Robbie Cheadle's Blog, page 65
September 16, 2016
The baby mouse
Early this morning I saw a baby mouse dash across the kitchen floor and under the dishwasher. We live near a bird sanctuary which means that occasionally we do have a furry visitor. My husband, Terence, loves to have an opportunity to catch a mouse or rat. He has a method that he uses which involves glue. I hate it but I do recognise that we cannot have mice or rats taking up permanent residence in our home. As a tribute to my mouse catching husband, I wrote this poem:
Our Hero
Our hero, he stands,
So tall and strong;
It is reassuring to know,
That it's to him we belong.
Clever and confident,
Yet quick with a smile;
Always willing and able,
To go that extra mile.
With his sons he will play,
A practice cricket match;
Then inside he'll give a hand,
With glue a rat will catch.
Generous with money,
Almost to a fault;
Not superstitious thought,
So don't try throw spilt salt.
But beware,
If agreement to some plan
from him you lure;
He'll never change his mind again,
So you'd better be quite sure.
Our Hero
Our hero, he stands,
So tall and strong;
It is reassuring to know,
That it's to him we belong.
Clever and confident,
Yet quick with a smile;
Always willing and able,
To go that extra mile.
With his sons he will play,
A practice cricket match;
Then inside he'll give a hand,
With glue a rat will catch.
Generous with money,
Almost to a fault;
Not superstitious thought,
So don't try throw spilt salt.
But beware,
If agreement to some plan
from him you lure;
He'll never change his mind again,
So you'd better be quite sure.
September 13, 2016
The giant marshmallow
On Sunday, Michael and I made a giant marshmallow. It was Michael's idea and I was very circumspect about it. We beat up double the usual marshmallow recipe and coloured the whole lot a lovely green. It worked really well, coming out of the tin with a lovely plop, all in one piece. I am so pleased with it that I have decided to incorporate it into one of my new stories entitled Sir Chocolate and the ice-cream rainbow fairies. We are going to try to create a seven tiered rainbow giant marshmallow for this book. The instructions on how to make it will also feature in this book.
