More old stuff: paintings by Mike's German grandfather that we had reframed about 15 yrs ago. The lamp base was my dad's creation. The nightstand & headboard from Italy 20 yrs ago but like the light & dark woods of my dad's early creations. Mike's childhood bear & his painting. Clock is retro only.

Here's something even older than the picture I shared recently. I bought it at an antique auction when I was 16. It's a folding chair with a narrow seat. I used to always have a mirror over it near the front door. I still have that large mirror that has come across country and hung in many halls

I was on the phone to a friend who I known back in Boston 55+ yrs ago. I turned to look at a picture by my desk. An Xmas card to the fabric dept where I worked. It & its fine frame have travelled with me and hung in almost 20 places from Boston to Oregon. I think the pink was stronger. As were we.