Paddington and Scout Play Go Fish
SCOUT: “Paddy? Paddy!”
PADDY: “Yes Scout?”
SCOUT: “Paddy, do you have any twos?” *Giggles.*
PADDY: “Hhhmmm…” *Looks at cards in his paw.* “No, Scout! Go fish!” *Giggles.*
SCOUT: *Takes a card off the top of the deck.* “I like this game Paddy! It’s fun!”
PADDY: “Yes it is, Scout! It’s fun playing cards with you.”
SCOUT: “Oh, I like playing cards with you Paddy! When this game is finished, can we play it again?”
PADDY: “Of course we can Scout! We can play this game again, and again and again all afternoon,” *Looks out the window.* “It is grey and wet outside, so there is no playing in the garden today!”
SCOUT: “Oh goodie Paddy!” *Trembles with excitement.*
PADDY: “Now Scout, do you have any…”
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “games” was chosen by David, DaveSPN.
Paddy recently taught Scout how to play Go Fish! and now Scout cannot get enough of playing it on cold and dreary winter days.
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy ws a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", “Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake”, "Old Mother Goose" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons, and the spoon in the “Old Mother Goose” sugar bowl is an Eighteenth Century sterling silver mustard spoon.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Paddington and Scout Play Go Fish
SCOUT: “Paddy? Paddy!”
PADDY: “Yes Scout?”
SCOUT: “Paddy, do you have any twos?” *Giggles.*
PADDY: “Hhhmmm…” *Looks at cards in his paw.* “No, Scout! Go fish!” *Giggles.*
SCOUT: *Takes a card off the top of the deck.* “I like this game Paddy! It’s fun!”
PADDY: “Yes it is, Scout! It’s fun playing cards with you.”
SCOUT: “Oh, I like playing cards with you Paddy! When this game is finished, can we play it again?”
PADDY: “Of course we can Scout! We can play this game again, and again and again all afternoon,” *Looks out the window.* “It is grey and wet outside, so there is no playing in the garden today!”
SCOUT: “Oh goodie Paddy!” *Trembles with excitement.*
PADDY: “Now Scout, do you have any…”
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “games” was chosen by David, DaveSPN.
Paddy recently taught Scout how to play Go Fish! and now Scout cannot get enough of playing it on cold and dreary winter days.
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy ws a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", “Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake”, "Old Mother Goose" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces. There are also doll (bear) sized tea spoons which are sterling silver salt spoons, and the spoon in the “Old Mother Goose” sugar bowl is an Eighteenth Century sterling silver mustard spoon.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.