A DAY OF ANTIQUEING AND PICKING

Spending a day traveling country highways to small hidden towns and communities in a vicinity of my own small town, some of which  seems  time has left behind brought back  a lot of memories....While the rest of society in  my own hometown were lured away by Tax Free Weekend, I enjoyed my day visiting antique shops, and yard sales with my best friend. As we  spoke with each person who either owned the shops or who were conducting  sales  we learned a little about each of them and their interest in their business at hand.
Our purchases were small ,but have great memory value to them. We also  enjoyed the memories and history of each place place we visited.
As we were talking on why people spend time visiting and buying antiques, I drew my own conclusion.

I believe people seek antiquing out for several reasons,memories being the most important.Things of the past hold greater value because they last.They are made better and of greater quality. In our world today everything is disposable. A lot of things are of cheap quality.Things of long ago were made in the U.S.A. Things today are made to  be thrown away,an example of that is T.V.s.Antiquing reminds us of better times, of times when family were of greatest importance. Antiques reminds us of harder times when people worked harder with less. I  have taken upon myself to learn  and carry on some  of the tradition and experience of love ones who have passed on. We garden,raise chickens,grow cows, do canning and prepare recipes of grandmothers  and great grandmothers. I want to pass on these trades  and recipes and stories on to my children.I want to collect things that hold value to me and  pass them on to my boys because I want them to hear and know of better times. I am blessed to be part of the past before our world move into such a fast paste and throw away world.
 Yes, you can still find those, who know how to slow down, those who will take time to tell you their stories, those who loves sharing stories of times past...You just have to slow down and take the back highways  and  stop along the way and visit those little communities and shops that  time seems to have left behind.
                                            Everyone,and every antique has a story.............