45 thimbles...

I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland

What fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

--
Bonnie
NJ
"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
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I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland

Jo
Lucky Lady! What a lovely surprise! I have one thimble, which, oddly
enough, I purchased in Scotland. She's a beauty, made from porcelain
with the scottish thistle hand painted on one side. It was love at first
sight.

Patti in Seattle

In article ,
Johanna Gibson wrote:

I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland

What a fun gift! I bet you're having a great time looking through them
and playing.

Sounds better than a button box even.

marcella

In article ,
Johanna Gibson wrote:

I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland


Wow! Please tell him I'm also collecting thimbles. Is your Roman
replica thimble from Bath? I have one like that from there. G
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

And if he finds a third bargain....who has a few from the Land Down Under
and one from the Orient

Butterfly

"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
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In article ,
Johanna Gibson wrote:

I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland


Wow! Please tell him I'm also collecting thimbles. Is your Roman
replica thimble from Bath? I have one like that from there. G
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

You lucky ducky! I went through a stage of collecting Cherished Teddies
(little statues of named teddy bears) and I'm up to about crikey, way too
many. Most of them have special meaning (they are mostly named after family
members or people who have affected my life in one way or another). I
looked and thought about selling some of them but they aren't fetching
anywhere near what I paid for them so they will stay with me and I'll have
to find somewhere else to spread my Westminster China collection to. And
I'd love to start on thimbles. DH has a "shot" glass collection.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
...
I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland

How very precious, Johanna, that he brought you something and gave it such
thought. Oh my. How very dear. Hug him for Aunt Polly.

"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
u...
You lucky ducky! I went through a stage of collecting Cherished Teddies
(little statues of named teddy bears) and I'm up to about crikey, way too
many. Most of them have special meaning (they are mostly named after
family
members or people who have affected my life in one way or another). I
looked and thought about selling some of them but they aren't fetching
anywhere near what I paid for them so they will stay with me and I'll have
to find somewhere else to spread my Westminster China collection to. And
I'd love to start on thimbles. DH has a "shot" glass collection.

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
...
I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland

The nice thing about collecting thimbles is that they are small. How
are you going to display them? I have seen special display cases for
thimbles. There is a multilevel wooden base with small pegs on each
level. The thimbles rest on the pegs. The entire stand is covered with
a glass dome. You will have to "run across one" while searching the
web with him in the room. If he is observant enough to buy the
thimbles in the first place I am sure he will see the need for the
case.

Susan


n Sat, 20 Aug 2005 21:17:54 +0100, Johanna Gibson
wrote:

I am 45 thimbles richer than I was on Thursday. On Thursday, Naga
proudly delivered the little surprise he had been keeping in his
wardrobe in Bruar..... he had been to a gala festival in Blair Atholl,
ran into a vendor selling thimbles, and proceeded to buy the lot! He
said he knew I was collecting thimbles (I have a wooden one, a metal
replica of a Roman one, and a ceramic one with the Dundee dragon...)
and so.....
I have thimbles with the old Singer logo on them. I have thimbles
from Spain. I have thimbles from England and Scotland, from Malta and
Majorca. I have thimbles with flowers, thimbles with flags. I have a
plain white thimble. I have enough thimbles to put one on each toe,
each finger and my nose and have some left over.
He doesn't do things by halves!



-- Jo in Scotland

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"Sharon Harper" wrote:

And
I'd love to start on thimbles. DH has a "shot" glass collection.


Sharon, collecting thimbles has many advantages. G I have only about
150 (I have a friend who is close to 1000!), and they take up so little
space that there's no problem with them at all. I have some wall-hung,
plexiglass-fronted display cabinets for them (very small), so they're in
my sewing room with me. In addition, they take up absolutely no space at
all in luggage when I buy some on various trips or when someone
remembers to bring me one from their travels; most of my thimbles are
from places, rather than just being cute or whatever, though I do have a
few of those, too. G

My collection started accidentally when then 12-year-old DD went on a
school trip and brought me home a souvenir thimble, thinking I could
quilt with it. Sweet, huh? But of course it's too big for my finger,
so I had to explain that it was for collecting instead of for sewing.
Her little face fell, so I quickly told her that I'd been meaning to
begin collecting thimbles. G Then I had to prove it! So that summer,
when I took a group of my students to Europe, they were all on the
lookout for thimbles for me, and I came home with about a dozen! LOL! DD
was delighted!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education