Well, we’ve come to the last Vintage Black Friday. It has been such fun. I want to thank Jill at Gypsy Brocante for hosting this weekly party. And stop by her blog for a list of everyone participating.

I had to dig deep to find something for this last VBF. The well appeared to be dry…but then I found these:

The books on either end were my Dad’s textbooks when he was attending Cass Technical High School in Detroit in the 1940’s. I keep these on top of my hutch in the den. The one on the left is a book on electrical wiring.

His name is written on the inside cover with the year 1940. My Dad was always great with anything to do with repairs, wiring, building – you name it. Apparently, all those classes paid off!

The little book in the middle is a faded copy of The Taming of the Shrew.

A friend of ours gave us this little leather bound copy many years ago.

I hope everyone has a great Friday – and Happy VBF!

On this VBF, I thought I would share some old photos with you. I have tons of these – mainly because my Grandmother was so good about saving everything. The other day found me looking through the piano bench, where I knew I had some of these stashed.

Pardon my foot. It somehow snuck in my photo! Let’s look a bit closer at these – the top left hand corner is a Snap Shots album that is full of photos of my Grandmother and her friends. She must have been a teenager when these were taken and they show a side of her I didn’t get to see. On the right of the album is a photo of my Great-Grandmother…my Grandma adored her and she is so lovely in this shot. In the lower-left hand corner is a photo of my Great-Grandparents. They were a yound married couple in this one. And on the right is a photo of my Grandmother and her classmates outside their school in Canada.

This photo was inside the Snap Shots album. It is of Grandma with a dog – the family dog? I’m not sure. I only know I often hug my dogs the exact same way.

Sweet Jill sent a little treasure packet to some of us who participated in VBF. I was thrilled to receive it. Here it is:

Thank you, Jill! Have a wonderful day and stop by Jill’s blog, Gypsy Brocante, to visit everyone participating.

Hello everyone – I’m sorry this is up so late in the morning, but I didn’t get back from Charlotte until after midnight. Both of my flights were delayed, but the good news is I made my connection and I am back home. I had planned another post for today, but no time for a photo session!

This week, I want to share a lovely vintage piano at my friend Heidi’s store. It is apartment sized, so it only has 5 octaves instead of 8. Isn’t it sweet? I would have loved something like this when I was in my studio apartment days.

I know it has been sold and should have been picked up by the new owners this week. I hope they enjoy it! Happy Vintage Black Friday! Please stop by Gypsy Brocante to see a list of everyone participating.