Owls!
Melissa (eldest) and Alison (youngest) both have birthdays lose to each other in September/October. I found these wonderful ceramic tiles with four owls on them (thats not all I gave them). The four owls have significance in our family, so when I was walking down the street and saw these I had to get one each for them,

In the early '80's Don bought for lead crystal owls...a mum and dad and two littlies. He was almost superstitious about those owls and made sure that the parent owls were always arranged around the babies. - It was like a "protection" wish for the girls. One time one of the owls got a bit broken so it was sent away to be fixed - to Germany no less. When it returned in perfect condition Don was really happy...

Both of them were over the moon when they realised what was on the tile. we're all a bit sentimental about stuff like this which means all our homes are full of things like this which have meaning to us... its not the objects themselves... we know that... its what they represent. And no doubt if it was all lost to us but we were still okay we'd survive...

But its nice to know that the same feeling of family that my mum and dad and grandparents had lives on in these two who God willing, will pass the same onto their own kids... I have to hope that there are a lot of these sorts of kids about and if there is...then the world will go on turning, and earth will still be a good place to live... in spite of all the crap those in power are thrashing us with.


I hadn't realised till i saw the bottom photo that Alison's Andrew's big feet were so obvious... he was worn out from all the present opening...


Oh and yes the green and white VW Kombi (money box) is almost identical to the kombi we had for over twenty years..and wish i still had.