So far my weekend has been pleasant since I have lazily wasted my entire Saturday morning reading blogs,spending time on a facebook page where folks that love the vintage aluminum Christmas trees post and in general playing around on the net. I have so much I "should" be doing, yet here I sit !
lols. Mine has been pretty chilled too. My kids and other half are doing their own thing; mostly sleeping or watching telly haha, and I have been surfing the net, reading, writing, responding to comments. An enjoyable afternoon when the weather is not conducive to outdoor ramblings.
Now that's an interesting interest 💖
One of my Grandmothers had one when I was growing up. It always fascinated me with it's sparkling limbs and color wheel turning beside it.
At some point in my adulthood I would see one now and then or photos on the net and at some point I thought maybe I should acquire one. The few times I looked, the ones I saw that appeared to be in decent vintage shape, were priced higher than I thought they should be, so I never bought one. It obviously wasn't a life quest to have one LOL, so I didn't keep pursuing it, but every few years, it would come up again.
My older brother who was a year and a half older than me, passed in 2016, he was only 60. I am not telling that as a sad part of this story, but just explaining the event that changed my willingness to really "PAY" for a few things I wanted. I didn't make a list or anything, but I few things that had been my hearts desire at some point in my life, I decided I would have if I wanted them, even if it was a "thing" and temporary, I was going to OWN them for a while. Somewhat a "no desire left behind" kind of thing.
Now that may sound like I went on a spending spree, which I didn't, but as things came along that fit that category, I pursued them till they were mine. A vintage aluminum tree happened to be one of those things and in the fall of 2018 I became the happy owner of two 6 footers and later a 3 foot one too. That desire.... now realized !
Oh my heart 💗 Losing your brother so early...I am so sorry @jacey.boldart. But the life lesson you took from that to give value to yourself and treat yourself to the things that bring you joy in life. I love that❣️Now you're going to have to share some pictures with me...pretty please ...I'm fascinated!
Sounds gorgeous!
I know exactly what you mean about acquiring those few little treasures. I do this with children's books that I loved in my childhood. I feel their precious pages in my hands now and gaze at the covers, occasionally opening the soft and hardbacks to peek inside and revisit a beautiful line or two. I also bought myself my own Christmas tree a few years ago...so we have 2 that go up each year hehe. One for the family and kids to decorate and one that is more of an artsy style more bare tree (half the size of our big one) and it gets decorated with all of my special ornaments that I have collected over the years. I always get one from each country I visit too as a reminder of the memories made.