These will be, Wilson assures me, Heirlooms of the Future, and may well turn up on some far-distant episode of Dickinson's Real Deal… if so, I imagine the Dealers will be using loose change rather than paper money to buy them…
Anyway, here is the first of Wilson's Xmas Decorations to Make and Treasure – it's a Xmastree Bauble in the shape of an ANTeater with ANTlers…
The instructions are to print it on to thin cardboard, cut it out and hang it on your Xmas Tree, but W counsels you to be very careful with the cutting-out, as in the past he has had some nasty scissor-related incidents resulting in embarrassing bald patches in his fur.
If in doubt, he says, get a grown-up to help you!
Since Wilson came to live with me way back in 2011 I have handed out many hundreds of business cards like those in the picture.
If you are reading Wilson's Blog because you were given or found one of his cards, could you let me know?
Wilson and I would be very grateful!
Here it is – Wilson's Xmas Favourites Old and New CD, featuring the Wilson Vermilingua Xmas Singers!
Wilson assures me that it's available in All Good Record Stores.
I questioned his use of the word 'All', since I knew that some shops had churlishly refused to stock it, but he said if there were record stores that didn't have it they couldn't properly be described as 'Good', which I suppose makes a certain kind of sense.
Anyway, you can buy a copy in the Village Record Shop – although they agreed to take only ten copies (and those are on Sale or Return) which leaves us with only 1⁹⁹/₁₀₀ boxes still in the house…
Wilson has waited as long as could reasonably be expected, and I've finally let him go into the village with Byron (assistant chooser) and Nërp (senior carrier) to buy a Xmas Tree.
Now they – together with the rest of the family – are in the living room preparing to decorate it.
Obviously there is great excitement, and no shortage of unwanted advice – chiefly from Uncle Zoltan, who claims he once lived in a nest adjacent to Santa's Grotto in a Department Store and is thus an acknowledged Authority on Xmas Tree Dressing.
Wilson is doing his best to ignore Uncle Z – but in as tactful a way as possible in order to minimise his risk of being stung…
