April 30th

Weevil Wig Day

It was almost Ogd’s birthday, Dodo wasn’t actually sure when it was so he thought almost was good enough!

Wanting to get him something special he clubbed together with some weevils to get him a new wig,n well thats what he said.What he actually did was club some weevils and then stuck them together top make a wig for Ogd.

All the thought and effort Dodo had gone to was ruined somewhat by Ogd not actually needing a wig, especially one not made of weevils, and by one of the weevils regain consciousness. It was also not Ogd’s birthday, that Dodo had missed and had spent the day pointing out Ogd’s bald patches and funny walk!

Insomnia gives me time for silly things…

Made a bit more progress with drawing the characters, Dodo is done and now features on the new ID cards I have made up for the Facebook group ( DORADS ) , the first 50 I am going to have made up an sent out, after that I will post up the template.So if you want one go and join!

Flappy is next, but is head is proving elusive, and I am dreading Dead Vole!

The first rejection..

(Big absence of drum roll!)

I got the call at work that the postman had delivered a packet with my handwriting on it, got home and was reunited.It had been sent back and even had a nice rejection letter;

‘Thank you for submission.I enjoyed reading the material but I am afraid it’s not the sort of thing I’m looking for. This is all a matter of personal taste so please do not feel discouraged because another agent may respond very differently.

Wishing you all the best.

Kind regards.’

They could have just fed it to the Guinea Pigs! (which would have been okay, Guinea Pigs get so happy and excited with fresh bedding!)

So, one down and X to go before I don’t have to work, time to pull out another agent and bug them…

April 29th

Today is unavailable for viewing due to blockade set up by Parchment Turtles, they read on the bookspine (its like a grape vine but without the fruit or singing!) that a family of Calender Mice were traveling through there and hoped to catch them. They had even tried to lay some banana peel on the bottom of the page to trip them up, unfortunately they couldn’t get hold of any so tried to use soome Aphid peel from yesterday.

The Plan will probably fail but we will leave then too it.Please try again tomorrow and mind the Aphid peel on the way out.

April 28th

Aphid Asphyxiating Day

Dodo knew he smelled bad, sometimes even his own eyes watered at the varous fumes and odours that came off his coat and slipped out of each of his little holes.

Feeling very lazy and  very hungry for a change he decided to take it easy and waddle over to where the aphids hung out.Sitting under their plant he relaxed and let his smells do the rest.One by one the Aphid passed out and fell into his open mouth.

The moral of todays little account?

Its okay to offend people with your bad smell, but only if you are going to eat them afterwards.

or

Safety in numbers is sometimes just a bigger target.

April 27th

Losing Poo Day

After abandoning their short lived creative venture (Unreal ArtHouse?!) the others wandered off to recover and Dead Vole stayed dead but a bit lighter. Dodo was left to clean up, which he was quite happy to do as all his clenching and whittling had given him quite an appetite…

This day is dedicated to St Carrot, she is also the patron of bad breath, bad dining habits and unwanted stuff trapped in your teeth.

April 26th

Bad Whittling Day

On this day Dodo found his last meal had escaped from his bottom and lay on the floor in the shape of Dead Vole, extremely proud of himself Dodo declared he had invented Poo sculpting and the art of Clench whittling!

With some trepidation and surprise (mainly from themselves!) the others took a look and agreed with the cunning likeness, before having a go themselves! Didi passed what she declared was a small outhouse and Flappy made a slug, the eye stalks were impressive, though looked painful! Ogd was a bit reluctant to ‘Art’ in public and couldn’t create, Dead Vole dropped an organ which looked like a poo and them they all stopped.

April 25th

Don’t Stare Day

On this day tell unwanted friends the Truth.

Unfortunately the rest of the day was tunneled through by a small band of Calender mice who went by the name of the Pale Four, mainly because they could not count to seven and calling themselves the Pale Some was a bit silly.The tunnel was later widened right up to the middle of breakfast and just after you have had your warm malted drink by pursuing Parchment Turtles.

The Turtles were eventually thrown of the scent by their own smell (turtle wax and Gin!) and the tunnel taking a split into the dark bit of tomorrow morning and the other fork doubling back to catch the start of breakfast.

April 24th

White Wiggle Day

On this day Dodo likes to check on his parasites, especially his pet tape worm, White Wiggle.

Every year White Wiggle gets a bit bigger, sometimes he ends up falling out of Dodo’s bottom giving him a second white tail!

Dodo quite likes having him around (usually around his gut!), he always has someone to talk to (captive audience!) and another excuse to eat more as he is eating for (at least) two!

Today is dedicated to St Bernard, Abbess of the Cloistered Sisters of Ingratitude, She is also the patron of Unwanted in-laws and grown-up children still living at home.

April 23rd

Lie In (the Mud) Day

Dodo is still asleep today after having having a heavy night (not that he ever has a light night with his weight!) so Flappy has decided to take over. He had planned to swoop out of the page dramatically and scare everyone, unfortunately during his warm up flight he tripped on one of his wings (or saggy armpits as Ogd liked to call them!) and ended up biting his tongue so now he can only thut, thut around which is not nearly as impressive as Fhut, Fhut Fhutting around!

Flappy would like to thank you for your time and hopes you have a nice day.

Ogd would like to apologize for Flappy and promises to find something sharp to Fhut him up with!