The Moreton Pinkney Picayune

29 June 2025

Phew! A few moments to rest after the exertions of the last few weeks and a brief pause before upcoming excitements.

29 June 2025 – Amusements

When you find a good wife, not only do you gain a best friend and companion, but you also receive a driving instructor for life!

22 June 2025

Scorcio! A simple and extraordinarily accurate description of what it’s been like here over the past week. Scorcio!

NEW HOME WANTED !!!!!
I bought Lexi, an eight-week old German Shepherd puppy, as a surprise for my husband. It turns out, however, that he is allergic to dog hair so I am now urgently looking to find him a new home.

His name is Alan, he’s 61 years old, great at DIY, drives a nice car and plans wonderful holidays.

15 June 2025

You close your eyes for a moment and another week streaks by! What are the chances of that?

15 June 2025 – Amusements

“When I was in high school, there was a girl I loved so much, every time I walked past her locker I kissed it.”

“Did you ever go on a date?”

“No. It was bolted to the wall.”

8 June 2025

Whew! A bit of time to pause for breath and take stock. Not for long, though.

The two gardening expositions we had last weekend went exceedingly well. The first was the village “Summer Garden Competition” on Saturday and then we had the Open Gardens on Sunday to raise some money for a couple of local charities.

8 June 2025 – Amusements

Two elderly ladies meet at the launderette after not seeing one another for some time. After enquiring about each other’s health, one asked how the other’s husband was doing.

“Oh! Ted died last month. He went out to the garden to cut a cabbage for dinner, had a heart attack and dropped down dead right there in the middle of the vegetable patch.”

“Oh dear! I’m very sorry,” replied her friend, “What did you do?”

“Called and had a pizza delivered instead.”

1 June 2025

Sorry (again and again and again and . . .). If anything, this week has been busier than either of the previous two. It seems like we’ve been busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger, as my brother Steph said once upon a time. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed our all-too-brief visit with our good friend Miles and his wife, Kathryn, we’ve been frantically preparing for the village garden competition (yesterday) and for the Open Gardens (later today). Hopefully, it will stay (mostly) dry and perhaps we could enjoy a little bit less wind than we’ve had the last few days? Oh, and we also celebrated Penny’s and Jessie’s birthdays on Wednesday and we’ve welcomed Penny’s sister Judi who arrived from Toronto on Friday. Whew!

1 June 2025 – Amusements

This originally came from our friend Erik Benson in France:

MY WIFE’S RIDE-ON LAWN MOWER IS NOW FOR SALE !

Here’s the story. It’s still hard to believe the way it turned out.

My wife said she wanted a ride-on lawn mower. She works all day and was always tired when she came home from work, and I thought that a ride-on lawn mower would help her get the yard work done quicker so she would have more time for the chores inside.

So, being the handy sort of guy that I am, I made her a ride-on lawn mower. I thought she would squeal with delight or something and give me a big hug. I even put a light on it so she could work at night (see photo below), after she finishes putting away the dinner dishes.

To this day I still can’t understand why some women are so hard to please!!

P.S.

I can see out of my left eye pretty good now and should be able to leave the hospital sometime next week!