Thursday, October 16, 2014

Heirlooms and Hand-me-Downs


What I love about old things is that they each have memories attached and stories to tell. 

I composed a list of heirlooms and hand-me-downs in our home, using the alphabet for structure. I could spend weeks telling their lessons and stories. 

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Apron from Grandmother's kitchen
Blocks Mom painted to resemble two story houses
Chiming Grandfather clock, set to Westminster
Dolls with eyes that open and close
Earthenware crocks
Fossils of creatures from Noah's flood
Grandma's 1940's piano music
Hand made pots and pitchers
Images of people's younger selves
Judge's gavel
Keys from locks long forgotten
Lamps with silken shades
Mirrors missing silvering
Neville family crest, nothing vile
Old classic books and movies
Paintings of landscapes and portraits of 1800's women
Quilt squares in my sewing drawer, never finished 
Robin's-egg-blue felt blankets
Shells collected on the beach in the 1960's
Tarnished silver candlesticks
Unbroken wedding vows
Violins, one made in 1898, a Guarneri fake
WW2 medals 
XXO's on sweet notes from sweet hearts
Yellow velvet slipper chairs
Zipper feet from the old Singer sewing machine


Memoir Notes:
Of course THINGS are not what is important about memories. Things are merely tools for our lives. 
In the end, things are wood, hay and stubble.

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4 comments:

  1. Love your list!
    I'm finding lots of hay and stubble around my place.

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  2. It turned into a poetry! Lovely. I'm a middle child and I know hand-me-downs so well. :)

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  3. What a beautiful list, my friend. Thank you for sharing and thank you for your sweet visits to my blog :) Love and hugs!

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