UP-SKIRTING RIFE IN BENDIGO!

Hello Dhaaarlings...

Recently I read in the local rag that there had been a marked increase in the numbers of people participating in the weird persuit of "Upskirting" in my very own city!

It seems that all this "upskirting" or... as I'm lead to believe... surreptitiously slipping ones camera or cellphone up under a ladies skirt so as to obtain a photograph of said ladies knickers... (Though I can't think for the life of me why one would engage in such a tawdry and uncooth activity)...is being directed at one lady in particular...

To add insult to injury it seems that this activity has taken the city by storm with hoards of interlopers arriving via train and bus just to participate.

So I thought I would have to get Princess on the case and investigate these vulgar reports myself.

Imagine my shock on arriving at the site of the alleged shenanigans to be greeted by this!

An enormous statue of (what I initially thought was Miss Scarlet's missing avitar) what turned out to be an apparently famous lady called 

Marilyn Munro... With her skirts akimbo..

No wonder Queen Victoria has turnd her back on such unseemly behaviour... I guess "We are not amused"....

But... a sign on a nearby lamp post informed me...

The local art gallery is presenting an exhibition of some of the ladies Iconic gowns from her movies and a vast array of her very private and personal items... 

I guess I'll have to try and get along to this exhibition to investigate further...

And being the intrepid  reporter that I'm not... I figured I had best get some more snaps of the hoards of interlopers around her statue...

Sadly... I must have picked the wrong day to start my investigation...

No sign of a "hoard" of "upskirters" anywhere...

Oh wait... there's one or two...

And being that this is my first attempt at "upskirting" I'm quite pleased with the result... although I'm not quite sure what the gentleman in shot is attempting?

Look closely for just a hint of knicker darlings... No... Not his...

And from another angle still no hoards...

But i'm thinking that perhaps she's had one too many curries and is suffering a slight "wind" problem... Keeping the crowds at bay...

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But you can at least see her knickers...

The moral of this tale is...

Don't believe everything that you read in the papers Darlings...

Bottoms up!

I'm Not Missing in Action.... I'm just very very busy...

Hello Dhaaarlings...

I can't really blame you for thinking that Princess has probably fallen off the face of the earth... Been abducted by aliens or banged up in an offshore detention centre... (Something of which I am not at all proud)

But really Darlings... I've just been flat out like a lizard drinking... or for those of you not familiar with the ozzie vernacular... 

Very Very Busy!

Auditions for Nexus Bendigo Youth Theatre's production of "Oklahoma!" were held in early March

We have ended up with 68 kids in the cast and thisyear  includes a Dance/ Ballet troupe of 25 dancers for the all important "Dream Sequence"

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I've been busily gathering together, various denim jeans, plaid shirts and vests suitable for either cowmen or farmers through my 2 days a week volunteering at the op shop. The bulk of my work there involves developing systems to manage clothing donations and training other volunteers working in the clothing area. Due to the sheer volume of clothing being donated is enormous and the quality of goods varies greatly.

I'm sepnding much of my time culling clothing that is too far gone for resale, Dirty clothing, stained collars, broken Zips, missing buttons, rips tears and pulls, all go into the rag recycling bins.

We have so much stuff donated that we are now in a position where we no longer need to wash or repair clothes which saves a lot of time and resources...

I'm still having trouble convincing some of the other volunteers that stuff needs to be culled and am still finding clothing put aside for mending or washing... All of which when discovered by me gets thrown straight in the bin!

When not at the op shop I'm busy at the phaff running up Full Circle skirts for the show and multiple frilled pettitcoats to go underneath them.

There is plenty of work still to do costume wise and volunteers are coming out of the woodwork to offer their assistance and once organised will make my workload lighter...

The Can Can dresses for 5 of the dancers will be a lovely challenge

The Empress remains well and is keeping herself busy and getting out and about... Some days even on her own!

I still continue to take her to doctors appointments at various clinics regularly.

At other times she tires easily and continues to bemoan the fact that she is getting older and can't do what she was able to when yonger...

She too volunteers at the same op shop one day a week but tends to focus more on the shoes that come through the place... again volumes are an issue... but I must say she has become quite brutal in her culling skills, anything with the slightest skuff or wear on the heels or soles goes straight to the bin

We are both helping a friend get through some ongoing mental heath issues... things are slowly getting better for her but we have been kept quite busy over the past couple of months supporting her though this.  

Celebrations are in order...

The Empress became a great grandmother for the third time back in February

"Maisie Jane" joins her cousins "Annabelle" and "Zoe"

We'll be meeting Maisie in May as they live interstate.

All are going swimmingly...

That's pretty much where Prinny is at at the moment folks....

Hense the pausity of posts...

I'll pop up some pics of costumes when I have some finished darlings...

Until then... Bottoms Up!