THREE O'CLOCK THOUGHTS

I just don't get it....

I am scratching my head here...wondering why the parents of the little boy who died at the hands of the couple they 'gave' him to, to 'look after' because they couldn't 'cope' have not been punished themselves?

To my mind a parents first duty is to the children and if they wilfully hand those duties to someone else equally as irresponsible as they are then they are equally culpable if the child dies as a result of their irresponsibility. I think the lot of them should be locked up for good. Throw away the key!

Of course somebody, somewhere will claim that 'Social Services' are to blame..and someone, somewhere will be hung out to dry ....

Why don't these people who have children only to abuse and mistreat them ever think it might be their own acts of selfish stupidity that get them into the messes they are in. Why should anyone else get the blame for that?

My latest bear

This is Miss Tijuana...she is a bear made especially for a customer...so she's going off to her new home soon...I am loving this straggly mohair!!

Romano...a new bear available

This is ROMANO...he is a gorgeous, handsome 14.5 inch bear made in lovely wheaten , windswept mohair. He has wired arms and has ultrasuede paw pads...he has a lovely soft expression and is very pretty.

Romano has now been adopted.

Thanks so much

A new bear will be ready today...will be posting pictures later.....!

Tivoli...a baby bear available

This is Tivoli

...a little baby bear who is just 10 inches tall and is made from white faux fur. He has wired arms and has a gorgeous face...he can stand if balanced too!

 

TIVOLI has now been adopted...Thanks

Mary Queen of Shops....

I love watching Mary Portas' programme as I find her such an inspiration!! I love her no nonsense and logical approach to business be it a corner shop in Dorset or Harvey Nicholls she manages to bring out the best (almost) all the time .

I had recorded the one this week about John Peers Salon in Rochdale and how he had apparently taken his foot off the gas and how his salon had pretty much disappeared off the radar in favour of younger trendier salons.  Rochdale, rather like my home town of Coventry has suffered in the downturn and so customers are very 'pound savvy'. She took John along to Trevor Sorbie's salon and I have thought for many years that Trevor knows how to market himself and his aspirational salon and is a fine example to all businesses.

Keeping a finger on the pulse is , to me at any rate, the single most important thing that you can do to make a business become successful and STAY successful. I always have believed that getting new business is one thing but keeping it is entirely another. Stay new, stay current and up there ...hair, fashion, teddy bears, cars... whatever ..it's all the same game!

I thought the John Peers episode was the most inspirational of all ..probably because John himself is such an affable guy and was receptive and learned from the experience. He's also a good hairdresser.

Just goes to show that you can 'teach an old dog new tricks' if the old dog is prepared to learn.

Good on you John, I wish you well in your new future!!

My little Cyber Tot!!

Here's Eric.. my gorgeous baby grandson....who yesterday was a little whinge-bag...can't blame him though he has teeth popping through and I guess that hurts! I took him to Toddler Club and he lasted about an hour before going down the baby slide on his tummy and promptly fell asleep at the bottom!!

He was a bad tempered little person all day till I got a brain wave and plonked him in the high-chair with the computer key-board on the tray and logged into  KNEEBOUNCERS ....

Worked like a charm.  Hey...this being a Nannie lark is like riding a bike ...you never lose the touch do you!!!

A FABULOUS new BIG bear for adoption!!

 

I'm so busy at the moment , but thoroughly enjoying the warm weather and sewing outside every day pretty much...so bear making is a sheer joy right now!

This latest bear is called SHANTUNG and he has a very baby like face..in fact he was almost a she but I decided to go mad with the haircut and so Shantung was born!! He is made from the densest alpaca in a sludgy tea shade and i used some Tibetan lamb which I have hand dyed and inset as a patchwork of shades in his crown area and then given him a very rounded but shattered haircut a bit reminiscent of the Ball Jointed Dolls hairdo's which I really like.

 

SHANTUNG is quite big at 18 inches with wired arms and legs for extensive posing possibilities. I added a pretty ruffle in dusty shades which I think suits him very nicely.

 

SHANTUNG has now been adopted , Thank you

 

 

A grandmothers work is never done..

There's lots of sadness in our house at the moment. As a mother you know when things are not right with your kids...it's a mothers intuition. I have known for some time that my sons marriage was floundering. Who can say why...no-one can. It happened to me in 1987 and resulted in 11 years as a single parent but now 23 years later we are all happy and my ex-husband comes round with his partner most weekends as we all spend time as a family.

Olly though has a huge task on his hands...he is looking after the children...working as best he can..as well as trying hard to hold on to his emotions and go through this pain while all the time asking questions and wondering if things could have been different. I hate to say it but I think it was always going to end this way...as my mother always used to say 'the onlooker sees most of the game'.

So I am helping as best I can and spend each Wednesday with my baby grand-son ...going to toddler club..chasing around with young mums with a packet of wet-wipes and a bag of nappies...drinking tea and swapping baby stories..then went to sports day to watch Rosie in 4 races which was great fun!

Life deals us some nasty blows but I know we are all strong enough to cope with this ...being a nannie has taken on a new meaning now. I had forgotten how hard it is to look after little ones all day..I was fast asleep by 9pm last night and I am looking forward to a whole day sewing today!!