Ah look! It's Saturday again! Time for My Place and Yours! I didn't get around to everyone last week, after our sad and busy week. So no highlights from last week, unfortunately. BUT a huge huge thanks to Little Suitcase for her Nice, Different and Unusual theme! It was ace! Merci beaucoup!
This week, Myrtle and Eunice is our Theme Queen! Thank you Tania! Here's what she says, but pop over there to find out more!
By the look in your eye I can tell you’re gonna cry.
Is it over me?
If it is, save your tears
For IIIIIIIIIIIIII’m not worth it, you see.
For I’m the type of boy who is always on the roam,
Wherever I lay my hat, that’s my home.*
(The Paul Young version because I have lived all this time until five minutes ago, without knowing Marvin Gaye was the original commitment-phobe, singing floozy).
The very lovely Pip is letting me play My Place and Yours Theme Queen this week. In true themely queenly style, I would love to know, what object would you take wherever you roam, because it makes your house feel like a ‘home’?
We can’t all be as minimal as Paul and his hat. During working stints overseas, there were a small number of objects that followed me everywhere. Marrying the Pom and having Kid Number One in London meant there were a few more treasures of sentimental note to ship to Melbourne. That first three months back here was spent living in an empty house shell. A veritable Christmas in July it was, when the boat landed with our belongings. Sure, we were getting along just fine without them all, but after we unpacked, it was amazing how good for the soul it was to have some of our history about the place.
What are the treasures in your house that signify ‘home’? Is there anything that reminds you of a childhood, a life overseas, a loved one? Is there a blanket you always curl under, a teapot that brews the perfect cuppa? Do you have a ‘Droopy Dog’ like that one above – a twelfth birthday present who fits perfectly in the crook of a sleeping kid’s arm and who may or may not have ventured to Europe in a backpack, ahem, three times?
Oh that's going to be interesting! I wonder if Droopy Dogs abound... or if it'll come down to technology? Or lip balm again?! Sign up below if you'd like to play along. You don't have to play every week - just whenever the spirit moves you! And if you play along you're in the running to be the Theme Queen! That means you get to choose the theme for the following week!
Without further ado, next week's theme queen is.... Pilgrim! Yay! Pop over there on Friday or Saturday to see her theme - or just pop back here on Saturday, if you forget to go there. This week I'll be popping around to see everyone's 'hats'!
BTW - please don't put spammy store links below! It is very rude! I am a person, not a corporation to be rorted. Yeah. Don't rort me. I don't even know you. Also, you should know that I expect a glass of wine at the very least, before a rort.
Here's the sign-up box. Show us your Droopy Dog!
xx Pip
