Sunday 12 July 2009

The jewellery box


Many years ago I had some good pieces of jewellery,

white gold, 

sapphires,

 pearls,

rubies,

opals,

diamonds, 

garnets,

emeralds,

turquoises,

left to me by an aunt.

We were burgled and most of it was taken.

Three months later, they came back
and took the rest of it.

I was really too young to inherit such finery then,
and didn't insure it properly.

I'd like to say I don't miss any of it.

But the truth is,
there was one beautiful Victorian butterfly brooch,
which I have never quite forgotten.

3 comments:

  1. Hi, Lucille!

    I've been catching up on your blog (just returned home from Canada)!

    I love this post...so beautiful and creative! Though I am sorry about your jewels. What a loss!

    I enjoyed looking through your past posts as well! It's always delightful to visit you:)

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  2. Hello! Welcome back from Canada. Are you experimenting with layout and design? I can't get to your posts but there is a lovely photo up. I expect this is work in progress. I'll check back.

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  3. Yes! I've been messing around a bit with the background, though I'm not sure why you could only see one photo?? Hmmm...

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