I HAVE BEEN SORTING OUT AGAIN MY FRIENDS OH DOES IT EVER END.
THIS JOB OF UNPACKING BOXES IT SENDS ME ROUND THE BEND.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S TAKEN ME SO LONG TO DO THIS JOB.
PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE WHEN I STARE AT THINGS MY HEAD BEGINS TO THROB.
WELL INSIDE ONE BOX IV'E JUST FOUND THINGS I FORGOT I HAD.
ALL WRAPPED UP IN BUBBLE STUFF PUSHED INSIDE A PADDED BAG.
I FOUND A LOT OF TINY THINGS WITH PATTERNS ON GALORE.
SO I ARRANGED THEM ALL IN LONG NEAT ROWS UPON THE BEDROOM FLOOR .
I DIDN'T REALISE I HAD SO MANY OF THESE TINY THINGS.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT EACH OF THEM A MEMORY THEY DID BRING.
I COLLECTED THESE FOR MANY YEARS FROM PLACES I HAD BEEN.
WITH THE COUNTRIES NAMES ON AND SOME OF THEM HAVE ON SUCH PRETTY SCENES.
I REMEMBER ONE DISTINCTLY WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ME ONE DAY..
BY A LOVELY OLD LADY I CLEANED FOR JUST ACROSS THE WAY.
SHE INSISTED I HAVE THIS LITTLE GIFT SHE'D HAD FOR MANY A YEAR.
WHEN I REFUSED SHE GOT UPSET AND SAID I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT DEAR.
IT WAS DIFFERANT FROM ALL THE OTHERS I'D NOT SEEN ONE MADE OF WOOD .
SO I THANKED HER KINDLY AND PROMISED I'D KEEP IT AS LONG AS EVER I COULD.
I HAVE A BRASS ONE WHICH WAS MY MOTHERS AND A SILVER WHICH WAS MY AUNTS.
SOME OF THEM WITH BUILDINGS ON AND SOME OF THEM WITH PLANTS.
SOME OF THEM WITH NAMES ON AND SOME OF THEM WITH VERSE.
AND I HAVE AN ODD ONE WHICH I BOUGHT WITH HAS IT'S OWN LITTLE PURSE.
ONE OF THEM WITH QUEEN VICTORIA MY OLD AUNT GAVE TO ME TOO.
AND A CHRISTMAS ONE THAT SAYS INSIDE FROM ---- WITH LOVE TO YOU.
THIS WAS FROM MY PARTNER MANY MOONS AGO.
AND A MESSAGE WITH IT TO TELL ME SAYING HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME SO. (HA-HA )
HE ACTUALLY BOUGHT ME A DOME FOR THEM WHICH UNFORTUNATLY I DID BREAK.
BUT HE FORGAVE ME AS HE KNEW IT WAS AN ACCIDENT FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
MOST OF THEM ARE MADE OF CHINA OR PORCELAIN SO FINE.
EACH ONE HAVE A CERTIFICATE TOO NOT OF THE CHEAPEST KIND.
THEY ARE COLLECTORS ITEMS AND I HAD SOME OF THEM IN THIS DOME.
WHICH WAS MADE OF GLASS WITH A WOODEN BASE BUT I BROKE
IT WHEN I MOVED HOME.
SO NOW I SHALL HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING TO PUT THEM ON TO DISPLAY.
ONCE MORE WHEN I GO OUT SHOPPING IF EVER WE GET A FINE DAY. Grrrr.
I AM TIRED OF CLEANING EVERYTHING AND I DON'T LIKE CLUTTER AT ALL.
EVEN THOUGH THESE THINGS I HAVE HERE ARE ONLY VERY SMALL.
I WONDER IF YOU HAVE GUESSED WHAT THEY ARE I BET YOU HAVE MY FRIENDS.
YES THERE THIMBLES AND I THOUGHT AT ONE TIME MY BUYING WOULD NEVER END.
SOME OF THEM ARE SO LOVELY THOUGH AND I COULD LOOK AT THEM ALL DAY.
AND MEMORISE WHERE I BOUGHT THEM FROM WHEN IV'E GONE ON PAST HOLIDAYS.
ALSO THE LITTLE BRASS ONE REMINDS ME OF MY MOTHER DEAR.
WHEN SHE USED TO SIT AND SEW OUR CLOTHES MANY MANY A YEAR.
MY AUNT SHE WAS A SEAMSTRESS SO THE SILVER ONES A LITTLE BRUISED.
AND THOUGH I SEW MYSELF IT'S STRANGE I HAVE NEVER USED.
A THIMBLE ON MY FINGER YET I LOVE THESE LITTLE THINGS.
THERES LOTS I LOVE ABOUT THEM AND FOND MEMORIES EACH ONE BRINGS...
SO NOW I AM GOING TO WASH THEM ALL AND IF I CAN FIND THE TIME .
I'LL SEE WHAT ELSE MY BOXES CONTAIN NOW IV'E FINISHED THIS
"SIMPLE RHYME"
HAVE A LOVELY DAY
THERE LITTLE THINGS THERE PRETTY THINGS.
THERE THINGS WITHOUT A BOTTOM IN.
