Sorry to post this Eric but I had to! It’s really not that bad…
Mr. Baketmaker has quite a large collection of not only his baskets, but he also collects works from other basketmakers as well. Therefore, we had many boxes of baskets that we, I mean I, had to carefully wrap and pack so they would not get damaged. Ensuring their safety meant tons of paper and bubble wrap. A refrigerator could fall on any of those boxes and they would probably still be safe after I finished preparing them for our journey down south. That’s probably an exaggeration. Let’s say a desk could fall on those boxes instead, and they would still be safe. Anyways, you get my point.
Now in Tennessee, since I was the “packer,” Eric said he would unpack the baskets. With great hesitation I said “okay” but I reminded him numerous times, a myriad of times, too many times to count, to check every inch of packing paper since a little tiny basket could be hiding in there. After a couple hours he said he was done. And he stuffed all the used packing paper inside boxes to later be burned.
Did I help him bring those paper-packed boxes outside? No! I couldn’t help myself. I had to empty out all those boxes and recheck the packing paper. I simply had to! And inside a crumpled bunch of several papers was this!
A basket made by Linda Lugenbill of Colorado that’s part of Eric’s collection. Granted, it probably weighs one ounce but it’s not that small— 5 inches in width! How does one miss that? And no, I did not finish there. I was not stopping until I flattened out every single piece of discarded, crumpled paper. I did find something else but to not embarrass Mr. Basketmaker more, I will leave it at that.
Eric has since been fired as an “unpacker.” He is back to what he brilliantly does best—creating and making baskets.
If my wife were a super hero, she would be called “Super Packer.” She can pack like no one can pack. I kid you not. If you don’t know Lynne, forget about it. She is a pro with a capital “P”.
OMG! I would have died if I lost that! So glad you went through the paper!
I know! Poor Eric. I know he felt bad after he found out what he inadvertently left in the box!