Sunday, February 19, 2012

Word pictures

I (or, rather,  someone who shall remain nameless) dropped my camera on the beach last summer and sand has been steadily destroying its innards ever since and I haven't been able to take photographs for several months. I have missed it especially for taking pictures of the grandchildren. I have made a number of unrecorded visits to them.

The garden is coming into life; country and coastal walks have been taken; I have produced lots of knitting and sewing projects; baking has been produced and devoured and none of it stored digitally in my computer! Does it matter? I don't suppose it does, really, but I realise how my blog has developed over the years into a pictorial one. My early posts were far more wordy.

I have used my cameraless time to good effect - my creative output has increased especially on the sewing front. I made aprons for the children at Christmas and they proved so popular among the parents of their friends that I was persuaded to produce lots more. I have been working my way steadily through my enormous stash of fabrics - sorry I can't show you! Actually, my daughter sent me pictures of Ben and Millie wearing their aprons for some art activities so, thanks to email technology I can post these:

I'm hoping to replace my camera at the end  of March but until then I will have to rely on the written word and my memory.

8 comments:

  1. Your grandchildren are lovely. And so are those aprons... no wonder they've proved so popular!

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  2. Thanks, Cath, I'd like to take credit for both!
    I am just about to set off to see the other two grandchildren, who are equally lovely.

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  3. Sometimes not being able to take a picture of something makes me pay more attention to it.

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  4. Shelley
    My favourite reading - poetry and prose - is descriptive. Those writers pay great attention to all that they observe and create the most effective word pictures. Thanks for the reminder!

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  5. Those aprons are lovely and you paint a very nice word picture you know :o)

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  6. Thank you for your very kind words, Val.

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  7. The temporary camera is, as they say, in the post, M (better late then never) so at least you'll have something on which to record the forthcoming birthday party . . .

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  8. D, you are truly a friend in need!

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