What the Duck???

Hello Dhaaarlings...

 

Things are getting curiouser and curiouser around here...

I had a very strange day today... And sometimes I have to think that God has a very warped sense of humour...

It all started with one of those quite out of the blue phone calls...

 You know the one's... When the person on the other end of the phone is the one person that is  furthest from your mind while you are in the middle of hemming frocks and cutting out ties... and someone that you very rarely think about... other than to lament about some of the horrible classes you had to sit through....

 Well ...  It turned out to be one of my lecturers from when I did my clothing design course some years back... I'd always had a rather "Prickly" shall we say... relationship with her during my course and so I almost fell on the floor in shock at hearing her voice on the phone.

She said that she had an interesting business  proposition to put to me and thought that I might be the right person to talk to and If I was indeed interested, could we meet and talk it over...

"Er... Sure" I said... "Come on over... But can you give me a hint as to what it is all about..."

"Ducks" she said "I'll explain it all when I get there..."

It turns out that she has been approached by a local farmer that has a mobile petting zoo and is in the process of expanding his business to include a "Duck Fashion Show" to take around to Schools Shopping Centres and local Agricultural shows... Apparently there has been some farmer doing these shows for years but has now retired and he is taking up the mantle...

So I said I'd think it over and get in contact with the farmer for some more details...

She left me a pile of pictures that she had been working with and a calico toile of something she'd been "playing with" and a wooden Duck!

She was very impressed with the work I've been doing for the theatre when I showed her my brag book of costumes and my current bridesmaid gowns... "They are beautiful" Very high praise considering our past...

We had a great old catch up with what we have both been up to over the past few years... It was nice to see her...

We said our goodbyes and I went back to finishing frocks...

This afternoon the farmer phoned me... Sounding very keen and excited over my lecturers high praise and reccommendation from a phone call he had just had with her!
He sounds like quite a nice guy on the phone... with lots of plans and ideas for duck costumes and what he wants to do with them...
He admitted that he is not able to sew but he is however a qualified sewing machine mechanic.... Who would have thunk?


I have arranged for him to come over to meet mid next week to get a better handle on his plans and discuss a business proposition...


Some days just Quack me up!