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Tuesday 9 July 2013

Bloomers and Wasps and Bloomin' Wasps

Another sunny day in Fleams.  My daughter is taking the opportunity to do some dyeing outside.  Purple instead of black - Goth's summer colour.  She is also soaking her long bloomers to get the chocolate ice cream stains out.  They're green and white stripes - see what happens when you don't use black, the chocolate stains show.
After enjoying the day in the garden yesterday, I have now discovered it's not safe out there.  Wasps have made a nest in the shed.  I looked for the wasp spray and the EXTRA-DEFINITE DEATH TO WASPS spray and can't find them.  I think they may be in the shed.
What would Granny Wildgoose do?  She is the font of all wisdom in Fleams.  Basically that means she tells scary stories to the kids to make them to afraid to do anything their parents might not want them to do.  Don't know what she would do about wasp's nests though.  Probably tell the kids a scary story about not going near wasp's nests, and no-one really needs warning about that.  Except very bold and adventurous boys, and messing with wasp nests is nature's way of weeding them out of the gene pool.
Here is a picture of Granny Wildgoose:

 
 
 
In my collection of Kate W. Aimson's belongings is a book she published entitled "Fleams Fables", which is a selection of Granny Wildgoose's tales with an introduction by Kate.

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