ESKIMOSES

RUBBING NOSES LIKE THE ESKIMOSES

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CATCHING UP

APOLOGIES FOR THE LONG DELAYS BETWEEN BLOGS.. MAMA HAS BEEN HATCHING A BUSINESS AND THINGS ARE A LITTLE HECTIC. HOWEVER..

MAMA AND THE FRITH, SELF-PORTRAIT NUMBER 92

MAMA DEMONSTRATING HOW ONE EATS SOUP WHILE FRITH WAITS PATIENTLY TO GET TO THE PEANUT-BUTTER COURSE.

POST PEANUT-BUTTER COURSE.

FRITH TOOK PAPA AND UNCLE MARK AND GAMMY OUT FOR LUNCH AT LA LUNA. MAMA HEARD A RUMOUR THAT THERE WERE VEGETABLES EATEN.

AFTER WORK, MAMA AND THE FRITH TOOK A WALK. THE OUTFIT WAS OF HER OWN DEVISING.

STRIPED GREEN PANTS, PINK POLKA-DOT LEGWARMERS, YELLOW RUBBER BOOTS, HOT PINK MITTENS, LILAC PARKA AND, OF COURSE, THE BROWN FUZZY BEAR HAT. MAMA ALSO WORE HER MATCHING BEAR HAT. WE WERE QUITE A SIGHT.

NEWNEW WALKED WITH US FOR MOST OF THE WAY. FRITH KEPT TRYING TO LURE HIM WITH APPLE.

CARBS!

MAMA AND THE FRITH LIKE TO VISIT THE MARKET ON SATURDAY MORNINGS. THE BIG DRAW IS THE ESCALATOR, WHICH WE RIDE TEN OR TWELVE TIMES IN EACH DIRECTION. THE SECOND BIGGEST DRAW IS THE PRETZEL STAND.

FRITH EATING BREADANDCHEESE, A BIG FAVOURITE AT LUNCHTIME.

MAGIC WAND

PAPA, THE FRITH AND MAMA, TAKING A NAP UNDER OMI'S BLOUSE - AS ORDERED BY THE PINT-SIZED STAGE DIRECTOR WITH THE MAGIC WAND.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN TODAY

FRITH LIKES NOTHING BETTER THAN TO HAVE HER BOOTS MATCH HER COAT.

RAINY DAYS PRESENT JUST SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY. MAMA OF COURSE ALSO HAD TO WEAR HER YELLOW RAINBOOTS. I'M ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR A MAMA-SIZED YELLOW RAIN SLICKER TOO.

OUT AND ABOUT IN THE NEW YEAR

FRITH DOING HER WORLD-FAMOUS IMITATION OF A CHIPPENDALES DANCER

GETTING READY TO GO OUT ON THE TOWN ON A SATURDAY MORNING. THIS LAYERED LOOK IS ALL OF FRITH'S OWN DEVISING. SHE HAS HER FAVOURITE CLOTHES, AND RATHER THAN TAKE THEM OFF (WHICH IS TRAUMATIC) SHE JUST PUTS MORE CLOTHES ON TOP OF THEM.

MAMA AND FRITH TAKING TIME OUT FOR A KAMERFONE SELF-PORTRAIT (IT HAD BEEN A WHILE)

AT THE LIBRARY, PLAYING WITH THE TRAINS, AS PER USUAL. SHARING DIDN'T GO SO WELL. NO SURPRISES THERE.

AT AUNTIE MARIANNE'S AND UNCLE HARVEY'S HOUSE, READING A NEW FAVOURITE (WE'LL NEED A COPY OF THIS FOR NEXT CHRISTMAS.. I'M JUST SAYING) : CHARLEY THE MOUSE FINDS CHRISTMAS BY WAYNE CARLEY.

WE ALSO HAD A PICNIC IN AUNTIE MARIANNE'S LIVING ROOM, PARTAKING IN A DELICIOUS VEGAN FEAST THAT INCLUDED YUMMY SOY CHEESE AND HUMMUS AND CORN CHIPS AND STUFFED TRIANGLES OF DELICIOUSNESS.

BACK AT HOME, FRITH PUT ON LAST YEAR'S SNOW PANTS AND PAINTED A PICTURE. I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE CONNECTION WAS, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WAS GOING TO WEAR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS ACTIVITY.

CRABBY - THE NEXT GENERATION

WE WENT TO CRABBY JOE'S FOR DINNER (WHICH REGULAR READERS OF THIS BLOG WILL KNOW WE ALMOST NEVER DO) AND RAN INTO OUR FRIENDS THROWING A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. FRITH STARTED MUGGING THE MINUTE THE CAMERA SHOWED UP.

ENSEMBLE

FRITH REDISCOVERED MAMA'S DRAWER FULL OF BLACK TANK TOPS LAST NIGHT. SHE STARTED PUTTING ON THREE OR FOUR AT A TIME, ASSEMBLING THEM INTO SOME FASHION-FORWARD ENSEMBLES. WITH EACH NEW OUTFIT SHE WOULD COMMENT : OOOOH, THIS LOOKS GOOD!
I COULDN'T PICK JUST ONE PICTURE, FORGIVE ME..

MUFFIN

MAMA AND THE FRITH SPENT MONDAY MORNING AT THE HORN OF PLENTY EATING VEGAN MUFFINS. THEO CAME TOO (HIS CRISPY MUFFIN-AND-JUICE-COVERED ONCE-WHITE PAWS MADE IT INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SHOT).. ON THE WAY HOME, WE ALSO BOUGHT SOME APPLE SPIDER JUICE FROM THE SNOOTY UPSCALE GROCERY STORE. TASTED JUST LIKE REGULAR APPLE SPIDER JUICE.