things forgotten and things found

for those of us of a

certain

er hm mmm

age

we of course remember these

flower fairies

growing up

and I don't know about other countries

but living in England as a child

I remember all the tales of garden fairies too

each garden had an area where the fairies lived

usually at the bottom of the garden

:)

and your imagination could run rampant

wild and free

rather like one of  those typically English gardens

that just overflow

with untidy

 full to the brim beds

of all types of plants

the sheds at the bottom of the garden

the hedges and bushes

where the spider's webs

"grow"

the "silk" used to fashion all sorts of imaginary things

and of course

the adorable little characters of

one

Beatrix Potter

peter rabbit's mum

!!!

but this morning while browsing

here and there

I came across an author I have never heard of

or seen

 and I want to know why

!!!!!!!

how can I have lived my whole life and not known

all of this

as a child I was very shy

and rather withdrawn sometimes

and these

sorts of books used to fascinate me

all the detail in each illustration

I loved to draw too and used to try so hard to copy the style

but of course I never came close

I have always loved little tiny things

I myself have never been a little tiny thing

was always the tallest in the class

been 5'7" since I was 12

so maybe it's a case of opposites attracting

at school I used to get into trouble for writing so small

the teachers had trouble seeing what I wrote

and would tell me to just write bigger

or was I trying to make them blind

no, I just liked writing as small as possible

I could read it!!!!!

and until I met my last art teacher at my last school

I always felt

weird

but she actually encouraged the

smallness

she actually complimented my tiny penmanship

she used to show the class the little tiny things I drew and it was nice to be appreciated

and I thank her

now

should have then.... but who does the right thing at the right time

not moi....

so now maybe I can understand this obsession with tiny things coming back into my

view,

so to speak

I spent a lot of yesterday making a tiny little dress for you know who

(promised not to cross the two... but it's hard not to every once in a while... especially when that's what I've been doing!!!)

and it brought back memories of sitting in my room

 in Windsor sewing things from bits and pieces that I have no idea where I got them from

and I wonder why I ever stopped

but life does that

....

I remember very clearly

...

 when the Beatles arrived in our midst

 and the mods and rockers trend started

 and Carnaby Street

 and the mini skirts and go go boots hit the shops

and the angled hair cuts

wow am I showing my age

but I was only just a teenager!!!!!

there that made me feel better!!!

...

I made

 from some red with white polka dots material

a very up to date Carnaby St style hat

from scratch

that had a brim made with a cardboard liner

and I wore it proudly for ages

until I had to wash it

 and

the cardboard fell apart!!!

I'll tell you about the collection of tights I used to have

that I wore when I went to

"college"

sometime

........

sorry, this is another of those

posts about nothing much

but that's what I've been doing this morning

reminiscing and wondering why

I didn't know about

Racey Helps

but I do now

so I'm off to see if  I can find a book

or a postcard

or a poster

and sit a stare at all those little teeny tiny details I love so much

and feel so glad I found him

don'cha love the

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