Tag Archives: baby

Events at Northwick Hall (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Dreamaticus

We employed a team of caretakers to look after Northwick Hall, our rather grand country ‘cottage’. These employees doubled up as duty managers on event nights. Amongst them was my old colleague ED and her husband M. While they did … Continue reading →

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A swing, a helicopter, and a sauna (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Even I was doubting the sense of my latest charity shop purchase: a plastic orange children’s swing set, just about the right size for a Barbie doll. The others at AH-S and CH-S’s vast house looked at me with pity … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry turns up nose at roll up soap bag (Rousse)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Dreamaticus

For years, my little sister scoured the sales for bargains. Many of her purchases had been stored away unused for years, the majority still in their original packaging. I took a pile of these goods to a posh toy shop … Continue reading →

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Blond cat-whiskered half-gorilla baby swept out to sea (Rousse)

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Dreamaticus

She really was a beautiful baby, with a beaming smile and a few tufts of blond hair. I thought, however, that the cat whiskers were rather out of place on her sweet face – until someone explained to me that … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome guests and a Christmas party assault (Rousse)

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Two of the most popular guests were missing from our super-early Christmas party. Instead of joining us in person for sausages and Champagne, BP and her new husband SF communicated to us (and the world) from their bedroom as they … Continue reading →

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German child expert rescues newborn from drunken babysitter (Rousse)

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Not long after the S family moved house to the other side of town, J returned to babysit for the new neighbours. She looked after their newborn baby every afternoon so that they could attend cricket matches. Given that our … Continue reading →

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Alien pink babies emerge from the plumbing (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was returning the keys of the Lomax so that someone else could take it for a drive when a woman at the sink shrieked. ‘It’s Elaine’s head – as a baby!” she shouted ‘And several more of them coming … Continue reading →

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Displaying a nipple and swimming with baby dolphins in lockdown (Rousse)

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Campus was open again. I was there once more attending lectures, and they were even measuring the water levels in the swimming pool. On most days I sat next to my primary school ‘friend’ ST, delighted that I was admitted … Continue reading →

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A lobster-pot daughter and dodgy art work cleaning (Rousse)

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Even though he obviously was not her father, TPR was the primary carer for our tiny new African baby. She was so beautiful that even I found it hard to believe that she was my very own daughter. We were … Continue reading →

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A day out in London with a Dane, an impersonator, and a baby Belle (Rousse)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I had a day out with Belle in London. First she took me to the museum café where she treated me to a raspberry and ice cream fruit sundae. I ate it seated next to a Dane who told me … Continue reading →

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