Hi again ladies...well this blog is NOT going to be about food...cooking etc etc...!!
OKEY DOKEY...I am kind of heading away again on friday to visit MR NO 1 son in qld....(i dont mean that like he is number one...BUT just that he is the FIRST BORN!! OMG..NO 2 is equally NO 1...but he came 2nd in the scheme of things...does this make sense??)...
anyway....
whilst ... yes whilst cleaning today...(something different for a change)!!...BUT honestly...the top part of my house where I keep my ebay stuff etc is LIKE A TIME BOMB!! wont show photos ..... as that would be tooooo boring just looking at MESS!
Anyway...whilst going through some mags which i thought i would list before my sojourn away!! found an OLD australian COUNTRY LOOKS mag...(photographed it to include in my listing )...
and whilst flicking through the pages to photo a nice shabby chicey page...
OMG...FOUND MY MUMS LAUNDRY from her house...which was obviously featured in this issue...(some 14 yrs ago)...
KNEW I kept this mag for some reason...
OKAY...then remembered ..when I had my shop some 150 yrs ago!! I had the mags ring me for ideas etc (that is how it worked)!!...
and I have included some photos (sorry a bit blurred)...of images that were in magazines...newspapers etc about "the boys rooms"..."boys bathrooms"...me & my golliwogs...etc etc.
It is soo funny looking at these images...eg..BYRONS room was covered in wallpaper...swaggy curtains..antique bed/desk/chest of drawers...he loved it as a kid...BUT oh MY how it has now changed to modern etc...
I have these articles framed around the place..BUT you kind of FORGET about it all...until something triggers a memory..
so thought may be interesting for you to see..
PLUS I came across this gorgeous "GRANDPARENTS invitation card" BYRON did when he was 10 yo..(now 22)...AND IT SUMS UP BOTH MY parents/his grandparents perfectly..
MUM/NANNY is shopping at her fav TOORAK store...saying I will buy that with a price tag of $350.00 (jeez byron that was a cheapie!!)...
BUT with my gorgeous dad swimming his 400...yes 400 LAPS per morning..!!!(not quite 400....but he still swims 3 kms EVERY morning..at 85 yo!!)...
how funny/cute/perceptive is all that...actually kind of summing up my mum & dad in one little card at 10 yrs old...MUM the shopaholic...DAD the fitness guru!!
although I must say...mum is as fit as a fiddle & a year older than dad!!!
anyway....NO more posts until end of next week!!
i PROMISE,..
xx andrea
8 comments:
How fantastic is that!
Thankyou Andrea - I loved looking at the photos - I'm doing all these sums in my head working out where I was at the time, I'm sure I used to gloat over those mags then, probably gloated over your Mum's laundry and your house too - loved this post
Have a great weekend away and
please don't apologise for the
number of posts you do or don't do
Meant to say your parents sound super fit and healthy!
Hi Andrea,
What a great post! Love all of those pictures. Keep your blog posts commming, I love reading them!
~S~ xxx
I love how you clarify that Number two kid is just as much Number 1!!! Lol!
And you jetsetting AGAIN!
Oh how I wish we could get away....
We may soon but not interestate just Probley the Murray or somewhere...
When I find a Housesitter for the chooks and dog!
How awesome of a life have you had eh?
Mag's and clippings!
So very cool to have such things to reminice over:)
Oh, that invitation is the best. Don't ever get rid of it!!!
Love the hand created art work ... that is wonderful!
TTFN ~ Marydon
What lovely memories Andrea. Hope you have a great time with No 1 son (eldest) in Queensland. Look forward to hearing about your trip when you get back.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Great post Andrea. It is amazing the things we hang onto and then can't remember why we have held onto them.
Alison
oh wow, that is great!! I never even knew about it
wish it was still around now tho I truly do not need another magazine to collect lol!
Sarah
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