The digger

19th December 2007

I know I’m generalising, but little girls love dolls and little boys love diggers. By the age of 40, I honestly thought I had grown up and had gone beyond that stage of my life. I assumed it would be just mine and my friends’ children who would stare into the toyshop window and gaze in wonderment at the latest Barbie/Brat/Cindy/Winx club monstrosity, or the enormous remote-control yellow plastic crane.
And then today it arrived at our house – something so beautiful it almost took my breath away. A giant yellow digger. It makes holes the size of oil drums and as deep as you want, but I don’t really care what it does (even though after it has finished, our house should be able to survive the next millennium without moving even a fraction of an inch). It’s just how it looks that got me. It could be 50 or 60 years old, it might have dug ten thousand holes, but it’s Christmas, and I want it. I want Santa to somehow get it down the chimney and stick it under the tree with my name on it.

Many who look at this beast will never understand or appreciate its beauty, but one or two might and, for those one or two, you’re welcome to come over to my house on Boxing Day and have a play on my new digger. We can spend the day digging some unnecessary holes in the garden.

The stupidest thing I did today;
Letter to Santa

Comments

[sognatrice]

What a heartwarming post for the holiday season...and what a pretty digger you have!

I can say that, right?

[Charmaine Thompson]

gladiator - what will you put in the holes??

[Maryann]

ok, I'm in! That one is a beauty! My thing is tractors. I love them, especially the vintage ones. Such character and great fun.

[Antonina Cross[Nell}]

congrats on your new man toy,enjoy your self diggeling here and there,just be sure in one those oh I forgot I dug French trench just outside the back door kinda thing that like Alice you don't end up the wrong way around.
Bon Natlaie and Bon Anno Amanda and Julian,tall one and small one. I envy all those festa days you'll celebrate.