Sol and Ruby at Christmas 22

A few long hours later Sol and Ruby got the call to say they were now Granny and Granpa ! Everyone went to the hospital. Spotty was wondering where he had put the baby manual, he had been meaning to read it for months. Stripey felt like she needed to sleep for a week. Ruby smiled, two polytunnels for the allotment and a lovely little granddaughter. It was the best Christmas ever !

Sol and Ruby at Christmas 21

Oh no, Stripey was about to have her baby! Spotty went into a complete flap, he managed to call Ruby to say they might be a bit late, bundled Stripey's ready bag into the car and nearly drove off to the hospital without her.

Sol and Ruby at Christmas 7

Sol went back to his shed with a restorative cup of tea and some biscuits after his little yoga adventure. Oh no ! The Limpopo courier was coming up the garden with a huge parcel. Sol ducked when he realised he was wearing a pair of Ruby's pyjamas. 

Not at all secret story

Here's the happy couple...Spotty and Stripey are married !

Not so secret story 2

Stripey's mum, Ruby, is desperately worried that her delightful hat might blow off.

Secret story 1

Something exciting is happening in Spottyland soon...

Underwater Adventures 14

Here's the whole scene...it's so busy under there !

Underwater adventures 1

Spotty was a little surprised to find that Eric ( Fins) Green was taking underwater shots of him when he went snorkelling. 

Flamenco, the whole crew

Hedgehogs flamenco...

Someone should have told Harrisson that the tea chest in a tea chest bass shouldn't really be made of an old cardboard box. 

Flamenco Spotty

Spotty practicing his Flamenco guitar...actually it's a ukulele but don't tell him!

The Spotty Houshold

Little Bun and Squirrel

Little Bun and Squirrel. Squirrel was very nervous about the photoshoot because he had to take off his climbing gear, that's why he's clutching his lucky acorn and Little Bun. 

Spotty and Stripey portraits

Today Stripey is wearing a new dress that she ordered from Limpopo Prime and on her left paw is Chirp, Cheep's second cousin twice removed on her mother's side. 

Spotty

Afterword

Minimeep had just finished reading The Evolution and History of Spottyland when Stripey said it was bedtime. Bertie bookworm eyed the volume, it looked really tasty. And so, the adventures continue...

Day 100

It was Queen Vicky's Jubilee in 1897. There were great celebrations all over Spottyland. The Queen herself was forced to sit on a shockingly bare legged throne with her faithful whippet Mr Brown for 51/2 hours watching her processing people, and all without a single visit to her new deluxe flushing water closet. She was not in the slightest bit amused and couldn't wait to get back to her knitting on the Isle of Wight. 

Day 99

The invention of the telephone was a wonderful thing. The first models allowed one to shout at each other from the next room without opening the door. 

Day 98

The first typewriters were unwieldy beasts, designed to type only 'short paw', as hitting the keys accurately with a large mallet was difficult to master. 

Day 97

The whole Pre Raphaelite movement can be blamed on their disdain for corsets, and bare furniture legs. Although some found their wafting through the world insufferable, soon more and more foxes abandoned restrictive underwear, heralding the modern age. 

Day 96

Young Lady Grace Fitzroy de Montesquieu was so shocked by seeing a bare chair leg at the Great Exhibition that she got through ten packets of smelling salts and took to her bed for a week before she dared emerge back into the drawing room.