#Mollie my bbg I love you

[funtimespringscare101]

@thefoolishone666 A lot of People seemed to like my headcanon about Mollie and how she might start flinching or shaking after Ellie saves her, so I drew it as the scene in the Mascot Savior AU.

And I may have figured out Ellie's role as Canon! Ed's counterpart in the AU. Ellie was created as my Indigo Park Protagonist in the same way my other OC Evan is my PPT AU's protagonist (I wasn't paying enough attention during the introduction cutscene while watching Dawko's gamethrough and I thought Ed was a nameless protagonist lol)

I would see Ellie volunteer to do the Video shit for Ed because like him, she would go there as a kid with her mom and she thought she could use the nostalgia. She goes to the park instead of him,. Welp, we all know how that goes….

Man, Mollie was such a hard character to draw, those wings man…it’s very hard to figure out how the wings are positioned and everything. Doh! I just realized that I forgot to draw Mollie’s little head feathers…Oh well, I’ll edit the drawing tomorrow and fix it.

[catinasink]

introduction teehee

most recent edit: 2/03/24

hi!

general questions

who am i?

i'm cat (dont capitalize, as in Cat) and tentatively eli or nico. i'm a minor, as well as in middle school (ages 11-14). i go by it/its (if you're calling me cat) or they/he (if you're calling me eli or nico) or no pronouns. i am transmasc agender, aroacespec (aroflux and aegosexual), and pan.

what do i post about/reblog about?

marauders

genshin impact

other random fandoms

dreamscape nexus (...)

life things! (vents, random events, etc)

things about my friends :D

classes outside school (ballroom dance, art, aikido, russian, math)

writing (i am a writer)

music (i post lyrics from music, is fun)

gay (i am gay)

my friends

family, pets, friends?

one older sister

two cats - kim and shego (or floorshitter)

irl friends:

pissboy (my husband. he/they) (pissboy origin story)

lee (my wife. not a permanent nickname. she/her)

preppy (my wife, not a permanent nickname, she/her)

miss eighth* grader (she/they, talks abt sui a lot)

ashes (she/her, my bbg)

may mention some other ppl as well lol

can you tag me, ask me questions, tag me in chain asks or tag games?

sure, i might not participate in tag games or chain asks tho :>

timezone?

PST, inside a sink

dni?

if over 25, bigots in general, the usual

what can you call me?

no: bro, guy, gal, sis, girl, man, boy, dude, etc. (gendered terms in general)

yes: pet names (sarcastically and/or platonically, ofc) such as sweetheart, honey, bbg (please dont fully type out babygirl); lil guy is fine

i might call myself a girl or a boy, dont take this as permission please x

--

*used to be miss seventh grader

other info

i would appreciate tone tags if you feel you are speaking too vaguely, but otherwise it's fine

am either a slytherin or ravenclaw. slytherin most-likely

am INTP-T

scorpio sun, sagittarius moon, scorpio rising (i think)

pandora sun, lily moon, regulus rising

i speak english and russian, am learning german and hebrew (long story)

one sideblog, @catinasink-writes, this is only for my fanfiction

i also have another sideblog. kudos to you if you find it

I might ask you to explain a sentence or a phrase for me, it's bc words tend to not be understandable for me sometimes

i. might be neurodivergent

please alert me if you're going to leave, it scares me sometimes

am matching banners with @shrimpysstuff!! go check her out, her blog is wonderful :3

tags!

ramblies, vents, anything thats not a reblog and doesnt fall into another category: #cat's rambles

posts mentioning my cat, or with my cat: #cat's cat

writing (in general): #cat's writing

writing (actually writing: #poetry maybe

my art: #cat's art

my asks: #cat's asks

posts made during school (tend to be queued): #cat's schoolposting

music-related posts: #cat's lyricposting

my own music: #cat's lyrics

my beloved friend @this-is-me-lolol: #basil my beloved <3

pissboy, my friend: #my lovely pissboy

my friend @o-kye: #tumblr user o-kye

cali cult: #calicos

sink lore: #happenings of the sink

blender anon: #cat's blender anon

dear anon (dreamscape nexus thing): #cat's dear anon

dreamscape nexus (...): #Dreamscape Nexus

ao3 details

my account (catinasink)

i've got a good feeling that we could be something

rated T

the Selection but rosestarkillerchaser

features the Blacks as the Schreaves

the Order as the rebellion

rosestarkillerchaser, emmarlily, wolfstar

unfinished, 8/30 (estimate)

watching pixar on a school night

rated T

a texting fic for the marauders 5th year and skittles 4th year

modern au w magic

rosestarkillerchaser, emmarpanlily/sunkeeperflowerseer, wolfstar

background benjy/peter + nobleflower + frank

slowburn

unfinished, 25/?

they're so pretty it hurts (i'm not talking about boys, i'm talking about girls)

rated T

oneshot about marlene

in the universe of wpoasn

features slavic marlene!! bc that is my love >>

also ace marlene!

2.7k words

finished, 1/1

dear angel lacy, eyes white as daisies

rated T

in the universe of wpoasn

noblesea (molly and alice) focused

has noblesea, nobleflower, and fralice (polyam alice)

slowburn

unfinished, 2/8 (estimate)

fic summaries (definitely accurate)

tumblr writing masterlist (chronological order, first most recent)

song-resembling thing (aka big mistake) (with voice ;-;)

maybe one day

to old friend once again

jolly ranchers

to v

my love

piano

fuck periods

more vent (green)

to my old friend (again)

to my old friend

more poetry/rambling/vent whatever :>

more poetry

poem thing that blender anon said i should share

have a nice day!

[ravenoclock]

@labyrinthhofmymind

Hi

Hi

It’s been a while. Sorry. School started and I have 5 tests next week but I have picked up reading presque vu again!! Idk when the next update will be but here’s my thoughts on chapter 24!!

The following content includes spoilers for a fic called presque vu by bizzarestars

CHAPTER 24

- SIRIUS FLIRTING W REMUS IS AJAJSJSJSJ

- ‘all I had to do to win over a werewolf was bat my eyelashes and suck his cock’

- REMUS BLUSHING

- SIRIUS AND HARRY ARE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. I LOVE THEM. AHRHEYGSGS

- Sirius having issues with Molly is actually so funny to me. I hate how she said the Azkaban thing abt him tho like how was she supposed to control that :/

- REGULUS MENTIONED RAAHHHHHHHHH

- ‘I like your mess’ ‘I like your mess, too’ DNJASJHSKAAISIISOAODHEJSJSJBDJSSKHS *incoherent screaming*

- ‘he’s just another body to you, isn’t he?’ Sirius :( my bbg :( no :(

- GRUMPY HARRY

- SIRIYS AND HARRY AGAIN AAFHHHHHJH

- Harry asking abt lily and James :( HE ASKED IF THEY CRIED OVER HIM. SIRIUS LIED. IM NOT OK IM NOT OK IM NOT OK IM NOT OK IM NOT OK IM NOT OK SJAJSJSKSJBDKAKAJSBDB. HARRY ASKING ABT PETER OMD. CRYING DYING THROWING UP. And Sirius being like yeah u did like him but Sirius doesn’t want to tell him :/ I hate it I hate it hate it I hate I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it

STOP I LOVE HARRY SO MUCH SO SO SO MUCH I HATE THE WORLD I HATE VOLDEMORT I HATE DUMBLEDORE I HATE THE WORKD I HATE EVERYONE I HATE DARK MAGIC I HATE JKR I HATE I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT

I do realize this is a bit shorter than usual but alas, it’s here.

[tightjeansjavi]

miss gi, you will always be moss, choccy milk and royalty in my heart ilysm 🫶🏻

Omg, Molly, I’m so sorry that I missed this 😭😭😭 I love you so much!! We can take all the walks in the woods together bbg <3

[pushingdaisies1]

Oh totally every PC character is dope.

For C1 I'd have to say Vex/Vax i love both of them incredibly much and i relate to them a lot on different levels. As an example i lost my mom early not in a death type of way but in the way that she isn't even trying to accept who i am by using my dead name and the wrong Pronounce.

For C2 it's Mollymauk just the minute he was introduced i connected with him because he's so incredibly eccentric and different. I've been named the "weird" kid for basically all my life so having a character that embodies that made me feel so good. After Molly died i was absolutely distraught and Kinda started to cling onto Caduceus. I also absolutely adore Veth thought because well after her True form is revealed to be on the chubby side it made me happy. I've always been immensely struggling with my body image due to different things so seeing that and the general body positivity in her character just warms my heart.

For C3 it's Ashton and Orym Ashton because as a Non-binary 19 year old who uses Neo Pronounce in a city which does not accept LGBTQ+ and a family which doesn't want to understand it, seeing a character use those pronouns made me feel so valid i also connect to him in a different way though.

Rehehe yah!! Ohhhh icicicicic, im really sorry about your mom not giving you the respect you deserve. Thats just uncalled for , but other than that I totally see what you mean<3 - out of the twins id probably relate most to Vex, both due to her personality and her connection with her brother Vax. Me and my sisters have a similar bond (being like hand and hand chaos gremlins) and we're just in general pretty close, which is where I also relate to Vax cause I think I'm just like a general protector type of person lol. SAME SAME SAMEEE!! To be fr... Mollmauk was the reason I realized I wasn't cis LOL. Hes always been very close to my heart as well haha , I always found his story super sweet. In general he was always a truly charming character , forever a bbg in my heart haha. Caduceus dudeee!! I love him so muchhhh!!! When he was talking to Fjord and said (this is my memory) "I don't really talk with people but I talk to people and I know people" During the episode after the whole blown up stuff in Nicodranas?? Shit hit super close to him , as well as he's just so awesome and fluffy and genuinely a true awesome character lol. I also get what you mean about Veth!! Her true form transformation reveal made me giggle and kick my feel back and fourth. Im also more on the chubby side as well as having some bad self-image issues , which made me gravitate towards Veths character more. She embraces herself and her identity/past sm it makes me feel so welcomed yk?? I totally understand where you come from when talking about Ashton and Orym. Your family should accept you dude, and it's on them for missing out on the amazing person you are<3 I definitely also gravitated toward Ashton cause of the fact I both use He/they pronouns and Im agender. Their very much like "fuck everyone and everyone else's opinion on me and myself" which just makes me feel really seen you know? I love watching them rage out and be the sickest punk rock rock out there lol. Personally I relate to orym cause Im used to being like the mediator/voice of reason in a lot of things you know? Like I try to make sure everyone's okay , doing fine , or always try to boost moods one way or another.

[irishmacguirefucker]

Rating gang responses when you bring back drunk ass swanson from the bridge

Hosea “I see he’s been out there working hard again 🙄” 5/10 ever the disappointed grandpa, could have been better

Strauss: “I can smell ze whiskey from here” 4/10 probably the closest Strauss has been to whiskey in a long time

Molly: “I was wondering when he’d show up” 1/10 ily but we know you didn’t care

Uncle: “how did I miss all the fun? 🤪” 3/10 because if he had been there it would have been far worse

Tilly “is he alright?” 8/10 ily bbg you are so nice but you don’t have to be it’s ok

Dutch: “thank you arthur, I shoulda known 😒 get that fool back to his tent” 6/10 yeah you should have. Points for having more than one sentence on the subject

John: “you’re too easy on him arthur” 7/10 for being nice to your brother but you lost points bc what else was he gonna do

Sadie: “I won’t even ask.” 4/10 happy to hear a little sass but no creativity

Jack “is he asleep?” 10/10 for being my sweet summer child. And I mean…he’s not wrong

Abigail: “you always had a soft spot for that old fool” 9/10 I love you Abigail

Kieran: “who’s that? The reverend???” 7/10 he gets points for even having a comment while being tied to a tree. My man is confused

Mary-Beth: “oh reverend…” 2/10 could have done better

Karen: that man rly needs to learn to hold his liquor 🙄🤨” 9/10 so true babe. Nobody does alcoholism like you bbg ily

[letsgetsquiggly]

Gus and the Mirror Banshee

Its FFF time again! A great way to end my study week and begin my work week, with a splash of creative intent! Its another Gus and Bubblegum Girl story! I'm so happy I revisted these characters. The silly episode of the week format is so fun to do after a long day at work. For Flash Fiction Friday prompt #90 WordCount:1060 Warnings: Swearing, as per usual, and depictions of spooky girls.

@flashfictionfridayofficial​

As per his Saturday routine, Gus rolls out of bed at 9:00 and slippers his feet, puts on a pot of decaf, and goes to do the crossword at his kitchen table. All is calm, all is right. That is until a frantic pounding comes thundering upon his door. "Gus…Gus. Gus? Gus. GUS! Guuuuuuuusssssssss. GusGusGusGusGusGus." It's an oh no moment for Gus, trouble has literally come knocking at his door. "Godammit Mol I'm not in the mood." He calls from his table. "This is serious, Gus. SUPER SERIOUS." "I won't help you find a lawyer, Karen has every right to file a restraining order against you after the garden gnome incident." "What? No that's not it. It's my house, Gus. IT'S HAUNTED." Gus Sighs as he walks over and opens his door. "I'm going back to bed." "GUS NO! I can't go back in there. Don't abandon me in my time of neeeddddd." Bubblegum Girl, BGG, Molly, falls to her knees and begins to sob profusely on the doorstep. "Alright alright. Calm down. Please, stop. MOLLY STOP CRYING ILL HELP YOU GODDAMMIT!" The wailing and crocodile tears cease and desist almost immediately at this declaration. She springs to her feet with a renewed vigor. "Alright Gus, the enemy is…" She darts her head left, and then right, checking for any invisible eavesdroppers." "Mary Bloody Mary." "Oh for fucks sake Mol." Gus shakes his head as he goes to swap out his Saturday slippers for some real shoes "There I was," BGG begins, "on wikipedia, expanding my worldly knowledge" "You were bored wasting time on the random article link" "When I stumbled across one of the saddest things I've ever read." The crunching of gravel under their feet ceases as BGG abruptly stops and waves her hand in front of her face as if unveiling a profound revelation. "The Bloody Mary of folklore," "Uh-huh," Gus grumbled weakly "The article stated that she helps women get a glance at their future husbands. Sometimes though," Her hand darts to the doorknob and she turns her head sharply to face Gus, pausing for dramatic effect. "She murders the very women who summons her." He offers this simple reply, "Alright, so why is that sad?" "Well, she's a lady who lives in a mirror right? She's lonely Gus! She obviously just kills women because they don't want to be her friend! I understand why. It's very rude to summon a being from across the veil to just have her do simple parlor tricks" Gus gives his shoes a mindless wipe against the welcome mat at the entrance to the abode. "Right, sure." BGG was twisting the door handle at this point and stepped through the doorway into a vivid and wild technicolor interior. "So there I was in my bathroom, lights off, candles all around me, ready to summon and befriend the lonely mirror specter. I chanted over and over, "Bloody Mary Bloody Mary." In an instant, all the candles went out, the light bulbs in my vanity began to flicker, and the image of a shadow emerged in the mirror before me." "I'm sure it did Mol." Gus's idle gaze wander from band posters to Pollock-like paint splotches, to motivational kitten posters. The decorum of Bubblegum Girl's house was giving his no-nonsense brain whiplash. "Gus, are you listening?" "Ya, of course…" He trailed off as his eye caught several empty helium tanks and a plethora of un-blown balloons. "The shadow took the form of sickly skinny girl with long stringy black hair. Something seemed up with her eyes like they were missing? Or all black? Anyway, naturally, I said hello and introduced myself, and tried to make her feel welcome. I was all like "Hi Mary! It is SO nice to meet you! I'm BGG, Bubblegum Girl, my less fun real name is Molly though. I read about you on Wikipedia and your life sounded kinda sad and lonely, so I'm here to be your new best friend! We can talk about boys and I can show you all my favorite internet memes and you can feel loved and stop murdering people." BBG had led Gus up a flight of stairs and now stood outside a bright pink door with what he assumed was a stolen public bathroom sign with one of those upsidedown triangle women on it. "I figured she'd be super stoked right? I didn't summon her to just use her like everyone else. I, you known, cared about her well-being and interests and junk. We would be each others' friends from the other side of the veil. How cool is that?" As she reached out to the bathroom door in front of them she stopped to look at Gus, expecting a response. He was looking past her down the hall trying to catch a glimpse of some of the other illogical horrors that existed in this residence "I SAID, how cool is that Gus?" "Oh, cool, I guess?" "Right! It is cool, and a very nice, sincere gesture. Well, she didn't seem interested. In fact, she seemed pretty steamed that I summoned her at all. So you know what she did? She tried to STRANGLE ME. It was super uncalled for. I tried to tell her if she didn't want to be my friend she could have just said something, and that she should go back home. BUT THEN SHE WOULDN'T LEAVE. She was starting to pull herself out of the mirror when I left, so I shut the door and ran over the most intense, serious, intimidating person I knew! Your so stern and commanding Gus, she'll have to go home if you tell her too." BGG started to push the door open as she beamed at Gus as if she was dumping all the world's confidence into him. He returns her beam with a furrowed brow and a slight frown. "Look Mol, I'm sure all this is very real and actually happened. If I go in there and tell your mirror to leave you alone; you don't get to bother me on a Saturday for another month. Deal?" "Deeeeaaaaallllllll!" She sings as she flings open the door, revealing a shadowy, sickly woman with pale skin and stringy black hair. She loomed over Gus and stared at him with empty sockets. Gus drew a sharp inhale and slowly craned his head up to meet Mary Bloody Mary's Gaze. "You've got to be fucking kidding me."

[funtimespringscare101]

@thefoolishone666 Sketched another scene from the Mascot Savior AU based on the Mollie headcanon! This time, it's an interaction that takes place after Ellie gets her arm bandaged!

Mollie would nervously allow herself to embrace Ellie as they were on their way towards Oceanic Odyssey and be fucking shivering as she does it. This scene would be the moment where the relationship between Mollie and Ellie would take a turn for the better, and cements the mother-daughter relationship these two will have in the future.

[catinasink]

Introduction

included below: what yall can refer to me as, what my posts are about, and ao3 fics. also i tend to use the queue for posts tagged schoolposting btw :) if you found this through my writing: i will attempt to update at least once every two weeks! please give this a read before following :3 send an ask if you want to be added to my taglist lols

side blog: @catinasink-writes

most recent edit: 01/22/24

name:

catinasink, or cat (no capitalization)

pronouns:

they/it ?? perhaps?? trying those out

age:

minor

labels:

agender neptunic/lesbian aroacespec (cupioromantic or grayromantic, some flavor of ace)

what are my posts about:

i tend to reblog a lot of stuff on my for you page, but i'm also in the marauders fandom and sometimes i post pictures of my cats, and also offer up updates on my writing, also genshin impact

can you tag me/ask me questions/etc:

yes! i would love that

pets:

two cats: kim and shego <3 theyre both girls

likes:

reading, writing, cats, marauders, music

DNI:

MAPs/pedophiles, queerphobes, bigots, the usual ig, also if you're over 25 i would prefer if you didnt interact with me

timezone shit:

the united states, PST

preferences for terms:

pls dont capitalize my name, pls dont formally address me

nono terms: guy, bro, girl, sis, gal, man, etc. (basically pretty much all gendered terms)

ok terms: bbg as long as you dont type it out as babygirl, any petnames are fine

i might call myself a girl or a boy as a joke. dont take this as permission to call me that, pls and thank you x

other random shit:

i would appreciate the use of tone tags if you feel like your words are too vague :>, also asks are open for just about anything

am between slytherin and ravenclaw, however lean more towards slytherin

am INTP-T if you care abt that

Scorpio sun, Sagittarius moon, Scorpio rising (I believe), as well as pandora sun, lily moon, and regulus rising

will post about my classes outside of school, which include: art, aikido, ballroom dance, math, and russian

i speak english n russian

tags:

ramblies/vents/non-reblogs that dont fall into any other categories: #cat's rambles

cat photos/posts mentioning my cat: #cat's cat

fic updates (more of my writing is on my sideblog): #cat's writing

my asks: #cat's asks

my wonderful friend @this-is-me-lolol: #basil my beloved &lt;3

posts i make at school (usually queued): #cat's schoolposting

music related posts: #cat's lyricposting

dear anon: #cat's dear anon

blender anon: #cat's blender anon

dreamscape nexus: #Dreamscape Nexus

Ao3 details

my account

i've got a good feeling that we could be something

rated T

the Selection but rosestarkillerchaser

features the Blacks as the Schreaves

the Order as the rebellion

rosestarkillerchaser, emmarlily, wolfstar

unfinished

watching pixar on a school night

rated T

a texting fic for the marauders 5th year and skittles 4th year

modern au w magic

rosestarkillerchaser, emmarpanlily/sunkeeperflowerseer, wolfstar

background benjy/peter + nobleflower + frank

slowburn

unfinished

they're so pretty it hurts (i'm not talking about boys, i'm talking about girls)

rated T

oneshot about marlene

in the universe of wpoasn

features slavic marlene!! bc that is my love >>

also ace marlene!

2.7k words

finished (oneshot)

dear angel lacy, eyes white as daisies

rated T

in the universe of wpoasn

noblesea (molly and alice) focused

has noblesea, nobleflower, and fralice (polyam alice)

slowburn

unfinished

[ancientbrit]

Natter # 12  06/06/2016

Subject: MI MG Natter #12 2016 June 6th 2016 Jo, Molly and I had a very pleasant day today (Friday) - the last at Rite Aid this year. Warm and bright with a nice breeze blowing through occasionally - and we weren't too busy with clients either. When I arrived a few minutes late (sorry about that ladies), they were starting to make a clean sweep through the bookshelves and the desk. Jo was very proud of the fact that she had stripped the two drawers, thrown away all the bits and pieces that meant absolutely nothing and all the old out-of- date stuff (going back to 2008). She finished with totally immaculate drawers, which of course, none of you will get to see until April 2017, by which time nobody will remember what a good job she did! Life sucks sometimes doesn't it? Anyway we also brought out all the books in the case. We reviewed every one (some were duplicated), some, none of us could ever remember looking at before, many were returned as being invaluable and some were so old, outdated, falling apart and rarely used that there was only one thing to do - so we did it! The book case is now comfortably full with enough room that none of the books are jammed in tightly and there is room to store a file containing clinic forms. We have received a check on the September event at the Bellevue Botanic Gardens. One of the ladies with whom we have been working at the BBG told us that all of the vendors will be required to purchase a Bellevue Business license - $105! This is fine for vendors who regularly sell in this area and who already have one, but for small vendors who will only be selling in the area for the one day, it is the difference between making a modest profit and going into the red. Right now we are not too sure how this will effect us, but Bellevue appears to me to be totally greedy and rigid in their application of their laws. I am amazed that they apparently have nothing to suit a case such as this - a one day license. Karin is going to check with the City to see if they offer such a thing as a waiver for a one day event. Apart from that hiccup, things are moving along well and it will be a shame if we have to back away from the event after all the work that has been expended to date. Watch this space. I was having a wander through Home Depot during the week - as is my wont, after buying the electrical bits I went there to buy. Naturally I eventually ended wandering around the gardening area. I am still incensed with their price for Steer Manure compost  at $1.55. Just two years ago you could get it for $0.99 - and sometimes even less when they held a special event. Looking at the plants on offer, I saw three different Daphnes at $9.95 apiece. They were decent looking specimens in one gallon pots and it occurred to me that you can never have too many Daphnes. So I started to sift through them looking for the biggest and eventually made my selection and lifted it out. Tucked down the side of the pot was a tag I hadn't noticed at first, but when I pulled it out I was disgusted to see what it said - "This plant has been treated with neonicotinoids." I returned it to it's spot and looked around at all the other plants, but could find no more similar labels or any other label admitting the use of this nasty systemic insecticide. I have to think that there must have originally have been many more such labels, but that this one had been overlooked being tucked down inside the pot and out of sight. To imagine that only one plant would be so treated out of the lot there is somewhat of a stretch. It is even more distressing because many of the plants there make a big thing about being a source of pollen and nectar for wildlife and treating them with this systemic makes them a time bomb for bees and any other insect or bird that dines on them. Sunday morning I had to leave my bed halfway through the night. Well, not really - it just seemed that way. I am just not a morning person! I had to water the greenhouse and masses of potted plants before leaving, plus fit  screening over the roof of the greenhouse. On Saturday without the screening and with all eight roof vents and eight lower vents plus the door WIDE open, the temperature topped 122 degrees and I didn't want that repeated on Sunday. And so, onto the Farmers Market again - the first one of 2016 and it was hot HOT. But as Patty Spahr,  the Market Manager had phoned me the day before to ask me where I would like our table placed, I opted for the south side of the street, to get the advantage of the tree shade from the park. We had a constant breeze blowing through and it was actually rather pleasant. The organizers were on the ball too, making sure that everybody stayed safe and hydrated, by bringing round coolers on wheels and handing out freezing cold bottles of water, which came in very handy. I have to commend them for this, especially for the folks on our usual North side of the street, who were in the full glare of the sun the whole five hours. I am sure that doing this saved possible accidents. I know that I passed out a couple of years back from dehydration which was rather alarming - putting me in the emergency room for three days and alarming the ladies. We had a lovely day of renewing old friendships as we always do, plus making new friends of new clients, who totaled 36. There is still plenty of interest in my hat, which is getting to be in need of some running repairs now after three years, but it still hangs together and there is the usual hand reaching out to squeeze the bulb of the horn - not all kids either! We were shown two plant specimens, both of which we were able to identify and the questions were varied and interesting, with some requiring long rambling conversations because the clients had seemingly nowhere else to go. But that's okay, we had a good day with interesting clients, friends & questions. The food on offer is still up to the usual great standard and the only negative thing is the construction work going on in the SE corner of the parking lot for the new Pizza place. This forces us to be a bit creative in finding a way through with the bookcase and carousel, as our usual easy way down the curb  is blocked by the construction fencing. Cooler weather promised  - thank you and rain to follow so we should be okay again. I was very interested to see being offered in the Winter Territorial seed catalogue - micro clover seed. I have been recommending this for the last two years but found it only available online. It is comparatively new on the market having been developed in Denmark only about five years ago. As you might gather from it's name, the leaves are tiny and it has the benefit of NOT rambling off in every direction like ordinary clover does. It can be used on it's own or mixed with grass seed and sown together. As a lawn in it's own right it never seems to ever go brown, and the highest it grows to is five inches, although it handles being mown to much lower heights and retains its constant bright green color. I have to say that if I was ever tempted to install a lawn again, this is what I would use, without a doubt. Your fearless leader, Gordon