Therapeutic Times with Persephone and Pals!

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Reply 1140

Hazelly

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Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

There may be some New Pals. Can neither confirm nor deny :beard:

Deputy CtN :cool:

Eeeeeeekkkk :yeah:

Reply 1141

Muttley79

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

There may be some New Pals. Can neither confirm nor deny :beard:

Deputy CtN :cool:

Ooooo sounds very exciting :grouphugs:

Reply 1142

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Hello everyone :h:

Sorry for the delay: we were helping our New Pals to Settle In. They are Very Pleased To Meet You :yep:

I will tell you the Whole Story tomorrow! :love:

PtTP

Reply 1143

Muttley79

Oooooo - three new pals ... I look forward to finding out more about them :grouphugs:

Reply 1144

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Hello everyone,

Esio Trot here. Sorry we are being so slow to update you all. Things are chaotic chez Persephone and Pals atm :eek:

Persephone or Calliope will update you all when the time is right :smile:

In the meantime, happy Friday :biggrin:

Reply 1145

Muttley79

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Hello everyone,

Esio Trot here. Sorry we are being so slow to update you all. Things are chaotic chez Persephone and Pals atm :eek:

Persephone or Calliope will update you all when the time is right :smile:

In the meantime, happy Friday :biggrin:

Sending hugs to you all :grouphugs:

Reply 1146

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Muttley79

Sending hugs to you all :grouphugs:

Thank you Muttley. How are you? :smile:

Reply 1147

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii everyone :hi:

Deputy Calliope here :cool:

Persephone is looking after TLG, as she has been rather down today. Persephone was very excited to show you our New Pals :nutcase:

and has entrusted me with the great honour of telling the story of how they came to chez Persephone and Pals! :cool:

A long long time ago (aka last weekend) in a faraway land (aka the London Wetland Centre), TLG met with a Human Pal to go on a nature-based catch-up :moon:

They had a nice brunch before they trotted over to the Wetland Centre. If you haven't been, I am reliably informed (by Persephone) that the Wetland Centre is very nice indeed :h:

(I wasn't allowed to go, as I had to keep an eye on the Other Pals while Persephone was on her outing :cool:

)

TLG loves this Wetland Centre very much and likes taking pictures of all the different birds and plants she sees there. After much photo-taking, TLG and her friend went into the shop, as you can only exit the Centre via the shop. (I think that is a very cunning plan on the part of the architects :beard:

)

As soon as she walked in there, TLG saw a penguin plushie and picked it up. Persephone tells me she got upset and started crying. She said that her and Pingu are company, but that three penguins would be a crowd :hand:

Persephone was crying for a long long time and while her back was turned (we hope we got that Very British Phrase right :ninja:

), TLG picked up these three other plushies that you saw in the photo above! :biggrin:

So our New Pals are Nutkin the Squirrel (not sure why he's called Nutkin, weird name if you ask me :dontknow:

), and a duck and a black cygnet. We haven't come up with names for the latter two yet. I suggested Cindy the Cygnet, but Persephone wasn't too keen :colondollar:

Any ideas for names, friends of Persephone and Pals? :moon:

Let us know! :grouphugs:

Deputy CtN :cool:

Reply 1148

Muttley79

Hello Calliope - what a honour for you to Introduce The New Pals :smile:

Squirrel Nutkin is a book written bt Beatrix Potter - I hope your Nutkin is well-behaved because his namesake in the book is described as 'a naughty little squirrel with absolutely no manners at all'. :eek:

I will thiink about names for the others - give everyone a hug from me :grouphugs:

Reply 1149

Interrobang

If you're going for a Beatrix Potter theme, what about Jemima for the duck? :smile:

Reply 1150

Fullofsurprises

Is the tall bird a Moorhen? In which case, he/she could be called Moorie.

Reply 1151

flaurie

Volunteer Team

New pals

Maybe Mannie the mallard? :dontknow:

Reply 1152

Muttley79

The duck looks like a male Mallard .. Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos, which doesn't really help.

'Mallard' is also part of the A4 class of locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley - very famously holding the world record speed for a steam loco. Does that give you any ideas?

The swan could be called Peter the anglicised version of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who wrote Swan Lake but I do like names that start with the same latter so Cebele or Clio Cygnet [to fit with Greek Goddesses].

However TLG and the pals need to choose as a Name is Very Important. Do you keep a birthday book for the pals? I think someones birthday may be coming soon ... :holmes:

Reply 1153

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Hiiiiii everyone :hi:

Thank you for your input so far! Much appreciated! :biggrin:

Persephone had a late night, so is dozing. So I am in charge :cool:

We will write comments on all name suggestions soon :biggrin:

Deputy CtN :cool:

Reply 1154

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Muttley79

Hello Calliope - what a honour for you to Introduce The New Pals :smile:

I will thiink about names for the others - give everyone a hug from me :grouphugs:

Oh dear oh dear, Muttley! Maybe TLG shouldn't have named him Nutkin. It is Not Very British to have "absolutely no manners at all"!!! :eek3:

PtTP

Original post by Interrobang

If you're going for a Beatrix Potter theme, what about Jemima for the duck? :smile:

We did suggest this to TLG but apparently Jemima is usually a White Duck :sad:

We might Just Christen Her Jemima Anyway and see if TLG notices or not :ninja:

PtTP

Original post by Fullofsurprises

Is the tall bird a Moorhen? In which case, he/she could be called Moorie.

Oh dear, TLG thought it's a black cygnet! Does it look more like a Moorhen, Fos? :redface:

PtTP

Original post by laurawatt

New pals

Maybe Mannie the mallard? :dontknow:

Calliope suggested Millie the Mallard, based on your suggestion, Young Laura! I quite like the name Millie :beard:

PtTP

Original post by Muttley79

We did think about calling the cygnet Bourne, after Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake production :beard:

Peter is a Cute Name too though, hmmm :beard:

So many Things To Consider! :eek3:

It might be a certain Therapy Penguin's birthday on 31st May :colondollar:

but the Other Pals don't seem to care or have remembered :cry2:

PtTP

Reply 1155

Foxehh

Three new pals, exciting! Maybe the name Cyrus for the cygnet?

Reply 1156

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Foxehh

Three new pals, exciting! Maybe the name Cyrus for the cygnet?

Ooooh Cyrus sounds Very Regal, Fox - thank you for the suggestion! Calliope thinks there's a pop star called Cyrus. Are they a Very Regal Popstar, Fox? :h:

PtTP

Reply 1157

Muttley79

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Oh dear oh dear, Muttley! Maybe TLG shouldn't have named him Nutkin. It is Not Very British to have "absolutely no manners at all"!!! :eek3:

It might be a certain Therapy Penguin's birthday on 31st May :colondollar:

but the Other Pals don't seem to care or have remembered :cry2:

PtTP

Perhaps TLG thinks that Nutkin can learn Good Manners with your help?

The pals could be planning a surprise for you?

Reply 1158

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Muttley79

The pals could be planning a surprise for you?

Spoiler

Deputy CtN :cool:

Reply 1159

Fullofsurprises

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Ooooh Cyrus sounds Very Regal, Fox - thank you for the suggestion! Calliope thinks there's a pop star called Cyrus. Are they a Very Regal Popstar, Fox? :h: