Vintage Finds

Where does the time go?

Seems the end of summer and beginning of fall is zooming and Christmas will be here soon!

I have picked up a few goodies, helped with a fundraiser, courthouse tours, went to a vintage market and a spur of the moment Pyrex hunting trip.

Come on with me..........

I love fall shopping

I always go home to help the organization that sponsored us for the Charleston Riot

They have a silent auction for the fundraiser, and I was helping to put things out I saw this

a Eastern Star platter, hey...I recognize those name?

OMGOsh there is my Grandmother's name

Ruth Willingham!

They sold it to me for $3

pretty mustache mug for $5, and gift certificate to my friends antique store for $10 worth $25 and a pie basket.

Not sure I have ever seen one?

you can carry 2 pies in it.

made in Rindge NH

loving it for $15

A local Flower Shop sadly is going out of business in my hometown

they were having a garage sale.

for 10 cents, they are coming home with me. Thinking they can be used in some craft project.

I gave my SIL some.

helped with tours of the courthouse, love the view of the college from downtown

family time at 1515, family dinner and Fred being wild and showing off his tee shirt from the brewery his friend owns in Colorado.

my sweet MIL turned 91!

Then my SIL headed to a Vintage Market Day

Don't forget about her gorgeous trees she makes for Christmas,

her Etsy store is on my side bar.

she uses vintage wooden spools and blocks

So at the market we found some blocks

most of the items I love, like old metal chairs, wooden folding chairs, dry sinks, things I bought years ago before they were in vogue AND much cheaper.

I have have the Holly sugar sack, still have not made it into a pillow!

adorable old campers made into shops where there

Then my neighbor took me to another thrift store

one find

lemon lime Pyrex carafe

the right price

Then my girlfriend want to get away this weekend so we headed to 1515, and our Pyrex finds were abundant!

Did you hear me scream on Saturday "Patty come here NOW!"

I found Butterprint in the original box NEVER used!

$75

the man told us it was bought for a lady in 1957 as a present, she thought they were so pretty she was scared to use them so they were packed away. When she died neither one of her children wanted them.

An amazing find!

then we found this at a flea market! Oh my

I got my first ever pink bowl, you can see it on the shelf in the center.

Oh I am tired today! Feet up this morning, luckily I don't have to go to work Wednesday.

Well, that covers the last 3 weekends.

I work WTF and then vacation for 2 weeks!

Headed to San Antonio for my birthday, can't wait!

Have a great week,

Ann

Dreams Come True

I realized 6 years ago today I got the keys back to 1515.

My Grandparents home that they bought in 1926 and left in 1978.

It had been 31 years since I had been through the door after my Grandfather died.

However, it was a place always on our minds.

My Aunts would drive by when they came in to town.

I never left Charleston without driving by and adoring that magical place from my childhood

 from Jackson street.

My Dad never knew another home until he married my Mom, my Aunt was born there, they were married there.

Aunt Catherine and Uncle Don on their wedding day with Aunt Mary

If you have not heard the story it is something just "meant to be"

So one day as I was leaving Charleston, I noticed a dumpster in the driveway?

hhhmmm

I called my cousin because her cousin cared for the elderly lady who lived there.

Found out the lady had passed away and strange, her name was Emma Reynolds.

That was my cousins Grammies names?

Her cousin put me in touch with the executor of the estate.

He just happened to be the son of my Maternal Grandfathers cousin.

They did not have the home for sale yet, but they knew it was meant for it to be back in my family.

The day I got the key, I called cousin Mary as I ran through my Grandparents bedroom, through the closet into my Dad's bedroom and then into the dining room, the living room and around 

again like I did at 5.

I never have been so organized to get moved in before the annual Galbreath Reunion.

I could not wait for everyone to come back home.

Of course everyone had to have their pictures taken on the front porch like

 it had been done in the past.

1945

Aunt Annie Uncle Max

and my 

Grandparents

2012

Donna, Debbie

Marty and Mary

The place needed some work, paint and new flooring.

But it still reminds us everyday of who has come through the door over the last

89 years.

Christmas Eve 1941

we gather in the same dining room today for birthdays, holidays, or just for fun.

Christmas 1943

the tree goes in the same spot

2009

We gather in the kitchen

1969

Grandad, cousin Debbie, me and Jessie

2015

cousins Mary, Marty, Jen and PJ

cooking

1960's 

my Mom and Aunt Catherine

2013 cousins Donna and Debbie

Of course there is leisure time playing and 

porch swinging!

Mary and Marty 

grown up Marty and Mary

2012

Things have returned to its original home

Grandmothers Hoosier cabinet 1970 with Aunt Catherine

cousin Donna returned it home, well taken care of since 1978.

We even have Grandmother's cookie jar, and crock.

Just wish we could have some of her famous raisin oatmeal cookies.

My Dad's Galbreath Grocery Store jacket awaits him hanging on his closet door.

Grandmother would be happy her some of her flowers are still there

1949

2014

and notice the 1515 sign?

It was the last thing I took in 1978 as I departed the steps for the last time.

1961 the backyard with Grandad

Mary, John, Grandad, Marty and Donna

Me, Mark, Debbie and Tom.

We have all returned.

same spot speed ahead 50 years!

I am so blessed to spend time with my wonderful cousins.

Donna, Mary, Marty and Debbie

I can never express what 1515 means to us all.

It is a sanctuary away from everyday problems.

A Happy Place.

A place to go and relax, have a laugh, get a hug,

talk about old memories and making new ones.

I knew that day, that dreams do come true

Lincoln Funeral Train Car Came to Charleston

Back in April of last year I was reading about the Lincoln Funeral Train 

they were building for the 150th anniversary of the death of Lincoln.

I saw where you could have the car coming to your town, and I thought

Charleston would be a great place so I sent the link to the tourism director.

I am happy to say we were the first stop after Springfield!
I spent 3 days giving tours, what a honor to be on the car.

we had 500 school children go through every day.
Dale who did alot of the interior work on the car was portraying Jonathan Hay
 who was Lincoln's secretary.

Bob started the inside of the tour

Sara Bush Lincoln was there to see her son Abraham
She spoke to the children

How about I take you through

Lincoln's coffin

handles recast of original design
attention to detail to show the original was so important.

the original car was built as Lincoln's "air force one" as we would say.
He did not want to use it until after the close of the war due to the fact so many were suffering.
His plan was after the war to travel to all the states.
He had a appointment to see it, but it was the day after he was assassinated.
So it was modified into a funeral car.

this would of been Lincoln's office area, there is even a restroom.
These chairs were donated by a family who's ancestors had a plantation
 and these chairs came from there.

the next room is a bedroom

the last room was a sitting room for Lincoln to welcome guest.
Everyday the lady who played Sara Bush Lincoln brought fresh lilacs.
This room is where Lincoln's son Willie's coffin was.
He was taken back to Springfield to be buried even though he had died 3 years earlier.

the states all had plaques lining the ceiling, this was IL

ceiling rosette, the craftsmanship was amazing
see the bee?

cousin Karen was Matilda Moore, Lincoln's step sister who lived in Charleston

oh my the lines were long
between 3-7 we saw 500 people on Tuesday and 700 on Wednesday!

we had beautiful weather
I rotated from being in our Lincoln Douglas debate museum,
to helping people on the train and taking pictures for people getting on to being in the back of the train as I am here.

the air conditioner in the Lincoln Douglas debate museum broke to Tuesday, of course!
So I moved the speakers outside and it was beautiful weather so it worked out great.

 

cousin Fred came and helped

Wednesday we had speakers reading Lincoln's favorite poems and excerpts from his writings.

Of course the twins were there helping and so were cousin Marty and Mary coming all the way from Indiana to help.

Many of our Charleston Riot friends from last year were there.

Diane the tourism director did a great job getting 1500 school kids through, and the Mayor was there everyday. If you remember he dressed for the Riot last year.

we had to say goodbye to our new friends,

it was sad to see the train pull away.

again a once in a lifetime memory!

If you get a chance please go!
Lincoln Funeral Car