While the Owner's Away.....

Tessie will play......The other day when she went around showing off Mini George, no one answered the door at the Mystery House. She questioned me at length about the person or persons that lived there. I lied.......Through my teeth.......I told her that it was a very nice single lady that owns an antique store. I also said that the lady was on vacation. Then I had to explain about vacations. She had never heard of such a thing. Having never had a job, she never had need of one. I didn't tell here that no one actually lived there. I knew that she would want to take possession of the place.

This morning I went to work on framing the windows on the cottage. Tessie was nowhere to be seen. I worked for a while and when she didn't come back I started looking for her. It wasn't hard to figure out. Mini George was also gone. Hmmmmmm.......She must have gone to see if the nice "antique lady", as she has dubbed the owner of the Mystery House, was back yet.

I looked in the back and there she was. Mini George was sitting in the corner and she had taken over the window seat, afghan and all! She pretended not to notice me. She was totally engrossed in The Witch's Handbook. Sure she was. It was upside down.....I took that as a sign that she wanted to be left alone. What harm could it do? It would satisfy her curiosity about the place and I thought that she would soon tire of the game. I went back to work.

A little later I tried again. This time she grabbed me and wanted some answers. She was digging through the wardrobe in the bedroom. "Why does this lady have shoes with pointy heels and toes? Why does she have white kid gloves and lots of purses?"And the best question of all....."What kind of underwear is that? It would be drafty when flying on a broom! It is immodest!!! What kind of lady would go around without her drawers?" She definitely lives in a different world.

Her last question as I was leaving to go back to work was "When are you going to make me some of those?" I tap danced around the subject and finally convinced her that they were not at all practical for a working witch. She was pacified by the fact that I was finally working on her cottage again. Back to work.

I have the windows framed. No glass is in place yet though. I will have to stop and go to the mini witch meeting pretty soon.

One more check on Tessie before I get ready to go.......

She found the sewing loft. The last time I peeked in she was peddling that treadle for all she was worth. She is trying to make her own version of the bikini panties and bra! This should be interesting. I guarantee that she won't be flitting around on her broom, her motorcycle or the dragon in those! That's if she even gets them made. I didn't even know that she could sew.

I will keep you posted with any progress that she makes, if she does indeed make any.

See you tomorrow.