Unable To Decide... Help! I'm Wavering Again! *LOL*

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7vpmfAJPFsBJvR2Sk5wz7JQtN20t-VJ8gAMLwuEfcQOHGsy4DiVaYZcg1AF5HfAm-s8W_Ayg4kM_4M5KupMPAE4B7rlrwVxnxM1DjBc-A7aZfQk8pZXwLNGq2-4m0Kx3lfrTn-3XkB0/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7vpmfAJPFsBJvR2Sk5wz7JQtN20t-VJ8gAMLwuEfcQOHGsy4DiVaYZcg1AF5HfAm-s8W_Ayg4kM_4M5KupMPAE4B7rlrwVxnxM1DjBc-A7aZfQk8pZXwLNGq2-4m0Kx3lfrTn-3XkB0/s640/001.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I constantly vacillate between downsizing and the necessity of getting rid of things... and the urge to bring more Found Treasures in!  *Le Sigh* </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5Cxjsro0lHsHjCDh-j77RBU1LvQt6xEC6yyCwfY2ymve83ibSQRxtoIXl-Mg3ljO_yxXC3UatqvY_ol9Jl4j8LIJpjNo5O6PM-Zclx0meE5Wmmtk8o-KQbPALWRpirKzn7tTXAKkmgQ/s1600/088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5Cxjsro0lHsHjCDh-j77RBU1LvQt6xEC6yyCwfY2ymve83ibSQRxtoIXl-Mg3ljO_yxXC3UatqvY_ol9Jl4j8LIJpjNo5O6PM-Zclx0meE5Wmmtk8o-KQbPALWRpirKzn7tTXAKkmgQ/s640/088.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It's a constant battle for me since I'm not entirely comfortable with "too much"... nor am I entirely comfortable with letting go of the amount of things that I strive to rid myself of.  The sometimes Impulse to be more of a Minimalist rather than a Maximalist! *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpGqWvJ18Q1V7zlDtNMhinQ-Hgaludmm-PNkwOoMia98XBPHKn_DETSR2n9TBoCFS1difi_YUqEQHFXHyirtum4ZsBpG0hb_6xTlqMCixX5yReVtMlIs5XYfR3bC7NjI7jWYkr-1e9ro/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpGqWvJ18Q1V7zlDtNMhinQ-Hgaludmm-PNkwOoMia98XBPHKn_DETSR2n9TBoCFS1difi_YUqEQHFXHyirtum4ZsBpG0hb_6xTlqMCixX5yReVtMlIs5XYfR3bC7NjI7jWYkr-1e9ro/s640/003.JPG" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so I sway between the two extremes it seems... because at times I have a mind to get rid of the majority of it... and then... the deciding becomes too difficult to go quite that far.  *LOL*  Not to mention I know that I won't stop...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFH9_pRKMFu_cyK2-nlvbk7NPlPJE0Da9k7h8rtkxhCjvU0Ix9j2Q6jeGS6ChM1PxeVX8kiQV8uVNBtgWTxTFL9GOMpnR77koXkrk1A1X0OqcvXJXitkYnl4i_9Sy53UUauEosq2jbjU/s1600/087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFH9_pRKMFu_cyK2-nlvbk7NPlPJE0Da9k7h8rtkxhCjvU0Ix9j2Q6jeGS6ChM1PxeVX8kiQV8uVNBtgWTxTFL9GOMpnR77koXkrk1A1X0OqcvXJXitkYnl4i_9Sy53UUauEosq2jbjU/s640/087.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Because even when I make great progress in the Great Edit & Purges of the Past, the Present and Hopefully the Future... the Thrill Of The Hunt, the Love of Old, Collecting and Rescuing Stuff, surrounding myself with Beauty... well, it is such a deeply ingrained part of me that I doubt I'll even change... or want to for that matter, because it's such a Rush, brings me such Pleasure, Contentment and Joy, like nothing else can.  Well... in the DOING of it anyway... but the MAINTAINING is a whole other Story! *Winks* </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw2A0sraZBSZUbnMfqdJ6vuvb5mfLUt8pELfjvvoc6rbquWGCL2WW5BymtUi5OSDnV-aHzSYlLfwsBIEITIXy2yvWZL5Swooq_jd0DnXbvmJLPssxU4LDle-MOnZBS-fujj7bwEvSx1E/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw2A0sraZBSZUbnMfqdJ6vuvb5mfLUt8pELfjvvoc6rbquWGCL2WW5BymtUi5OSDnV-aHzSYlLfwsBIEITIXy2yvWZL5Swooq_jd0DnXbvmJLPssxU4LDle-MOnZBS-fujj7bwEvSx1E/s640/003.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So really the issue is Space... Moderation... and the taking care of a lot... and the desire, at times, to have far less... and be more balanced in my extremes of habit, of thought, Decorating and preferences ... and so I continue to vacillate.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX1p_Nr0G8QV3u5LyqyoIJMZZIC5ja9YGZ3bZIjA0TArI4al_GuGZPhyphenhyphenOjJaXarGyWAqjcL-3pVlapJOjpMh9uX2DfTnFTG_kiE7Pn4VAWAPkbnwuBFtyfoCF5zMyHIEekks5nQuGl6w/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX1p_Nr0G8QV3u5LyqyoIJMZZIC5ja9YGZ3bZIjA0TArI4al_GuGZPhyphenhyphenOjJaXarGyWAqjcL-3pVlapJOjpMh9uX2DfTnFTG_kiE7Pn4VAWAPkbnwuBFtyfoCF5zMyHIEekks5nQuGl6w/s640/002.JPG" width="582" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>And wonder if I will ever reach the Goal of a more Balanced approach to my Passions and Stuff?  To quit going overboard and know when to Stop... before it gets to critical mass where it becomes painfully obvious and then I'm back to yet another Great Edit & Purge.  Because to be sure, unlike most of those folks I see on "Hoarders", the big Thrill for me is definitely in the Discovery and Acquisition... and after a while it's almost as Thrilling to pass it on to someone and somewhere else. </em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePfxrQn6ZCcOLIqKfqszmcG_rHExhSQy28ilq1Jizwn4bUR_8hYw3MalXAiLVphHfo92_uy0ZfCthuJ77k7QXABZYQngL9475tbDe4wzpSoqsti2y1pGjFXen_kVvAQFtb5IB9JYN4_c/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePfxrQn6ZCcOLIqKfqszmcG_rHExhSQy28ilq1Jizwn4bUR_8hYw3MalXAiLVphHfo92_uy0ZfCthuJ77k7QXABZYQngL9475tbDe4wzpSoqsti2y1pGjFXen_kVvAQFtb5IB9JYN4_c/s640/078.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>And Today Princess T said something that I remember saying at about a similar tender Age... she informed me that she has a "Collection"... and I could see how excited she was about adding to it and how proud of having it, because its obviously something that she's totally digging right now... and I realized that we're probably just wired this way from birth... those of us who are the Collectors of Things?!?</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZRJvXxBuEqQNVSFmGCJAc6aBBkxYwxqlVCKqvqxlJCIUbuY4RHr1iUPb4BR-ASA4ldbgFuEn4PwoWs6bNT0ESMzLBppsy131gOSJtLUvj1-PgEzFKBmCsg6gkfhNzZAjyTOLagac8xQ/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZRJvXxBuEqQNVSFmGCJAc6aBBkxYwxqlVCKqvqxlJCIUbuY4RHr1iUPb4BR-ASA4ldbgFuEn4PwoWs6bNT0ESMzLBppsy131gOSJtLUvj1-PgEzFKBmCsg6gkfhNzZAjyTOLagac8xQ/s640/005.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>And perhaps even those of us with a tendancy to Excess... in whatever it is that we're currently Passionate about?!?</em></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFOLsWlMBinOo63CkQiAr9dDYbTcFKBEAk2YDxxCJ5-RKvYckiWm1vS69WDkWuIA0K0TZ3ASYj8emNnleyiZsEdzloKC19kJ8V8-bZ9lmh1dHZG5fKLTaizf5cgsKsMflg0tvIBk7lo8/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFOLsWlMBinOo63CkQiAr9dDYbTcFKBEAk2YDxxCJ5-RKvYckiWm1vS69WDkWuIA0K0TZ3ASYj8emNnleyiZsEdzloKC19kJ8V8-bZ9lmh1dHZG5fKLTaizf5cgsKsMflg0tvIBk7lo8/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Because frankly I don't remember being any other way or learning this... it was just an Urge I always seemed to have... nobody encouraged me to Collect, Scavenge, Pick, Salvage... it has just always been something I really, really enjoyed doing... Loved it in fact... I'm my Happiest when devoting Time and Energy to that activity.</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsvuqVxb5fyF_IR4asZDEF1_qonwA_CrWyO67YoMDvNHJK5s5w_gFJOvv4F_wu7khqzm_GgGlOW6LgKP-2SKx39afBuZEM0Xv_ohoSmYrzuxOIc-152h50bfnYyfzP7cPMVM46RM4V5Y/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsvuqVxb5fyF_IR4asZDEF1_qonwA_CrWyO67YoMDvNHJK5s5w_gFJOvv4F_wu7khqzm_GgGlOW6LgKP-2SKx39afBuZEM0Xv_ohoSmYrzuxOIc-152h50bfnYyfzP7cPMVM46RM4V5Y/s640/009.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I've noticed that when I've connected with like-minded Souls that there are more people like me than I imagined that there were... "my people"... the ones that get the same Rush and Enjoyment from it... and though some don't seem to be conflicted about the Process, some of us are, in some ways.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFBMcGKBZHDlnJGb8LuFwaTb4OJs6THx3NIGaHZoh4t6oEKm8tTzpwG7az-hiRCsMy_9FxedRVd2c02MfF6JELovyBmDLJhR1AmLggOBG707ATTAmS_qLFn8Y5VOnBNLi5BdeYZVjwj4/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFBMcGKBZHDlnJGb8LuFwaTb4OJs6THx3NIGaHZoh4t6oEKm8tTzpwG7az-hiRCsMy_9FxedRVd2c02MfF6JELovyBmDLJhR1AmLggOBG707ATTAmS_qLFn8Y5VOnBNLi5BdeYZVjwj4/s640/016.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Usually when we acquire too much and don't have a place for everything or everything in it's place... or just get to a point of being overwhelmed, for whatever Life Reasons that overwhelmed becomes the feeling we're dealing with... and the Letting Go isn't as painless as we'd Hope it would be, or could be...</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXh2ik08krG0IUL9Q8Y0ohHZmatogN7aZHxoecSlSsoaBoowgpxkWDorr0W21Q-2-a23xsUly0qFnK-_SFEn8KeEHw2mJvFhz-cSZPMZjm5pk4w6dhL0FTcchIklbNEO4z1OZuU5GYnO8/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXh2ik08krG0IUL9Q8Y0ohHZmatogN7aZHxoecSlSsoaBoowgpxkWDorr0W21Q-2-a23xsUly0qFnK-_SFEn8KeEHw2mJvFhz-cSZPMZjm5pk4w6dhL0FTcchIklbNEO4z1OZuU5GYnO8/s640/019.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And Restraint isn't a Strength... even if we would like it to be... or need it to be...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I've tried Restraint in many areas of my tendencies towards Excess... and frankly, though I can restrain myself for a time, it takes a lot of energy and intention, it is NOT something I do naturally... or well... or long term.  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pqtzskIBfgtsFACTuSqqFRkx46CaHahCLEgxf8I9SZvzAHK37eX1D9mCg2YR1QevBb3xtH0MxvvgsRRmIVS8fZ1zLaBo8yPXY02CaojvE5r2nInfmMhlTNMfpSe5cfqFZN8RODqNYnU/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pqtzskIBfgtsFACTuSqqFRkx46CaHahCLEgxf8I9SZvzAHK37eX1D9mCg2YR1QevBb3xtH0MxvvgsRRmIVS8fZ1zLaBo8yPXY02CaojvE5r2nInfmMhlTNMfpSe5cfqFZN8RODqNYnU/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so my rooms tend to get overdone, like this... that's a lot of stuff on a table... *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwgO1D0KNy3QNJn4nb0o2uuku7MXE3LhZq0uTfu8IdtJFH0bNTfKzw2okx_riRz4hrwW3-ejvWb-m9m9Y-cVmT37a1dxyQSTI4cq-6uSkSjRh083S5zQicveef9VCY6uF9-pI38HjbYk/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwgO1D0KNy3QNJn4nb0o2uuku7MXE3LhZq0uTfu8IdtJFH0bNTfKzw2okx_riRz4hrwW3-ejvWb-m9m9Y-cVmT37a1dxyQSTI4cq-6uSkSjRh083S5zQicveef9VCY6uF9-pI38HjbYk/s640/011.JPG" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so, what will happen, every so often I'll clear it all off... and only have one thing on there besides a Tablecloth {and sometimes I do away with the Tablecloth for a time}... but then, it's as if the Stuff can't stay away from Overdecorating Mode!!!  *Smiles*  And... we'll be back to Square One again after a while... *Le Sigh*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwOj-H4Ufn7Ukcke_3tesoGcHMBbc5QwzDKAkHGeKIVlfOmUlGj_ewRKLZiUPmeRjOBHVEPx0s4YhAMG72Uo5pfGvGPTeow8XX1Qsldt1tSzOn3psJfdVsXPeXJZM8nf8qdzQr_r6iks/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwOj-H4Ufn7Ukcke_3tesoGcHMBbc5QwzDKAkHGeKIVlfOmUlGj_ewRKLZiUPmeRjOBHVEPx0s4YhAMG72Uo5pfGvGPTeow8XX1Qsldt1tSzOn3psJfdVsXPeXJZM8nf8qdzQr_r6iks/s640/028.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Stuff will start brimming over in Vignettes... or have absolutely no place to be at all and end up in stacks here and there... and everywhere... and when it reaches the point of Clutter... well, that's when I do an Intervention on myself and clear it out again!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7DzqMMgsYNWZ93p00s5Mq7tCar3-ewMD6StKZpKFXPrFjhneszKI3OrA_qTLylkVSxgkfcUgEo8Ied9ffAEC2tr2sCqPcDL9ddDrSVATXBFndaZ2Kp3RVf1QyNaqQID3c2qv2hWqYS4/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7DzqMMgsYNWZ93p00s5Mq7tCar3-ewMD6StKZpKFXPrFjhneszKI3OrA_qTLylkVSxgkfcUgEo8Ied9ffAEC2tr2sCqPcDL9ddDrSVATXBFndaZ2Kp3RVf1QyNaqQID3c2qv2hWqYS4/s640/032.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Well, with the Exception of Vintage Tablecloths that is... I totally agonize to the point of absurdity about the possibility of Editing and Purging THOSE!  It would be like asking me to chose which of the Children to part with!  *LOL*  I haven't yet fathomed my strong attachment to the Vintage Tablecloth, it's still a Mystery...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Dg5no8tB2jNelKpXthSeH6UYw3CjK2aFZLQ3XPUJZvapamDKTMIk7MsczuZ6fm2eC3qxBS7q42cInl7cNxlp1IY20eucT30nYx9cZa6pr4-CO0pXZwe9jlPDCict3pYIWH1r6LQk4JM/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Dg5no8tB2jNelKpXthSeH6UYw3CjK2aFZLQ3XPUJZvapamDKTMIk7MsczuZ6fm2eC3qxBS7q42cInl7cNxlp1IY20eucT30nYx9cZa6pr4-CO0pXZwe9jlPDCict3pYIWH1r6LQk4JM/s640/029.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I really need some Tips, some Training and Guidelines from those of you who have found a Method for melding the Instinct to Collect with keeping it manageable on the Homefront?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0nZHWqK2uAVDT-Te3qsTD93fcjAD2YKreux1wp6AWaV1BQ6UA6XHq4cfY8gzk2wy-dwABG3UVlE94NI63qSXn86FLQldqhcw6fEjx5Szk4dLUFAfeOdIzVhyphenhyphen_Grn6Mvk4hvo4ZffYWU/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0nZHWqK2uAVDT-Te3qsTD93fcjAD2YKreux1wp6AWaV1BQ6UA6XHq4cfY8gzk2wy-dwABG3UVlE94NI63qSXn86FLQldqhcw6fEjx5Szk4dLUFAfeOdIzVhyphenhyphen_Grn6Mvk4hvo4ZffYWU/s640/001.JPG" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Or have a Peace about it enough so that you're not at War with Self about the Stuff... and what goes out or comes in?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5CkgRxcbViM9oFWIDK8GKqLfkI_jx4khhl_AYuBLZ8axfoFegIqSJlnmAfJYtumKIuqchITGfwo-QOKwxDoUazYWiz2z87mL4YMYuPbZdUZsF73qmx9ksGuLml-1QcPGRpzef2yiXgE/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5CkgRxcbViM9oFWIDK8GKqLfkI_jx4khhl_AYuBLZ8axfoFegIqSJlnmAfJYtumKIuqchITGfwo-QOKwxDoUazYWiz2z87mL4YMYuPbZdUZsF73qmx9ksGuLml-1QcPGRpzef2yiXgE/s640/015.JPG" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Because, though I Love it... sometimes I also Hate it too... because it can be a double edged sword... and somewhat of a personal burden at times...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnRolcqlPFVPlfvHwekLDbKYwyVPJpfvrEvKV5f25dK-RbHH0KasNSH4FavNbsAYEqZB_zPzOyROpOQuVfnnFuVWQQUffcFCfEsedLkxvsOF46rpBdTwuB38qGqcI2_AKGb_J8SNo-CY/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnRolcqlPFVPlfvHwekLDbKYwyVPJpfvrEvKV5f25dK-RbHH0KasNSH4FavNbsAYEqZB_zPzOyROpOQuVfnnFuVWQQUffcFCfEsedLkxvsOF46rpBdTwuB38qGqcI2_AKGb_J8SNo-CY/s640/030.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And if you Live long enough... well, you can certainly acquire some Stuff I'm telling you!!!  And reach Saturation Points before you know it... and now it's too late, you've got too much and now you're faced with THE QUESTION! *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvK1pSk10rx72gQlwd_w582HPvKHk22n4Zwc1BVydSceFugrzoekLRjvRI4zzulXapXG2_403ATOGrbZGvFUiHwDBpZxhyphenhyphennHe-8SFvoChSScN3xAsTwzX7DvVuIjWYRZe1i1v8GaPFLo/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvK1pSk10rx72gQlwd_w582HPvKHk22n4Zwc1BVydSceFugrzoekLRjvRI4zzulXapXG2_403ATOGrbZGvFUiHwDBpZxhyphenhyphennHe-8SFvoChSScN3xAsTwzX7DvVuIjWYRZe1i1v8GaPFLo/s640/002.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Of where to put it... or how long to keep it... now THAT is what becomes a Process in the Collecting and Acquisition of Found Treasures, of Salvaging, Picking and Scavenging and Rescuing great Old Stuff.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKGG99cXtIwhrEDFL6rfXQt6KRd_rtE6J3kruH2_57IpdD_Z_n9sAgduIvOXw15FAUABwnH4AskLkeakm8DSg5j37aRXo2enIiNeO6GFnamx_tLhF3jQCqqEyQNJjb92kE_sums9Dm1g/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKGG99cXtIwhrEDFL6rfXQt6KRd_rtE6J3kruH2_57IpdD_Z_n9sAgduIvOXw15FAUABwnH4AskLkeakm8DSg5j37aRXo2enIiNeO6GFnamx_tLhF3jQCqqEyQNJjb92kE_sums9Dm1g/s640/012.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Because though I shall ALWAYS Love to DO it... and certainly there is going to be a place in my Heart for each and every Treasure... there will <u>not</u> be a place in my Home for it ALL!?!  *LOL*  Yep, my Heart can be big enough for all of it, but I've yet to find a place outside of my Heart for all of it!   Without it looking a bit like this... *Winks & a huge Sigh*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18SIRoYuDcAgerBt7oqARaOux6NPrOXAcSc-7WiD088Fca-4txF4VQ74f6eRXXrK32M54XP2R4G28jnUTBHaxQ08itki-wg6eQ-NOkWoErMGIS2DUXSATJVBWmdKW3xLKthNvb0eyUxU/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18SIRoYuDcAgerBt7oqARaOux6NPrOXAcSc-7WiD088Fca-4txF4VQ74f6eRXXrK32M54XP2R4G28jnUTBHaxQ08itki-wg6eQ-NOkWoErMGIS2DUXSATJVBWmdKW3xLKthNvb0eyUxU/s640/034.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And there will be some days when I want it all gone... and then other days when I can coexist with it Peacefully and Enjoy it... it's a delicate balance... because I'm conflicted... and vacillate between wanting it around me... and NOT!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSzsAg3Sx_Gl7klcONoqsudOPxLo5vp8shzHY8PCr-PbFOkm4yKQ_8CNRurBoKo1okVMcXQbaARITukkXd0HLkLWsQhyOF-biOLzWqoKT_kSQ12aGIP3_9R0e0ZzRgYlShfQURDk04fo/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSzsAg3Sx_Gl7klcONoqsudOPxLo5vp8shzHY8PCr-PbFOkm4yKQ_8CNRurBoKo1okVMcXQbaARITukkXd0HLkLWsQhyOF-biOLzWqoKT_kSQ12aGIP3_9R0e0ZzRgYlShfQURDk04fo/s640/022.JPG" width="518" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Days when I wish I had a Genie in a Bottle to solve the dilemma for me...  Barbara Eden where are you?!?  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-t2BOoKmYkkFSIUiA3T-MeMxKFYElL6JOu-xrYcbQ7zQsPScmWujheXjeV12KVpl_EhKQqrXD4mZDkqCVCjuF0RDy2qK6YfLH5Hi_YiShiZ_Q32ipUgW0eGr10pscUfuJ6NvEEsrMoo/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-t2BOoKmYkkFSIUiA3T-MeMxKFYElL6JOu-xrYcbQ7zQsPScmWujheXjeV12KVpl_EhKQqrXD4mZDkqCVCjuF0RDy2qK6YfLH5Hi_YiShiZ_Q32ipUgW0eGr10pscUfuJ6NvEEsrMoo/s640/021.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>My Zen is sometimes totally interrupted by the shere magnitude of my success at Collecting great Stuff and having insufficient Space to put it & Enjoy it properly you see... *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsSTclqlLNncowrG-5vPQjlOHHKetEu03MabNl6MCbDWGr8Exmhu5cM3269vhb6t4RZCB6S4HeTfS2zlq2SBxAS9neZBD51z7by4YavRePqpkFUixUw36DS579MTJPAQKxsy-gdYjEGE/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsSTclqlLNncowrG-5vPQjlOHHKetEu03MabNl6MCbDWGr8Exmhu5cM3269vhb6t4RZCB6S4HeTfS2zlq2SBxAS9neZBD51z7by4YavRePqpkFUixUw36DS579MTJPAQKxsy-gdYjEGE/s640/033.JPG" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I don't have a band of Merry Maids here to help me keep it all maintained pristinely... and I guess that part bothers me most & why I sometimes sway towards Minimalism for the purpose of practicality.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWXr8Fj8OyA6eiA5iHw0wwhYYzuf1ayVZcch5EA_012XC2VBB3dPZ2gd9U1CJZbiito-eaJXCB0XEk0EvxulHcmwtLUTwIL066Ryi2VDE69bmVY74jgr7i0YM6UmLofH-OD8rV9bD3SI/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWXr8Fj8OyA6eiA5iHw0wwhYYzuf1ayVZcch5EA_012XC2VBB3dPZ2gd9U1CJZbiito-eaJXCB0XEk0EvxulHcmwtLUTwIL066Ryi2VDE69bmVY74jgr7i0YM6UmLofH-OD8rV9bD3SI/s640/024.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And those of you who Share this proclivity of swaying between Maximalism and Minimalism will certainly understand the internal struggle... and how you never really know for certain which will win out in the end?  But, I guess we'll see... in due time...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... where a Maximalist is attempting to become more of a Minimalist... 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Unable To Decide... Help! I'm Wavering Again! *LOL*

I constantly vacillate between downsizing and the necessity of getting rid of things... and the urge to bring more Found Treasures in!  *Le ...

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The Property That Keeps On Giving

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwNnfd656w5Sn4D4_EOmMc-L6GiPDzzTjM4DQXRLSJoA_3CTlV3fSNHvhujcJHI10soTg1jj7b52lCAvbop_U4jIxcNGDxWqLgUw-D75JF7CtdK4mDgXmU_-OFDXLpmzjDwevW6zvvt8/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwNnfd656w5Sn4D4_EOmMc-L6GiPDzzTjM4DQXRLSJoA_3CTlV3fSNHvhujcJHI10soTg1jj7b52lCAvbop_U4jIxcNGDxWqLgUw-D75JF7CtdK4mDgXmU_-OFDXLpmzjDwevW6zvvt8/s640/039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even though we've lived on our Property for well over a decade now, its large enough that we still haven't explored every outbuilding, every crack, every crevice that might reveal even more hidden Treasures waiting to be found!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XKXENa_7VL828GafuTGEhWCn_H9VzrNJC0KRc2aeIepnyurFpl7YWGQkzoYECGjMN8Mgf_UzVZEiLtk99xKN1Jn2vrt9iRW5_x55_aeE4fpMisdoYYsEGwY2m0_-iNeFIRAo-p8zU-c/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XKXENa_7VL828GafuTGEhWCn_H9VzrNJC0KRc2aeIepnyurFpl7YWGQkzoYECGjMN8Mgf_UzVZEiLtk99xKN1Jn2vrt9iRW5_x55_aeE4fpMisdoYYsEGwY2m0_-iNeFIRAo-p8zU-c/s640/035.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so it is the Property that keeps on Giving and I just Love that aspect of it... of the Mysteries still awaiting Discovery!  And this week was one such Discovery as The Man continued his Great Edit & Purge of 2012 in some of the Storage Outbuildings he utilizes.  Behind some Old Lockers he found an Old Tin Box wedged behind them!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCL5874jitESKXLNMhjpUOpffmih7MbQB1Zw3LSn6fpmfmK9TBHwBU2eQSAbsDqMCwOeYVOSh5yz79mAXcGOm2IvwzWqy60tiw8eNE5wBDjbkzq94Cc6knY5eXbAJKq31fKqSxWm0gdS4/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCL5874jitESKXLNMhjpUOpffmih7MbQB1Zw3LSn6fpmfmK9TBHwBU2eQSAbsDqMCwOeYVOSh5yz79mAXcGOm2IvwzWqy60tiw8eNE5wBDjbkzq94Cc6knY5eXbAJKq31fKqSxWm0gdS4/s640/038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And when he lifted the lid he knew he'd be Surprising me with the ultimate 'Bohemian Bling Score' that would Bedazzle me and make my pulse race!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4UcM5z239s_3zyoEj96eL8HbXUYc4qiTSeW0bpPssIrcxuYwTZ7eAK1rZVep6I13R9qXJJ9-bc3uX_cVa4rg5648LVo3faxs6JYPu2aOQ7dwE6PnElxMKP45wXz-K8t3lBuWHpW2fsM/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4UcM5z239s_3zyoEj96eL8HbXUYc4qiTSeW0bpPssIrcxuYwTZ7eAK1rZVep6I13R9qXJJ9-bc3uX_cVa4rg5648LVo3faxs6JYPu2aOQ7dwE6PnElxMKP45wXz-K8t3lBuWHpW2fsM/s640/040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yes, it was an Old Tin Box FULL of Bohemian Bling!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDOMBzp9L1sun-u9Nbw6xNwxTeyHWECyu_4ndXuvLX-0pxzl1-8E6eAhfsCS44ZeGDFTjzBRfWdF1XAn-ifC7l_gFHeKXoxu0KqrFd8nc8NcHKedmgbhvfIfQaGi9PebHpdHmtlcgWvM/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDOMBzp9L1sun-u9Nbw6xNwxTeyHWECyu_4ndXuvLX-0pxzl1-8E6eAhfsCS44ZeGDFTjzBRfWdF1XAn-ifC7l_gFHeKXoxu0KqrFd8nc8NcHKedmgbhvfIfQaGi9PebHpdHmtlcgWvM/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Oodles of Vintage Earrings and an Old Watch!!!  *As I opened the Lid, be still my beating Heart!!!*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfkriWAVmAsWemRF6kDAqPsZGUkLtH2SQqHDDZQE6hRJoxte4ebWgil4AYoH0KtpfbZVsTknQshm4-CtKY3RZEPTpsBUSmlAgktfdUFVxij79kvtznzQLwTlvzPRvv_OjEhJYg3wojIQ/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfkriWAVmAsWemRF6kDAqPsZGUkLtH2SQqHDDZQE6hRJoxte4ebWgil4AYoH0KtpfbZVsTknQshm4-CtKY3RZEPTpsBUSmlAgktfdUFVxij79kvtznzQLwTlvzPRvv_OjEhJYg3wojIQ/s640/042.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It was like the Ultimate Junquing 'Score' right on our own Property... hidden for who knows how long?!?  All of the Earrings are clip-on Style and as the Young Prince and I sorted them into matching pairs & arranged them on Silver Trays, there was a grand total of 112 Earring Sets!!!  And not an orphaned one in the bunch!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwAUUJSvBVx4H9dZRWzvzqT_h4kJndDyZDpcyeCLKQNhKlRQ3OyaBtjIiNbKG0IUk6UD-ixeqdKKRAjK1y6mSwaGlKL0hhF7-YhNctY32JC7XmweUyP-3bMA_Etjlq0UbntfuMG_eBFU/s1600/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwAUUJSvBVx4H9dZRWzvzqT_h4kJndDyZDpcyeCLKQNhKlRQ3OyaBtjIiNbKG0IUk6UD-ixeqdKKRAjK1y6mSwaGlKL0hhF7-YhNctY32JC7XmweUyP-3bMA_Etjlq0UbntfuMG_eBFU/s640/080.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>TRAY #1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Now... it's not as if any of these Vintage Earrings is particularly valuable, but to me this Discovery was Priceless because it is another part of the History of our Home & Property...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5G8Kvs92KfCquauwVyStzxJwh87KB6i-viPAY44omcOQ1PCTjuxi_dklM8H9aU8tPiyGLktV5dbArmFP8yzm-qPXUi1Q5DueNBg64ULE-ovsvj5JIxsa7QdFMkWF8gD7t-hM-cQwSFM/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5G8Kvs92KfCquauwVyStzxJwh87KB6i-viPAY44omcOQ1PCTjuxi_dklM8H9aU8tPiyGLktV5dbArmFP8yzm-qPXUi1Q5DueNBg64ULE-ovsvj5JIxsa7QdFMkWF8gD7t-hM-cQwSFM/s640/081.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>TRAY #2</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It was a bit like Christmas in May as the G-Kid Force and I, giddy with excitement, rifled through that Tin Box and spread out our Stash of Lovelies...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhNKHXL7Nma_Q1_GwM-rAMh92KPBgZwGIYETdtZXNZNeR-shADd4MlqqeMwa-FDRkr1zin6GHHjOPHJJKWRb3_0NZ6OxjTgMGKkIMm8fP4oTHylCb77Y-teXul8YotjuZfixzmntdq4g/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhNKHXL7Nma_Q1_GwM-rAMh92KPBgZwGIYETdtZXNZNeR-shADd4MlqqeMwa-FDRkr1zin6GHHjOPHJJKWRb3_0NZ6OxjTgMGKkIMm8fP4oTHylCb77Y-teXul8YotjuZfixzmntdq4g/s640/067.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Certainly it had been almost 20 years at the very least since we have lived here over 12 years and it had been Vacant and in Probate for years before that...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I remember those and it's been a long time since I've seen one!  Remember when those were popular?!? *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaovGWxJ0DNqzyLPqJqsM0lYXOXyuFJM4vr6ycWS8LdikNUh-GZKm-x-E-jErZlvnw_l7r7WBUa9n50ig_Eb7r3HnAgPYO6gno2IW10wRFFEPsRY3GR_jD2_02Et9lb_6floonBavmrc/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaovGWxJ0DNqzyLPqJqsM0lYXOXyuFJM4vr6ycWS8LdikNUh-GZKm-x-E-jErZlvnw_l7r7WBUa9n50ig_Eb7r3HnAgPYO6gno2IW10wRFFEPsRY3GR_jD2_02Et9lb_6floonBavmrc/s640/078.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And certainly many of the Earrings are from my Mom's Era, because she had a massive Vintage Bohemian Earring Collection gleaned from around the World in her Travels and many of these resembled those Styles and materials used.  In fact, Mom would have Loved this Collection and worn any of them... as I was growing up her Earrings were always a source of fascination and awe.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZl47O9shau_8zVirvIMZmE7CB08AAL0AiHX6UjFpVMH7a85-9qaGRi9Ukb06o_TdqKapWuUoWQIoN35jxH0OlB_7P7EsNaNWMOte_5mESlqOyjTgqUfp5IHSRza2BVCSWfkK-f8HEU4/s1600/079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZl47O9shau_8zVirvIMZmE7CB08AAL0AiHX6UjFpVMH7a85-9qaGRi9Ukb06o_TdqKapWuUoWQIoN35jxH0OlB_7P7EsNaNWMOte_5mESlqOyjTgqUfp5IHSRza2BVCSWfkK-f8HEU4/s640/079.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Mom would Collect and wear the most outrageous and Boheme' Earrings she could find... and in Welsh Gypsy flair she would Bedazzle everyone with her Beautiful Exotic Bohemian look & Style.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I will have to do some minor repairs on a few of the pieces... but thankfully most of the Bling & Pearls that had fallen off over the years were still in the Tin and so they can be restored.   I'm just amazed at how well preserved these actually were after decades stored in an Adobe Outbuilding without air conditioning in the Arizona Desert extremes of temperatures!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHt4fzWrXeGiapZmshLJaUu-A72dMB3ZxzrRqp5k4eh48TeMdXyzcVC7_3Hdq3j5RbbUf6zUuybxN_MQWtudEEmcnknh1YyYCcj02k4Z4MNDFkIX8etuOb-JtYHXcMkbbqtSpMn9ysKCM/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHt4fzWrXeGiapZmshLJaUu-A72dMB3ZxzrRqp5k4eh48TeMdXyzcVC7_3Hdq3j5RbbUf6zUuybxN_MQWtudEEmcnknh1YyYCcj02k4Z4MNDFkIX8etuOb-JtYHXcMkbbqtSpMn9ysKCM/s640/053.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And without further adue, here are a few of our Favs... no small feat when you're awash in 112 choices of which you like best?! *LOL*  So narrowing it down for which to show you in detail and close-ups was not easy... But the above set was definitely a hands-down Fav of mine.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsormvEOuJDzteBqPq2bmIYqbU1Sl7ccQzEHVzeGuHsEs0x10mS8F1By_QG0HJaCj1RkpxUtTiHwvK2jCvCNDm5E9L8LYjhROACiPvCPtD_MFdrzLsc8moOXCHaahCL-1Ih-zAmFUS2E/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsormvEOuJDzteBqPq2bmIYqbU1Sl7ccQzEHVzeGuHsEs0x10mS8F1By_QG0HJaCj1RkpxUtTiHwvK2jCvCNDm5E9L8LYjhROACiPvCPtD_MFdrzLsc8moOXCHaahCL-1Ih-zAmFUS2E/s640/053.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And the G-Kid Force chose this Set as a hands-down Fav of theirs...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>   </em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEed0qw-8KoWfikHz4naFXonG3y_4pSNfeNX1lsxEX-sUgDNa0qTMtfViQD6ByABoQw0HJ6oSRye7HkgcaykdI3u3YVMUu7gX05_V7Xm-9WPkiKI1pHBlfi8NTprZQf_HLkuLSrUP9Mg/s1600/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEed0qw-8KoWfikHz4naFXonG3y_4pSNfeNX1lsxEX-sUgDNa0qTMtfViQD6ByABoQw0HJ6oSRye7HkgcaykdI3u3YVMUu7gX05_V7Xm-9WPkiKI1pHBlfi8NTprZQf_HLkuLSrUP9Mg/s640/056.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But to be sure each had their Special Appeal and you just cannot beat Vintage Style can you?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcitDd_f1M6b4FIi7-v-3D6jy7mP53WNrj5KNocRfqGOrtwMajUNyX2W_IYMl18dxriRfGaYCsV8FSzCZJkj8tSWScOI1wh-3wKLTvJL4rK1XgzplnKPO2N0lf8s55ggk7lmUhq9Z6ixU/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcitDd_f1M6b4FIi7-v-3D6jy7mP53WNrj5KNocRfqGOrtwMajUNyX2W_IYMl18dxriRfGaYCsV8FSzCZJkj8tSWScOI1wh-3wKLTvJL4rK1XgzplnKPO2N0lf8s55ggk7lmUhq9Z6ixU/s640/063.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I can see myself Creating some awesome custom Jewelry out of many of these...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfIHojr0oWm1O_tct03UKgRfK8DcTKXSR2hCwKLFDrRQdlUVvVgbzEi-0sH64O4oKSjDACrMi0hVUbmUDz-SlcoWSqoeMCymKAxKVh-jAIQYbqOQ7ThpcbLYz9-WD7xdr37BBmiV3uDk/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfIHojr0oWm1O_tct03UKgRfK8DcTKXSR2hCwKLFDrRQdlUVvVgbzEi-0sH64O4oKSjDACrMi0hVUbmUDz-SlcoWSqoeMCymKAxKVh-jAIQYbqOQ7ThpcbLYz9-WD7xdr37BBmiV3uDk/s640/055.JPG" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yet another of my Special Favs... Loving the Color combination and Chunky Cabochon.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpZebGO4S7D4PkeDZcd829awsGKoVRdrfpmYsC9K_6yOg0-2GBpy5ti7UOXidBd2p6Imwc99sNf-7KUZ3Hsf0w3r_2HEBNNztuoeY54EzjZ0C5PF_Wgx6R-CQVyX_z9n_VvWIbkOW9sk/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpZebGO4S7D4PkeDZcd829awsGKoVRdrfpmYsC9K_6yOg0-2GBpy5ti7UOXidBd2p6Imwc99sNf-7KUZ3Hsf0w3r_2HEBNNztuoeY54EzjZ0C5PF_Wgx6R-CQVyX_z9n_VvWIbkOW9sk/s640/053.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Opalescent Stones just send out such fire, Love 'em!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIksgt3EyOzmwD_o9NtwaDUMuQ2zm0IwJO1PO46HqhCyvwFFtOqZ0nhTxujb9U_Avu9F4YN3QRmijRKhntAa8RzWMtgGfhC706_5XKDlS0uw403XJUIlr1I7A743mQdd7OLWV_oWYzdA/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIksgt3EyOzmwD_o9NtwaDUMuQ2zm0IwJO1PO46HqhCyvwFFtOqZ0nhTxujb9U_Avu9F4YN3QRmijRKhntAa8RzWMtgGfhC706_5XKDlS0uw403XJUIlr1I7A743mQdd7OLWV_oWYzdA/s640/061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>There were lots of interesting materials used in many of the pieces...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZyg0KmdLtYNiIfzVbY6JI4fQ9FwwFhGad9HL0Ig3GBrFohfBRTFMhiaDhbKQVw1vSmVPmIGkgxmvheOXOONZrBjNY0jk4cVk9h2JFIwWCg-fpHULX0Zbu7X2EBQIugxdg_PzlGSHtqg/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZyg0KmdLtYNiIfzVbY6JI4fQ9FwwFhGad9HL0Ig3GBrFohfBRTFMhiaDhbKQVw1vSmVPmIGkgxmvheOXOONZrBjNY0jk4cVk9h2JFIwWCg-fpHULX0Zbu7X2EBQIugxdg_PzlGSHtqg/s640/062.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And those Sputnik Glass Bead and Bright Plastic with Rhinestone Sets... Love it!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZmWc1oRmtBTmuxsxCvkuDI4a0Qbequ3r9QqYBq-nr-0RThTnzQtUtILSqGthIQqbn6vWU_3bSITCYrTzFbhRB-IEfdKqLqpqb7lA_SBL4GsPVbIb3-3nh40pRVQBB4v9LV-xtc35tbE/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZmWc1oRmtBTmuxsxCvkuDI4a0Qbequ3r9QqYBq-nr-0RThTnzQtUtILSqGthIQqbn6vWU_3bSITCYrTzFbhRB-IEfdKqLqpqb7lA_SBL4GsPVbIb3-3nh40pRVQBB4v9LV-xtc35tbE/s640/060.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This was a pair that Princess T was diggin'... she's very much the Romantic Bohemian that one...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthLEFRRsremhl3bsZWh-ikY3sMa-buyDzS_nrAuZQYSZheAWJ9VFqsbWESWU3G-L3bBIF_RDb61gXh1UML_dZcIeVDuYb8R_DeflYX3ck0aNgQpDg87nMjc-O0XFtr4V-JuJgIElIWgQ/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthLEFRRsremhl3bsZWh-ikY3sMa-buyDzS_nrAuZQYSZheAWJ9VFqsbWESWU3G-L3bBIF_RDb61gXh1UML_dZcIeVDuYb8R_DeflYX3ck0aNgQpDg87nMjc-O0XFtr4V-JuJgIElIWgQ/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And what led the Original Owner to stash them away, secretly hidden and wedged securely behind a large set of Old Lockers in an Old Adobe Storage Building on the back half of our Acre?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkpxS8fCD0ypxl2QhOddKht-GpmS0eRfPo8qK3dyKqYRo0VxxTC_v3HXCdbdwBy-5B9dff05BYwECj2PZEPX0NeAEhgSqd8A4A0gIB5KGpdYO51sxMwlW_iv_h_sptXse7WBFsuYM0Rg/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkpxS8fCD0ypxl2QhOddKht-GpmS0eRfPo8qK3dyKqYRo0VxxTC_v3HXCdbdwBy-5B9dff05BYwECj2PZEPX0NeAEhgSqd8A4A0gIB5KGpdYO51sxMwlW_iv_h_sptXse7WBFsuYM0Rg/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And why were they left behind?  Perhaps forgotten?  Or perhaps the Property of someone who passed from Time into Eternity, taking the Secret with them to the grave?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB16Hf9STt2UlNzs-jtE2JhLcSQCaug5UrSulLZKBLJovDiJByvCiO6kcvM3wv_zrtg_DwFFsvbxXCV_zlUQB-CDlTSAJ3nEDyS4QBUpEW4w4x8WEF6BUGeOm29_OPDg-gAk_FCuIk6xk/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB16Hf9STt2UlNzs-jtE2JhLcSQCaug5UrSulLZKBLJovDiJByvCiO6kcvM3wv_zrtg_DwFFsvbxXCV_zlUQB-CDlTSAJ3nEDyS4QBUpEW4w4x8WEF6BUGeOm29_OPDg-gAk_FCuIk6xk/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>We know that this Property was built at the turn of the Century and continuously owned & occupied by the same Family until the last of the Descendants passed.  But over the years the large Property was broken up... the Main House into several Apartments & the Carriage House & Cottages in back were all rented out for additional income when the last Descendant was battling a serious illness.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3l5aQ8rwrsXzjk9S5rLp4Lc9fme0SKms2pNnflGkkdgtGwJqj474DGB64KG15uPvvOL1wBkA6LvOJiqWIlrNXLVibXPvDh5NUuKt-32Cxo9cEzBC39HPwxSgUvbBAO4NMc_YGfoN66I/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3l5aQ8rwrsXzjk9S5rLp4Lc9fme0SKms2pNnflGkkdgtGwJqj474DGB64KG15uPvvOL1wBkA6LvOJiqWIlrNXLVibXPvDh5NUuKt-32Cxo9cEzBC39HPwxSgUvbBAO4NMc_YGfoN66I/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sweet little Straw Bonnets with dyed Seed Pearls that the G-Kid Force chose as a mutual Fav.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So... was this stash owned by the Abbott-Case Family or one of their many Tenants I wonder?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jGJiMfCOqG8H1qwXyC74CrFUBhbZm8AeNoTotBkpqAYwXsFFQVI0EWhIY34KrjYAOJGqfjTvz-l-t27uMPReJ2bphpeQ9yjpRSNvbj2IAFjMZrOr05ZjRYg-orbsoZwmSUtwDakbWRQ/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jGJiMfCOqG8H1qwXyC74CrFUBhbZm8AeNoTotBkpqAYwXsFFQVI0EWhIY34KrjYAOJGqfjTvz-l-t27uMPReJ2bphpeQ9yjpRSNvbj2IAFjMZrOr05ZjRYg-orbsoZwmSUtwDakbWRQ/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And now... now they're owned by us... and will become a part of <u>our </u>Story...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUGKrlJoBiRJl4niXVsVXzXjLnyMbjpKUNZQUDKwhO8ngKsN-HZ69RM7zYljJuu34SxzQ1tiLzxCy3CNo3tv9jiMWJ4RWfvcrQkbA8dHe-fp5edKEGP1dxNXtRo9cdNe2_rUHLeVjX7s/s1600/CommonGroundMG_9830+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUGKrlJoBiRJl4niXVsVXzXjLnyMbjpKUNZQUDKwhO8ngKsN-HZ69RM7zYljJuu34SxzQ1tiLzxCy3CNo3tv9jiMWJ4RWfvcrQkbA8dHe-fp5edKEGP1dxNXtRo9cdNe2_rUHLeVjX7s/s640/CommonGroundMG_9830+2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">COMMON GROUND</span></strong></a> Blog</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And please join us over at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">COMMON GROUND</span></strong></a> for a Vintage Inspiration Blog Linky Party!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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