Friday Poem
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King of the River If the water were clear enough, if the water were still,
but the water is not clear, the water is not still, you would see yourself,
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A man should swallow a toad every morning to be certain of not encountering anything more disgusting in the course of the day. Nicholas de Chamfort
Wow, I LOVE those! You can't buy buttons that great. I wish I had some woodworking talents. :) So post a photo of the cardigan WITH the buttons. It's all about me you know. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteAww! What a sweetheart.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thinkg too do!
ReplyDeleteimpressive and well done, mr. director! ;~D xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteAn excellent illustration of "popping one's buttons with pride"!
ReplyDeleteKeep them away from termites and any other wood-eating insects you work with.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool. And I'm with Vegetable Assassin - I'd like to see the jumper.
ReplyDeleteThe best present I ever received was when my uncle bbought a crocodile gate for the bottom of the stairs for us.
Have a great 2011, Boonie
Aw... isn't that the sweetest present ever? You're a lucky gal Lulu xxx
ReplyDeleteMs Assassin - glad you like them, I tried to photograph the cardi but the colour came out all wrong
ReplyDeleteMoreidlethoughts - that just what he is - a sweetheart.
Dolce - yep
Savannah - I was sooo impressed
Louciao - "popping one's buttons with pride"! and he was as he gave them to me
MJ - I eat wood-eating insects
Boonie S - I want a crocodile gate for the bottom of my stairs now
Nursey - it is the sweetest present ever.
also very special because the box wood was picked up during a walk we did 10 years ago, when he picked up the fallen box branch he said - 'I shall make you something with this one day'
Your love is obviously very good with his hands.
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I'll go along with SB's observant.
ReplyDeleteI too, got a cardigan - it looked like something for a 10 yr old so it got returned. hubby is smart enough to leave the tags on clothing and hand me the receipt....
"gave me a splendid cardigan"
ReplyDeleteI misread that as "cardiogram." Sorry.
I'm not just a little envious, X
ReplyDeleteSounds like he knows which buttons to push! : j
ReplyDeleteaslong as u like them!!! he knows u well
ReplyDeletethat is pretty damned splendid!
ReplyDeleteScarlet, Alesa and Deb - He's a very handy chap, I'll give him that - makes an excellent cup of tea too.
ReplyDeletexl - I did need a cardiogram after the Christmas eating - that was splendid too!
Eryl - I'm trying to get him to make more and have an Etsy page.
lani - l o nice 2 c u here, ded rite, he duz no me bludy well
Kevin - nothing more satisfying than a made thing eh?