Found

when we first bought our 1880 victorian

i had dreams of finding long hidden treasures

up in the attic

or down in the bowels of the house

no such luck

if ever there was anything to find

it would seem that previous dwellers had been the fortunate ones

until today

when i was rummaging in the aforementioned bowels

for something i've clean forgotten now

and unearthed these little gems

reposing in a dusty old box

defective?

forgotten

lost?

who cares?

they are now reposing in an old wooden bowl in my nook

(isn't 'nook' a perfect word?)

this was actually my second treasure find

about a week ago i was rootling through some boxes of silverware

that had been handed down to me

and happened across something truly lovely

sterling silver spoons and serving pieces

some are even monogrammed

with the name 'meg'

so sweet and pretty

wouldn't you love to know who meg was?

were the spoons a wedding gift?

did she enjoy shining up those precious pieces too?

did she feed her babies from that cutlery?

i wonder

of course 

i hunted out my own silver cream

and got right to work

 i don't know why polishing silver is so

satisfying

but it is

now those spoons reside in a little ironstone creamer

on my dining room mantle

what once was lost is now found