19/2/24

What a joke this morning. These two humans were sorting their pills at the kitchen table at the same time. She commented that this is what oldies do these days. Then announces she has a big birthday this year. Hey, this sounds like she will be really old. Oh dear, I might start to hide or run!!

The Mistress has been painting Gnomes again today. I saw she got more paint on herself. All up her arms and everywhere. Her apron was wet with paint, and she put a white angel against it. His Lordship had been repairing its wings. Part of it turned blue very quickly. I saw her put it under running water very quickly and the blue was gone. His Lordship was trying to get the old glue off so he could re-glue. She thinks this could take a while. Good things come to those who wait. She has learned to have patience. 

20/2/24

This afternoon we were alone again so we had to come up with a plan of what we could do and pack up quickly. Trixie suggested we count the gnomes and their friends. The Mistress had lost count and we thought we would start counting. Some of these fellas were counting their toes too and didn't have enough to continue and wondered what to do. Jeez they tested my patience, but when we got to 99 I couldn't figure it out. Oh heck. We discussed what to do now, and decided we would start again at number 1 and continue to the next 99 and that fella would say 2 times 99, and core blimey another 99, so that was 3 times. Oh, more to count. 4 times 99 and counting, there were more on the table in the garage, after we counted the ones inside, so another 18. 

When the humans came home, I had to ask what comes after 99, the Mistress said 100. That is three numbers. Oh, my brain hurts. It is a tough life being a Gnome. The Mistress says the total is now 418 Gnomes and friends. There are rabbits, birds, kiwis, dogs, pigs' owls, birds, meerkats, snails, ducklings and frogs galore. 

I also need to report that we are going to have 17,000 hits on the blog this week.