I like to hand-make cards and February is the time to do it in our family - four birthdays plus Valentine's Day. I'm a bit out of ideas now but quite pleased to have created individual cards for everyone.
With Spring on the way I got the urge to do some de-cluttering. I don't think I'll ever be a minimalist, but somehow I've acquired a lot of stuff which I really don't need. Do I really need an Ancient Order of Foresters sash? Specially when I don't even know what the Ancient Order of Foresters is....
And where does this rather large jug come from? It reminds me of the stuff we saw in Murano, and although I wouldn't exactly call it beautiful it's kind of interesting. But what could I use it for?
Not keen on this glass lampshade but it is genuine 1930s, and might be worth a few pounds. I wouldn't sell it on eBay as it might break in the post but our local charity shops only sell fairly new stuff so I don't think they would recognise it as an antique. After surviving for 80 years I feel it would be a shame if it ended up chucked out in a charity shop bin. Any suggestions?
I'll keep that, for sentimental reasons. As for the rest, I'm fighting the temptation to repack it and put it back in the loft.
Still, yesterday I did use one of the items which has sat forgotten in the cupboard for ages. T and I got an unexpected bouquet of Scilly Islands jonquils from a friend. There were so many flowers we didn't seem to have a vase to fit them, when I suddenly thought of my grandmother's glass jug. It has a very wide neck so they all fitted in.
They are beautiful and giving us a lot of pleasure. Glad we didn't get rid of the jug, which I always liked anyway.
I was still thinking about how to deal with all the other stuff when we went into central London yesterday, to run a few errands. We had a cup of tea on the fifth floor of John Lewis, overlooking the escalators, a spot I love. Somehow I can sit for hours and watch the escalators rumbling quietly away.
Yesterday, I thought how well those crowds of people in the store organise themselves without anyone to tell them how to do it!
Yesterday, I thought how well those crowds of people in the store organise themselves without anyone to tell them how to do it!
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