The problem with owning a Labradoodle ! #labradoodle #doodling #dog #puppy #labrador #poodle #pun

Modern farming has detractors... as you'll hear said in Ireland !
#puns #farmer #tractor #cow #sheep #chicken

The Bard of Avon packed his plays and poems with clever multi-layered wordplay... of which this is not an example!
#Shakespeare #quotes #puns #metaphors #memes #cartoons

A brief introduction to the world of rare, antique Bo'ness pottery animal figures.
Cats, dogs and many other ceramic creatures... and lets not forget Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley!
#Boness #pottery #animals #figures
#Staffordshire #antique #cats #dogs #lions

This is heartbreaking !
#cartoon #meme #dancing #partner
#rhyme #wordplay #strictly #wallflower

This knobkerrie was brought to the UK from South Africa in the 1950s. It was reportedly used as a police or prison service baton. It has a stitched leather-covered head and a leather wrist thong.
I wonder if that attribution is correct?
#southafrica #knobkerrie #police #prisonservice #baton

This formidable character is inspired by the snuff-taking 19th Staffordshire Toby Jugs you might come across online or in antique shops.
The striking addition is of course his prodigious spout, which has transformed him into a teapot.
He's 9 inches in height.
#staffordshire #tobyjug #teapot #antique

I plucked this flower spike from a giant rhubarb (Gunnera) thriving in my front garden.
You may believe it is "planta non grata" in the UK.
Not entirely !
It is illegal to propagate or sell, but existing plants can stay put.
Of course, as a law-abiding citizen, I take measures to prevent its spread.

I hold in my hand the "Cock o'th' North", a rare Scottish pottery figure which dates to around 1900.
Questionably, a tribute to General Gordon, who fought the Fuzzy-Wuzzies and met his demise at Khartoum.
Perhaps so, but I reckon Andy Burnham has now earned that sobriquet, a true cock of the North.