Ready!

good one

LOL :D "Why U Took This Pic " Then Gillian LOL :D

Your daughter has apparently come to terms with her outrageous "Mum"

lol brilliant gillian :-)

Sounds like your daughter's given up on you. lol

I think they write us off as senile by the time they hit their teens, lol! And, NO, I am most definitely not ready, not, not, not....sob!

Gillian ~

How to answer your daughter, and reassure her, if she asks why you wanted her to take the photo:

This picture is for my entry into the GoY Wellie Olympics.

The photo is intended to scare off the FlowerPot People and Fancy Dress Gnomes.

I know it will feature on Terratoonie's GoY favourite footwear collection.

I always dress like this to celebrate my wedding anniversary.

These answers would assure her that Mum is as sane as ever.

P.S. Does she know about your Clown Convention participation?
That should clinch it. :o)

I think my kids have me well sussed by now! I believe I entertain them to some extent, they tell me they are happy I am the way I am.
They didn't even blink when I told them I'll be dressing Goth to work in the store on Halloween, just offer bits to help!
Have to admit I play Dungeons & Dragons and Elven Blood online with them, and my latest venture is searching for a cloak (no, I'm not into LARPing, just want a cloak).

Gillian I have to tell you that whenever I mention anything thats going on in GOY to my husband he goes off muttering to himself that we are all barking mad LOL

Amy ~
Keep an eye on hubby.
When he's muttering, make sure he doesn't start wearing a flowerpot on his head.
In the end GoY gets to everyone. :o)

Gillian ~
Is your daughter very tall?
Picture seems to be taken from quite a height?

She was standing on a step! Or maybe I'm just short?!
I've given up trying to explain GoY to anyone, now I just say "it's rather long and complicated" !

LOL ........

Are you turning into one of your gnomes...
or even worse, a Macarena???

You think it's the hat?!

The hat and the height....

Photo angle makes you look tiny...

lol brilliant pic Gillian

I reckon it's the large-sized shovel which makes Gillian look smaller.:o)

This is one of our smaller snow shovels, it is my preferred one! The others I find too heavy once loaded with snow, and the shovel part keeps coming off the one held together with duct tape.

Why am I not surprised you used sticky tape to fix the shovel ?
Is there any item in your garden not mended with tape?
Bad idea to be photographed next to any larger shovels ~
You really will look like a Fancy Dress Gnome. :o)

My family make fun of my winter hat but I love it! Maybe I am part gnome, I do have surnames like Fuggle and Squelch in my family tree and I'm not too tall............

Remind your offspring that those names are in their tree too.
No sticky tape on the winter hat .... yet.... Lol

LOL Gillian I could,nt make my mind up if you were entering into the gnome pagent or this is your outfit for the GOY Olympics

I hope she's wearing that for our GoY Wellie Olympic team.
We don't want the Fancy Dress Gnomes team stealing her. :o)

GoY Wellie Olympics all the way! Those gnomes can be a bad bunch.

And beware ....
The FlowerPot People are making a comeback.
I caught sight of them today, grouping together.

Thats good thought we had lost a member of the cow tipping team to the gnomes lol

Oh, Janette.
So good to know you're keeping a look-out for all these rival teams.
I guess you're looking for Cluelesskev as well.
You must be exhausted :o)

Your daughter seems remarkably well adjusted!

She's my youngest, I think she takes pretty much anything in her stride now!