English Mum in nude photo shocker!!!!!!
Ah, I wept tears of pure delight over the contents of me Ma’s email this morning. Check out these little beauties:
First up, then, is some sort of fancy dress party, and using my Inspector Morse-like skills, I would conclude that I’m Little Miss Muffet – seeing as I seem to be dangling a spider there on a string. Look at that beaming smile! Any other child would be seething at the indignity of it all but not me – centre of attention in a short skirt? I’m in.
And it’s a damn shame my hair didn’t stay that blonde – could have saved a fortune in highlights.
Next up we have ‘Jetsetter Mum’, striding off the plane as though it’s the family Lear, dahling. Lovely knee socks/pinafore ensemble, although I’m not so sure about the anorak. And look at the Disreputable one: blazer, slacks…shiny shoes… We sure knew how to travel.
Best ’til last, then, is this little gem. Ma – is this our house? Look at the kitchen! How quaint were we with our butler’s sink and our mixer taps! How ir0nically ‘Country Living’ of us! Actually, hang on, what are all those wires? Maybe me Ma was hell bent on electrocution?? Although I look quite happy. Bet that Sparkle’s a bit itchy on the old epidermis though.
Ahhh, happy days. And I really am still that cute. No, really. I am.
P.S. We had the same sink when I was kid that I used to get bathed in lol
So of course I now work hard to take the most embarassing possible photos of my kids, just to be prepared heh heh heh. I warn them, that if they’re nice to me I’ll keep the GOOD photos, and if they’re not, I’ll keep the BAD…. it’s working so far!
And yes, I want that sink too!
Apparently, there’s one of me in a blue washbowl as a baby. My dad likes to refer to what I had done to merit such a dunking. And then did again in the bowl, screaming with delight at my cleverness. They shouldn’t have fed me so much.
Susan: My Dad does that with the boys – sends them the odd random photo or newspaper clipping- they love it. Yup, I’m keeping all the dodgy ones to show their first girlfriends (if I’m allowed to talk to them) lol!
Ma: Oh right. I didn’t think it was very familiar. Great sink though isn’t it. I have a particularly smug looking smile in that last one. I like it. xx
I may sue for you misleading me.
Weren’t YOU the Little Miss Pears Puss? LOLOL!!
Silly Mammy though, unleashing these gems before their proper time – your Blessing… Mwah! X
Kate: Ah, you know her so well. She’s scheming, I just know it!!
Pukey: A lot, surprisingly!! Didn’t last.
I hope you don’t have a phobia to spiders now.
I even brought some home to sprinkle over the threshold. (You can’t be too careful and Granny knows best)
As for wiping off smudges; last year, a very sweet Polish lady I worked with made a holy show of us both by wiping my smudge off in the middle of a Departmental meeting. I nearly died and the room erupted into howls of laughter!
Cranky as fook today with missing my plonk and all…
Catholicism – a never ending laugh riot.
Jen: Ooh I know. Poor Hubby’s been doing a half-hourly countdown until we can open our weekend bottle of plonk. I can’t imagine how you’re going to feel after 40 days. Don’t shout at me, will you?!! x
Nutty: Hee! ‘Tis rather cute isn’t it. There’s considerably more wobbly bits now when I’m in the bath!!
Aussie: Aw, that’s so sweet! In spirit if not in body, these days!!