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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
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Talitha
Vermont
USA
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 Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 12:08:04 AM
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Guess what I bought yesterday?!?!? A beautiful old-fashioned rice huller from china!!!!! I am so excited! I am always drawn to "everyday" items used by past generations or other cultures. Well yesterday I went to this store that deals mostly in Chinese antiques and I immediately saw it sitting all by itself in the back conner. I went straight for it and the lady working there was extremly happy to tell me all about it and said no one had shown interest and so she had been thinking of trying to find a museum or something who would take it. I called DH right away and of course  he said if I wanted it to get it ...and I did on the spot!! When the owner came in she was able to translate the konji on the side and so now I know what province it came from and can do more research on the area and the item itself. I am just beside myself because I have never seen anything like it before and to have a piece of Chinese farm history in my own home and one day farm is thrilling for me!!!
Anyway... I just had to share!! They will deliver it tomarrow!
From the same store I also got an old weathered bench that is around 150 years old that would have sat on some country farm in China long long ago. The scroll work on it is very simple but the owner informed me that they are sybols of clouds so at last I am sitting on cloud nine... for real this time !!!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 05:01:21 AM
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That's wonderful, Talitha. Congratulations on your great finds. Can you post photos? I would love to see both your beautiful antiques.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 4:59:32 PM
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Thank you both!! I will try to post pictures as soon as they deliver it (which is in a few hours now ... lol...) I am so excited!! I will try my best later today!
Hugz!
Talitha
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
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Posted - Aug 17 2007 : 09:22:44 AM
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| WONDERFUL FIND!! So happy for you, Talitha! You can conjure memories of your sojourn there in a wink of an eye everytime you look at it, or use it! Nance |
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Old Fashioned Rice Huller
