Oh là là ! Pandemic madness

Has it really been twenty years since my last post? With great enthusiasm, I started this blog for kids of all ages—then promptly forgot all about it. My mother always said I have the appetite of a monkey—maymun iştah! 

Just as monkeys do, I pick up a banana, take one bite and promptly drop it -unfulfilled- then pick another, and another. 

Proud to report: I feel like an adolescent, albeit in a body entering its sixth decade. Check our Snark blog as well.

Babetteandfriendsblog@YankaErimtan2026

Wednesday Morning Nonsense!

Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense continues to be a favorite of Babette and friends!

Les Trois Mousquetaires

What is bliss?

Asked the child "what is bliss?"

Answered mom: It is

Foolish ness

Bumpy ness

Wacky ness

Zany ness

All neatly packaged in Sappy ness

Then you are in Bliss!

What is bliss©Babetteandfriends/YankaErimtan

Proceedings have benefited FirstBook.

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Thursday no scent nonsense

NONSENSE NOSE

There was a girl with a Nose

As long as a hose

Filled with nosegay

poppy bouquet

Bees made it home

And dozed.

Noseillustrationandnonsensenose©2026YankaErimtan

Cats

Scratch scratch says the cat!

Little above the shoulder

Little to the right

I'll soon jump and disappear

Meow me before my flight!

When I am weary of me

Forgive me if I bite ye

This is what we felines do

And can!

Besides eating cans of fish

We drink it with a bit of milk

We purr purr alone and like it

Come to you only when we like it!

Cats©2026YankaErimtan/babetteandfriends