A day of possibilities

I've been up quite early today and it is lovely with the birds singing and calling. I don't know if we are in for more rain today but it wouldn't surprise me. There's been so much of it lately. Good for the garden but it does get a little dreary sometimes.

I came into some estate silver pieces recently and some of them are fascinating in their looks and their histories as I do the research. I don't mind the digging as I learn so much along the way. This elaborate little ladle, for instance. The bowl is tin and decorated with I think the figure of a woman, but the handle and the rest are sturdier material. I think it may be for cream but don't know yet.

This is a little souvenir spoon from 1897 Hood College in Frederick, Maryland with their symbol seal on the handle. Lovely but not too useful.

Then there are the little Wm. Rogers knives with mother of pearl handles. They are so cute and gorgeous but I'm not sure if maybe they are little cheese knives as the edges are kind of sharp

It takes a lot of patience to do this detective work but it sure can be rewarding.

No doubt many of these pieces will end up for sale in auctions and online selling venues. If they pique your interest, watch for them in such places as Etsy, Bonanzle, SeeAuction, eBay, eCrater, and Blujay.

Crafty Creative Corner?

Check it out! It's all 'crochet, publicize, crochet, eat, sleep, crochet, publicize, crochet' for me now. I'm in the artisan community now, and we are so off the beaten path. So many neat creative ideas floating around in my head. And what could I use my bird's discarded feathers for, I wonder? Ah, the curse of the creative!

I shall get away briefly today, drivingi to Crossville to deliver the spinning wheel to it's new owner. Since we no longer have goats, it didn't make sense to keep it as a big doorstop, did it? Maybe I can pick up some bird food at the pet store in Crossville while I'm there.

Linking myself to Squidoo

I've spent much of my evening NOT minding my own business. I worked on building a Squidoo lens and linking it to everything I could think of, then I found a site called Monkey Brain where you can argue about anything and everything. I saw a favorite consideration of mine about how a license should be required in order to be a parent. I voiced my humble opinion based on personal experience, years of observation and motherly bias. My poor brain isn't used to being so intellectually stimulated so late in the evening, but I felt really good about spouting off. I think I'll do it again soon.