Otherwise known as antiquing.
Or, when I can't be bothered to form three full syllables, tiquin'.
I got to see some really cool old pieces.
Folk-art and rugs.
Creepy things that ought never to have been created.
Artwork that caused a thin spittle of drool to run down from the corners of my mouth. I felt something akin to hunger pangs when I gazed upon them. It was like looking through the window of a pastry shop. I wanted to cry out, "I'll take the lot!", but alas, I have children to feed.
And it is birthplace and home of the Wyeths.
You know.
Jamie.
N.C.
Andrew.
Andrew, Andrew, Andrew.
I love you.
Will you marry me?
It won't bother me that you're dead.
It won't bother me that you would be 94 if you weren't dead.
I love you.
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PS: I apologize for the poor quality of these pictures.
They were taken with my phone.
I do not have an iPhone
waits for the gasps to die down
When I was in college and worked at a bank, I had an older colleague by the name of Lillian who had a phrase: "The only cloth coat in a room of furs".
That's me and my phone. The cloth coat.
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PPS: Although I am a fan of Andrew Wyeth's, I will have the honesty to admit to you that I could not be certain if he was dead or alive (if I'd had to bet, I'da put money on dead). Lucky for you, I know how to use the Google on the internet machine so I could do some fact-checking, and I learned that he passed on three years ago at the age of 91.
Integrity. It's my middle name.
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Don't forget, I will love you forever if you throw me a vote on Top Mommy Blogs. You know the drill by now, don't you? Just click the juggling chick and you've voted. You can vote every day till like, forever.
Thanks!
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In case you didn't know it, I'm like the queen of blog-hoppin' lately. It's kind of like square dancing but without the dated outfits, smelly gym, and elderly caller.
Here's the schedule I keep:
Monday: Homestead Revival's Barn Hop and A Cat-Like Curiosity's Monday Mantras.
Tuesday: Heavenly Homemaker's Gratituesday
and Wrinkled Mommy's Tuesday Archive Link-Up
Wednesday: My Life and Kids Finding the Funny
Thursday: A Rural Journal's Rural Thursday Blog Hop
Friday: Deborah Jean's Dandelion House's Farmgirl Friday
Saturday: Camera Critter's Life With Dogs Pet Blogger Hop and Country Momma Cooks Saturday Link-Up
Since today is Saturday, that means I'm linking my post "Expiration Casserole" with Country Momma Cooks Saturday Link-Up, and with Camera Critter's Life With Dogs Pet Blogger Hop.
Come join the fun!
Well, I learned something new from you today. Had no idea he was dead. I feel smarter already.
ReplyDeleteI love love love, can I say it again, love the picture of the chickens and the rabbits. Swoon.
I know, isn't it amazing? If only I'd had a few (thousand) dollars in my pocket that day, the things I would have come home with....
DeleteGosh, I haven't been antiquing in ages and I used to love it. Thanks for the fun post. xo
ReplyDeleteOh, I love it so. I just wish I could afford to BUY some of the things I fall in love with!
ReplyDeleteI will do one better, I truly never heard of him before your post, but you sure did teach me a bit here and loved how you would marry him dead or alive!! :) #TALU
ReplyDeleteAndrew Wyeth was one of my mother's favorite artists. By the way, her name was Lillian. TALU
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the bazillion things I miss about my Dad - going antiquing together. It was always an education when I was with him. He would explain all the crazy contraptions I couldn't figure out. I have one silly antiquing "passed on" regret. When I first moved to New Orleans, I was poking around and saw a BEAUTIFUL oil painting that cracked me up but I didn't have the money to waste at the time. It was an ancient ocean scene with a huge ship sailing over the edge of the water with the caption - SEE, I told you the world was flat!! I regretted passing on that so much that I went back to try and find it again but never did. :( [#TALU]
ReplyDeleteooooh I love antiquing. Great photos, even with the phone!
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