Functional Jewels

One of Columbia's little quirks is that it's home to the National Watch & Clock Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate with a huge collection of time-telling inventions.  Yesterday, my watch aficionado cousin and his wife were in town for a visit, so of course this was on our itinerary.  Here's a small collection of watch faces.  The colors and varied designs caught my eye.

But mostly, I found myself drawn to the pocket watches.  Small but full of detail, functional but beautiful designs.  Sandy asked me which one I'd choose, if I had to pick one.  She was joking, but I actually had an answer, it's this one!

Or this one, or the next one, or maybe the one after that.  Really, any of them would be fine :)

I can't say that I'm particularly interested in watches over any other subject matter, but I love antiques and these definitely qualify under that clause :)  I really do enjoy the craftsmanship and ornate styles - they just don't make them like this anymore.    

Cat about town

We take walks around town from time to time, and last night was no exception.

Sometimes we run into porch cats, and if we're really lucky, they let us mess with them :)

This nice little tabby was on an elevated porch. So I was actually holding my camera a little above my head to get these pictures.   Sad eyes, and then curious kitty emerged:

This cat is the same basic model as my cat, just maybe half the size and a lot friendlier to strangers!

Moonlighting

You may be wondering why I’ve been so quiet about posting lately.  The truth is, besides being both busy and sick recently, I’ve been moonlighting! 

If you want a peek at what I have been up to, take a few minutes and check out columbiahsc.blogspot.com.  This is a group that my husband and I volunteer with, but the subject matter is part of our profession, too.  We have a really great group, a really great project, and what we hope to accomplish is really exciting for our town.   

One of the things I volunteered to do was set up the blog and Facebook page for the group.  So, I've been posting, just over there!