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Mat, Tess, and Poppy spent the morning with us before resuming their journey to the Far West that is Cornwall and Land’s End.
We spent much of the time in the garden.
Matthew initially tried to inculcate his daughter into hostility to being photographed,
however, he soon relented,
and she realised he was only joking.
Clutching her transitional peg
she shared the fun with her Grannie.
The owls in the garden having caught her attention, she scoured every corner for one,
being quite exuberant at her successes.
The shingle inset in the patio was a good toy, too.
There was one joke I didn’t quite get. You see I am of the wrong generation to understand why Mat and Tess fell about laughing at the hunt for ‘A Owl’.
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Jackie explained to me that was required was familiarity with the 2010/2013 TV comedy programme, PhoneShop.
This evening Jackie reprised our meal of yesterday, except that what I had called gammon steak was in fact baked ham. It was just as excellent. Jackie drank Bavaria and I drank Kumala Zenith 2014.
I’m a little slow. It just clicked that your granddaughter’s name is “Poppy” and how perfect is that for you and the Head Gardener? By the way, thank you for the recipe! I shall give it a try.
Thanks very much Susanne. And her Mum’s maiden name is Flower 🙂
A owl!
An barn owl!
🙂 Thanks a lot, Bruce
Thanks a lot, Beck
Such lovely memories…now and later!
Your granddaughter is a real doll! <3
Many thanks, Eliza
Little Poppy has the cutest smile. I think she would quite like my owl. 🙂
Thanks very much, Sylvia
Poppy has a killer smile❤️
She does, ML. Thank you
Poppy is certainly a charmer! Lovely photos.
I’ve never heard of PhoneShop, so I didn’t get the joke either. Our TV owl reference comes from a much older TV program, David Lynch’s Twin Peaks “The owls are not what they seem.” 🙂
Many thanks, Merril. From what I’ve seen, we didn’t miss anything with PhoneShop 🙂
🙂
We need one of Poppy with her pop, Thanks for sharing those happy moments.
I was hoping you meant baked ham.
Many thanks, Mary. Perhaps next time
I can’t believe Phone Shop has passed me by…
Poppy is just adorable – but I guess you know that already 😀
Many thanks, Jenny
Oh Derrick, you’ve done an excellent job capturing Poppy’s curiosity and innocence. She’s a beautiful child. I might have to use her in my next book. 🙂
That would be good, Jill. Thank you very much
Isn’t Poppy just so gorgeous? So Matt is the grown up version of all those delightful photos of a young Matthew hanging out with his younger siblings? Do you chat about the photos that have been going up on the blog, and perhaps that this series is the beginning of Poppy’s dynasty? Charting her development through the years will be a lovely continuum project. I hadn’t seen that comedy show either. Not easy to say “a owl” without “an”. Perhaps it’s a signature of the cockney accent? And I was interested in your reference to gammon yesterday, as I have not been able to buy it since I left the UK. I guess once it’s cooked, it’s baked ham anyway 😀
Many thanks, Gwen. All 5 of my offspring have their own albums of prints made over the years. Yep. That is the young Matthew grown up – as good a Dad as he was brother. Maybe someone should import pigs to Australia 🙂
We’ve got the pigs, although I was required to refer to them as swine in the animal health company for which I worked. But for some reason, we do not put them up for sale in the form of gammon. Our ham is pre cooked, or cured, as in prosciutto or jamon.
That child is gorgeous!
Many thanks, Leslie
Love these photos and her name and her little face. That close up is priceless.
Many thanks, Jodie
Lovely family photos, as always. You really know how to enjoy life.
Many thanks, Oglach
Wonderful photos.
Thanks very much, Ann
Beautiful granddaughter Derrick – memories being made! 🙂
Thank you, Terry
That Poppy is a cutie! Love the Phone Shop video.
Thanks very much, Lisa
For some reason your post has just arrived in my mail box, 7 hours late apparently. I have gremlins in the works! Love the photo of Mat smiling with his daughter – and ‘granny’ smiling with Poppy – what’s not to smile at with that gorgeous flower in your garden!
Many thanks, Pauline 🙂
Two lovely photos of the doting grandmother!
Thanks, John. That pleased her
It’s enchanting how a little pixie like Poppy can make everyone around her smile. Magic! You have a wonderful eye, Sir Derrick.
Very many thanks, Rose
Poppy is a doll, Derrick! And Jackie looks like the perfect Grannie, along with her collection of owls throughout the gardens! What a sweetheart she is and resembles the family in many of the important ways, cleverness, especially. <3
Many more thanks, Robin
Oh, that Poppy! Love those little teeth. And, nothing worse than a judging owl on someone’s back 😉
Many thanks, Laurie
A ow.”..! Hmmm. I’m also not familiar woith the tv show but I got the weird pronunciation that I guess was the main bit of the joke. Bit like the animal show with British voiceovers that make the majority of Americans I know, fall over laughing!
And don’t forget ‘WOL’ from A.A. Milne.
Poppy is so sweet, I could hear her chuckling with delight, as I looked at the photos of her. 🙂
Many thanks, Val.
Such beautiful pictures and an adorable little one! Thanks for sharing your special day! x
Thanks very much, Lynn
Most welcome
Beaut pictures Derrick, a very happy loving family
Worked out what gammon steak is now, meat disguised as steak, something like Mock Chicken I suppose.
Cheers.
Many thanks, Ian
Omygosh Derrick, Poppy is sooo adorable! Lovely photos…
Many thanks, Julie
She’s adorable!
Many thanks, Timi