Random

January 18, 2010

Random

I generally like my posts to be about one thing. Rambling is not my style. Clear, concise and to the point is my mantra, but with pressure mounting at work to go full time, there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day for blogging lately. Waiting for the perfect thing to post about just might take me another month, so instead I present a not so pleasing jumble of randomness...

How about some photos to start. I'm spending less time on flickr since finishing my 365 project. I miss it.

And what about these?

The fabulously talented Jodie of RicRac fame was kind enough to send me a whole stack of linen postcards printed using her gocco. Aren't they clever?

Now onto the weekend.

As our children are getting older and their interests are really beginning to grow, I find them to be following our hobbies more and more. My husband works in the broadcast industry and my five year old son is developing a keen interest in computers, video cameras and more recently television sets. It's not watching TV that interests him as much as understanding how they work, why they're colour or black and white, why are some flat, what we did before there were remote controls. He's developed a particular passion for old school sets - the ones with a dial. I have no idea why, but this his latest obsession.
"Mummy, was everything in your life black and white before they invented colour? " He asks me earnestly. Good grief that makes me feel old. I remember always asking my mum what things were like in the "olden days" when she was little...sorry mum.

Luckily my inlaws are hoarders and their basement cold room is full to the brim of every imaginable purchase since 1975 (when they moved in). Yesterday, at Tommy's request, he and Daddy went hunting in there for old fashioned TVs with a dial and this is what they found - still working. He's thrilled!
Meanwhile, Mother and daughter were to be found on the couch snuggled under a blankie, knitting and chit-chatting about forthcoming birthday plans. I can't believe she'll soon be seven!

Jan 18, 2010 6:01:21 PM | Crafting with my children, Family, knitting

16 Comments

sometimes these are the best posts ... life is random!

you should have seen my grandpa's basement - I couldn't tell you how many tv's and radio equipment stuff was down there ... he used to repair tv's and he worked for ABC repairing antenas (obvioulsy looooong before satelites! - ha). your son would have been in heaven ;-)

Posted by: Adrienne | January 18, 2010 at 07:51 PM

The first 2 photos are beautiful, really stylish x

Posted by: Petit Filoux | January 19, 2010 at 03:12 AM

How wonderful to have a cellar full of treasure to look through!

Posted by: French Knots | January 19, 2010 at 05:17 AM

Full time work - that's a big question to mull over. Though I seem to waste all my time at home anyway.

How wonderful to have such a treasure trove (and all the better for it being in someone else's basement!)

Posted by: domesticali | January 19, 2010 at 07:19 AM

Old TV's - that takes me back.

My son is aghast that we only ever had three channels up until the 80's and once asked me if I was born in black and white - I'm not that old, children!!

take care,

Nina xxx

Posted by: Nina - Tabiboo | January 19, 2010 at 09:18 AM

It's amazing how little minds work isn't it --- Milo is still interested in space and the planets --- well done on your daughter for the knitting too

Posted by: periwinkle | January 19, 2010 at 02:37 PM

I don't know how you fit it all in as it is - knitting, blogging, photography just working part time. Hats off to you. I don't work and I never have much time..

Posted by: Lisa | January 19, 2010 at 05:36 PM

Just love hearing about you and your daughter sitting together on the sofa, knitting and chatting. What a sweet scene!

Posted by: Emily Moss | January 20, 2010 at 12:44 AM

Lucky you with the postcards. Not sure which I would go for, the knitting or the rootling around in the basement!

Posted by: Joanna | January 20, 2010 at 04:29 AM

I'll never forget the son of a friend finding an old LP and exclaiming with delight. "Look Mom, I've found a giant CD!!" Or being at the Science Museum where they have a wall showing how an old telephone exchange works and my daughter not even knowing how to dial in the numbers on the old rotary phones!! I'm sure this weird sense of being "old" is going to happen even more frequently as daughter number 2 (age 7) starts learning more and more about the world.

Posted by: Sew Create It - Jane | January 20, 2010 at 12:03 PM

That's hilarious! I remember asking my mum if she wore long dresses when she was younger. She must have loved that!

Posted by: lina | January 21, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Ah, the days of walking across the room to turn the dial and getting a snowy picture for your trouble. Much better than the modern day version of the tv exploding for no apparent reason. Ok, I say modern, but let's face it, our tv was at least 10 years old before it kicked the bucket yesterday.

I actually still have and use a rotary phone - it's usually the only one working, as the batteries won't stay charged in the handsets of the other phone. I've embraced technology a bit more than my old neighbours, though - they were still using a washboard and mangle in the 90s...

Posted by: UK lass in US | January 22, 2010 at 11:45 AM