Sunday, July 13, 2008

Outing

As I previously mentioned we do have a cultural center that has different programs, clubs, classes, thrift shops,live theater, gym, library, on some weekends a farmer's market, and on other occasions vendor displays. All in one location and just a stone's throw from our home, maybe 3 miles.

This weekend was the annual Christmas in July Bazaar, and we went.
There were more than 70 tables that ran the gambit from arts and crafts to non profit organizations.
We did manage to visit each and everyone of them, and chat, anyway I did with most, but not my husband so much.
I didn't buy anything, but looking is always fun.
Although, I did have the nerve to ask one of the professed knowledgeable jewelery artists about my antique sterling silver bracelet that I had on; it was once my late Mom's. (If she were still alive she would have been 97 this past February 22, but unfortunately she passed away in 1982.)
He recommended having him professional clean it and then he might be able to tell me more. I politely took his business card and thanked him. He had verified that it was sterling, which it said on the latch and that it was an antique, which wasn't hard to tell from just looking at it in spite of needing a good cleaning. Don't get me wrong he was very pleasant, and appeared capable.

The bracelet was actually an amazing find it was in with some of my Mom's costume jewelery in an old tin box that was hers. I would look at those semi-precious specimens in that box, and to me that was what they were, because they were my Mom's. No other real reason, but I could never find the right outfit to wear with any of those pieces.

In reality the bracelet I had not remember seeing ever before this past spring. And that is an odd mystery in my book, since I most likely had it for 26 years!

It is very unusual, and difficult to describe but I will try... it has a beachy shell like embossed design with flat bone shaped multi links attached to the embossed sections. I took it out to wear for the first time when we went to Siesta Key for their yearly sandcastle competition that my cousins were judging. It seemed appropriate for the occasion. (My cousins are retired school teachers, and know how to enjoy their retirement. In the future I will tell you more about them.) That was this past spring, and I did try cleaning it with silver polish and then when that didn't seem to help much I tried Glass Plus, and it worked about the same.

We came home after, I was quite exhausted due to it being my first outing since my sick day, and we walked around for a few hours. Good exercise, right?

Updates: Our Sears MasterCard's came yesterday in a pretty plain white envelope, and we weren't at first sure that it wasn't just junk mail, hard to tell from the outside. (Must be the new way to prevent mail theft?) They have been signed and activated, all is well again.

Rats, no sign of any in traps (live and or snap) and the poison outside had not been eaten for today.
My husband asked if I secretly called in the Pied Piper of Hamlin.LOL
I hope they are really gone!
The only downside to living on the water is that above problem, and we must work on it somehow more now that we have an empty lot next door since the hurricane.

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