<\/a>It’s funny, the things that aren’t buttons, but that\u00a0nevertheless\u00a0end up in button tins.<\/p>\n

I had cause to rummage through a couple of my button tins and jars yesterday, looking for heart-shaped buttons for cat noses.<\/p>\n

Other than buttons, this is what I found…<\/p>\n

<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>Best of all, I found something I wasn’t looking for, but that answers a recent prayer.<\/p>\n

Needles with big eyes.\u00a0Perfect for easier threading of an evening.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Amongst all this lot I also found a few memories…<\/p>\n

Pocketing pebbles on holiday in Greece.\u00a0Collecting marbles and swapping them with my sister. Buying wooden spoons in a Moroccan market many years ago and being given a seed head by the vendor.<\/p>\n

And spending afternoons as a child rummaging through my nanna’s button tin.\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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