Happy New Year Everybody! I have had a brief break from the blogosphere (Christmas to New Year), with the exception of responding to comments (basic courtesy), but now it’s time to get back into some routines … which includes blogging!
I have been going through boxes of photographs and letters, interspersed with various Christmas and Birthday cards, all in the endeavor of putting together a family history for anybody in the family who may be interested.
The other day, I came across an early school photograph of me which was inside its original presentation folder.
The folder is rather dated … but also cute because of its age however, on turning it over, I got a real surprise! The photograph of me I had seen before, as I have had a copy for many years, but the writing? It was obviously (to me) written for my Mum, and is the earliest version I have seen of my handwriting! The photograph is dated September 1954, so I would have been almost 8 years old! What a treasure!
I love finding bits and pieces of my life as a child, makes me wish I could go back in time and relive some of the fun we had 🙂
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Ah yes ….. the days before life became a serious business. 🙂
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oh my that photo is darling! Happy 2019!!
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Thank you … and have a great 2019 also. 🙂
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What a treasure indeed, wishing you a very happy and healthy 2019
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Thanks Willow. We got off to a good start with blue skies! 🙂
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Excellent so did we
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What a sweet surprise for you to find! Isn’t It nice that there are no expiration dates on the joy our hearts can feel when finding treasures from our past. 🙂
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It was indeed a lovely surprise. 🙂
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Pretty cool!
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Oh my, you must have been the apple of your mother’s eye. 🙂 What treasures we find when we look.
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Indeed! 🙂
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Squeals…what a cute lad! Love from all of us at the Ranch. Best wishes for a ‘pawsome’ 2019.
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Thanks “Guys” … and let’s all have the best year yet! 🙂
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It’s a deal!
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What a sweet gift for your Mum, and now the gift of your early penmanship is like traveling back in time to visit your childhood.
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It really is like a trip back in time. I keep looking at the writing and thinking “I wrote that … many years ago!” 🙂
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I’ve got a photo of me from 1964, so I was 8 together with my school report of the year. Oh my!
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Such are memories! 🙂
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Happy New Year to you and your whole family! What a lovely and touching gift you made yourself with finding this card. Such a sweet smile on your face!
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A treasure indeed Colin. You were a cute little 8-year-old. Of great interest to me is the cover image. It looks like children playing a game which we call “Bok, bok, staan styf” (Afrikaans). I wonder if you can tell me how this was played in your country?
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Hi Hester – We knew it as “Leapfrog”. With just two of you, the positions would be rotated so you would be alternating positions. If a larger group, then a few might line up in the “bending over ” position, while the others “leap frogged” the whole line. The leap frog was running up to the person bending over; planting both hands firmly on their back; jumping forward while spreading ones legs to clear the person bending over. If all went well, one would land in front of the person bending over. Does that help? 🙂
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In our group line-up we had to try and clear as many bent backs as possible in one jump. This meant that one could land on on one of the players’ backs – a very real danger of injury existed. Because of this we were forbidden to play this game, which, of course, just made participation so much more desirable.
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That does sound precarious! Our version had enough incidents! 🙂
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Happy New Year 🥂🎊💜
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And to you and your “guys” Ritu! We did get off to a really good start with sun and blue skies! 🙂
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It was pretty perfect!!!
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