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| Me with some of my favorite "things" |
Thing #1:
Back with more "Curious Things Around the House".
Actually, in this post I will tell abut several things about the house here which gives me great pleasure during my Life Journey.
The first is that wonderful ship oil painting hanging on the wall behind my bed.
I received that painting as a Christmas present from my longtime love Bill during our first Christmas together 1964. I had admired that painting earlier during one of our walks around center city Philadelphia. Thus it was with great surprise that Bill gave me that painting for Christmas. I think that was the best Christmas present I've ever received, EVER. I never tire of looking at that beautiful tall ship with billowing white sails on the ocean blue. My world would not be the same without this painting. If I ever have to move to a smaller facility in my old age, and I have to downsize, that painting is the one I will keep in my little room where I am left to die.
Thing(s) #2:
The two clown bookends. I LOVE clowns. I can never have too many. I purchased those clowns (the total grouping is six, three of which are not pictured) in 1980 after we sold our Philadelphia townhouse and moved to the Pennsylvania countryside. They cost too much but I had made a small profit from the sale of our house and I splurged. During our move to Delaware, the clown sitting on the box broke his leg. I glued him back together and he's good a new now. In that box I keep my tips I receive from my hotel front desk job. Why? I don't know except that I feel a compunction to separate that money from the house general funds, because those tips are so few and far in between. Biggest tip? $40.00 once for supplying information for a very nice looking man. Never saw him again. Hmmm.
Thing #3:
The porcelain face mask. I LOVE porcelain face masks. During the Seventies whenI used to vacation in Provincetown, Mass there was a nice shop on Commercial Street that had all kinds of delightful porcelain face masks. I usually bought one during each of my visits. The two I have hanging on the wall behind my bed are my favorites. They, along with my ship picture and clowns, give me peace and tranquility.
Thing #4:
The Four Goddesses lamp. I purchased that lamp when we lived in Philadelphia at an out of the way funky store down in Olde City. This isn't the type of lamp you will find in Walmart. I don't know what four Greek goddesses they represent but I do know this lamp also provides me with peace and tranquility.
Thing #5:
Quilted cover bed pillow. I also have a bedspread to match. I bought that set in the 80's for my Mother. When my Mother moved to South Carolina in 2008 to live with my brother and his wife, I discovered the set in her storage room. She had never opened nor used the set. I confiscated the set and have used it on my bed ever since. It is one of the many items in our home that bring back pleasant memories of my wonderful Mother.
There you go folks. Another installment of "Curios Things Around the House." Thank Dr. Spo for the idea.