The World According to Ruthiepooh

The arrival of Timothy. One early morning the phone was ringing at Happy Home Orphanage. In the other end there was a distressed head master trying to explain his situation. There had been a long period of hard winter storms that eventually had made the school building suffer […]

It was after Christmas Eve dinner, and the kids gathered around the big tree in the playroom. All wearing their best. They start checking out the labels and to squeeze and shake to try to guess what’s in there. “You are suppose to say “may” and “please”, but […]

It was just before Christmas. Emily had stepped out for a minute to get the mail when she heard a sound she did not expect to hear. At first it seemed to come from far away but it soon came closer. She was even more surprised when a […]

Some of the kids have their birthdays coming up, so I took them to the toy store to let them choose their favorites. Maybe, just maybe, they will get those for their birthdays. Thumbelina went straight for the big Dora doll. I think she must have been eyeing […]

Alvin used to be such an hermit with his nose in a book all day. Now it seems it has been a while since Alvin had time for such things. His new Tennant Tiberius Hoot has turned out to be quite the conversation partner while Ponk never said […]

It had been a beautiful day. Nora and Emily had spent most of it outside, and had even brought Pooh and Piglet with them. Naturally the talking turned to the stories about Winnie the Pooh. Nora was rather imaginative, as is common for kids her age. Naturally if […]

“What to do, what to do!” The kids are getting restless. It’s been pouring down for so long. They must have been looking out the window, because suddenly I’m cornered by two little cuties that are asking to go out in a hurry. Well, nothing else to do […]

A little while ago there were some newcomers that arrived in the Fairy Forest. Ponk the Penguin was home alone to greet the aeronaut Tiberius Hoot when he arrived with his little travel companions Oreo and Primrose, the baby goats. Ponk bid Tiberius welcome after his long journey […]

Spring is my favorite time of the year. It is like a weight lifts, and the landscape opens up. I can walk just anywhere across the fields without piles of snow, or hight grass that I have to keep out of because the farmers will harvest it later […]

Spring is a time when there is lots to do in the garden. There are leafs everywhere from last fall, and plants that have withered under the snow. Maybe some that mice have gotten to as well. Thumbelina has been a really good little helper. She brought out […]