Stuff...

From time to time, stuff happens...to us all.  I've been out of touch awhile with stuff happening, some of which is due to us discovering a large patch of damp behind our bookshelves in this, our study.  So, the bookshelves have had to be cleared (IKEA bags are very handy...and cheap for this sort of thing!) and the shelving unit pulled out for Builder Russell to get to work.  The solution may involve taking down, damp proofing and rebuilding part of an exterior wall.....watch this space for developments.

When we cleared the shelves it was to discover that some of our photo albums have been affected by the damp and closer inspection showed us that old photos were beginning to fade.  Isn't it the case that when you rediscover stuff which has been there for a long time you sometimes re-assess their value and, particularly as you get older, there is the practical nature of whether the girls will want to house between them fifty odd, mildewed albums of their early years?  All that thinking has resulted in a new rainy day project......removing photos from albums, scanning them and uploading them in to a Blurb album which will take up much less room wherever it eventually comes to rest.

With the stuff which has been happening, it's a therapeutic activity.  I've enjoyed spending several hours today working through the stages of Becky's babyhood (haven't reached Jenny's yet!) and remembering long forgotten stuff such as the rug we made by hand from Readicut (remember those?!) and my much loved Grandad Joe playing boo with Becky around the settee.