Bindweed
Mrs Trellis was right
The bindweed white trumpet flowers have covered the hedgerows West of the village in their thousands giving the impression that there is a wedding afoot!
It’s all green and white! Quite stunning
It’s been warm and sunny and I’ve only just noticed the floral display at dusk when I popped to the shop for some cooked chicken
My new sofa arrives tomorrow so I have been busy today putting together a new industrial strength carpet cleaner and then knackered myself out sucking out over fifty containers of rancid brown liquid from the carpet which now resembles its original beige colour
Dorothy has gone into a mental decline because Affable Despot Jason came round earlier to help me remove the existing sofa.
She doesn’t do change and is presently lying miserably under the kitchen table in a frightened sulk.
The empty gap where her old sofa stood has unnerved her and she refuses to enter the living room.
Winnie just snorted at the removal and kicked a couple of scatter cushions around the kitchen in devilment
Mary went out with Hattie and her mum.
Velvet Voiced Linda texted late asking for the street wardens to check in
21 texts thundered in over the next hour
Jason above the village looking all windswept
Hattie with Mary
What a hunk!!
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Steady patty
DeleteI never realized Jason was so handsome !
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing the new sofa....how exciting !
He’s the village pin up
DeleteWelcome home!
ReplyDeleteHow nice to hear the village news and see the bindweed flowers.
It's wonderful that ADJ (amen to unknown's comment!) and sweet Hattie and her mum lent so much assistance.
Sorry Dorothy is upset about the removal of the old sofa and hope Winnie's amorous attention to the deliverymen tomorrow won't upset her even more.
Hugs!
I’m hoping the girls will all be at Trendy Carol’s
DeleteThat would certainly simplify everything for humans, canines, and one feline! Hope kind Trendy Carol is available to help.
DeleteHugs!
The dogs will forgive you when they see their lovely new bed...Hope you occasionally get allowed to sit on a corner.
ReplyDeleteBindweed is an insulting name for such magnificent flowers. I once wondered about putting some in my garden, but it's best left in the wild.
From a distance the white trumpet flowers dotted the green hedges quite magnificently
DeleteI thought they were called Morning Glories. Bindweed is not a very nice name for such a happy looking flower!
DeleteThey are called Morning Glories here in the U.S. and a lot of folks do consider them a weed ... personally, I love the Glories!!!
DeleteI agree ... that Jason is a total hunk! I may be old, but I sure as hell ain't dead yet! LOL
PS my eyes must be going. I thought Jason had grown a strange goatee beard...then realised it's just the corner of his collar!
ReplyDeleteI expect Dotty and Winnie to claim the sofa as their own the minute arrives (although they didn't make a contribution towards its cost).
ReplyDeleteWinnie will be on it like a whippet
DeleteWinnie "like a whippet"? More like Hattie Jacques in "Carry On Nurse".
DeleteBlogger has been mad tonight
ReplyDeleteEC SUE couldn’t comment
She emailed me with this comment
I tried to say ‘a lot of us feel like Dorothy at the moment. I know I do.
Fearful sulking the world over.’
Thank you. I am testing to see whether blogger has got over its hissy fit yet.
DeleteWhat time? We will be waiting for photos!
ReplyDeleteAfternoon !
DeleteBe patient my children , be patient xx
If it helps the old name for bindweed is morning glory. Much nicer!
ReplyDeleteLiz, it looks like Morning Glory to me also.
DeleteMorning glory is a weed in AUS and comes in the purple variety.
Deletehattie is SO pretty! and the despot - rawr! can't wait to see the new sofa and the clean carpets!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to seeing your new sofa!
ReplyDeleteExciting to have a new sofa!
ReplyDeleteIs there a minimum standard of good looks to live in Trelawnyd?
ReplyDeleteI love your humor.
DeleteJason and Hattie look perfect for playing the romantic leads in Trelawnyd, the movie. I will leave others to speculate about the best role for you, while Winnie, of course, will be the impossible Diva.
ReplyDeleteMany pets have a hard time when you change their surroundings. Dorothy is a sensitive girl and probably needs some reassuring that it will soon be okay. Albert may not be happy either because, of course, everything in a house belongs to the cat according to most cats and you did not ask his permission to make this change!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the new sofa in your lovely cottage!
holy shit...jason...swoon!
ReplyDeleteAnd you're savoring just the moment...
ReplyDeleteHattie looks nice; a true Welsh Rose.
ReplyDeleteI love the love in Hattie's eyes. What a beautiful woman.
ReplyDeleteI feel so badly for poor little Dottie. Hate to see despondent animals. Can only hope she's so taken by the new 'arrival' that she's forgiven you for disrupting her life and all is forgotten.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that bothers me is have you had a dog snot removal assessment of the new sofa? Maybe industrial strength stain prevention coating by way of a sofa sized condom?
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Sounds like the carpet has never been so clean. Scrubbed to within an inch of its life.
ReplyDeleteThe pic of Jason has sent me into Leslie Phillips mode: 'Ding Dong!'.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind an affable despot if he looked like that. Ditto Hattie. Beautiful photo portraits. Poor Dorothy. I hope she likes the new sofa... and that Winnie doesn't kick it over.
ReplyDeleteLet us all keep our fingers crossed that the sofa delivery guys will be able to squeeze the new sofa into your bijou cottage. It might be touch and go. No doubt Winnie will enjoy their visit for personal reasons.
ReplyDeleteThe cottage is going to look lovely, once all the animals have given the new sofa the once over, chewed a couple of edges and wee'd up the back of it ;-)
ReplyDeleteHattie is very classically pretty, beautiful balanced features and a very natural look.
A happy Mary with Hattie.
ReplyDeleteIt is surprising how much dirt a brown carpet can hide!
What a delightful post today. I look forward to seeing the new sofa in situe.
ReplyDeleteChange is frightening.
ReplyDeleteOlga doesn't do change either. I think it really freaks dogs out when furniture starts moving around!
ReplyDeleteExciting times in the little village (sorry Dorothy, but this too shall pass). Did you and AD Jason carry the old sofa up the Gop and leave it as a convenience for weary clamberers??
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