'I seat myself at the typewriter and hope, and lurk'

-Mignon Eberhart

I have to confess, I have a little obsession with old typewriters! When I was very young, my nana gave me her old typewriter, a vintage Royal...

I will always remember how excited I was to sit down and start to write...with the clickety clack of the keys...a noise which seemed to echo the jumble of ideas in my brain. I don't care what anyone says...it's just not the same on a laptop!! I always felt far more creative with paper and ribbon! I am still mocked by my family for writing all my ideas on paper before approaching my laptop!! I can't help it, I don't feel complete without my notebook and pen! Anyway, I share this as I couldn't contain my excitement when I found a new addition to my 'old school' family of writing tools in a local charity shop...not too old, but lovely all the same! And in working order! And the most gorgeous shade of duck egg blue...