These vases sit on top of a chest in our guest room. They came from my Aunt Bob's when we cleaned it after the flood of 1998. She was in the Elba Nursing Home when her home was flooded. We salvaged what we could when we cleaned up after the flood and had a garage sale. We told her relatives to come take something to remember her by and I chose these vases. She probably got them at a garage sale.
Her house was also flooded in 1990. Not much was left in her home after that flood. Carolyn came from Indiana to help her clean her house that year.
The sun shines on these vases and it's almost as if her spirit lives in them. I love going into the room and picking them up and looking at the designs.
I'm not an antique collector so I have no idea if they are worth very much. I just collect things I like. I have a few old books that I treasure. Most of all I love vases and like to use them to hold flowers from my garden. I have a big heavy glass vase to hold my gladiolas with those big long stems. I keep fresh flowers on the table in the breakfast most of the time. Today it was zinnias in a metal coffee can!
More tomorrow.
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