One happy winner

Until now I haven't won anything since I won this rocking horse when I was four years old. The first little boy who went to see an exhibition after a certain time on a certain day won it — and that was I!

Only the week before my mother got tired of me crying every morning when she untangled my locks so she reached for a pair of nail scissors, all she had in our summerhouse, and gave me a hair cut.

And so on my birthday I won these lovely tatted earrings when Noreen had a giveaway — and a couple of days later I won a book from Maureen — a book I wanted to read for years!

Come to think of it, the reason I haven't won anything in all this year might have something to do with the fact that I never buy lottery tickets or participate in contests....