For mange år siden / Many years ago

For mange, mange år siden (næsten 30 år) var jeg ung og studerende og havde ingen penge. Men fantasi havde jeg. Og en symaskine. Og jeg elskede mine brødres børn helt vildt, og jeg havde også en del mere tid end nu. 

I tider med færre penge end normalt blev det til hjemmesyede gaver (kan faktisk huske en jul hvor alle fik gaver til max. 20 kroner. Så kommer fantasien og symaskinen på arbejde!), og en eller anden gang blev det til dette her til min ældste niece - et forhæng til køjesengen så man kunne lege hule. Vinduerne havde "glas" af tyl, gardinerne kunne lukkes. Dekorationerne var rester af stof. 

Many, many years ago (almost 30 years) I was young, a student and had no money. But I had plenty of imagination. And a sewing machine. And I loved my brothers children so much, and I also had far more time than I do now. 

In times with less money than normal, gifts were home-sewn (I actually remember a Christmas when everybody had gifts costing less than 3 USD. The imagination and sewing machine really had to work!), and at some point, it turned out to be this for my oldest niece - a curtain for the bunkbed so you could play. The windows had "glass" in tulle, the curtains could be closed. The decorations were leftovers. 

I går fik jeg så det her billede: Min niece (som er på det øverste billede) har nu hængt det op til sine børn. Er det ikke bare vildt? Tænk, at det har overlevet!

So yesterday I got this picture: My niece (who is also in the top photo) now put it up for her children. Isn't that amazing? To think that it survived!

Min anden brors ældste fik også et tæppe. Han var helt tosset med riddere, så han fik et omsyet spejdertæppe med (øhm) "borglignende" vinduer. Eller noget. Og et skjold med en frit fortolket drage. 

Det var altså sjovt lige at blive mindet om det her. Tænk, hvad man kan finde på! 

My other brother's oldest boy also had a blanket. He was nuts about knights, so he had this scout-blanket sewn to have (ehm) "castle-like" windows. Or something. And a shield with a very free interpretation of a dragon. 

It's fun to be reminded about this. Can you believe what you can make up!