OUR HOBBIES

MY MOTHER JILL ENJOYS EGG DECORATING, AND UNLIKE ME, SEEMS TO HAVE THE CREATIVE SKILL AND PATIENCE NECESSARY FOR THIS HIGHLY INTRICATE AND TIME-CONSUMING ART. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PICTURES BELOW, THE RESULTS CAN BE OUTSTANDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW DELICATE AND FRAGILE EGGSHELLS ARE.

"Athena" (Goose egg), A Goose egg oil lamp, and "Teddy Bears Picnic" using an Ostrich egg

MY FATHER LIONEL ENJOYS DIGGING FOR AND COLLECTING VICTORIAN BOTTLES, POTLIDS AND WHISKEY JUGS. THESE UNUSUAL ITEMS GIVE A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO HOW OUR GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS LIVED. A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE ITEMS IN HIS COLLECTION ARE SHOWN BELOW

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