Despite being raised and educated in land lock locations I really like to think of myself as a seafarer. My maternal Grandfather ran away to sea from the UK and ended up in Australia as signal master for Macquarie Lighthouse – Australia’s first lighthouse. My favourite uncle was in the merchant navy and could tie every knot imaginable. On my 21st birthday he sent me three charms for my charm bracelet; a key with the number 21, a horn and an anchor. He had bought them in Adelaide, sent them in Sydney on his way to the Persian Gulf. The inscription on the card read ‘now you are 21 you can weigh anchor and blow your horn’. So you see – it really is in my blood.
[my nautical finds are clockwise from top left: Compass Card – Vintage DICTIONARY Art Print – 8×10 from Memory Dust, Against the Tides Clutch from 23rd/first, Knotical Notecard Set from Ruby Red Design Studio, Keep Calm and Sail On 11 x 14 print from Poster Pop, Letter E – Stencil International Code Flag from Bexpert, The Stockholm Navy and White water resistant tent canvas from Ikabags, Sailing to Bluer Skies – 8×10 Limited Edition Signed Print from The Extent of Silence
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