A delightful typewriter

 We had purchased a typewriter several months ago on eBay and I had enjoyed playing with it (after B spent a very long time trying to get it to work). I went to use it for a relatively simple task not long ago, only to discover the roller had decided to no longer roll the paper through! It was disappointing and I couldn't find a way to make it work, and I felt quite deflated.

I had actually been building plans for work around using the typewriter and I was left a bit flat thinking I wouldn't be able to use it.

I thought to maybe check if I could maybe buy another one; but this time not from an overseas eBay seller - from  somebody who was a typewriter seller. That way I would have somebody to go to with questions.

I came across a site and thought they looked marvellous and oooh weren't there some lovely typewriters there!

With B alongside me, I gulped and decided that because we weren't paying rent for the studio space any longer, we could buy this as a treat.

It is a 1965 Olympia in a solid case and what a delight she is.

And to make matters even better, that is the year I was born; and it arrived on my birthday! We went and sat on the deck at dusk with some beautiful soft cheese and a glass of bubbles and unwrapped her.

Isn't she a beauty?

So much care and attention - the original key, and a copy of the manual was inside.

A fabulous note about how to open the carry case.

With a typed note from the seller telling me more about her.

She is in such good condition, and I just love the two tone keys here!

A portion of the note included. I had not known that to type a number 1 I would need to hold down the lower case L key, so I was grateful for that insight.

What a precious parcel to unwrap that was, and I look forward to being able to type the works I was hoping to type, once we return.