THIS AND THAT (Part 1)

It is amazing how much stuff one can accumulate in the span of some years   We had sold or given away a lot of things before we moved to Florida but, now after 17 years, it has quietly piled up again.  I thought you might be interested in some of my "treasures."

The first item made the trip south successfully from upstate New York.  It was a Christmas gift from our neighbors, Lore and Walter Frey.  They knew my passion for movies and presented me with "The Maltese Falcon." (A replica, no doubt)  I can still hear Humphrey Bogart when asked by the detective, "What is it?"   His response, "The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of."







 Item number two is a bowl that was presented to my grandmother on the occasion of her 50th wedding anniversary to my grandfather in 1933.   The gathered clan is pictured below along with the bowl of carnival glass.  













The next piece was found at a tag sale and I bought it for three dollars. Things like this demand a new home even though I have no way of playing records anymore.  I still like it.


Lastly, in this installment, another Christmas gift, this time from our friends Sheila and Chris O'Mara, celebrating another love of mine, Disney. They sit on the top of my bed headboard and keep goblins away.


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