My brother sent me this photo to say 'good morning'. He is on his boat in Walton-on-the-Naze with his son, delighted that at last he can leave Derby. It is months since he has been able to go and check up on his boat!
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If you have been reading some of my April posts you will know that when I saw
Effy's Blog Along, I thought I would share some 'diary' posts, along with some of the crafty things that I have been doing.
We are a pretty close family. Andrew 'Whatsapp's' me every day with 'the news', even though he is in the UK and I am in Australia. We have various family Whatsapp groups going on, meaning that I can keep in touch my brother and sister, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins... In fact the only aunt who isn't on Whatsapp is my Aunty Kath - the one who sent both me and my daughter cards without stamps on - and they got here!! Actually it wasn't her fault. She had given the cards to her daughter to post... I was thinking of Aunty Kath today as I am wearing a jumper that she once persuaded me to buy, on a shopping trip. She is an artist - painting and drawing and recently clay sculpting.
But today's post is about my brother, Andrew. Here he is looking for that pet toad that I told you about in an earlier post.
I always called him my 'baby brother' which he was - but people would imagine him like this, rather than how he is now, and just two years five months younger than me! No longer do my brother, sister Liz and I look like this:
More like this! Actually this is one of my favourite photos - we were in the pub killing ourselves over something . I think it was Andrew's eyebrows...
So what do I remember of my brother as we were growing up?
Yes, the occasion when he broke a toy violin over my head - I was being the horse on all fours and he was on my back 'riding'. The violin was his whip! "Hi-yo Silver"!
Yes, I remember when he accidentally through a dart through my foot - and then so I would feel better ran a bath for me. Unfortunately he didn't put any cold water in and I put my foot straight in...
But I do remember when we would go to the family holiday cottage together, with Andrew as a new driver. We would sing all the way! At this time people would think we were twins as we looked so alike and Andrew was overtaking me in height...
I also remember when I would want him to take me out in his Scorpion sailing dinghy - the rougher the better and a quick blast across the Menai Straits!
Here we are sailing much later - six or seven years ago... laughing!
When Kevin and I bought our first house in the seventies, Andrew could always be counted on the come and help with the renovations:
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And now we look like this - taken just about a year ago before Kevin and I set off for Australia.
These days, Andrew is retired. But he volunteers at a local museum in one of the workshops (when it is open)
That's it for today...just a recent journal page to finish...
Happy Crafting!
I absolutely adored this post and the pictures of your brother. Especially the then & now aspect.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely memories and photos. Thank you so much for sharing 💗
ReplyDeleteThis is so heartwarming. I smiled along with you the whole time! Thank you! <3
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