Friday Show and Tell........

Today is Friday and Show and Tell over at Kelli's.........

Many years ago, my husband had elderly relatives in a nearby town....I would carry his Mother over to visit and eat lunch. They had no children and lived in the house that the cousin's husband was born in......it was so much fun to visit and hear about their marriage and younger days. My girls loved to go to see them. There was a very early version of a grand piano that was museum quality. In later years after the husband died, we were offered the piano but we had no room with ample space for it......I've often wondered what became of it...........

While my mother-in- law chatted out on the porch or in the kitchen helping prepare the meal I was encouraged to look in the out buildings......I didn't need much encouragement to do that. The buildings were time capsules just waiting to be opened and the contents oohed and awhed over....

There were old wooden ice boxes, oval picture frames, toys, mementos, pictures, dishes, children's clothes from the turn of the century, boxes with all sorts of jewelry, etc.

I even managed to maneuver through the rafters......


Below is a pair of little boy's shoes that belonged to the husband of the lady we visited.


Looks like he ran and played a great deal while wearing the shoes.......I'll unearth some of the beautiful long dresses and slips with very wide lace to show another time.......