My "Pickings"...

Well, I guess they aren't exactly "pickings" ~ as in "Bootheel Pickers" (that's what I'm going to start calling Mr. B and myself ~ ;), since they were ours to begin with, but it has been so long since I've seen some of these things, it seems like it!

Here are some of the things we carried home last night...

This pretty little match holder has "Pat'd Jan. 15, 1861" on the back...

My Mom's little grinder (probably from the 40's)...it was my job to grind up pecans

 if she was using them in a recipe;

I don't remember it ever being used for anything else.

Look at that sweet little rose decal!

This Bellodgia perfume (a pretty carnation fragrance) ad is from the 30s...

I was going to mat and frame it "one day".

Now that I've re-found it, this will have to go on my never-ending

to-do list...

This was my Mom's little book...I feel so fortunate to have so many books

 from her childhood in the late 20s and early 30s.

They were probably all pristine until my Grandma let me "color" some of the

black and white illustrations when I was really small...(Grandma!!) ~ ♥

Here is one of my favorite Little Bear illustrations...

"Come fish!  Come fish!  Come to my little brown paw"... That's Cyrus's little brown tail in the photo...kitty help; it's a good thing!

Okay, these aren't antique, but they're 6 or 7 years old, and I'm finding more and more

that I forget most of what I read, anyway, so it's like having a whole

 stack of new magazines!

  (Look ~ Home Companion, Southern Lady, Birds & Blooms,

Romantic Homes...Yay!!)

These are some of the things Mr. B brought

 home...Umm...I'm going to take them

 down to Warehouse 13 (our basement storage room)

 before he decides we need

to use them upstairs...;)

Cyrus checks out every single new thing that is brought into the house...

 (as do all the kitties)

 ~ at least if it's put on the floor ~

 to make sure it's okay. :)

Have a wonderful week!

♥ ♥ ♥

Anne