Blue Butterfly
I had a bedroom at my parents’ place that was full of stuff. My Mum found a lot of it at jumble sales and put it in my bedroom if she thought I’d like it. As decades went by, I stopped looking at it, it was all in the background. When I finally left a couple of years ago, I wondered about leaving all the stuff behind. At the last minute, I pushed it into cardboard boxes and moved it with me across the country.
I’m now in the process of unpacking the stuff. I’m glad I kept it. I can see now as I look at each piece why my Mum originally liked it.
This is a tiny section of a glass paperweight. It’s old, imperfect and encased in a crochet net. The design has been etched into the glass. My Mum would have given it to me because it’s blue and has butterflies, both characteristics that draw me in instantly.
Taken with my iPhone and cropped. I turned the paperweight towards the light so as to enhance the colour.
Blue Butterfly
I had a bedroom at my parents’ place that was full of stuff. My Mum found a lot of it at jumble sales and put it in my bedroom if she thought I’d like it. As decades went by, I stopped looking at it, it was all in the background. When I finally left a couple of years ago, I wondered about leaving all the stuff behind. At the last minute, I pushed it into cardboard boxes and moved it with me across the country.
I’m now in the process of unpacking the stuff. I’m glad I kept it. I can see now as I look at each piece why my Mum originally liked it.
This is a tiny section of a glass paperweight. It’s old, imperfect and encased in a crochet net. The design has been etched into the glass. My Mum would have given it to me because it’s blue and has butterflies, both characteristics that draw me in instantly.
Taken with my iPhone and cropped. I turned the paperweight towards the light so as to enhance the colour.