Whilst looking everywhere for an old tin full of the Lego I had as a child (DN has got into Lego in a big way lately and we wanted to find it for him), I stumbled across a box full of old photos.
A chubby-chops aged one.
Me on the right with my sister and Dad in the Victoria Gardens in Bath. We always had a couple of days out in Bath each year and always visited the Victoria Gardens to see the floral clock and characters made out of flowers. One year they did The Wombles, bigger than life size and all from flowers.
I vividly remember these dresses which Mum made us, they had a very brightly coloured floral pattern, lace around the neckline and, best of all, bell sleeves. I thought I was the bees knees in this dress.
Me aged about 11 in another Mum-made dress and my 'should have gone to Specsavers' glasses. I hated wearing glasses with a vengeance and wouldn't have been seen dead in them if my teacher hadn't insisted I wore them at all times. These days, thankfully, I only have to wear glasses for watching TV or driving.
Me aged about 20. Technology had moved on a bit by then and we had colour film in our camera. I can't believe that I ever looked that young, was that thin, and that I knitted the cardigan I'm wearing. I know I'd never have the patience to knit a garment for myself these days.
Oh, and the tin of Lego is still missing.
It's fun to see old photos, maybe I'll dig mine out sometimee...you might have started something here Elizabeth! My Mum made dresses for me too very similar to yours. And I used to knit very complicated sweaters all the time in my teens and twenties. Wouldn't have the patience now!
Posted by: Gill | 12/29/2007 at 12:27 AM