Thursday, April 30, 2009

I am a mermaid


I forgot about these photos.
This was me being fiscally disciplined.
In S.A. we pay to have our luggage wrapped, so that when your bags get boarded they are not tampered with. This process costs money.
The night in question was the night we took my brother to the airport as he was flying back to the UK , where he and his family have settled.
When he went to check the bag in, they told him he was a few kilograms over weight and they wanted an exorbitant amount of money as a "fine".
So.
As the case was already wrapped, I decided that we would unwrap it and take the offending weight out (to put into his handluggage) and then re wrap the suit case.
The only way to do this , was to unwrap the plastic, still keeping it intact.
So, i wrapped the one end around my legs, and twirled around and around the bag, wrapping the plastic around my legs.
My brother got into the case, removed a few items and I then twirled and twirled to re wrap the bag.
It was a good giggle , and the people walking around us were facinated by this mad South African woman.
Hubby kept threatening to push me over (I would not have been able to get up again on my own) and my daughter pretended she didn't know me, all the while taking photos on her phone.

2 comments:

Veronica said...

Only you would do something like that - my mad friend - we love you!!!

Karen said...

Love you so very much my friend. Where would we be if we didn't laugh at ourselves, and how wonderful that we can share our madness with others who may get pleasure from these antics!

Below collages

I am lucky enough to have a huge wonderful, multi layered garden, with which I have made various 'project area's'.

I have had great fun and many hours of pleasure putting this wonderland together. Children are always facinated and many an adult has been enchanted by all the little goodies that are hidden and not so hidden all over the place.

In each project area there is a variation of features.
In some areas there are multiple steel goodies, in others painted ceramics, (only collaged my favourites below), and there are statues in lots of places.

I have a special fairy garden, with lots of big and small fairies and fairy houses hidden in trees and all over that particular section.

My newest and latest addition is the wishing well that has just been erected (after standing lopsided for over two years - battled to get hubby motivted enough to get it put up) Its up and its wonderful!

New Wishing Well

New Wishing Well

Painted Ceramics

Painted Ceramics