Miss Chrissy and The Man have begun watching a new TV show, and we Whimsies are watching along with them, even though there are some moments when Tessie and Trixie will cover their eyes, because it’s too scary for them. We’re all watching Sleepy Hollow, and I must admit, the Headless Horseman is a fright. And I also don’t like some of the supernatural villains. But yet somehow I can’t stop watching.
And why? Well, that can be easily explained by the title of this entry. I have a new boyfriend! I absolutely love, love, love Ichabod Crane! Yes, Ichabod is a terrible name, and gratefully nobody calls him that, they all call him Crane, which is just fine by me. And in a way, he reminds me of a crane because he’s so tall and skinny! In the original story of Sleepy Hollow, which Jennifer read to me when she was in junior high, Ichabod Crane was also sort of goofy. I also remember seeing him in some Disney cartoon or something like that, and he was just…ugly!! But there’s nothing goofy or ugly about this Ichabod Crane!
He’s played by an actor named Tom Mison, who I know nothing about, and I don’t need to know anything about. He’s tall and skinny, as I mentioned, and he has the most lovely British accent. Now, usually Tessie is the one who goes nuts for accents, and while she tells me she loves his voice, she keeps her eyes covered most of the time, so I don’t know that she has really had a good look at Mr. Crane.
Right now, he’s walking around in his late 18th century clothing, which looks so cool, and he has a beard and this long straggly hair that makes him look very disheveled, but that is actually the PERFECT look for him! I mean, he’s traveled through time and is being pursued by demons—who wouldn’t be disheveled?
This Ichabod Crane is a Professor, which might have something to do with why I like him so much. He’s very smart. In the last episode we saw, he was speaking in Middle English! Can you do that?? 
No! So that was really cool. Even Jennifer’s father, who was a Professor, could not speak in Middle English.
I also like that Crane has this very strange but interesting relationship with Abby, the policewoman (or “LEF-tenant,” as he calls her with his British accent.) It’s like they tried to find the two people who are most unalike and put them together. He’s a tall white Englishman from the 18th century, and she’s a short black woman from the current day. But in this case, opposites attract (as they say)—though not romantically, and that’s just fine by me, because Crane is still so in love with his wife who was a witch, and she’s trying to help him stop the Apocalypse, even though she’s stuck in Purgatory, guarded by the demon Malloch.
A rich storyline, no? I would keep watching this show just for the storyline, but how much better to have a tall, intelligent, soft-spoken Englishman to feast your eyes on at the same time! I hope they don’t clean him up too much, don’t make him shave his beard or cut his ponytail. And I hope he keeps saying things like “As you know, I am insane and therefore impervious to simple commands” and “When did it become acceptable for ladies to wear trousers?”
Sigh…I could just listen to him all day…
Trixie. What do you mean? People who make fire and blow up….that’s not good enough for you?
Tessie. You mean because at first we think she’s betraying the others? At first we think she really IS still with the Rising Tide and she wants to do something bad to the other SHIELD agents?
Tillie. I hate to say it, but when I saw that, I started wondering how the heck we’re ever going to get out of this. I started wondering what the show would be like if Skye was still on it, but she wasn’t WITH them anymore, she was against them.
In the last Fashion post, Trixie promised that Fall Fashions would be featured next time around. But when the Whimsies went through the latest haul from The Thrift Store Boutique, we found there was not as much Fall fashion as originally thought. Oh, well! Guess I’ll have to make another visit to the Boutique to find the girls some more outfits to wear as the weather begins to cool off.
Tillie put on the Dino Club hat and got the idea that the three of them ought to go out on a Dinosaur Hunting Expedition. She dressed all in browns and dark green, with that Dino Hat perched jauntily atop her head and asked “Who’s with me?” 
Frankly, I was amazed that Tessie was being so bold. I thought her fear of dogs and wolves would keep her from ever leaving Whimsieville, but she surprised me. Perhaps she is not as timid as I had at first imagined, or perhaps she simply possesses an incredible amount of faith in Mr. Squee’s ability to keep them safe. And as you can see here, Mr. Squee was fully on alert while leading the girls on their Expedition.
purple socks we already had in the Wardrobe, and decided to settle herself down in front of the bedroom television, for a lazy Sunday afternoon of watching movies.
dogs and wolves, for he is only a Miniature Dinosaur, and not very adept at protecting himself. After a few words with Mr. Squee, Fred felt confident that Whimsieville could provide him with the stress-free environment he has been seeking for so long.
sure he has plenty of fresh grape juice to drink. Now, I don’t know if most dinosaurs generally enjoy grape juice, but Fred is a big fan, and since I can see how happy he makes the Whimsies, I am perfectly willing to share my grape juice with him. Besides, since he is only a Miniature Dinosaur, he does not really drink a lot. 
(When we finally sat down to watch the fourth episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, I almost wished the Whimsies had not stayed up to watch it with us. This episode disturbed them more than any other. I heard them talking about it late into the night…)
