Treasure Found

 

So we've been cleaning out attics lately and finding a lot of old things. 

This process has not been without some difficulties.  Mike tends to toss it all.  I want to at least look through it and see what I want to keep.  Which of course bogs me down because I want to read every letter and look at every clipping.

But this next thing will not be tossed.  (And FYI, with the ceramics, both of our kids were consulted and told us to pass them along.)  When I was at Illinois State, many years ago, my three roommates and I had a "kitty" for household expenses in our apartment.  My two great-aunts in a nearby town painted ceramics as therapy for one of them who had had a stroke.  One time I went to visit them - and they had made me this.  Yes.  A kitty.  With a hole in the back for putting change.  It's not only cute, it has survived the years quite well - and even had some change in it.  I think I'll put it on my dresser                                                and start saving change again!  It's a precious                                                        memory of two beloved aunts.

Friday's Fave Five, 6/5/26

Friday's Fave Five host blog, Susanne's Space, is linked here.

This week I am thankful for:

1. ...several times of eating out.  We had hoped to go somewhere this week, but the schedule rapidly filled up with other responsibilities and things to get done.  But we've eaten out several times to make up for it.  😀  Today we had lunch at a favorite place of ours, Sullivan's, and Wednesday we tried a new place to us where we will probably return.  I love to eat out!!

2. ...lots of work done on the attic.  Mike has everything down from our main attic.  We were going to do a yard sale but have about decided to just donate it all to the local thrift store that supports a Christian addiction ministry.  But there was a ton of stuff up there - things that have to be gone through and decided what to trash and what to save for the kids and what to go through myself.  I found three boxes of memorabilia that will keep me busy for awhile!  And my fine china, and a plastic bin with heirloom quilts, and lots of memories of our children.  Unfortunately, a lot of their old books, cassette tapes, and other things will just have to be trashed.  We waited a little too long to get it all out.  But at least we got a lot done this week.

3. ...blueberries!  We went to the farm and one bush was not only loaded with ripe berries, but they were huge and sweet!  I picked a gallon.  There will be many more in the weeks to come.                                                                                       4. ...our sweet afternoon at the farm on Tuesday.  I felt like my senses were overloaded.  Two bushes of the beautiful berries were unexpectedly ready to pick.  Mike bush hogged, and a Mississippi kite followed him for an hour, diving and swooping to catch grasshoppers and other bugs that were thrown up by the bush hog.  The lighting was perfect so that for the first time I could really see the beautiful pearl gray colors of the top of the Mississippi kite.  Lots of bird singing was all around me.  And to top it all off, the gardenia bushes were blooming and the fragrance was gorgeous.  

5. ...lots of study progress.  I teach the ladies next week at church on Wednesday night, and I feel the responsibility of being prepared for that.  And I've been overhauling several lessons for teaching at the rehab on Fridays.  I feel like both projects are getting somewhere.

Happy Friday!