Rogues Gallery

THE HUBBY

Mr Incredible: Bush Babe’s husband – an incredibly shy and reluctant blog star, he is a long-suffering superhero who can ride a horse, fix a fence, lift heavy objects, save wayward dogs and clean out a blocked cistern like a professional.  Plus he’s a babe.  (Just don’t tell him that I said that, okay?)

Mr Incredible’s main partner-in-crime/work (besides his ever-lovin’ missus) is Trooper.  (Sometimes referred to as Trooper Looper by kids, as in Abba’s “Trooper Looper, lights are gonna find me…”). He is tall and handsome too.

THE KIDDOS

Violet is six going on 26 – sweet and dimpled and determined and not to be trifled with.  Her powers include a special force field known simply as the Black Frown, which can (and has) stopped grown men in their tracks.  She then flashes her dimples, magically removing all memory of  The Frown from her victims.  She rides Sandy these days – who, like his rider, is a palomino with attitude.

Dash is a true superhero – he is a heartkid and is now considered invincible.  He is nine years old and CAN run extremely fast (although not on water, despite a great deal of practice on the Shrek swamp) for short bursts… as long as a caramello bar is waiting at the finish line.  He is very huggable, eats mountains of food, yet remains in search of a real backside.  He is Pickle’s rider, and adores Indiana Jones and Scooby Doo… and his bear (just don’t tell his cool schoolmates).

THE HORSES

Rob Roy (left) – named for a feisty little Scottish bloke who wouldn’t back down.  Adores terrorising kids but can be sweet if he knows he’s beat.  He’s a full-on Thelwell version of equine evil, wrapped up in a very cute, fat chestnut bow.

Yvette (below right) – a tall gentle lady into whose eyes I like to gaze.  Literally.  Ridden by almost everyone on Granite Glen.

Lacey (having a nap behind Yvette) - 30-something years old and a wonderful old woman.  She carts an enthusiastic Dash about despite her advanced years. Once a rodeo horse and mount for my cousins, she is now the most doted-on steed we own.

There are many more horses galloping the ridges at Granite Glen… too many to list here.  (Search under ‘horses’ if you are curious!)

THE HOUSE PETS

Axel: Large and ludicrous, Axel (Rose-berry the First) entered our lives as a nine-week-old puppy in 2009.  He has since completely taken over the front porch, our hearts and lives.  He is, however, constantly reminded that he is NOT top of the pecking order by our cat…

Middy: Our midnight-black witch’s cat is half-wild, half Angelina Jolie.  She already owned the Granite Glen house when we moved back here three years ago.  She still does.  Axel never stood a chance.

BUSH BABE

She has already babbled on about herself here.

Honestly, enough already!

She is not all that keen on navel-gazing, and really, this place is supposed to be about her world. She is much more at ease when she shuts up and gets busy with that camera…

There are, of course, many more characters included in the Granite Glen archives.  Pagi (BB’s Dad), Nana (BB’s Mum), Jeanie In Paradise (BB’s sister) and Salina (Jeanie’s horse-mad daughter) are among ‘em…