tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post1365650681074345419..comments2024-03-24T14:37:32.309-04:00Comments on Morning's Minion: OddmentsMorning's Minionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-36071717526597857632010-01-31T23:43:57.813-05:002010-01-31T23:43:57.813-05:00When my father got our family home ready for sale ...When my father got our family home ready for sale last year, he fairly ruthlessly got rid of things. It's true that he was moving from a home of 48 years into a 2-bedroom apartment, but i was saddened by the things he gave away/sold/auctioned/trashed. He did keep the family photo albums, mostly because my sister and i would have had a fit if he'd thrown them away...but when we're gone, who will care who those blurry sepia people are? I think what counts is that we still have them now...later, they'll become someone else's problem! I loved your bits and pieces and the lovely old elephant who really could use a new belly band.quiltcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957819126177446578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-76984425587499773432010-01-31T21:12:56.185-05:002010-01-31T21:12:56.185-05:00I have really enjoyed the comments and suggestions...I have really enjoyed the comments and suggestions. It is heart warming to realize that others also cherish the bits and pieces of our families' history. <br />I think a note about the elephant, tucked into a new bandage, will be a good thing--might not get done before I pack him away.<br />RE the photos of beloved animals: I cherish an old one of my g-grandfather with my Uncle Bill as a toddler---the photo is labeled in my grandmother's handwriting and she notes the dog, Old Shep, as well.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-9151679705970568282010-01-31T19:34:05.059-05:002010-01-31T19:34:05.059-05:00I think he deserves a new red bandage. (Perhaps yo...I think he deserves a new red bandage. (Perhaps you could sew his history as you know it, written on a piece of paper slipped beneath his wrappings)but he definitely looks as if he'd like a new robe. <br />..............<br />How strange I've just read Alistair's comment before typing the word verification and see he had the same idea only far more elegantly expressed :)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-14940558478399709362010-01-29T05:16:03.683-05:002010-01-29T05:16:03.683-05:00You've captured so well the heart-wrenching as...You've captured so well the heart-wrenching aspect of moving, sorting thru things, knowing you should be lightening the load, but unable to abandon dear things. My mom has been gone since 1971, and I'm still carrying some things of hers along with me. And I wonder what will become of all the pictures of a lifetime of loved pets - who will treasure them as we do? Well, I guess detaching ourselves from the material things in life has to come about - but I still don't like it!!!MTVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503109991875159708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-51929529890048373502010-01-29T03:32:08.440-05:002010-01-29T03:32:08.440-05:00I was just thinking exactly the same thing, about ...I was just thinking exactly the same thing, about some little oddments in my home. They would be cheerfully tossed into the dustbin by someone who didnt know their rich history. Unlike a quilt, we cannot label them. very interesting post MM.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-86277042983041961162010-01-29T02:43:37.785-05:002010-01-29T02:43:37.785-05:00When I was at Uni, we had the most incomprehensibl...When I was at Uni, we had the most incomprehensible quote from a media studies book set as an essay question. I had not the least idea of its meaning, despite seeing the lecturer several times. In desperation, I set to work the night before it was due in and wrote about how our the rooms in our house had evolved and meant different things to different people, how grave goods which appeared to be a necklace or a spear or a bowl had deeper, secondary and personal meanings to the people that put them there and the person they accompanied. How the little crawler quilt for Tam became Gabby's much-loved comforter (and is still in a drawer in her bedroom as it is so intensely personal to her). <br /><br />So it is with items like the ones in your photograph. You are party to their history and meanings, but they need your explanation to bring them to life - and keep them alive. What a fascinating trio. Thank you, you've got me thinking now . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-81237944703475304552010-01-29T01:01:07.394-05:002010-01-29T01:01:07.394-05:00Hullo MM,
Perhaps you should write his life story...Hullo MM,<br /><br />Perhaps you should write his life story to date with his key reminiscences of the people who he has had contact with and put it in a home made howdah on his back, or sealed in an envelope on his flat side so that those who inherit his care know why he should be treasured for their future generations.<br /><br />Like you I have some family pieces either in daily use or tucked away in cupboards awaiting the right time to pass them to another generation: Great Grans wedding china from 1890, Grans {and great Grans} Ansonia clock bought in NY by her great uncle when he was a ships carpenter sailing between Glasgow and US, Grandads precious ebony and ivory dominoes carried through WW1, a precious plant and many others - each with a story passed and held in trust to go on down the years. Continuity and contact between generations. These things have always been important to me somehow and even as a child I wanted to know the story of things that were precious to those I loved.<br /><br />I think that's why I have ended up with so many things where my brother did not. Like you I was a guarantee that these would be around to be passed on. I think that was a comfort in itself to their owners.<br /><br />Lovely post. Great that its the items with a story rather than a monetary value that are important.<br /><br />kind regards.....Al.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.com