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Post by SueA on Dec 25, 2017 9:57:57 GMT
...never before' - at which point all the lights went out  just as pixie Cat, her little elf helper Che & diggie & all the dahlia gnomes were coming through the door, causing them all to trip over each other &... |
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Post by Lou78W on Dec 25, 2017 16:48:13 GMT
try to get their grubby hands on the firmest dahlia tubers...just then the door slammed open and ian rushed in waving his arms about with chocolate up to his ears..... |
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Post by SueA on Dec 26, 2017 10:02:18 GMT
...having tripped over pixie ladybird (who was sitting down & trying to sort her seed packets in the dark) & fallen into the chocolate fountain. Andrew the elf was getting on with sowing some onion seeds as he was used to getting home late & working in low light! derekbrooks the gnome thought it might be his fault the lights had fused as he'd just plugged his home made propagator/plate warmer/pot washer/tuber dryer into the extension socket but the culprit was sweetpea who'd snipped through the fairy lights on Eli's cacti decorations with his secateurs so that he... |
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Post by Lou78W on Dec 26, 2017 13:53:07 GMT
could plug in his electric bagpipes to practice ready for Hogmanay. SueA quickly handed out earplugs to |
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Post by Eli on Dec 26, 2017 22:56:48 GMT
... to muffle the sound of the bagpipes, but all went quiet when they got torn on the spines of Eli the Elf's cacti, and then ...
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Post by SueA on Dec 27, 2017 9:06:04 GMT
sweetpea decided to summon all the Scottish woodland contingent to help fix his bagpipes by playing the chanter like a penny whistle. Elf Raymond arrived looking resplendent in his kilt, fairy daisy arrived on horseback, Rosie claimed she'd lived there so long she felt Scottish & Fairy Godmother Cherry claimed she was half Australian, half Scottish & er... half Norfolkian & could borrow her son's bagpipes as a replacement so...
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Post by Lou78W on Dec 27, 2017 13:41:02 GMT
they all arranged to meet for a rehearsal and tea with Cherry, @rosie2755and lesley promising to do a bit of baking; Lou78W and Fractal said they would organise the drinks seeing as they were "familiar" with some nice whiskies...lol When the party was in full swing; the door suddenly opened with a crash and..... |
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Post by SueA on Dec 28, 2017 9:21:26 GMT
the Irish contingent danced in, ziggy, KC & ladybird had heard the 'penny whistle' chanter & couldn't resist. Then steve the swede rolled in after them, he wasn't in any way gaelic but could smell a good whisky/whiskey/party from a mile off &... |
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Post by ian on Dec 29, 2017 21:19:53 GMT
Meanwhile Ian and Steve B were busy at the bottom of the garden perfecting their tuber hooch (the tuber bed and overhead heating really worked a treat) the Hooch (now named Rebutehooch) developed a real kick, which got the Scottish contingency chantering even more. Rosie and Eli half cut in know time funny as it seems making perfect sense and with the Irish lot Ziggie and KC not to far behind it was sure to kick off any minute. Yes Ian had been warned by Steve B but took no notice he had overdone it with the Barbarry tubers. The next thing we knew was ......
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Post by Lou78W on Dec 29, 2017 22:30:51 GMT
everyone who drank the rebutehooch had bright red tongues and lips (especially the boys!)...and gave off a funny smell.....OMG said ian. what if.... |
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 29, 2017 23:38:36 GMT
we all did some dancing like Riverdance that would shake things up a bit so when they started unfortunately their legs got all tangled up so they had to....
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Post by Cherry on Dec 30, 2017 4:54:38 GMT
resort to tea and scones and a wee rest. It all got too hectic for one member who was on ‘Island” time and used to listening to the slow Queensland version of the English language. As dancing was the order of the day, more dancers came in. They were Scottish dancers, so were able to use their arms. Oh dear, there were people of Irish extraction there who made their thoughts about the Scottish dancing quite clear. Someone started Zumba. OMG! .....
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Post by SueA on Dec 30, 2017 9:43:56 GMT
you'd think they were all competing for the Woodland glade Strictly Come Dancing Glitterball which was actually sweetpea the gnome's mate the Cowboy Pumpkin dressed up in a sequinned jacket! Arms & legs were flying everywhere and... |
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Post by steve on Dec 30, 2017 13:23:28 GMT
.....everyone was wondering where this would all end when over the tannoys came the message 'All are invited to the Woodland Hall New years Eve party' Fancy dress compulsory, entry is 3 groats, bring a bottle for the raffle which is being organized by Tom Bowler......
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Post by SueA on Dec 31, 2017 10:04:07 GMT
in aid of the Old Gnomes' Home. Special first prize is a gnome security kit consisting of an owl who sits over your door & screeches when anyone approaches & a gnome who waits by your door with a mallet disguised as a fishing rod to clobber intruders...
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