I am floating on air this morning - I am really excited about a really unexpected "gift".
As I mentioned, we are cleaning out the garage and remodeling some of the house. There is a 20 foot long bin out in the driveway and the temptation is to take all the boxes put up in the garage rafters back in 1975 and dump them in the bin, sight unseen. We've resisted that so far.
So there is this box hiding in the corner on the top shelf of the rafters...and it's falling apart. The bottom drops out of it as I bring it to the garage floor. What can this be?
Treasures in the box include:
1) All of my report cards from elementary school through high school, plus some yearbooks. Also some early "artwork." I was really into maps!
2) The scorebooks from the 1960 to 1975 Little League/Pony League seasons that my dad and I coached, plus some pictures and programs.
3) Many newspaper clippings from the 1940 to 1975 time period - cut out.
4) Lots of old maps from National Geographic and other sources. Did I say that I really loved maps?
5) Three old books - "The Analytical Speller" by Edwards & Warren, 1867; "Common Sense Applied to Numbers, The Word System," 1874; "Graded Classics Fourth Reader," 1902.
6) A daily journal from 1928-1930 written by my great-grandmother, Della (Smith) Carringer.
I'm looking forward to perusing the yearbooks and report cards, reading the old books, and transcribing the journal.
They say "luck is the residue of design" - well, I feel really lucky today; I'm not sure what "design" there was here, other than cleaning out the garage. Now there's more stuff in the genea-cave in its own little box, waiting for the treasure hunt!
1 comment:
Oh you lucky dog, you! What a fantastic find! The treasure chest might have been a bit rickety but the treasures sound like they're worth their weight in gold. I hope you'll share excepts from your great-grandmother's journal. I'd love to hear what her holidays were like back in 1928-30!
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