Sentimental Stuff

A Perfect Day to Putter

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Bay laurel branches from a tree in our yard.

Yesterday was mostly a cloudy, dreary day that spit rain off and on, gusted and blustered at times and eventually rained buckets. I had no need to venture out so I didn’t. It seemed the perfect day to catch up on some house cleaning, bake a blueberry cobbler and sort through items. So that’s what I did.

I appreciate this kind of day when I can just tend to our imperfect, humble little nest. I think puttering is vastly underrated. It’s delicious just to do this and that with no pressure or even a specific goal. To do what takes your fancy. And usually in the end a few things get accomplished.

Of course part of this day included adding a few items to my Etsy store…like this pretty wood and plaster picture frame I bought a few weeks ago at my neighborhood thrift store. Even with a broken easel back and a few nibbles on the plaster it’s a marvelous frame. (Old frames are one of my new obsessions for my store and are often overlooked by other resellers.)

This vintage/antique bracelet features two rows of deep red pyrope garnets (the poor man’s rubies) set in metal (likely pinchbeck). A lovely heirloom quality piece for smaller wrist.

A bought this necklace a few years ago with the intention of wearing it before selling it on. It’s a huge Mexican piece in sterling silver studded with turquoise, coral and amethyst, but I never seemed to have the right outfit or occasion or chutzpah to wear it! So reluctantly I’ve listed it.

Part of my puttering included looking through a small collection of WWII-era military photos I found in a box. I have a fondness for vintage snaps of all genres and this one of 5000 pilots is rather good. On the back is written: “San Antonio, Texas, Cadets hear Lt. Gen. Arnold, Dec 6, 1942, Ed Kaluzo, Class 43 H” Thought someone might really appreciate this one.

The day ended perfectly with our daughters coming over. We caught up over a delicious meal my husband had made and later settled into the family room to watch a favorite program together before they headed back to their condo.

It was a nothing kind of day and yet strangely satisfying.

Wishing you happy hunting…and puttering!

Karen

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  2. I miss the California bay tree. I guess I could mail order one. The only kind sold in nurseries here, even the native nurseries, is the non-native bay. Not cold hardy. 

    My mother’s bracelets were all too small for me! In fact, even as a child, and I wasn’t large, the blouse she wore when she got married wouldn’t button in front! Women seemed to have smaller bones in her generation!

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