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| A Swift |
Well it arrived yesterday, Wool Warehouse had only sent it the day before. Who says England is rundown? The person at the warehouse was full of apology at the mistake. I just love it for its wood, I think mango wood, and also its intricacies.
Wool love by the way is obsessional. You can see from the small space used in the above photo, that a swift can be above the spinning wheel and once taken down like an umbrella can just be a horizontal stick anchored to the table. Everyone collapsed when I said I haven't got my niddy-noddy, this is of course for winding the wool off the bobbins you can see in the back there. I thought about the word then realized it came from how you hold the niddy- noddy by the vertical piece of wood and then turn the wool on the horizontal bars at both ends.
The house is quiet though I heard voices in the night, way after midnight, so there must be some of Lillie's friends in the house. The New Year was of course brought in on the letting off of fireworks but not too noisy this year and short lived. Fireworks like cigarettes are the quickest ways to burn money. Or perhaps the crossness at how the fireworks frighten domestic animals is being recognised.
I will print the letter because obviously it appeared in a newspaper somewhere for public approval, But as you can see calling people as low as cockroaches is an affront to the cockroach. Did you know for instance that there are 5000 species of them fulfilling their place in this great wide world we dominate. And cockroaches definitely don't swindle the public as so many of our fat cats do.
This is the year to defend the insects of the world as they are dying out at a terrible rate.
What a gorgeous swift! A thing of beauty. Wishing you happy spinning in 2026.
ReplyDeleteThe swift comes from Nepal, so I suspect it belongs to the Indian culture Mary. It is rather ingenious.
DeleteA beautiful swift!. You'll have to show me how you use it, Thelma! Happy New Year to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteA blow by blow account Ellen? It is used for winding hanks of wool into much smaller units of balls of wool, the white ball binder that sits below does that. A Happy New Year to you and your family to Ellen. Let it be a good year.
DeleteHappy New Year, thelma.
ReplyDeleteAnd a Happy New Year to you Debby. Glad you have settled now in your new home with Tim and your cats.
DeleteI have long been puzzled by human antipathy towards cockroaches. Why them in particular? They have their purpose in nature. In some ways, I feel the same about rats. Such resourceful creatures and good at rearing their young.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I hope you have fun playing with your niddy-noddy.
It is funny what we take against in the insect and animal world. Cockroaches like rats are seen as 'dirty' and yet they clean up a place. Also, the pigeon is often given short shrift. It is just human perception sadly, we have after all created a clean sanitised world for ourselves. And yes I am aware of the diseases rats can bring but even so...
DeleteI agree about cockroaches -- they get a bum rap! I suppose people wouldn't oppose them if they weren't so adept at invading our homes and reproducing like crazy. As long as they stay outside, or wherever they live in nature, I have no problem with them at all. (Same with rats.)
ReplyDeleteI don't know a thing about wool but the swift is also an object of beauty, I'll say that much.
Well as usual it is the 'survival of the fittest' and even rats and cockroaches head for the warmest den. I was just pleased to see another Green member, who has been around a long time in the party, say something Steve.
DeleteThe letter is interesting, more so for the address from which it was posted.
ReplyDeleteMany people do not like the House of Lords, but, when a bill goes through in parliament, they are like a step that has to be manoeuvered around. No bad thing.
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