I think this is why I’ve always loved old things, old houses, old places. They have a history and a story. A past. And I love thinking about all the people that came before in that place or who used that thing. \
Oh, me, too! :) I went on a tour of a fancy pants house in Asheville, NC (called Biltmore) once and they had Napoleon's chess set from his exile onto the island of Elba and I just could NOT get over that. But I'm just as thrilled, honestly, when I find something really basic that shows use--maybe an old wooden spoon that is sort of bowed from having pressure put on it over time by a cook, or an old candy tin that someone must have saved for 50 years--making me wonder if they were saving something in it like buttons or whatever and never had any particular attachment to it, or if it was, like, the first candy their partner bought them or something? So fun to let your imagination run wild. Estate sales are the best for this, so long as you didn't know the people whose stuff it is! (That would be too sad, I think.)
I think this is why I’ve always loved old things, old houses, old places. They have a history and a story. A past. And I love thinking about all the people that came before in that place or who used that thing. \
Oh, me, too! :) I went on a tour of a fancy pants house in Asheville, NC (called Biltmore) once and they had Napoleon's chess set from his exile onto the island of Elba and I just could NOT get over that. But I'm just as thrilled, honestly, when I find something really basic that shows use--maybe an old wooden spoon that is sort of bowed from having pressure put on it over time by a cook, or an old candy tin that someone must have saved for 50 years--making me wonder if they were saving something in it like buttons or whatever and never had any particular attachment to it, or if it was, like, the first candy their partner bought them or something? So fun to let your imagination run wild. Estate sales are the best for this, so long as you didn't know the people whose stuff it is! (That would be too sad, I think.)