Sunday, June 21, 2015

KEEPSAKE No 3

Many years ago, probably about 1980, my mum gave me this lovely little perpetual calendar, one on which you manually change the date each day.  It has sat in various places in our kitchen but since the repairs last year (who was it flooded the kitchen I wonder??) it sits in pride of place on the microwave.  No, our microwave isn't mauve, that was the backing to take the picture!!


When granddaughter #2 Aimee came here as a child she loved to change the date without me knowing and it became a real game between the two of us.  I have a little note attached to the bottom of the calendar saying when I am gone I want Aimee to have it as a remembrance of the wonderful times we had when she and her siblings were young.  They used to spend so much time at our home and we have such happy memories of those times.
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  1. Yamini MacLeanJune 21, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    Hari OM
    ...and therein lies the true meaning of 'keepsake'!!! What a delightful glimpse you have shared with us Mimsie. YAM xx

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    1. MimsieJune 23, 2015 at 7:46 PM

      I don't have many keepsakes but those I do have are very important to me. It's often the little things that matter the most. xx

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  2. Farmers WifeyJune 21, 2015 at 6:05 PM

    What a lovely treasure to pass on to your granddaughter, and I'm sure she will just love the gesture. You just can't buy memories like this, so special between the two of you xo

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    1. MimsieJune 23, 2015 at 7:47 PM

      I like to think of the generations involved in this....from mum to me and then to my granddaughter (mum's great-granddaughter of course).

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  3. RiverJune 21, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    I remember those. Ours had buttons on the top and it broke after about a year. One of the buttons jammed and broke off when we tried to release it.
    Lovely of you to leave yours for Aimee for the memories.

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    1. MimsieJune 23, 2015 at 7:49 PM

      It's only about 8cm wide so quite small. It did have a mishap when our cat Henry (or Phil said that was what happened) knock it down. It is loose at times when changing date but still work quite well each day.
      I wonder if Aimee will bother to change the date each day once she has it?

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