{Olive's secret dislike for my Mum's new softie creation is revealed, one, two, three, four times. Luckily, I love my new stuffed companion (wearing a queenthings charm).}
An appealing challenge has been laid at my bare feet. A friendly request made by Lottie, to reveal not one but five small secrets about myself. So, here goes, a merry quintet of secrets kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or select... until now, that is.
Five secrets on the tiny side, from me to you:
In a house full of cats, I secretly long for a bristle haired old dog with a beard. Much like this old greyhound and his chum, who look out at me lovingly from the Crafters For Critters page of general questions.
As the New Year continues to roll on (a little too quickly for my liking), it seems only fitting to admit to having a dislike of fireworks… their loud noise scares me. Together, my ex-racing greyhound and I could cower underneath the kitchen table. We have an entire year at our disposal to perfect our plan!
I sometimes secretly wish I were living my life as a nomad, without binding tree roots… though I suspect this is how many people feel as the holiday memories fade and the work piles up before them. All the same, my new greyhound companion and I wouldn’t mind seeing new parts and experiencing new sounds, sniffs and bites, so long as there were no fireworks overhead. Together we would travel continually, in search of water to quench our thirst and pasture to feed our herds, guided only by the rain.
Sometimes when doing The Age newspaper quiz on my own on a Friday, I cheat and read the answers upside down, fooling not even myself.
I secretly dream of seeing a fox wedding when the sun is shining through the rain... according to Japanese legend. Sun showers (also beautifully called 'mushroom rain' or 'gribnoi dozhd' in Russian) apparently lead not only to the appearance of a rainbow but to the marriage of animals long associated with trickery and this is something I'd very much like to see. If you are in Bulgaria you will witness a bear marriage during a sun shower... and this, I would also like to see. (Delve a little deeper here.)
Ah, secrets, I’ve always been rather bad at keeping them. Were I an animal my predators would know the location of my den. Do you have any you'd like to reveal? I'd love to know one... or maybe even two.
{A new handmade bag for a new year. It has no secrets to tell just yet. (Thanks, Mum.)}
{Ready to reveal a secret? A new red bird flies into my collection, from M&D.}
{Two birds in the hand from Lisa S, one for LJ & one for me.}
Secret links…
secret finds…
secrets revealed.
Antonio Stradivari
Untitled #5
No longer secret
I secretly wish I’d come up with this
Secretive wild boars in the South
A wall of silver foxes
A more fortunate fox… a literary one, quill pen in hand
♥ Thanks again, Lottie. I loved playing along. Anyone else care to?
{Inside of me.}
{I saw a dream like this.(original colour photo from Cute Overload.)}
