This old Christmas bell once belonged to Mr Goldfish's grandmother.
I don't usually put it up, but I think it's time to put a hook in the ceiling... so that I can hang it up and everyone can enjoy it. It actually plays a tune. You pull on the... um... glitter ball... I'm sure this part of the bell has a name, but I can't for the life of me think what to call it! Anyway, you pull on the glitter ball, and away the music plays. There's the odd 'ting' missing from the melody, but that just adds to the character, in my opinion!
Before I hang the bell, I would like to add an embellishment. It just needs 'something'. So I'll spend some time today thinking about that, and see what I can come up with.
Meanwhile... did you see the cherries on our tree??? Mmmmm... delicious!
cherries! at christmas! i am a bit gobsmacked. all our fruit trees are bare and hunkering down for winter.
ReplyDeleteOh I love the old time charm of that bell and I'm so jealous of those cherries. They look delishious. How do you keep the birds away from them? Do you use a net?
ReplyDeleteIs the glitter ball called a clapper?
ReplyDeleteYour cherries look so delicious.
Your cherries look yummy. What a wonderful Christmas present.
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The bell is beautiful.
Wow, those cherries look wonderful. I had no idea they grew in such dense bunches. How lovely for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI looooove that bell!!! (And, yes, it's a clapper.)
ReplyDeleteMy sister in law had one of those bells when I was a child. I can remember that glitter ball so well!
ReplyDeleteyour cherry tree looks beautiful! yum!
hugs,
puglette
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I'm really curious to see what you'll come up with for the emBELLishment. And mmmm, the cherries, yummy :)
ReplyDelete"And a bell in a cherrrryyyyyy treeeee!" With echoes of partridges and pears......
ReplyDeletedevi - yes... christmas is cherry time for us :)
ReplyDeletejacqui - we haven't used a net, but the birds have been very restrained this year... maybe because we have so many... it's our most successful 'crop' yet... perhaps there's enough for us AND the birds
freed - a clapper... yes... thank you.. I had the word clanger stuck in my head, but I knew that wasn't right
sicilian - thanks
joann - aren't they wonderful?
aimeewrites - confirmation on CLAPPER? thanks :)
puglette - it's amazing how these childhood memories stick with us, isn't it?
misha - lol at emBELLishment! I didn't notice that earlier
karen - I'll be singing that all day now :)
Oh yum cherries! We can get cherries right now, but imported from another country. I love that bell as well, its so graceful.
ReplyDeleteThis bell is just gorgeous...and I love things that have sentimental value as well!
ReplyDeleteCherries yum! We live not far from some cherry orchards...My 4 yo daughter loves them, but I have to limit how many she eats as she ends up with a belly ache hehe!
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lisa b - cherries fresh from the tree are divine :)
ReplyDeleteemjaylas mum - ahhh... four years old... if she's anything like my daughter... she's too stubborn to listen!