Other Stuff .....

I took this photo today of my DF Maureen holding her great niece Anna. Anna was born on the 10th of Feb and is a real little doll. She was handed around a family gathering today in Mittagong, without even stirring. When you see a babe sleeping so soundly and peacefully you can see how Annes Geddes gets her amazing photo's.
Her Mum Sarah is holding the quilt that I made for her - her Dad Dave's comment when he saw the quilt was something like - "Gee it's homemade!" - that made me smile.

Garage Sale finds ....

I like to collect old things. Yesterday I found this cool bamboo rug beater - it kind of reminds me of the Miss Marple era. Who remembers those? It is in really good condition - I really don't think I'll 'beat' our rugs tho, I'll stick with the vacuum cleaner to remove the copious amounts of and white dalmation doggy hairs!
Do you know what the round ply thing is with the Christmas Bells burnt into it?
I didn't at first but was told by the seller ( I found this one a few years ago at Old Bar)that it is for storing doilies - it is two pieces of ply joined by a cord and it keeps the doilies flat. The decoration technique is called 'Poker Work'- the design is made by heating up a piece of wire and burning the design into the wood. And the box is an old ply wood Henri Wintermans Cigar box - it is stamped Holland underneath. It has some shirt studs and cuff links in it - I have another one that I lined with polystyrene and I keep my earings in it. Of course I couldn't resist the little washboard - it is so cute! I can remember my Grandmother letting me wash the hankies on one like this - I rember the big men's hankies - yukko - I think I prefer tissues! I have found some interesting stuff over the years from a brass railway lantern with revolving red and green lenses to a Griffith Tea tin - guess who has that now? Who knows what I might find next week - I have just had a request to look out for a sewing machine, that will be fun - but I am really looking for a high chair at the moment - well that's my excuse.