Souvenirs

Tote from Stumper Fielding.

Antique felt picture, wool scarf & alpaca mittens. I like my woollens! 

Pebbles collected from the beach at Brighton Pier.

Silver basket charm from a Victorian bracelet.

It's a little dinged up, which is, of course, why I couldn't leave it behind.

Homemade soap, Victorian jet mourning pin, vintage rhinestone pin.

Liberty cotton handkerchief.

A Berlin-based potter made this gorgeous cup.

Frozen Charlotte bisque dolls, excavated from the Limbach doll factory dumping grounds. Jon found and bought these for me as a surprise, knowing how much I've always wanted one. Now I have five!

Silver locket engraved with a swallow.

Back in snowy Ottawa, enjoying my new (mostly old) stuff. Photos of me by Jon Paul Fiorentino.

My cup of tea

Three days in England is not enough, but I did see and do more than I thought I could. Plenty of shops and markets, a castle, a visit to the seaside. No pictures of the latter, but while walking the beach I made sure to drop a few pebbles in my pocket, as though to prove that it was not a dream.