73. The Archaeology of a Box: (1) Children's Drawings, Paintings and Cards.

[For introduction see blog 71]

I opened the box. At the top was a scroll of children’s drawings and paintings. The largest of these was Kate and Harriet's ‘Welcome Home’ poster of Winnie-the-Pooh characters to mark my return from six months in London in 1985.


Welcome Home - Kate and Harriet

Also in the scroll was Harriet's colourful five-in-the-bed, painted when she was four and her mother and I had been living together for nearly a year. Harriet never explained why there were five in the bed so we assumed her Dad and I were both cuddled in there with her mother, sister Kate and her.


Five in the Bed - Harriet 

And then more of Kate and Harriet's drawings:

Self Portrait - Kate

 

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Christopher Robin - Harriet

In the next layer were home-made Father’s Day, birthday cards and Christmas cards with childish drawings and cute messages from Stuart, Sacha and Lewis:

So much life in such a little box and I have scarcely started.