Day 72

Spotty was pleased to see that Meep and Munch were getting on so well when he called them in to supper. 

Day 71

The hedgehogs started taking bets as to whether Meep or Munch would win this. Meep winning was about 20:1 at this point. 

Day 70

As soon as Spotty left the room this happened...

Day 69

Spotty had brought Munch back with him as Sol and Ruby were going on holiday to Wales. Oh dear. 

Day 68

Meep quickly stuffed Bertie bookworm into Ms Crimwallop's backpack as she left. Two minutes later Spotty came home. 

Day 67

Ms Crimwallop made Meep do all the washing up and had her vacuum all around the house with five minutes to spare before Spotty was due back. 

Day 66

Bertie got very worried about the situation in Spotty's house. He managed to call his assistant librarian, Ms Crimwallop, who promised to come straight away and sort Meep out. Poor Meep.

Day 65

The hedgehogs were starting to get extremely fed up with the way Meep was supervising the clean up. 

Day 64

Meanwhile...Grip the crab proved to be surprisingly good at skateboarding!

Day 63

With less than three hours before Spotty was due back, Meep began by getting Obie to gather up all the extra hedgehogs. He put them in the shed with snacks and water to recover before they went home. 

Day 62

When Meep woke up she made a mental note never to drink so much pop again. 

Day 61

Spotty might have been imagining a sedate tea party but this is what Meep and the Hedgehogs were actually doing in his house !

Day 60

After a lovely supper, Spotty was shown to the guest room which was decorated within an inch of its life. He tried to imagine what Meep might be up to.

Day 59

Spotty needn't have worried about Stripey's parents. Sol and Ruby were really sweet, and what's more, Ruby was spotty !

Day 58

Spotty and Stripey were met by the Stripey boys on the prom. It was lovely but Spotty was getting a bit nervous about meeting Stripey's parents...

Day 57

Meep waved Spotty goodbye and then...

Day 56

Spotty was packing for a short stay in Lesser Foxton-upon-sea. He was going to meet Stripey at the station. Was he wise to leave Meep in charge while he was away ?

Day 55

The hedgehogs found that Obie was great at cooking oven chips. 

Day 54

Meep decided that Stripey was quite nice after all when she came round that afternoon with some delicious fishy cat treats!

Spotty Fox's House

 

12"x12" watercolour and pen on watercolour paper

Day 53

In the middle of the night, Harriet the smallest hedgehog, decided to make some modifications to Obie. She took out all his chips and replaced them with fresh ones from the freezer. 

Day 52

The hedgehogs started cleaning up the mess while Meep told Spotty about how she'd felt neglected and why she had made Obie. Spotty promised it wouldn't happen again.

Day 51

By the time Obie's battery had run down Meep was so distraught that Spotty didn't have the heart to say anything. 

Day 50

While Obie turned red and started to glow, Meep had discovered a fundamental flaw in her robot design, no OFF switch...

Day 49

Meep was trying to get Obie to make them all some breakfast. 

Day 48

A few hours later and Meep was out in the garden testing her new invention, The aiFoxobot 1.1, Obie for short. 

Day 47

Spotty woke up at four in the morning to find his house full of sleeping hedgehogs and a terrible banging and clattering coming from the shed. 

Day 46

The hedgehogs munched their way through three tins of Meep's favourite cat food. 

Day 45

Meep knew she had to take charge of things when she found Spotty and Stripey still mooning away...she would have to leave her inventing until tomorrow. 

Spotty Fox in the landscape

 

8"x8" Acrylic gelli printed paper collage

Day 44

The books were heavy, but Meep and Cheep were determined and marched home along the lane, followed, for some reason known only to them, by a family of hedgehogs...

Day 43

Bertie and Cheep kept an eye on Meep as he scribbled away for hours in his little black notebook...