Friday 25th March, 2005

G'day everyone. I've been having my self a nice little break the last few days. It has been raining cats and dogs, so not at all nice weather to be out and about. Today after I had a little nap I awoke to a most unusual whirring noise. It didn't take me long to discover that Auntie Julie had not only drafted the pattern and cut out my new coat called a "Driza-Bone", but that she was sitting at her sewing machine making it for me. How lucky can one mouse be! A real Aussie Driza-Bone is sure to be the envy of every other mouse in the world. 

 

How it became known as a "Driza-Bone"

It began life aboard the early windjammers that plied the great southern oceans, and like all good ideas, was born of necessity. When eventually the sailors went ashore they took their renowned wet weather coats with them. Once ashore, the coat was adapted to life on the land with a fantail to protect the seat of the horse rider's saddle, leg straps to keep the coat from taking off in high winds, and extra long sleeves. So effective were the coats that they eventually became known as Driza-Bones, after the dried and parched bones of animals in the arid Australian outback.

 

Whilst Auntie Julie was sewing my coat, Brooke was working hard on Elliot's bushman's hat with corks which in real life are used by bushmen to keep flies away from their faces. The hat is also known as an Akubra.

 

Woohoo...Auntie Julie is making me a brand spanking new Driza-bone coat! She took all my measurements and she's making all those little bits fit my beautiful body! I'm holding the pins for her.

 

She's just checking it's going to fit. Don't want any little nasty surprises at the end do we? I might just go and find something else to do while my coat is being made.

 

Shhh! I'm hiding in the spare room. I think I found where the Easter bunny is staying. He's not supposed to be here until Sunday, but I know it's him, and besides, he's got a little jelly bunny and some delicious Easter eggs and a Cadbury's Chocolate bunny with him. I don't think Auntie Julie is going to be very pleased when she finds out where I am.

 

I hope Auntie Julie won't notice if I just have a little bit....just a few nibbles!

 

I actually think the Easter Bunny likes me, after all it is hard to resist such a handsome mouse!

I wonder how my coat is coming along. Is it ready yet????

 

Tar-dar......my new coat and hat are finally ready!

Now I feel like a real Aussie mouse! Oops...I'd better go and say sorry to Auntie Julie for eating some of my Easter eggs early. I know that was naughty, and I won't do it again. Happy Easter everybody!

 

 

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