Mrs Widds is a Futher-Mucking Genius!… and Other Stuff

by Widdershins

Thanks to a new and improved courier service, the new carburetor from the Zon.ca arrived on time. Mrs Widds promptly whisked out her wrench set and proceeded to render it unto the generator.

I barely had time to put my feet up with a well-deserved cuppa, (I had facilitated the purchase of carburetor, my work was done) when I heard the dulcet tones of an internal combustion engine roll gently across the lawn. (actually a mud-soaked swamp, because it’s now Autumn on Widder Island, and that means rain, rain, and more rain, easing to a drizzle, then more rain)

Yes folks, Mrs Widds is indeed the Champion Champion!!! (Champion, being the brand of our generator – I figure I can get away with calling her the ‘Champion Champion’ for another 4 or 5 hours, before I start getting the ‘look’)

Is this the 'look' you were, perhaps foolishly, referring to?

Is this the ‘look’ you were, perhaps foolishly, referring to?

-oOo-

Elsewhere in Widder Island, we await the result of our federal election, (voting was today, 21st of October) in which everyone and her dog has posited an opinion, but no-one actually has a clue how it’s all going to turn out.

-oOo-

The first frosts of the season have come and gone and our garden didn’t fare well this year, not a bad crop of scarlet-runner beans …

The green one didn't want to get left behind

The green one didn’t want to get left behind

… but the real winner is, of course, the compost heap … we came across this strange wee beastie after the frost had turned a jungle of pumpkin-ish-looking leaves to slime …

Mysterious unknowable vegetable ... or is it?

Mysterious unknowable vegetable … or is it?

Does anyone of the gardener persuasion have any idea what this is? My suspicion is an unripe eggplant with separation issues, (not unlike the bean – could be a pattern developing here) judging from the seed pattern in the smaller one.

-oOo-

And finally, this, from my friend the Arch-Druidess.

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30 comments on “Mrs Widds is a Futher-Mucking Genius!… and Other Stuff”

  1. Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt says:
    21/10/2019 at 8:10 PM

    Always did like fooling around with tools. Your wife is definitely a genius.

    Hoping the election goes well – there are a lot of uninformed and misinformed people in the world who see no reason to investigate their beliefs.

    In my defense, I poke at mine with a stick periodically.

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    • Widdershins says:
      22/10/2019 at 12:54 PM

      It wasn’t a terrible result, but still far too many pollies with their heads firmly buried in the sand, or other places. 🙂 … if nothing else it’s going to be interesting watching them scuttle about trying to form new alliances.

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  2. Audrey Driscoll says:
    21/10/2019 at 8:32 PM

    Notice where our part of the world is on that cat’s anatomy. 😆

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  3. Ellen Hawley says:
    22/10/2019 at 12:58 AM

    Love the map. It explains a lot.

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  4. jenanita01 says:
    22/10/2019 at 1:36 AM

    I’m usually the one who fixes things around here, but can’t recall anyone ever calling me a MY genius!

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  5. acflory says:
    22/10/2019 at 4:47 AM

    Bravo Mrs Widds!! No idea about the vegetable – looks kind of like a zucchini to me but…-shrug-
    As for that world map, I’m still laughing. -waves from the ball-

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  6. Ruth Nestvold says:
    22/10/2019 at 5:50 AM

    I too was thinking some kind of strange zucchini mutation, especially given the seeds. Eggplant seeds are much smaller and dark.

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  7. derrickjknight says:
    22/10/2019 at 5:52 AM

    Every Mrs is worthy of a title or two

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  8. Jay says:
    22/10/2019 at 8:04 AM

    Oh yes, that kind of prowess is worthy of some cheering!

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  9. Olga Godim says:
    22/10/2019 at 12:18 PM

    Love the world cat. LOL.
    The election day in Vancouver (yesterday) was raining so hard, I think the turnout was much lower than it would’ve been, if it was clear. The weather was obviously against us, Vancouverites, voting. Perversely, it is sunshine and blue sky today.

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  10. Shayleene MacReynolds says:
    26/10/2019 at 9:18 AM

    What adventure. I love your way of writing—how intimate and friendly it is. Thank you for including us in your world.

    The world cat is fantastic as well. It’s quite fitting.

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  11. Val says:
    26/10/2019 at 1:32 PM

    Haha! I love the new atlas…! As for the weird veg, it looks like a slightly mis-shapen bell pepper. Dunno about the slices beside it though.

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    04/12/2019 at 5:15 PM

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