It has become a major player in our Antiques Roadshow game where Sam drags it across the room and proceeds to tell a long sad tale about his mother in England who bought it for him and died because she was mad (yeah, I know). He's watched the show a couple of times and apparently it's stuck. He insists on flipping it over to show me the wood made of metal worth at least 4 dollars. "Thank you for bringing it in to show me." He somehow plays both parts but insists that he's the "guy" and one of us is "the people", so I don't know. The funniest part is that he only brings me things that he's decided are old or antique-ish or whatever, and I LOVE how he scorns the idea of shiny and new. Those things are just not roadshow worthy.
Other sweetness making things go 'round:
- My friend Hannah has a show in KC on Friday night. I wish I could be there to see it and her. If you go, introduce yourself and say that you don't read her blog. That would be awesome. Better yet, introduce yourself, tell her you don't read her blog, but tell her that you read mine. And if you chicken out and don't introduce yourself you can just pretend you're there to look at all the awesome shoes. It is good to have a contingency plan.
- One of these little bowls came to me from Bridgman Pottery and it is so delicate and utilitarian and good. Molly wrote about hers and Melissa was good enough to let me know when she had more ready. Pretty, pretty. Berries (all the fruit, really) are a good three weeks behind here in the Northwest and I am chomping at the bit to go u-pick. Our little neighborhood Farmer's Market was so pathetic this week
- The Depot is having their Outdoor Sale and they have a ton of cute knits (lightweight solids especially), great denim and then piles of crazy stuff for very cheap. I got sucked in. Big time.
