Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The 'Mackey Incident'!
The
other day Ruth A, one of my online friends from Albany W.A. asked me where my
passion for Babushkas came from. I remember as if it was only yesterday so I wrote this little story below.
Long long ago in the land of Aus a little girl was celebrating her 5th birthday with a small party held at her Mama and Poppa's home in Strathfield, she was living there with her parents and her young brother along with her Aunt and her Uncle, one Great Uncle, one Great Grandmother and often two Great Aunts, this was a full and happy home... Until... the ‘Mackay Incident!’
It was a happy day for this little girl who was excited to be having her first party and to have three friends she'd known all her life come along to eat fairy bread and jelly and cake and to open presents. This little girl’s friends and her two year old brother were sitting around the birthday table in the sun room when... the ‘Mackey’s’ arrived, the ‘Mackey’s’ were late, very late. The ‘Mackey’s’ consisted of a mother and a father a big sister and a brother who was the same age as the Birthday Girl.
The ‘Mackey’s’ were loud people, very loud! They bounced into the party and bounded up to this little girls brother wishing him a happy birthday and giving him a present... The little girl was very surprised and the mother of the birthday girl was trying to tell the ‘Mackey’s’ that this was the little girls birthday not the little boys but the ‘Mackey’s’ just laughed and continued helping the little girl’s brother to open ’his’ present while the birthday girl looked on trying to hide her disappointment. When eventually the little girls brother managed to open ’his’ present he discovered it was a small nail brush which fascinated him. The little girl didn’t have a nail brush, she could have used a nail brush, she could have used this very nail brush but... Her brother wouldn't share, he thought it was his nail brush.
The little girl with her brother.
Three long time friends with the Little Girl and her brother.
I don't have a photo of the 'Mackey' Family.
The beautiful G.U.M. Store in Red Square Moscow.
The Little Girl's first set of Babushkas.
Some of the many wonderful Babushka's and things...
Long long ago in the land of Aus a little girl was celebrating her 5th birthday with a small party held at her Mama and Poppa's home in Strathfield, she was living there with her parents and her young brother along with her Aunt and her Uncle, one Great Uncle, one Great Grandmother and often two Great Aunts, this was a full and happy home... Until... the ‘Mackay Incident!’
It was a happy day for this little girl who was excited to be having her first party and to have three friends she'd known all her life come along to eat fairy bread and jelly and cake and to open presents. This little girl’s friends and her two year old brother were sitting around the birthday table in the sun room when... the ‘Mackey’s’ arrived, the ‘Mackey’s’ were late, very late. The ‘Mackey’s’ consisted of a mother and a father a big sister and a brother who was the same age as the Birthday Girl.
The ‘Mackey’s’ were loud people, very loud! They bounced into the party and bounded up to this little girls brother wishing him a happy birthday and giving him a present... The little girl was very surprised and the mother of the birthday girl was trying to tell the ‘Mackey’s’ that this was the little girls birthday not the little boys but the ‘Mackey’s’ just laughed and continued helping the little girl’s brother to open ’his’ present while the birthday girl looked on trying to hide her disappointment. When eventually the little girls brother managed to open ’his’ present he discovered it was a small nail brush which fascinated him. The little girl didn’t have a nail brush, she could have used a nail brush, she could have used this very nail brush but... Her brother wouldn't share, he thought it was his nail brush.
In the
meantime and as if this mix up wasn’t bad enough the ‘Mackey’ sister sat down
in a corner and opened her little bag... inside she had a Babushka Doll.
The birthday girl had never ever seen a Doll like this, the birthday girl
never liked dolls much but this Babushka Doll absolutely fascinated her, the
‘Mackey’ sister wouldn’t allowed the Birthday girl to play with this Babushka,
not once.
This little
girl grew up never seeing another Babushka but never forgetting them either.
So it wasn’t until... the 11th of June 1970, now aged 24 that this little girl happened to walk into the G.U.M. Store in Moscow, saw and bought her first Babushka or as they should be known Matroushka's.
So it wasn’t until... the 11th of June 1970, now aged 24 that this little girl happened to walk into the G.U.M. Store in Moscow, saw and bought her first Babushka or as they should be known Matroushka's.
Since then
this little girl, now grown up, bought Babushka's for own her children's
birthdays but when she discovered friends of her children being not as gentle as
they should be, this grown up mother placed all the Babushas out of the reach of
little uncaring hands and so her collection grew until it became general
knowledge and many of her wonderful friends would say when seeing Babushkas
somewhere in the world that they thought of her, and some of them even bought a
little something Babushka for that now grown up little girl.
Has there ever been a collector as luck as this little girl… I don't think so.
Has there ever been a collector as luck as this little girl… I don't think so.
As much as this little girl has enjoyed and loved
her collection of Matroushka’s over the years she has never forgotten the
‘Mackey Incident’!
P.S. My friend Ruth A. did say, after reading my story, that she is glad I took up collecting Babushkas because she didn't think collecting Nail Brushes would be at all interesting! :-)
P.S. My friend Ruth A. did say, after reading my story, that she is glad I took up collecting Babushkas because she didn't think collecting Nail Brushes would be at all interesting! :-)
I don't have a photo of the 'Mackey' Family.
# posted by Pennie @ September 21, 2016 
