSo, Doktor Scott, did you forget to add the 'de la Alba'? Or was that on purpose....
DeleteYou ate the chipmunk; dieting are you? Here, have a martini to go with it. Stirred, not shaken. Bwahahahaha
Lordy, I love the sub-plots in Mr Gray's blog commenters, perhaps we should crowd-fund a film, or tv series*.
Deletekisses to all
* in Welsh with subtitles, all swear words not asterisked!!
See what happens when i am ill and go to bed early?
DeleteChaos reigns!
Rabbit bits - how revolting and I expect Albert thought he was being kind to you.
ReplyDeleteAlbert loves you so he brings you the best bits, shame the dogs got to it first.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted a cake stand but I stopped baking cakes years ago so there's no point. But it is very pretty.
Gifts from the heart.
ReplyDeleteOur rabbit killing cat used to only leave the ears and the powder puff. Albert was being very, very generous.
Whew, I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one running behind! No, I'm not copying Albert.
ReplyDeleteMight have to tuck in a bit of fanny odour relief though.
DeleteMight have to tuck in a bit of fanny odour relief though.
Best line of the night
I should probably wait until the pain meds have worn off to post comments, lol. Oh who cares, I won best comment of the night!
DeleteEh... Not so fast. The night is still young dear lady, and I have an absolute cracker of a comment all ready to roll... but I am not sure the ungrateful people in here deserve it without paying a fee, so I may just keep it for somewhere else.
DeleteBring it, whippersnapper; I'll set the drunken chipmunks on you!
DeleteFinding a place for all these thoughtful gifts will keep you busy for awhile. That picture was a wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteNow would this be a new 'Royal Albert' pattern in the works, John?
ReplyDeleteWonderful gifts.
ReplyDeleteAt least you get rabbits, my cat used to bring live snakes and lay them at my feet in adoration or could it have been trying to kill me? You never really know with cats.
I'd guess the picture is from Cro Magnon, no?
ReplyDeleteLoved the cake stand. Reminded me of Sunday teas with the two lovely ladies next door. All home made lemonade, fish paste sandwiches and Battenberg cake.
ReplyDeleteI always hated battenbiurg...we used to have it every thursday
DeleteI love the cake stand, but I think there's another name for it. I can't remember. It will drive me insane until I think of it. So I'll probably be insane the rest of my life. What's new? I would have preferred not seeing the rabbit, but that's life.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
You might be thinking of a Lazy Susan, Janie.
DeleteI'd send you an eight-and-a-half-pound bottle of chili garlic sauce, but the shipping costs would be exorbitant!
ReplyDeleteGuilty as accused. Sunrise on your wedding day from Team Kirkham :-) There was supposed to be a gift card....pah! Wish we'd thought of the rabbit! Love yous, Nx
ReplyDeleteI suspected it was from you!
DeleteA fantastic gift xxx
You must have heard the old saying - "Never look a gift rabbit in the mouth!"
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