{"id":1873,"date":"2025-06-02T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:42:07","slug":"a-birthday-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=1873","title":{"rendered":"A Birthday Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has become something of a tradition, that this Grandad makes a box for each of our grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, with Lily&#8217;s birthday approaching, Sylvia said: &#8220;you need to make a box for Lily&#8217;s birthday.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lily is a great fan of the Disney character, Stitch, so it was easy to choose the pyrography decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" 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Last month, with Lily&#8217;s birthday approaching, Sylvia said: &#8220;you need to make a box for Lily&#8217;s birthday.&#8221; Lily is a great fan of the Disney character, Stitch, so it was easy to choose the pyrography decoration. 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