Gather and Nest

I just found that amazing vintage sailboat. I’m usually not a boat person but that was calling to me from high on a shelf while I was scavenging over the weekend. I seem to gravitate to orange, bright fiery orange.

There sits in our bedroom an old medical cabinet with ornate iron legs reminiscent of a graceful long legged bird. In it I put things that I have gathered over the years, objects I find interesting or hold very dear: seashells from many beaches including one piece of coral that reminds me of a tiny dancer, vintage cameras, little lucky dice, nests, eggs, a sketch of a furry friend in a frame with beautiful wear, syrup jugs and vases in a color I find very soothing, some like silver spoons but I prefer rusty ones, the gobstopper of love, and small pine cones that my high school art teacher brought back for me from Monet’s garden. They sit together in the corner collecting dust like old treasure.