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I didn't mean to be quite so cryptic yesterday... here is the post on my walking sticks.  I wanted to look at desks yesterday instead of writing a blog post!

I have M.E. 
I can't really walk far. 
I have a great deal of problem with my balance. 
So I use walking sticks. 



I hate them. 


But they allow me to do things I couldn't do with out them,
they are essential.

If I have to have them they will at least be pretty!!


 


A few years back I criss-crossed some cerise ribbon up and down them.  I got bored of the pink and decided it was time for a change.





I used this and this ribbon and a hot glue gun.




I think Keep Calm And Carry On is quite an apt saying. 
The sticks and wheelchair are like magnets for peoples eyes
and I don't like being looked at,
being scanned for an injury or disability,
given a look,
being overtaken by an OAP!!  (Yes, that really did happen!!)




I get flustered. 
I get panicked. 
I get even more tired. 
So Keep Calm And Carry On is probably the best ribbon I could have found for this project.







Now all that is left to do is make my wheelchair pretty!!!



TTFN




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  1. Laura12 July 2012 at 20:09

    I had to pop over to find yesterday's "mystery" solved. Love the purple ribbon and the Keep Calm message. Those of us who move through the world *without* visible health issues are blessed and I'm sorry that this is not the case for you.

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  2. mark gould14 July 2012 at 14:45

    Sorry to hear about the ME the sticks look awesome. If you have to have them then you may as well pimp them up ;)
    mark

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