Now, this photo may not look like very much but...
...if you take a closer look...
...you will see that in amongst the rubbish is the remains of the most beautiful swan mosaic. I have no idea why it is wasting away by the side of Edge Lane Drive or why it was so loving made in the first place but I do know that I wish I had photographed it when I first walked past it almost 5 years ago because back then you could see the swan's lovely orange beak & long curving neck. There were words underneath the picture way back then too, which I think said Old Swan (which is the area it is situated in) but I can't be sure as time has not only eroded those tiny square tiles but my memory also! Anyway, what is left of it is now preserved for posterity on this little blog of mine... Timmy said after we left the mosaic behind 'Thankyou for letting us look at it Mummy!' It was a fun little educational interlude on our walk to the doctor's surgery....
We were going to the doctor's so that Annie could have her final set of jabs at the Baby Clinic. It's a drop in clinic so I always go prepared to spend an afternoon there as invariably we are there all afternoon! The boys enjoy having a pack lunch in the waiting room. This week they both took their doctor's kits (which are just pretend as Timmy kept telling the Health Visitors & other children in the surgery!) & had fun listening to people's heart beats, giving oxygen & taking blood pressures. Despite a long wait, the boys were very good.
Annie was weighed & measured before her 3 needles containing about 6 vaccines. She weighs 15lb 14oz & is 63cms long (which is above average length & a bit of a surprise seeing as Lee & I are so short!!). Annie did well having the injections but she clearly didn't like them! She reacted badly to them this time & came out in nasty rashes where the needles went in & wasn't very well for 24 hours. Still, it's better than her getting the illnesses themselves, isn't it?
Annie had gorgeous rosy cheeks after the jabs & even though she wasn't feeling too good she still beamed her big smiles at me when I went to take her out of her pram... The trouble is, I can't seem to capture her smiles on camera! The best I get is a little hint of a smile or a puzzled frown!! Quite cute though....Hope everyone is well, you've all gone quiet on me! Do leave us a comment on the comments page- you know how I love comments! ;0)
3 comments:
That is so sad about the mosaic i bet it looked really pretty when it was first done, it's a shame you can't find out a bit more about it.
Did you explain why you were taking pix in the doc's? lol, take care x x x x
The blog is as good to read as ever, Emily, and the children are lovelier by the day!
What treat to find the old swan mosaic. I'll do my best to find out something about it then we'll all be wiser!
Stacks of love, Ken xxxxxx
The pics of Annie will be little pieces of history! The mosaic story intriguing! Hope you discover something about it, you history detectives. There is a programme on Radio 4 called 'Making history' that might be interested.
Have a good day
love Mum x
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