Tag: antiques

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract

Perhaps any time we move our cameras closer, much closer, we produce an abstract little gem that begs the question:  What is this?  And so, when we visited Nantucket this spring, this little detail — an abstract, if you will — caught our attention:  crackled and crazed paint accenting a gentle spiral on an American […]

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Travel theme: Old-fashioned

Collecting has always been fun for me, and, thanks to my dad who left me several old shaving tools, my collection of all things barbering has grown.  From a time gone by, shaving brushes, razors, and Old Spice mugs allow us a glimpse into bathrooms of old. For more examples of old-fashioned ways and times, […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic

For us, the word relic seems linked to the phrase from the past. So, when we were driving through Spokane hunting for antique stores and came upon this farm relic from the past, we couldn’t resist stopping by for a closer look. Where had this old guy been?  What crops had it seen in better days?  What stories […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

It was during the Case Antiques Auction on January 25th, 2014, that I saw these beautiful silver sauce boats.  But I had no idea of their worth. The auction interested me mainly because friends of mine had submitted a Catherine Wiley painting to go up for bid to fund an exhibit at our local Ijams Nature […]

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Most Photographed Corner in Idaho City

Driving from Boise before dawn one morning for my inaugural visit to the high school in Idaho City, I listened carefully to my GPS lady as she told me to turn onto Main Street off Highway 21.  I did what she said. Then in her matter-of-fact voice, she instructed:  In 200 feet, make a left […]

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