Eva's journal

I was just going to start taking a pattern from one of Rickard's shirts when I decided to check in one of my binders if I had a collar pattern I could use, since sport shirts tend to have the kind of collar you see above. And what did I find? This late '50s-early '60s pattern for a shirt, shorts and swimming briefs . I think we won't try the last two, especially not the very last. It's even the right size, except that I will need to widen it a little over the shoulders since my husband has the widest shoulders I've ever measured (from joint to joint).

This cupboard used to belong to my maternal grandparents. It's from the 50s or 60s and made from teak. When my grandmother died (grandfather died 13 years previously) my brother inherited it.I think my grandmother thought that liquor was something not fitting for women, except the occasional sip of brandy against trouble with gall bladder stones, which all old ladies seemed to suffer from.

Anyway, my brother wasn't very fond of it and kept it in his chicken house (no chickens though) and I really thought that was a waste and asked if I could have it. It took a while, since it's not that easily transported, but now it's here:



You put the bottled on the mirror and the uneven glass and then you keep glasses and other things needed for drinks on the wooden shelf above. There's also a tray that you can pull out for serving.

I guess I need to fill it up.