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“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly,
‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I’ve a many curious things to show when you are there.”

We are going to skip the part where the Fly dies, but I’m going to let you walk around my house today and you can see some of the curious things that make me smile.

For example, this white bracket is from the first home I ever owned. It was propped up on a ledge in the basement directly above the slop sink. In my very own naive way, I was excited to discover that I not only owned a home, I also owned a metal bracket.  The wooden “READ” that is perched within the bracket is from a great book store located in Mequon Wisconsin called Next Chapter.  I follow @lanora on twitter and her tweets are what lead me into pick up a few books, a fabulous purse-sized photograph album and this tiny wooden sign.

Here’s another glimpse of “READ” resting in the bracket. I’ve got it nestled within a shelf of some more curious treasures that make me smile. Lake Breeze and Springtime soda bottles and an odd assortment of green glass collect more dust and pet dander than I really want to talk about but I’d rather smile while I wipe off stuff that I’m fond of than clean a house that makes me crabby.

The pressed board mystic tray is a favorite from my grandparents’ basement, the telescope is dysfunctional but I love the shape and weight of it. And by dysfunctional I mean it no longer functions as a telescope, it’s only remaining function is to make me smile. The bright orange ashtray with the white bird perched on the edge is another fun piece from my grandparents’ basement home.

The cowboy hat on the wooden green bird is actually from my very own Jane West doll and the books have no sentimental value whatsoever, they just totally sealed the decorating deal by being the perfect shades of orange and green at the time I needed them.

Lucky little books, lucky little bird, lucky wooden tray. They know only my favorites get displayed at eye level.

Next time in you can meet the monkeys!