I've had these dear little pineapples for years. They were displayed in my printer's box but that houses my corks now and these have been put away for too long.When I was at college I went a bit pineapple mad... drew them all the time & even made a plastic mould from one. I collected pineapple badges, earrings, ornaments for a while too.
Working in Antigua I saw my first field of pineapples growing - they were quite beautiful there standing in their rows.
I have a box of bits & bobs - small ornaments I've had since I was little. I like to think one day I'll have grand children to go through it and ask where they came from - their story. I did this with my grandmother. I particularly liked two wooden bears with shiny eyes.
When I tell my children this they roll their eyes...Oh please let me be a granny and a mad one at that.
A mad realative is an essential part of any childhood. I feel my own boys may be missing out - where is theirs? (Mine was my uncle - a bit scary but very exotic!) In conclusion, it may be that the maddest people in our boys' lives are their own parents. This may not be helful...
ReplyDeleteWow I can't imagine seeing pineapples growing; most cool.
ReplyDeleteI love how trinkets have stories; I remember all the one attached to the ones I've had passed down from my parents and I still have my faves. Xx
I'm a mad Granny! It's the best thing in the world, I get to sing out loud in the supermarket ( if the kids are with me!!!) My daughter is so embarrassed! How old are your kids? don't they want children? XXX
ReplyDelete16 & 13 so at the moment I'm content with being mad mum and singing in supermarkets !
ReplyDeleteWell Penny, you're halfway there to being a mad granny...!!! Singing in the supermarket is a must, also wearing purple and declaiming from Shakespeare.
ReplyDeleteMy cousin's kids thought me mad cos I listened to the Ramones and the Rezillos... and wore orange jeans with a green silk shirt... or a purple silk shirt with bright green jeans!!