She made a layered strawberry shortcake for her Birthday, so that was 3 layers of her wonderful buttery shortcake, which was slightly thinner & softer than shortbread, English strawberries, & fresh cream.
Such a treat!
She would have been 82 today. I knew that she wouldn’t make old bones, (she died aged 58), & cannot imagine her at 82.
Not just ‘ow’ but redundant: 'for better protection ’ is enough to get their point across.
Talking of ‘ow’, am receiving a practical education in the differences between a cat and a horse. Horses don’t like treading in people…
With some horses it is more a case of they stand on your foot so you can’t get away, lean lovingly against you and Hough in your hair whilst you bellow at them to get off, you clumsy great ox, and try to push them away while you are unable to get any purchase because one of your feet is fixed to the ground.
No malice is involved.
Seventeen-hands-plus and furry ankles are particularly prone to this misplaced gesture of affection.
I had a pair of jodhpur-boots one of which had a permanent semicircular dent in the toe where Major did that, but luckily no broken bones, only bruising. But the boot was just a little uncomfortable for months, until I grew out of it lengthways and could get rid of it with honour.