Tales of the unexpected.....

Yesterday was a funny old day. It began innocently enough, depositing the children at their various schools and returning to quietness, solitude and a much needed cup of coffee. I was busy, busy, busy writing the *** tutorial (Am I just slow or something? It seems to take me ages. I'm sure other people have a magic wand or some such.). A gorgeous little blue-tit had just got murdered in front of my eyes in an explosion of tiny blue feathers (Yes, we have a sparrowhawk! Nature red in tooth and.... but it could have waited until I'd eaten my toast. Honestly!), all was normal.

Then I got Flickr mail. A company wanted to now if they could use a photograph of a crochet hook roll I'd made. Oh! fame at last, well obviously the photo must be just so extraordinarily fantastic ..... but hang on a minute.... who are you? why do you want this?

They appeared to be quite legitimate as a company and I did check them out but they wanted the photo to illustrate a crime story about a police officer being attacked by someone with a crochet hook! Now, I know flickr sets are about showing what you do, networking with others, and sharing ideas etc. but do I want to have my 'creations' associated with such a horrible thing? I don't think so.

That particular crochet hook roll was made for my mother's eldest sister. She's must be about 76 years old now. I could just see her turning up to her crocheting/knitting group with her crochet hook roll which she assures me she's very fond of and someone saying "Hey, isn't that 'roll' the same as the one that that woman had? You know the one who attacked that police officer? That was nasty ......" She'd be absolutely mortified.

You never know what's going to turn up do you?

Comments

[Florence]

That is so funny...I think you were right to say no - it would have made it feel far less lovely!