black and white Wednesday - vintage

Vintage: 

~  Having a quality of aging, enduring or improving over time.

~  Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier

time period.

I am a lover and collector of old things.

Things loved, worn and used in earlier days.

Some of them by my own relatives or my husband's, but also those

found at flea markets, yard sales and antique stores.

About a month ago while out running errands on a weekend,

 I spotted this little beauty at a yard sale.

A trunk.

I heard it call my name, (well not really but I'll pretend it did)

and made a reasonable offer to the seller and he accepted.

It's made of wood and leather and has beautiful paper lining the lid.

I try and imagine who owned it years ago.

These were taken Sunday after the rain had stopped,

when I had an idea to take the trunk and Grace outside. 

My patient husband carried it across the road to the tracks,

 as I held hands with both Grace and Will, we followed behind.

Grace in her ornate headband, velvet dress and boots and Will in his Halloween (Batman) costume

 and sporting Harry Potter glasses (his choice of course).

Someone should have snapped a picture of us,
it was pretty funny. ;)
Grace is usually great about these undertakings, and her mom's 'ideas.'
At least for now.