{"id":1898,"date":"2026-02-09T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:38:09","slug":"memory-lane-sorting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyepton.co.uk\/?p=1898","title":{"rendered":"Memory Lane Sorting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently went through a lot of old items in the attic that I should have of chucked out a decent while ago, but hey, it\u2019s interesting to take a look back at past ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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And hey, I can even pop a picture of one of my early nursery compositions without worrying about copyright infringement. \u2018Cause this masterpiece\u2019s mine and mine alone, understand? I did end up throwing it out, but y\u2019know, I took a photograph of it. And I don\u2019t want to worry about having to deal with a load of useless material down the line when I\u2019m trying to free up space and whatever. Anyway, it\u2019s here for all to see and admire. Meow. \u208d^. .^\u208e\u27c6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found another thing from nursery days, with clear handwriting most likely written by a teacher (not my goober self) that reads \u2018A (blank) lives in a\u2019 and then there\u2019s a hand drawn picture below of a cat. And the blank space is filled in by the word cat, in less neat handwriting. Probs mine. I have no memory of where this particular artwork was completed, but presumably somewhere during a class in nursery. Anyway, onwards and upwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Literally upwards, in this case, because this looks like my artistic depiction of a sun. I think so, anyway. It looks more like something out of the Don\u2019t Hug Me I\u2019m Scared series, as if the yellow fella is having a nosebleed of sorts and is about to wreck merry havoc on those responsible. Just my interpretation, of course. I think the eyes look pretty good, but I\u2019m not sure what to think about those white circles. And that stray bit of blue paint in the corner. I\u2019ll just call this one\u2026abstract. Yeah. That\u2019ll do. I also found a particularly compelling depiction of my family that echoes that talents of a young Da Vinci. It does contain the names of said family members though, and I\u2019m not a doxing kind of gal, so I\u2019ll leave that pic out of sight.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up is a particularly nerdy drawing that I did on a yellow folder, which I assume is from my Pok\u00e9mon crazy era. It seems to be Rayquaza having a fight with Kyogre. Y\u2019know from gen 3? Where they have that big fight? No Groudon to be seen though. Anyway, if that fight reflected Pok\u00e9mon types accurately, Kyogre would\u2019ve beat Groudon no problem. And it has the ability to learn ice moves, which means it could\u2019ve destroyed Rayquaza too, easy. Anyway, before the reader loses consciousness and catches some Zs out of pure boredom, as my parents used to do when they took us to see old Pok\u00e9mon movies back in the day, let\u2019s move on to a work that\u2019s more difficult to decipher than the Unown riddles. Unown are a species of Pok\u00e9mon, btw. No no, don\u2019t fall asleep now, I\u2019m moving on. “(\u3063- \u2038 – \u03c2)\u1dbb \ud835\uddd3 \ud803\udc01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Words (As far as I can see them): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kippri2 cudulinhi2taddy and hei2 wavin to Butu Foyl and puyie with his Fat boll cip and kippis\u2019 Biff wos wakie of the biii<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Rough translation: \u2018Kippris cuddling daddy and he\u2019s waving to butterfly and playing with his fat ball chip and Kippis\u2019 Biff was waking the bee\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, I may have translated some Old English back at uni, but this shit\u2019s wild. I\u2019m assuming Kippris is the main character and that Kippris is having a daft laugh with the butterfly. As you do. I can\u2019t tell if Chip is a character. If Chip is indeed a character, than my reference to their figure as a fat ball is showing some concerning early signs of fatphobia from yours truly. I can only apologise profusely for my narrow mindset in this unfortunate case. (\uff61\u2022\u0301\ufe3f\u2022\u0300\uff61)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up is an old homework diary from 2008-2009. The cover is filled with images of Mario and Animal Crossing, which makes a lot of sense. And then there\u2019s this hand puppet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oof. I\u2019m guessing the main point of the exercise was stitching on the outside, which looks good enough, but the rest of the composition leaves something to be desired. Googly eyes? Sure, that\u2019s an acceptable addition. I feel like I could\u2019ve gone for something more creative in terms of depicting the mouth. It\u2019s not quite on Rembrandt level, if you know what I mean. And the felt cutting for the paws is woefully uneven. The Great British Stitch Off this ain’t. Ah well, room for improvement. Maybe. (\uff61>\ufe4f<)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

And last but not least (well, there\u2019s a tonne of stuff I could\u2019ve taken picture of before I chucked them out, but I just got some highlights), a summary of one of my takeaways after completing a weaving session. From the quality of the handwriting here (the image quality doesn’t do this justice, soz), I\u2019d say about Year 1? Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018My Weaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I likked doing my weaving it was fun. I liked youing difit collrs. Ver wer sow much collrs to chos from. My fivit collr was Red. It lookdtgood on the Black. Wen I finished my wiving I sat on the carpit.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s poetry like this that\u2019d put Shakespeare to shame. Yep.\u00a0 (\u3065 \u1d17 _\u1d17)\u3065\u2661<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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