I did some more junk hunting yesterday – Ever since we started restoring the old mantles in This Old House, we’ve talked about that antique clock we’re gonna have there some day. Mike even went so far as to have a plug installed at the top center of the mantle so we could plug something in if we needed to. I found a glorious thing when having my watch repaired… a 1930 Sessions mantle clock that has been fitted with a quartz setting, so.. no winding every seven days. Everything on the outside of the clock is original.. face, hands, beautiful woodwork. Just the guts have been updated.
I also found this for $28… An oil painting with initials and the year 1895 in the left hand corner.
I just love this horses soft expression.
The picture to the left is an old horse shoe we found on this property
The middle photo is of Clove Lake Stables on Staten Island
where I learned how to ride.
The picture was taken when it was about to be torn down for development.
I found this horse last week at a local basketweavers shop on Route 1 – an old shack/corncrib with
two lovely elderly ladies who’ve done most of the weaving. The horse was tucked away under a display table and covered in dust and what looked like garden dirt.
I believe he’s made of marble or alabaster – weighing about 25 lbs.
Tonight our wonderful neighbor up on the hill, Mrs. N – stopped by to tell us about her Florida trip. She never comes empty-handed…this time her offerings were downright sinful.
Now I’ve been attempting to lose this 15 lb. spare tire I have acquired because T-shirt season is just around the corner and there will be no hiding underneath those layers.
The last 24 hours have been uneventful.
Until.
Enter Mrs. N with heavenly homemade sweetrolls and chocolate pudding with the works.
I have already inhaled two sweetrolls and that pudding is calling me
even though I tucked it behind the milk and OJ and shut off the kitchen light.
