Mythical Mail - Aladdin & Bambi

Bill & Ben [Mythical Mail Book]

Does anyone remember the Watch with Mother Series - Bill & Ben? [I'm thinking of the first black & white series which ran in the 1950/60's, yes, I know, I'm showing my age admitting that!]

For those that don't know it - the characters were string puppets set in a garden behind the potting shed & 'Weed' grew between the two large flower pots in which lived the flower pot men, Bill & Ben. Their language was a bit odd with words sounding like loblob, flobberpop, and weed replied with a long weeeeeeeeeed sound. Each episode ended with the lines "... and I think the little house knew something about it, don't you?

Mythical Mail - Jack & the bean stalk

A lot of the words are hidden behind the beanstalk which lifts up partly, but not so that I could scan properly so I have copied it:

The envelope is addressed to

Jack Bean, Pulse Farm, Pea Lane, Stalkton, Nutshire

and the letter is from Stalkton Council, Nutshire and reads

Dear Mr Bean

We have received complaints about the size of your beanstalk as it is obstructing the view. Are you aware that you need to obtain planning permission for a plant of these dimensions?

yours faithfully

Mr Builder, Planning Regulations Department

{this is page 20 of the Mythical Mail book which includes recycled stamps}

Mythical Mail - Nemo

Mythical Mail - Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Hupty Dumpty had a great fall

All the King's horses and all the King's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again

Mythical Mail (Hansel & Gretal) & Alpacas in Scotland

I've been to Scotland for a couple of days & saw lots of sheep, quite a few rabbits and these black alpacas

 

Mythical Mail (p16) Dougal & Illustration Friday

Recycled postage stamp

below - illustration friday challenge - expired

pen/felt tips

the owl is live & kicking but the mole ........

Mythical Mail - Page 15, Old King Cole

 Old King Cole was a merry old soul,

And a merry old soul was he;

He called for his pipe,

And he called for his bowl,

And he called for his fiddlers three.

Ev'ry fiddler had a fiddle,

And a very fine fiddle had he.

Tweedle dee, tweedle dee,

Tweedle dee, tweedle dee,

Tweedle dee, tweedle dee,

Went the fiddlers three,

Oh there's none so rare

As can compare,

With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Mythical Mail - Page 14, Sleeping Beauty

Mythical Mail - Page 13, Dumbo

Mythical Mail - page 12, Jungle Book

I have to thank Helen for the gorgeous recycled stamps here.

I had a fright the other day. I was straightening the bed covers when I saw a creature scurrying across the bed behind the pillows next to the headboard. What the hell was that? Was it a giant cockcroach or a small mouse? Well I was going out & I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep later knowing there was something lurking, so I thought I'd better be brave & investigate. I moved the pillow & there the creature was. Bet you can't guess what it was, so I'll tell you. It was the round replacement sponge from my headphones! The headphones were hanging around the post on the headboard & one of the sponges must have sprung off & rolled off across the bed. What a relief & a laugh.

Mythical Mail - Page 11, Ba Ba Black Sheep

Mythical Mail - Page 10, Watership Down

Click on the image for a bigger picture, if you can't read it let me know.

I'm a member of Vervey & we put up our new exhibition today at Arc, Stockton called Layers.

Mythical Mail - page 9 - There was an Old Woman

[collage, recycled postage stamp]

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe

She had so many children she didn't know what to do

So she gave them some broth without any bread

and she whipped them all soundly & sent them to bed

Click here for Illustration Friday Challenge - Brave

Mythical Mail - Page 8

Lion King

Mythical Mail - page 7 Jack & Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill came tumbling after.

Up got Jack, and home did trot as fast as he could caper

He went to bed and bound his head

With vinegar and brown paper.

Mythical Mail - page 6 Duke of York

Oh, the grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men

He marched them up to the top of the hill

and he marched them down again.

When they were up, they were up

and when they were down, they were down

and when they were only halfway up

they were neither up nor down

 

The postage stamps are not my art work but are original ‘recycled’ stamps from around the world. The extra post marks which were not already on the stamps were made with rubber stamps purchased from ‘Crafty Individuals’.

Mythical Mail - page 5 Dr Foster & curly snow

Dr Foster went to Gloucester

In a shower of rain

He stepped in a puddle

right up to his middle

& never went there again

I thought I would also show these photos of the snow on my car windscreen, there wasn't a lot of it, but it had curled over & looked unusual [well I've never seen it do that anyway]. There is not much snow left anywhere else, just on my windscreen

Mythical Mail - page 4

Mary, Mary quite contrary

[click on the image if you can't read it very well]

Mythical Mail - Page 1