Playing with Buttons

Took a bit of a breather from specific tasks yesterday.  I like being busy and I like being busy with a purpose even more.  But it’s also nice to step back for a while and to take stock.  And for me that meant checking on all the little bits and pieces of paper and card [...]

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Another of Life’s Little Mysteries

I felt convinced I had three suitable buttons for my latest little knitting project.  After all, I have a huge collection of buttons saved by my grandmother and my mother and spanning more than fifty years.  I was sure there would be three  small buttons in the right shade of brown somewhere amongst all that lot!  [...]

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A Precious Photo

This isn’t one of mine, I didn’t take it but nevertheless it is very precious. It’s grey and speckly and not very clear but it might just as well be the most perfectly shot portrait in the world to us. They didn’t have baby scans when I had my children so this is a new [...]

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Buttons

Every family has something that is passed down through the generations.  In mine it is the button box.  And it has recently become my turn to become the keeper of the buttons.  I think mum just got fed up with me sifting through the tin with longing and said ‘take it, I know where to [...]

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