Old Standby

One of the items I received from my mother's recent destashing spell is my father's harmonica.  

And with the box too.  And the box is red and green !!!

I was a little surprised that both my husband and my son were thrilled about it.  My son even found a tutorial on the internet and played a tune.

This past weekend was my son's nineteenth birthday.  He says he feels silly having his picture taken (and I completely understand that) but I did coax him into a couple.  

Both without the harmonica, but, hey, anything is better than nothing.

Oh, and, there is a good one of his senior year down there too.

He wanted chocolate cheesecake for his birthday.

Getting clean laundry for back to campus.

And my handsome son his senior year in high school.

Amy

"if you don't want these . . . "

Every time I'm at my mother's house, she has cleaned out some dark corner or drawer and there is a pile of things waiting for me.  Not usually a pile of big things, but small things.  This time is was mostly tiny  things.  She says "if you don't want these things,  I'm throwing them away".

Shoe buttons

Two tiny Christmas tins.  About 2 inches in size.

Teeny, tiny little dolls.  Both together are the size of a quarter.

I remember them and I had larger ones like them, but I don't remember who or what they were.

They still have their little bed, all comfy with pink tissue bedding.

My baby spoons.  I must have eaten a lot.  Nothing has changed there.

A teeny, tiny gun, a jingle bell, cat eyes, and some buttons.

My grandparents' keys.

Salt and pepper shaker.  The mate was in a previous batch.

An old key chain of mine.  Do they still make Aigner?

A baby bracelet of mine.

High school trinkets.

Another bracelet of mine.  The back is engraved "Christmas 1978".

I'm wearing it now!

I don't really know what kind of watch this is, but I like it.

It now resides on my new door display dining table.

Miniature is right.  Each of these tools is less than an inch in size.

And you know what these are . . .

Cracker Jack toy?

A tiny little box.  I don't remember what it was used for.

A red velvet lined trinket box with a rose on the top.

I've been informed that there's another box waiting on me.
See ya.

Amy

I Finished Something

Here's how it works with me.

1. Think of a project - done this hundreds of times

2. Get equipment and supplies for project - done this several times

3. Start on project - done this a few times

4. Finish project - this is rare for me

5. Throw away project because I don't like it - the number of times I've done this is about equal to number of times for #4 above.

But, I finished something today and it seems to be a success.  So, maybe I won't get to #5 this time!

And, it's probably a little too junky for some of you, but --- it's my house.

I didn't think of this on my own.  The last time I saw something like this was at Cahoots in Hartselle.  This table there really made me determined to do this project at home.

I found the perfect doors about a month ago at New Moon Antiques in Lawrenceburg, TN.  They are shorter and more narrow than a full size door, and there were two of them.  A single door was just too narrow for a dining table.

I have an old 1930s dining room suite and I haven't used the table in many years.  I planned to use the base for my project.  Here's how we started.  (yes, construction in my foyer)

The plan was to attach plywood to the table legs and just lay the doors on top so not to put screw holes in the doors unless we really had to for stability.

Looks good, right?  Well, those legs are just too wobbly - old, and poor design.

So I decided to just place the doors on top of the dining table we are currently using.  It had casters and we removed them to make up for the extra height the doors and glass added.

The glare prevents a great photo, but here it is.

I know, it's very busy.  But, you can't say there is nothing to look at in my house.

One day I will edit out some of the small things and add more photos.

For anyone thinking of doing something similar, it is important to NOT use original photos or photos that you do not have additional copies of.  I expect the sun to fade these so all of these are copies.  Some of them I just printed on regular printer paper for the time being.

Before you judge --- the bottom photo is from Halloween.  We really aren't like that.   Those were really great costumes for both of us because I DO NOT watch football, and my husband is the Tennessee Vols fan, not me.

Anyway, moving on.

These are some photos I took before the glass.

My father is player #6 in this high school football photo.  And, I don't mean anything by putting pearls with a football photo.  It just happened this way.

Above photo is my grandparents at school before they were married.

Above is one of my favorite old photos.  Those are two of my great-uncles with their dog, Old Jack.

Above is a copy of the Civil War discharge papers for my husband's great-great-grandfather.  (I think that's the correct number of greats).

That's all.  And, that's enough, I'm sure.

Amy

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Just Passing Through

An email from an unknown person is usually bogus, spam, deleted.

One email I received brought this Bible into my possession temporarily.

The lady explained that her hair dresser purchased a Bible at a flea market about ten years ago.  Since the email lady worked in genealogy she was asked to research the handwritten family information inside the book.  The research led her to some of my records on the internet.

Long story short, we arranged a meeting (in a public place) for me to get the Bible in order for it to get into the hands of relatives of mine who are also descendants of the family documented in the Bible. 

I have never seen drawings like this in a Bible.  But then, I've never seen a Bible this old.

Do you see the copyright of 1891?

Beautiful drawings.  I am not sure about the process, but it may be relief printing.

And a listing of Bible names and their meaning.

So having scanned and photographed (without inflicting further damage) to my heart's content, I will soon turn the Bible over to the owner's family.

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