In the Pink!
Now I'm not generally a pink sort of person, I prefer browns, blacks and purples, but somehow I seem to have masses of pink thread at the moment. The necklace attached to this pink heart is made with Jane's technique of attaching beads to SR and I found it an easy and effective method, and plan to enclose more beads this way.
The phrase "In the Pink" was very common during the early 20th century and even up until the 21st century and generally it means being in the best of health. It has though now almost disappeared from our vocabulary, instead we are more likely to say that we are "feeling in good health, or very well thank you." The phrase apparently originally came out of the English fox hunting tradition where a rider was not granted the right to don the scarlet coloured jackets, called "pinks" (a red colour), until he demonstrated superior horsemanship and service to the hunt. Being “in the pink” meant the rider had reached the pinnacle of achievement or status in the hunt.
In England, at the moment, there are many people who are not feeling "in the pink" due to the swine flu epidemic and that's why I thought I would show you this little pink pig on a pink handkerchief, to remind everyone that "coughs and sneezes spread diseases catch your germs in a handkerchief" (also a popular 20th rhyme encouraging people not to cough and sneeze everywhere), however now we are advised to use a paper tissue and then bin it!
Ah, here in this household we now refer to the flu as 'media flu'!!! Love the pieces you've done and you managed the bead idea without a 'one to one'. Well done.
ReplyDeletequestion- who is the older sister? Just curious. :-)
ReplyDeleteAh Krystle Jane is my big sister by 7 yrs, so I always do what she tells me!!!!
ReplyDeleteLiar, liar, pants on fire!!! Krystle - she never does as she's told (well not when I tell her!!!).
ReplyDeleteLove the little, pink pig - and the great and unexpected explanation about that phrase. I always thought it had to do with the English complection at the peak of good health! Wow - talk about wrongly held assumptions! Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteFox : ) (My actual name) Sally, Lots of folks call me this - it is my surname. Answering you here, because I deleted the question, and you have no email listed here - I didn't want to leave it rudely unanswered! Appropriately placed response on a post about fox hunting! AH, the world of synchronicity!
oh - I am also born in the Chinese Year of the Wild Boar!!!
Yes I did think of you Fox when I wrote the piece! Actually Eborall means pig hole - truly it does! Also we have boars or porcupines on our coat-of-arms, well a c-of-a that was granted to our family three hundred years ago. The little pig is another of Jane's patterns, its in her blood!! he he
ReplyDeleteYou have your own coat-of-arms, how fantastic!! Australia is the only country which eats the animals on our coat of arms, the kangaroo and the emu. Well, I have never eaten either, but you can find it all nicely packaged in plastic in the supermarkets.
ReplyDeletePink's my favourite colour, so I loved today's post!
: )) LOL!!
ReplyDeleteAnother great post, you can give your sis a run for her money! You are a great pair!..nice to have you in tatland.
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