Ah best laid plans, and all that. We didn’t manage to make our trip yesterday, although Nicco still had a good time hunting for his eggs and opening the presents in his Easter basket. The silver lining of staying at home, however, was that I put together a little entry for Theme Thursday’s inchies and moos challenge.

I am not used to making something this small and it was rather interesting to try my hand at it. The upside is that it is superquick—instant gratification. The downside is that I crammed too much detail in the inchie, as I would have done on a bigger piece.

Digital collage inchie of my great-aunt Letizia (blown up version on the right)

I am entering it for the challege anyway, though, because it is rather important to me on a personal level. It is centred on a childhood picture of my great-aunt Letizia, who babysat me often as a child. My memories of her are sketchy: I remember she had hair of an improbable yellow, thread veins on her pearly white skin and a fragile, antique doll I loved.

She had no children and died relatively young, and after her husband also passed away, a few years ago, I don’t think we remembered her as much as we should have done. So this is my tribute to her memory, and a belated thank you for all the times she bore with me when I was a child.