Discovered Treasure

I came upon this old blanket box

It is a treasure in itself!

I believe that it's about C18th or earlier.

People padlocked

what was treasure to them....

the word of God

so that nothing could happen to the Bibles

that were very hard to obtain

and even harder to read (for some people!)

What was in it..

I mused!

Like to explore with me

and see??!

Can I see a hint of gold there?

I don't know.....

Yes ...there's definitely gold there...

but 

not golden sovereigns, I fear!

Shall we unpack it?

What do you think?

Interesting??

Lets have a look here...

yes...I remember

I bought this china years ago....

I used  to use it 

when I had people coming for coffee.

Coffee mornings...

do you remember those?

Do they even still have them?

Apart for the annual fund raising coffee morning

in aid of the MacMillan Nurses

Please remember to support the coffee morning

 this September 27th!!

and there's more!

I think I've had enough

and will leave the rest for another day

that's if you would like to see what else is there?

I thought you'd like to see

the jewellery

that my daughter brought me last week

She is a silversmith

with her own hallmark

I loved the ring as soon as I saw it!

It's silver with 9ct gold balls

I have started

knitting a shawl

I've never made one before

I think I've already made a couple of mistakes...

I kept falling asleep over it last night...

I shall soldier on

I don't think that there's much point in starting again because I'll probably make more!!

Thank you so much to all who shared last week

about where they went when they needed to 'settle'

I love to hear what others do

and sometimes

try some of their ideas too!

I finished the last Mandala

I do love the muted colours of the Drops cotton!

Debra at Common Ground
has a 4th Anniversary Giveaway
why not pay her a visit....

This week I'm visiting

Inspire Me Tuesday

and

Tweak it Tuesday

and

Be Inspired ...where there's a 4th Annioversary Giveaway

and

Show and Tell Friday