Fishbone Music and a Michael

This is the fishbone I found being played. Can you see my washing fluttering in the background?!As I played it, one of the bones pinged off, so it now has a gap on both sides. I love the sound it makes, and hope it has come across in the video ok.

The table has all my finds on it. No matter what I tell myself, as I look around our overcrowded house, I just can't resist fascinating little pieces of nature from the beach. I have a big de-cluttering plan for the summer-we shall see!

The other picture is a Michael. I call it a Michael because this child has such a distinct style that it was unmistakably his-even though I couldn't read the name. Isn't it a great picture? I love the way he has used the simple shapes, filled up the space so cleverly and given them such lively expressions. It was in the going home box for my class in the nursery so I asked him after school. He had done it for Ronnie in my class.

Museum 2

I already have lots of museums of very small things in various boxes. These are some of my favourites. Every so often I will open one and appreciate the little bits and pieces inside and the memories they bring back.

My Dad gave me the beautiful wooden box at the top of the photo and over the years I have filled it with tiny treasures. The two larger turned boxes were made by Dad. He is a wood turner amongst other things. The little duck box was one of the first presents Andy gave me and I love it.

Amongst the contents is Santa from our cakes at home when I was little, a tiny shrine given to me by my friend Louise years ago when I first knew her, a china clown's head which I bought from the bottle shop in Greenwich(one of my favourite shops) and some rattle snake earrings which I would not wear but which make a great sound. Apologies for the quality of the photo below but I wanted to show you what is in the tiny silver shrine. I don't know which saint it is.

Lovely worn Victorian pennies, pretend Roman coins and old 10ps.

There is a tiny fossil in this box, some grey/green moss from Scotland and lots of tiny shells from -I can't remember!

This box has my favourite contents. A Mickey Mouse ring I had when I was about 8. Two nibbled hazelnut shells which I researched and found to be the result of dormice. These are from Scotland also and bring back lovely memories.

The bus ticket is from 1999 but I have no idea why I kept it. The scrabble paper is a sweet wrapper from chocolate scrabble played one Christmas a few years ago.

What do you keep hidden around your house? I would love to have a virtual look!