After a few days of relatively colourless posts (at least in one sense) it's time for some flowers. I love Sweet William for their tightly packed heads, pinked petals and fresh green fronds.
I'm biased too because I have my own 'sweet' William, now almost sixteen and a fine strong lad, though he probably won't relish being mentioned in a floral post.
Which leads me to the question of names and whether we like them and can properly identify with them or would we ever consider changing them or going, at least informally, by a nickname?
Our children's names were chosen with various family references in mind, so grandparents, great-grandparents and others are remembered in the youngest generation. The bearers seem happy enough with our choices for them.
I've never felt completely comfortable with my name (which even has three different pronunciations) though I'm not sure what I'd want to be called. How about you? Any very unusual names out there? Any nicknames you'd like to divulge? Do tell.
An afterthought for Natalie and Dee (if you're reading this): how do you think up such imaginative names for your yarns? Or anyone else who has to name things in the course of their job, what inspires you?
