OK, update on The Spring Hat, aka Easter Bonnet, and the decline of domestic harmony through the Blu window.
DS still wedded to the whole cross thing, and DP, trying to be 'helpful ' ( I really wish he wouldn't) tries to tone down the ambition for an animatronic Christ, by suggesting a model 'with some blood running down'.
I explain the whole thing to my Mother, who has now left a message on my answeing machine to say that she has 'broken into' the Methodist Chapel in her village and 'removed' two of the palms laid out ready for the Palm procession and left £2 in the collection box, and that the palms will be in the post ready to be made into a cross shape on the hat. (by 'broken in' I presume she means used her knowledge of the secret hiding place for the key as she sometimes waters the plants or something).
Meanwhile, DS is still on about photos of his RL rabbits, and i have delegated this job (weeks ago) to DP, who declined to do anything about it until yesterday, by which time the rabbits are refusing to come out of thier dressing room and on the phone to their agents, DP puts one othe two remaining sheets of photographic paper in the printer the wrong way up, thus ruining it and wasting loads of ink, and the the cartridge runs out with only one rabbit printed out. DP explains that he cannot go to the high Rd to sort this out as he is too busy preparing for his week-long work trip to the ME. Since he will be atking camera and laptop with him this is our v last chance to sort this out, and the shops will be closing in 40 mins. I take DS to the park and say the photos will need to be sorted by the timne i get back.
DS and i return from the park and DS constructs bits of hat while i bad temperdley repeartedly find the end of the boody sellotape. DS plans to stick real straw around the rabbit pics, under the belief that 'I'll definitely win if we use real straw. @fat chance' i think, since the highly talented little girl who won last year has a Mum who has been on a special arts and craft course, and they specialise in full-scale installations. But everyone who takes part gets a microscopic egg, so i say nothing.
Waiting for stolen palms to arrive in post....Hat parade is on Wednesday. Dp in Middle east, having run for his life.