I imagine some of you could think I have thrown in the towel and abandoned Hive... 🤷♀
That wouldn't be entirely true, because no, I haven't left completely; I just needed to focus on other very important things, about which I might say a word or two on another occasion. But today, in this post, we are talking about... towels, exactly!
Are we going to throw them in... or look for them in our drawers? 🤔
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I think the latter is better, so let's go and see if these everyday objects want to emerge from their sleeping place and present themselves as a collection. I know they have important things to do, such as absorbing the excess water from our skin after washing our hands or having a shower/bath... they may think it is a silly idea to show themselves; however, as they would be the main protagonists in the new monthly theme in the Hive Collectors community, I think they can make this little effort and collaborate. You see, my towels have already decided to come and present themselves; I am just here to help them come to the screen for this monthly theme:
TOWELS
Btw, the idea of towels as a topic for a collection is not a new thing. It has been on my list for a long time, since one Hiver who is not active anymore presented them as a collection in her post. (Elbuhito, if you ever come back and see this post... thank you for the idea 😊).
So, here comes some of our towels that are volunteering for this collection... I will start with our favourite bath towels. We used to buy them several years in a row when we were on vacation in our home country and had room in our suitcases to bring them back. Unfortunately, they stopped making them after a few years… otherwise, we would still be adding new ones to our collection. They have a seashell design, and we have them in various colours. My husband has them in blue colour, my son in brown, and mine are yellow, pink, and purple. Not all of them are in these photos because we left some in Serbia, others are in the laundry, and some are in use in the bathroom.
We like them as they are made of a good material and dry really well. It doesn't matter that they are not so new anymore; they are still our favourite towels. For the hand towels, the same criteria count when deciding which are our favourite ones - to dry well, such as this one with blue birds. It also has a big sister, a bath towel with the same design.
Others have been with us since... forever, I think. Probably from our childhood, when these towels with inscriptions were popular, like this one wishing us добро јутро - good morning.
While taking the photos for this post, I remembered a set of two little hand towels with Christmas trees. I got them from my mom many years ago, and since then they have just been sitting in the closet. Once, I took a photo of them for a post about Christmas motifs. Later, I put their label back, and they went back to their sleep... until now, when I decided to give them to my son. I washed them for the first time and they are ready to be packed for their trip with my son and used by him when the time comes. (He has permission to use them before Christmas 😂)
I guess you also like towels that are made of good materials that absorb water well. It doesn't matter if they are already old ... or rather, in many cases, those older towels, made in local factories have proven to be durable for a long time. Or is it just the magic that these witches (la bruja) and mermaids (sirena) performed that makes the towels still good? 😉
Witches and mermaids, Christmas trees, birds, flowers, shells... is there anything else that can come to this collection?
Hmm, I am missing the beach towels; they are in the backpack we usually take to the beach, but there are two that are ready to come to this post. One big, thick beach towel, a great one my son got for one of his birthdays from a friend of mine.
And a reminder that the Mediterranean is here throughout the whole year... I went yesterday to the beach with my son after a loooooong time. One towel, sand and sea - some summer vibes in September before I start to work long shifts next week. Who knows, maybe I will need some towels to dry the sweat from my forehead during the lessons with these temperatures. 🌡🔥
