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Today's Friday Favourite is my soft toy Tigger given to me by my daughter some years ago. I love Tigger's bounciness, his happy attitude and his ability to see the bright side at all times plus his refusal to be down in the dumps - unlike Eyore (or me at times!) Over the years I have had a few Tigger related items as gifts, usually from my daughter, including the mug in which I have my early morning cup of tea (no porcelaine teacups for me!) and which always starts my day off with a smile and the little book which is full of quotes relating to Tigger.
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He is wearing a brooch sent to me by a friend in America which says I love Tigger and don't you just love the expression on his face? I have to say the illustrations in the little book which are the originals by E H Shepherd are my preferred image of Tigger but the Walt Disney toy has such a cute face - you can't help but laugh can you?
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A Friday Favourite quote (or 2!) for today:
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In view of my previous post which seems to have struck a chord I thought these particulalry relevant!
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"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of somebody else" - Judy Garland
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And this one which was written in my autograph book by my mother (back in the 1950s when children all had such things) she obviously knew a thing or two!
"This above all: to thine own self be true and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man" - William Shakespeare
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Have a great weekend. a good weekend.
Good morning Jane - glad you're as bouncy as Tigger this morning. Your quotes are very confirming, we all have to remind ourselves that we don't have copy others to be successful ourselves. (Well I do).
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Well yesterday's post certainly attracted a lot of comments and very interesting ones too. Isn't it good when the topic has a bit of substance. Well done you!
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of a Tigger personality. I like to look on the bright side ( Tony says I hide my head in the sand !!! Guess what sort of personality he has !) Am I guessing that your daughter might have a little of Tigger in her too?
Cheers
Helen
Thanks for sharing your Friday Favourite. I think we all could do with a little something to make a smile and feel a little more bouncy in a morning.
ReplyDeleteI must remember that fab quote by Judy Garland.
Have a lovely weekend.
Jill x
Well I think we all should strive to be more like Tigger and less like Eeyore, not always easy I know, but a goal non the less!
ReplyDeleteThat bloke Shakespeare knew a thing or two as well!!
Have a great weekend, Jane. :)
Vivienne x
Wow yesterdays post did stir a debate - love posts like that :) Don't get soaps - like CK - own a dishwasher & tumbledrier and watch very little TV.
ReplyDeleteDo love Tigger - little son had one that use to bounce when he was pressed - scared little son but made me smile every time!!
Good ol' Tigger brightening up the day, and do you know what I think he is succeeding as thery are glimpses of blue sky and sunshine here :-)
ReplyDeleteSome brilliant quotes. I too had an autograph book...I wonder what happened to it?
Could do with a bit of Tigger around here in the morning - I definitely live with two Eeyores and I think I'm probably more like Pooh! Quote from friend whilst looking in a CK shop - 'I really don't get this current trend to have all this stuff - it's just what we were given as handme-downs when we got married and couldn't wait to get rid of!'
ReplyDeleteHe has a goofy face, it would make me smile too! Hope you have a great weekend, oh and btw you could do that quilt its so quick and easy! Keep smiling!
ReplyDeleteHi Jane.....love the quotes, perfect.
ReplyDeleteTigger is my grand-daughters favourite ....me I am a piglet sort of woman. One of my favourite books is The Te of Piglet written by Benjamin Hoff. 'Te'...a Chinese word meaning virtue - of the small.
Have a good weekend....hope the sun is shining in your part of the world. It is raining ice here.....
Well, I liked this post (Son 2 is a huge fan of Tigger - his first word was 'boing'!) and I then went back to read your last one - both your post and the comments were fantastic. Like a lot of readers, I feel you put into words what a lot of us haven't worked out how to express. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteTwo great quotes and a lovely reminder about autograph books. Do such things still exist I wonder? I remember my Dad writing in mine with a phrase that probably wouldn't be very 'pc' these days. I also remember another quote which read 'by hook or by crook I'll be first in this book' but can't remember exactly who wrote it! Have a great weekend yourself too. Lesley x
Good morning Jane, thank you for your "visit" to my blog. If you would like some tickets for The Antiques Fair next w/e, just email me at jltg40@aol.com with your address & I can pop them in the post OR I can give you my mobile number and you can phone on arrival at the fair and I can bring the tickets to the gate (as we are very near it) Lizzie x
ReplyDeleteMany years ago, I acquired a kitten that I named Tigger. He was a bid mad (well a lot mad actually) and didn't get on with my other cat, who was a big softie, so I had to give him away to a friend. Thankfully, he never looked back and had a great life. I will always remember him - he was a real character!
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Tigger is the cheeriest of characters, isn't he? I too am wondering when autograph books disappeared. My granny used to stick a stamp in them and then write "By gum, I'm stuck.".
ReplyDeleteI agree it's good to have something to cheer us up but I'm sorry to say I find Tigger very irritating. I always felt drawn to Piglet.
ReplyDeleteLove the Judy Garland quote and 'Tigger' is really quite a character.
ReplyDeleteNow, for your last post:
Do you know the song 'Englishman in New York' by Sting? There's this message there 'be yourself, no matter what they say'. When I was 19 or so I wrote this on a T-shirt and never stopped believing it. In my circle, I'm sometimes considered the odd-one-out because I'm not fond of social conventions and I usually moan and groan when I have to attend an event, even if I don't like the people involved.
I like people who stand out in the crowd and I'm trying to teach my son to think for himself and not just follow mainstream behaviours unquestionably. I understand his need to fit in and try to help him find the right balance.
So 'be yourself, no matter what they say', Jane.
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