gardengirl

Ah! yes, teddy bears and soft toys as we call them Athena. I love the name plushies though thought it may be something nice to eat! I have packed up my tent and all the things here on my island now, and am waiting for the boat to take me and the dogs back home again. It has been a really enjoyable time here, but all good things must come to an end. As hospital looms for me next week I must wrap up my stuff and depart........ but thank you Athena and Vimes for keeping me company on here, it has been great. Happy Christmas to you both,don't really know when I will be back on bookclub, depends how well i will be feeling, but not before Jan anyway.

what are plushies? I want some too!

no, me neither, life is too short! never have I whistled a tune

settled down in a convenient doorway for the night. Passers- by started throwing them money, and some even threw some food.Unfortunately the can of tomato soup hit Dex right where it hurts and he doubled up in anguish. Itsme started laughing but Poppy enquired in a kindly voice 'if Dex would like..........

I tell you what..... [as Len might say].... you are all improving on here [never mind the dance floor] on your 'dance reviews', you will soon be pro's, you know so much about ballroom dancing now [well, maybe you did before?] So, who will go this week? I jinxed poor Dave by saying he would stay a while, so I think it's time that Ben went now, and it's getting a bit yawn yawn about his rugged good looks, he is a poor dancer!

....... anyone else in the world! There certainly seemed to be more of them, and most of them were not in Yorkshire.Itsme stretched and stood up, 'now where's Dex got to?' Was that him, over there in the corner of the pub with .........

Will somebody please send me a choc Advent calendar? 1 DEC today!

... attractive lady of 25 with long golden hair, blue eyes and an hour glass figure [Oh, wait a mo, thought Itsme, that's my fantasy intruding into my thoughts again, ooops!] He knocked back his glass of beer, wiped a hand across his mouth [frothy] and stretched his legs out onto the next ...........

this sounds a lot later than Austen......... more like it was written in the 20's or 30's. Not a clue what it is though, in fact, even if I have read this book, not sure I would remember this bit of it.

And now, so do I !!!!

I will look out for these books, they sound good, thanks. Also thanks VF for this one. I can't think of any new ones, but the Stephen King 11.22.63 novel is excellent, King at his best.

....... threw up, right onto Dex's nice clean Cliff Richard T-shirt! Poppy yelled 'arrrrrrrgh' and rushed off down the street while Itsme laughed and said............

AH! My favourite local bookshop!

Huron houston Harry [prince!] heidi

Ah, South Africa, my mistake. I would love to visit SA one day. The husband went there a few years ago on a rugby tour [teacher, so took team of boys.]he had great fun and ended up in Sun City for a few days having a bit of a gamble.

Geordie! welcome to the islands, feel free to order 3 things every time [we all do] Desert island Supplies .com will bring you anything at all, the sky's the limit.

.... now full to the point of bursting so made a beeline for the mens loos. Just in time too! Leaving the pub he saw Itsme on the other side of the street and shouted over to him 'It's now time to.......

Ah Vimes, I see, you live in upside down land! That's what we called Australia when we were children.Arrrrgh that means you have crocs where you are [ not the kind you put on your feet!] The weather is cold and crisp on my island, I have just been taking Fudge and Calypso for a long walk and now we are ready for a cup of hot chocolate and a slice of fruitcake. Athena, a snow person? That's very politically correct of you. lol.I make a snow-man complete with hat and pipe. I now want; some choc......... a toblerone [or 2/3] would be nice rubber toys for the dogs a Santa hat with a bell on it.

Foyle [ireland] Fife [scotland] Fatimah Whitbread [sports person] Frankenstein

......so he whipped out his powder compact and peered into it 'no you numbskull' cried a tiny voice from the shell'it's a euphemism, it means that you have to dash to the.........

How come you have Summer Vimes? It's Winter on my island!!!!! Ah, I see, the fantasy continues? Why have Winter in fantasy land eh?Well, we are all hoping for snow on our island, it will be nice and Christmassy that way.

......why so many odd socks turn up in the sock drawer, and why lost things are always behind the fridge. 'Hey up!' said Itsme [reverting to a primitive mode of speech] 'I don't know where I am, or who I am!' he found a silver shell like thing in his hand, and spoke directly to it [he wasn't sure why] 'hello you' he chirped 'what ..........

Hee-hee. I like the sound of Bug river, but who is Betty White? I wonder if anyone on here will be able to do the letter C? [when it gets to X-Z then things really hot up!]

Don't know if anyone will want to do this game; we used to play it on holidays, and it does stretch the little grey cells a bit, Starting with the letter A name a river, name a city, name a famous person, name a book title. So to kick off......... Arne, Acapulco, Abe Lincoln, Alice In Wonderland. the next person moves on to the letter B and so on until alphabet is completed and gets back to A again.

That's it Athena, you have a rest, our island is meant to be happy and a little lazy too!Is the housesuit a onesie?They are all the rage here, but it must be difficult when you need to spend a penny[euphemism, haha.] Sharpe is ok, I had a text from him today, he is on another island. What happened is this;during the night he couldn't sleep so he paced up and down the beach........ the tide was lapping at the sand and brought a little boat with an oar in it with nobody on board. Feeling curious, Sharpe jumped in and paddled off , he kept going and pretty soon saw another island come into view, so made for the beach there. He says it's a larger island than mine and is going to investigate.He promises to text again soon. It may well be your island of course, so keep an eye out for him, he has a beard now and looks a bit grubby. I am running out of ginger biscuits, dog food, Earl Grey tea bags.