Where’ve you been?
Well, when I first arrived in 1978…..
which was the year the person they call ‘our big girl’ had an elective called woodworking
(that was the year the boys had to take home economics and sewing an apron was their task – did not go down well with them I can tell you)
I sat on a little table beside her bed
Then when she moved out I went with her
All was well until she went overseas – I was returned with a ‘please look after’ note. Still not sure the back of a wardrobe fit that description.
The household here moved interstate for a few years – which I spent in a box along with other bits of ‘our big girl’s’ life. We’d been taken along because she told her Mum she might want us when she returned.
Household returned to Melbourne with me still tucked up in the box.
Many years later she came back, sorted her bits out – gave it all away, put me back in a box and asked if I could stay here until she was settled
How many years does it take to get settled I ask you??
So what am I doing sitting on the table in the sunshine?
Well, I’m enjoying the fresh air for a start. I’ve been stuck in that box in the garage for I don’t know how many years…..
Actually I’m going to have a bit of a wash and brush up, then have a little polish applied to make me look good
And then I’m going on a journey- across to Western Australia
(which is where our big girl lives)
And do you know – the funny thing is – something’s going happen
something I’m not really bothered about….
I have to be put in a box to be able to get there 🤣
Still Waters 
Smiling. I hope she is much loved (again) when she reaches WA.
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I believe there’s a spot on a shelf already reserved
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Love everything about this!
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It was a fun post to write, it almost wrote itself as I sat there looking at the cat basking in the sunshine
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I love that feeling 😊
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Precious old memories. My big girl made a corner shelf in high school. I used it for years, and gave it to her oldest child when he graduated from high school.
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Great idea to pass on the sentimental gifts and keep them in-house.
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Oh I love this little story. May the pussy cat have a good trip and arrive safely.
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lol it’s going to cost a ‘fortune’ to post but the smile it will receive will be priceless I hope
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What a blast from the past that will be when it arrives in WA!
Thank you for looking after it
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She does know it’s coming but I’d love to be a fly on the wall when it arrives
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As a piece of art, I really like it, and I enjoyed reading its self told story.
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Actually it’s got a nice feel to it, smooth and ‘rounded’ – she must have enjoyed making it.
Gotta have some fun with the words some time Andrew , life’s too short to be serious (all the time)
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I hope you get to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air again in WA. You look like you deserve it. Beautiful
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’She’ really is a nice shape and so smooth to run your fingers over. I think our big girl will be pleased to have her back
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Pussycat going home. Nice story.
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Gald you enjoyed it Charlotte. I had fun coming up with it
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We have half an attic filled with the “I still want it but not right now” stuff from our eldest, including a large wooden spoon from her woodworking class.
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Oh I love the idea of a large wooden spoon…..all the better to spank you with. Sorry ( I realise that’s a no no these days) but it was the first thing I thought of when I read your words
I have mentioned to them that this is the last call- time’s running out and the bin or charity shop is looming large.
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your big girl made a lovely cat. How nice it’s going to her home at last
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Pussycat thinks so too😊
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