we're decorating the dining room. it's a job that's long overdue, and we've been prompted into action by the mess that my office chair has been making of the floorboards in here since i've been working from the dining table (i've outgrown my boxroom/office space, and the extension's not finished yet...)
on the wall in the dining room there's a mirror. it's big, oval and heavy, and at the moment it's sat under the dining table while we paint. there's some gilded detail that's missing in places and some chain on the back for hanging it. when we put it up in here for the first time i spent a while with the pliers and a bradawl removing some links to get the length right. i put a screw into the wall to hang it on because we were worried that picture hooks wouldn't take it's weight. it's a great mirror.
it used to belong to my aunty gwen. she was a fantastic woman, actually my great aunt - my mum's, mum's sister. i have really fond memories of her, i think that she really enjoyed having me and my brother around when we were young. my memories are all of her playing about, being a bit daft, making us laugh.
when i think about me aunty gwen, i think of my nan too. i don't think about them enough. i owe them so much. mum, dad - you too.
that's why it's good to have objects like the mirror - things that keep me in touch with where i'm from.
meanwhile - i have a book that you can go buy here
and i've also finally sorted out a flickr account for meself, so you can now be bored witless by our holiday photos here
enjoy!
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Ha! I ordered three copies of 40, which seemed to be taking ages to arrive and was most disappointed on Saturday to receive an EMPTY envelope! I'm off to do battle at the sorting office later this morning. (Somehow didn't see it as the sort of thing the posties would want to nick - though it is of course a very desirable object). xxx
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