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Saturday, April 22, 2006

A Lovely Afternoon

Taking a break from our weekend chores and wedding preparation we went to the Owl's Head Transportation Museum for a picnic and some kite flying. The breeze was light and unreliable but the company was pleasant and the sunshine glorious.




We have such fun together. Even when our kite flying abilities are proven to be rubbish.

posted by country mouse at Saturday, April 22, 2006

8 Comments:

  • I was on Wells beach a few years ago with Trotter, Kittow, Mr Henderson etc. Kittow brought a kite for 5 quid by the chip shop. We took the train to the beach and began to fly the kite. Oh, it was such a beautiful day, four grown men flying a kite on the beach, the wind in our hair, not a worry in the world. I pestered Kittow for a go on his kite, he was highly reluctant, afraid that I would crash it. "No" I said, "I'm an expert kite handler, I won't break your lovely new kite".

    I will never forget the long, lonely walk to the crash site, placing the shattered remnants of kittow's joy in the bin.
    I will never forget his face.

    By Blogger Mondale, at 9:30 AM  

  • you know i was just thinking to myself that there really wasn't enough alex coverage on dan and jessie's wedding blog. so thanks, mondale, for your kite story.

    By Blogger Listmaker, at 1:23 PM  

  • As always, my pleasure.

    By Blogger Mondale, at 6:53 AM  

  • Mondale, my brother is building pause points into his best man's speech so that you'll be able to take a minute or two per anecdote to tell a related story about how something similar happened to you....

    Although I am intrigued; Jess and I crashed our kite repeatedly into dirt covered granite bedrock on Saturday and didn't get a scratch on it. How on earth did you manage to destroy a kite on the sands of Wells beach? Did you hit a beach hut?

    By Blogger Wisdom Weasel, at 9:50 AM  

  • I didn't want to say anything but Kittow was more interested in spending his money in the King's Arms, ifyouknoworramean? As i'm sure you can only imagine, I advised against such misinvestment. I'll just say you get what you pay for.

    By Blogger Mondale, at 6:44 AM  

  • Mondale- I hope you haven't brought down my sweet and sincere post to some seedy level!

    By Blogger country mouse, at 6:56 AM  

  • I can see how "spending money in the Kings arms" might read like a homeoerotic activity, but knowing Kittow I reckon it was the pub of the same name (not some Royal nancy).

    By Blogger Wisdom Weasel, at 10:10 AM  

  • Not like The Flying Dutchman?

    By Blogger country mouse, at 12:09 PM  

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