{"id":526,"date":"2016-04-26T23:37:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2016-04-27T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T14:41:10","slug":"macks-monologues-28-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/about-us\/hope-springs-gang-gazettes\/macks-musings\/macks-monologues-28-february-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Mack&#8217;s Monologue&#8217;s &#8211; 28 February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Oh Hello There, Good People &#8211; the Dog Parent servants have a rare afternoon off to attend the viewing of a football game at the local Inn.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Whilst they&#8217;re away &#8211; I thought I&#8217;d tell you about a rather luscious older lady I made the acquaintance of last evening &#8211; the exquisite Lady Blossom of Macclesfield previously of Coromandel Valley.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lady Blossom had a number of appointments to attend last Friday &#8211; and so &#8211; the servants were dispatched early in the morn to fetch her in the carriage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She stopped off on her return journey for the application of some beauty treatments and then arrived at Hope Springs for lunch.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I was taken immediately by her fairness and asked her to step out and promenade with me. Truth be told &#8211; I had other more nefarious ideas in my cultivated and genteel little head as well &#8211; but we had a whole parade of Chaperones accompanying us.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-527\" src=\"http:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Must-be-Love-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Must be Love\" width=\"280\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Must-be-Love-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Must-be-Love-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Must-be-Love-91x130.jpg 91w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Must-be-Love-281x400.jpg 281w, https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Must-be-Love.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The delightful Marie from Chase The Dream Photography and Arts, the servants and my fellow Lords and Ladies including the Dowager &#8211; Lady Snow- berry.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My immature young brother &#8211; George &#8211; tried to woo her away from me with offers of a &#8220;jolly good time&#8221; and &#8220;tremendous fun&#8221; to be had with him and the young Mistress, Maisie &#8211; but good fortune\u00a0\u00a0 and common sense prevailed &#8211; and her head was not turned by such frivolities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I understand that after our most marvellous afternoon, she was taken for a jaunt to the seaside &#8211; before returning home to the Manor Macclesfield and the ministrations of Jill, her Lady in Waiting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oh, I do so hope\u00a0 to see the Lovely Lady Blossom again some time. I may need to invite her to the next Boules afternoon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Well must go, Ol Chap &#8211; my man awaits. Cheerio and Toodles. Lord Mackie, Lady Magnet.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh Hello There, Good People &#8211; the Dog Parent servants have a rare afternoon off to attend the viewing of a football game at the local Inn. Whilst they&#8217;re away &#8211; I thought I&#8217;d tell you about a rather luscious older lady I made the acquaintance of last evening &#8211; the exquisite Lady Blossom of Macclesfield previously of Coromandel Valley. Lady Blossom had a number of appointments to attend last Friday &#8211; and so &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":478,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions\/528"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsedr.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}