Day 6 ~ Childhood Memory

So, so many memories to choose from. It would have to be reading books to start though. I was a reader from the age of four and haven't let up yet. It was a family joke to see how long they would talk about me whilst I was reading before I became aware of the conversation. Family legend records that my record was 45 minutes. Shown are my original copies of Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, The Thirteen Clocks, The Night Before Christmas. Then, I grew into Lord Peter, Sherlock Holmes and many other British mysteries. The Joy is there, as I cannot ever remember NOT seeing a copy in my Mum's kitchen. Baby cup and rubber ducky are pretty self explanatory.

#18 of 365 - My New Toy

A part of the Ren Scots tradition includes a Chinese Gift Exchange. Often there are hard fought battles in order to try and get the gift you most would like to have. I got lucky. This is the gift that I got and was able to hold onto as the only other likely suspect to snag it was unable to make it to the party. It is a hand-made and hand-painted drop spindle made by our Darla. I now have the start of a collection of spindles as I also have another one, made I believe, by Darla's husband, Mark, lang ago. It also came with some of the same fiber that I have for my other spindle. I might actually get some yardage then...

The DD and I went to see Sherlock Holmes again with her friend, Jess. We also saw it last week with my friend, Rebecca. We didn't mind seeing it again as we wanted to see more of the details that we missed the first time around. I still say the costuming was FABULOUS! Couldn't resist this photo op. Likely will not see the movie itself as remakes of Good British Movies are so few and far between, sadly.