Yesterday we drove a few hours to a small antique swap meet. It was a beautiful dive through rolling hills spattered with Fall colors. This Fall has not been spectacular, but rather quietly lovely. The wind was blowingwith gusts of 35 MPH so many of the vendors had packed up and were leaving. This, my friends, makes it a great time to bargain and we got some treasures. It was a fun, fun, fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
Today was a good day to clean the house since my oldest brother and his wife are coming from CA to visit us.
I am really excited that they are coming. We ususally go to CA and visit everyone at least once a year so family seldom comes here. We get to show them why we love Ohio so much.
As I was dusting my antique hutch, trying to get into all the grooves and spindles, I wondered how many other hands had dusted this particular piece of furniture in it's 100 plus years. Did all the owners love it as much as I do? What were they thinking while they dusted it? Sometimes I wish all old things came with a diary. Oh, and photos of the rooms and families they lived with.
I bought the hutch in The Netherlands when we lived there in the late 80s. It has traveled from there to Westport CT, to Westlake OH, to La Crescenta CA and back here to OHio. I wonder where it will go next.
Oh very exciting for family to come to you! I know the feeling well. Seeing as how all of my family are in Canada it makes so much more sense for us to go visit them but when my brother was able to visit US a couple years ago, thrilling! Not just to see him but show him our life, where we were living, a slice of our world if you will.
It's nice both ways of course and any contact is better than none but there are such home-y aspects of getting a chance to be the host.
Your hutch is lovely. It glows in that way REAL wood does, I can tell you love it and have taken great care of it.
I agree about the histories and stories of pieces or places, it would be so fun if people did that, had a little book that accompanied a piece and could even be added to. Might be a good thing to start eh? :)
Posted by: Tracey | Sunday, 16 October 2011 at 11:22 PM