MJ's little flock

[BY Bob]

Now they're at their morning preening. Getting ready for the day. Tying up shoelaces. Sorting the hair out. Swapping nighties for day dresses.

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That would be a great Friday photo!

 

[BY Bob]

Janet has remembered it's Sunday and has gone back to bed for a lie-in

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That's just awesome!

 

[BY Bob]

Probably, if it’s deep-fried.

And made with ale.

 

[BY Bob]

Violey has started laying again!

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Hooray Violy!

 

[MaryJanet]

I have a walk in shower with the floor flush with the bathroom floor (sloped towards the drain obviously but no lip). I did that because my great grandmother(?) supposedly died in her 90s by tripping over the lip of a walk-in shower and conking her head on the shower stall wall.

That's exactly what I imagine. A gently sloping non-slip floor with a long drain along the wall.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

The laundry is outside, it used to be a fibro hut but dad removed it and rebuilt it in concrete blocks. You can see the laundry in this photo.

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It does have a concrete double sink which is where I bath Mary sometimes.

And it still has a gas fired copper but it's not connected to the gas any more because the pipe was leaking.

For a long time, the laundry was where the toilet was, and there's still a toilet in there, but it doesn't function. I need to replace it, but it's a very low priority task. Dad had a toilet made inside the house, which I'm very grateful for, but it's still on the wrong side of the back door and sometimes I only just make it in time! A more conveniently located toilet is higher up the to do list! Even higher up the list is a safe bathroom for my old age. Even higher than that is the front veranda which is subsiding - this is getting slowly underway. So you can see why I don't really care about the non-functioning outside toilet in the laundry

Ah yes, these are the other joys of an old house.

My childhood home was entirely made out of fibro including the separate laundry and toilet that backed onto it.
I hated having to use the toilet before bed as a little kid. It faced the loooong backyard and I was torn between wanting to keep the door ajar so I wouldn't get locked in and wanting to close it to stop the monsters in the dark getting me.
I remember getting poised ready to run, quickly flicking off the loo light and racing up the back stairs and diving into the house before I was eaten.

Must have worked because I'm still here.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I could go for that tea pot minus the amber looking beads.

OK. We could remove the beads for you but keep the cord. It stops the lid from falling off and breaking if you don't pay attention.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Called twin tubs in the UK. I used to have one with the mangle roller over one of the tubs.

Now I remember! The mangle was situated over the white enamel coated, steel, round tub of the machine.
I think my Grandma's machine looked something like this.

The one with the mangle looked more like this

and chicken tax looks like this

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Mason would love that! He hates having his food touch. The rest of us it doesn't matter.

I was the same as a kid. My eldest is the same even now, and she will be 26 this year.
I wonder if it is an Autism Spectrum thing?

 

[MaryJanet]

Janet is digging a very deep hole! I assume she's after a particularly tempting bug.